5 Feb – Datuk Fauzi Ayob is the new Deputy Director General of the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS). Previously, he was the Director of Corporate Affairs & Strategic Management as well as the director of the 27th Malaysian Film Festival (FFM27). His new post includes overseeing local film festivals and events such as the annual Malaysian Film Festival (FFM), communications, production, technical sector and others. Meanwhile, Dato' Kamil Othman has told Cinema Online that his contract as the Director General of FINAS will be ending in October this year.