PETALING JAYA, July 19 -- The SeaShorts Film Festival will be held in Melaka for the very first time this September.

Organised from September 25 to September 29, the annual film festival now in its third year will feature emerging and renowned talents in South-east Asia, all for the love short films.

Film buffs will be pleased to know the five-day affair will include a series of film screenings, forums, master classes and other film-related activities such as a two-day animation trade workshop.

Ten countries from the region will be participating - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - in line with the festival's S-Express guest programme which highlights the region's filmma...