Ola Bola is a 2016 Malaysian Malay-language sport drama film directed by Chiu Keng Guan starring JC Chee, Luqman Hafidz, Saran Kumar, Marianne Tan, Katrina Ho, Frankie Lee and Bront Palarae.

In 1980, the team practises for the upcoming pre-Olympics matches, with captain Chow Kwok Keong serving as the interim coach until Harry Mountain takes over.

[8] However, local entertainment portal The Daily Seni refuted this claim, providing their own figures for the film with approximately RM15.3 million as of early March 2016.

[9] Some members of the public, including two key players in the Malaysian team that qualified for that Olympics, voiced concerns over the potential confusion that may arise from the distortion of certain facts depicted in the movie.

[17] The production team has since clarified that the plot is "inspired by a true story"[18] as mentioned in the opening scene of the movie, and is not meant to be a historical account.

[19][20][21] The action was deemed to be a "racist" move, as claimed by the president of the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Screenwriters Association (PENULIS), Alfie Palermo.

[22] Filmmaker Afdlin Shauki announced on his Facebook page of his boycott to express his dissatisfaction,[23] which was supported by CIMB Group chairman Nazir Razak and Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes.

[24] One participating cinematographer, Mohd Noor Kassim, also followed suit; withdrawing his nominations in the occasion[25] and returned two FFM trophies he won in previous editions to FINAS director Kamil Othman during a forum held by the agency in Kuala Lumpur.

[26][27][28] The assistant-general secretary of the Film Directors’ Association of Malaysia (FDAM) Hafiz Ibrahim resigned in protest of the unfair segregation.