Announcing the selection of movies for CINEBALU Screenings 2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FILMMAKERS WHOSE FILMS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE KKIFF’S CINEBALU SCREENINGS 2025

The KKIFF is delighted to announce the movies that have been selected for this year’s CINEBALU Screenings.

We had over 160 movies to choose from, including from Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar – so thank you to everyone who submitted their films for consideration.

The CINEBALU Screenings include 22 films in its programme from 11 countries.

CONGRATULATIONS to:

	Directors	Movies	Countries
1	Ali Sohail Jaura	A BETTER PLACE	Pakistan/Korea
2	Fengkai Liu	NORTH	Korea
3	Yejin Ryu	HIDE AND SEEK	Korea
4	Po-Hao Hung	DOUBLES MATCH	Taiwan
5	Joo Peter	BAJAU LAUT – THE SEA IS OUR HOME	Indonesia
6	Ryan Miguel Capili	FORMS OF FORGETTING	Philippines
7	Sangwook Ahn	C-GRADE SF MOVIE	Korea
8	Juliane Mariah Bautista Patacsil & Raya Gabrielle Tabada Martinez	BEEP BEEP	Philippines
9	Bill Callahan & Kieran Hanson	THE NOSE KNOWS – FOREIGNESS AND FORTUNE IN CHINA	Singapore
10	Gerard Bernardo	PAPER PLAYERS’ WAR	Philippines
11	David Kairu Castillo	IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE	Philippines
12	Callum Scott-Dyson	THE OLD MAN AND THE ROBOT	Korea
13	Ian Kirk Jing Kye	REMI’S JUNGLE	Malaysia
14	Dyan Dumpangol	JAMMED	Malaysia
15	Amir Mohd Yunos	NOVA-VITA	Malaysia
16	Don Hoe	I AM KELEFE	Malaysia
17	Sai - Nyan Linn Sett	BEING OHNMAR	Myanmar
18	Andi Bachtiar Yusuf	WAY BACK HOME	Indonesia

Plus these movies:

	Provided by	Movies	Countries
19	Alliance Française	CHICKEN FOR LINDA!	France
20	Embassy of Uruguay	FAMILY ALBUM	Uruguay
21	Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen	HEAD HUNTERS OF BORNEO	Germany
22	British Council	NAME ME LAWAND	United Kingdom