Congratulations to all our winners! The three Golden Kinabalu Awards were won by:

DOCUMENTARY

Elvin Jay Macanlalay (Philippines)
for Can’t You Hear?

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE

Elvert Bañares (Philippines)
for The Flight of Banog

NARRATIVE

Lobin Wong (Malaysia)
for Qiang!

Honourable Mention Awards were made to:

  1. Calvin Anana Ponteblanca (Philippines) for Workout Buddy
  2. Jin Pang (Malaysia) for Blue
  3. Afiq Affendi (Malaysia) for Tell Me
  4. Khristine Sandoval (Philippines) for Yankaw

Special Commendation for the excellent use of traditional animation:

  1. Ayie Ibrahim (Malaysia) for The Pillar of Strength

Thank you to everyone who submitted their short films to the KKIFF’s Filmmakers’ Competition this year.

We look forward to your entries in 2023.