The KKIFF really hopes that you enjoyed watching its selection of movies for Sabah’s first on-line film festival and taking part in the five amazing webinars. And what a team we have at the KKIFF who worked so well together to make this on-line festival a reality – and a success. Thank you to everyone […]
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The KKIFF is excited and delighted to launch Sabah’s first on-line film festival – today! This is the 11th year of the KKIFF and for the first time, in response to the current world situation, we made the challenging decision to screen our movies on-line. And we’ve called it CINEBALU ON-LINE. You can sign up […]
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The KKIFF is delighted to announce that the following 12 films have been selected for this year’s CINEBALU programme. No. Film Title Director(s) Country 1 Announcement of Terror Jason Christian Indonesia 2 Brave Marc Abas Sabah, Malaysia 3 Circle of Bones Vincent Soberano Philippines 4 Family Story Rendro Aryo Indonesia 5 Forget Me Not Anwar […]
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Due to the current situation, the KKIFF has had to re-think its festival for 2020. So we will be postponing the Zoom10 Filmmakers’ Competition to 2021. For those of you who have already submitted your short films, thank you very much! Please note that we will carry your submissions over to next year, rather than […]
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Greetings to the filmmaking world from the KKIFF in Kota Kinabalu! We hope that everyone is well and staying safe. THE SABAH FILM ACADEMY and SABAH PITCHING TRAINING & AWARDS – UPDATE We have had a lot of fun working with the participants in our two training programmes – the Sabah Film Academy and the […]
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It’s 2020 and the KKIFF is starting its second decade by launching our call for submissions for CINEBALU. At the same time, we are opening submissions for this year’s Zoom10 Filmmakers’ Competition. You will find all the details about CINEBALU and the Zoom10 Filmmakers’ Competition on FilmFreeway, our website: www.kkiff.com and other social media. The […]
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – This is out of competition Screenings: 5-12 September 2020 Venue: MBO Imago Mall, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Deadline for submissions: 15 May 2020 Submission Guidelines Submissions can be made by citizens and residents of ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam), Korea, Taiwan […]
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED Length Up to 10 minutes Categories Short Film – documentary Short Film – narrative (story) Short Film – indigenous language* * An indigenous language is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people, often reduced to the status of a minority language. This language is from a linguistically […]
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POSTPONED TO 2021 Applications open on 1 May 2020 on the KKIFF website From Story to Screen Making a short documentary or narrative film 06-13 September 2020 What is it? 4 teams of participants from Malaysia working with international and regional instructors making either a 10-minute documentary OR a 10-minute narrative film Participants apply individually […]
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POSTPONED TO 2021 Date: 12-13 September 2020 Applications open on 1 May 2020 on the KKIFF website The KKIFF is looking for 10 documentary film projects to be part of the Sabah Pitching Training & Awards 2020. Applications close on 31 July 2020. What is it? Sabah Pitching Training & Awards is a platform for […]
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