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Presenting the films from the Sabah Film Lab 2025
The KKIFF is proud to present the four short films made during the Sabah Film Lab 2025. SABAH FILM LAB TEAMS Documentary Team 1: BOU RATNAN BOU Jason Bapulas...
KKIFF 2025 Awards Night – Who Are The Winners!
Awards Night was held on 10 August at the Hilton Kota Kinabalu. As usual, it was a night full of laughter and energy and joy. But who were the winners? SABAH PITCHING TRAINING Thirteen participants took part in the 2-day training course, learning how to prepare their...
New Film Projects Selected For The Sabah Pitching Training
The KKIFF is excited to announce the selection of 10 new film projects for the Sabah Pitching Training course which will be held from 9-10 August at Ibis Styles Kota Kinabalu. The participants will be working with Mark Overett from Brisbane, Australia....
Announcing the four teams for the KKIFF 2025’s Sabah Film Lab
There was an amazing number of applications for the Sabah Film Lab this year and it wasn’t easy picking our teams. But we’re delighted to announce the two Documentary and two Narrative teams who will be working with our mentors this year. Each team has a Shadow...
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...
Sabah Pitching Training
The KKIFF is looking for 10 documentary film projects to be part of the Sabah Pitching Training 2025.
Sabah Film Lab – Call For Applications
If you're an aspiring or seasoned filmmaker looking to expand your filmmaking knowledge, we are looking for you! If you're a Malaysian or someone who is based in Malaysia, join our fully-funded 8-day filmmaking workshop in Kota Kinabalu!
Sweet10 Filmmakers’ Competition
Is a short film competition for filmmakers from ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam), Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
KKIFF 2025 CINEBALU Screenings – Call For Submissions
Calling all Southeast Asian-based filmmakers, we want your film!
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Sabah Film Lab celebrates 21 aspiring filmmakers!
The Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival recently celebrated the end of the Sabah Film Lab, their prestigious 8-day filmmaking course, with a screening of all 4 short films from all four teams. The Sabah Film Lab, which was sponsored by FINAS under the Program...