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Sabah Film Lab (SFL) is a highly competitive, fully funded 8-day filmmaking programme where participants get to learn and work with local and international filmmaking mentors.

This is our annual short film competition. This year, we are calling it “SIOK10”. SIOK pronounced as ‘shok’ and means ‘feel good’. Feels good to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the KKIFF!

Calling all Southeast Asian-based filmmakers, we want your film!

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

The KKIFF is looking for 10 documentary film projects to be part of the Sabah Pitching Training 2025.