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Congratulations to the four winners of Golden Kinabalu Awards and to the 8 filmmakers who were awarded Special Mention certificates by our jury this year.Golden Kinabalu AwardEXPLORE SABAH Chun-Chiew FoongSabahGolden Kinabalu Award: Indigeneous LanguageTHE RHYTHM OF...

All smiles featuring all SFL mentors, participants, actors and guests on the films, together with Guest of Honour Dato’ Azmir Saifuddin Mutalib (CEO of FINAS) and Ms. Jude Day (Festival Director).It is with pride that the KKIFF 2024 present to you the four short films...

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Tony Francis Gitom believes that language is an essential substance in his telemovies to show Sabahan identity. He said, “If we talk about Sabah content, we include our essence, our language, our culture, our life hood”. For him, the use of Sabah local language in his...

The KKIFF is delighted to be sharing this year’s programme of movies with you. This year, we have 8 days of screenings, with 11 shows, bringing you 29 films from 12 countries! Tickets are RM15 and you can buy them online or as walk-ins at City Cineplex. Check out the...

The KKIFF is delighted to announce the list of films that have been selected for this year’s CINEBALU Screening. We had even more submissions this year and the quality seems to improve all the time. So thank you and well done to all those who submitted! Feature Films...

We are excited to announce that application for the Sabah Film Lab is officially open! If you are interested to expand your knowledge and skills in filmmaking, keen to meet other filmmakers in Malaysia and get mentored by local and international renowned industry...

With the new collaboration with Sabah Tourism Board, we at KKIFF are excited to announce a brand new category in the Pink10 Filmmakers' Competition called Explore Sabah! This is in addition to the usual three categories of Narrative, Documentary and Indigenous...

Yet another exciting year for the Kota Kinabalu International Festival (KKIFF) as it plans for its 15th edition in September of this year. After a recent meeting with Mr Julinus Jimit, CEO of Sabah Tourism Board (STB), the KKIFF and STB will work together on a special...

The Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival is proud to announce the launch of the PINK10 Filmmaker's Competition! This unique competition is opened to all citizens and residents of ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,...