We’d love you to take part in our CINEBALU Screenings! Do you live in South-East Asia? Have you made a new film since 23 September 2021? Short or long? Funny or sad? A documentary or narrative, an animation or an experimental film? Then you can submit it to the KKIFF...
A short documentary by a young filmmaker Elvin Jay Macanlalay won the Golden Kinabalu Award for Best Documentary Film’ at the 13th Kota Kinabalu Film Festival held in Malaysia last September 17-25. ‘Di Niyo Ba Naririnig (Can’t You Hear?) is a six minutes mobile film...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A short documentary by a young filmmaker Elvin Jay Macanlalay won the Golden Kinabalu Award for Best Documentary Film at the 13th Kota Kinabalu Film Festival held in Malaysia last September 17-25. "Di Niyo Ba Naririnig" (Can’t You Hear?) is a six...
Many thanks to the KKIFF Team! As Festival Director, I would like to thank the KKIFF Team for the fantastic job they did this year. Jasmine – Festival Manager, social media coordinator, webinar organiser Kevin – logistics, liaison, coordinator Rendall – ticket...
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 BanogNARRATIVE Lobin Wong (Malaysia)for Qiang!Honourable...
The Cine10 judges have made their decision – and the best 8 movies have been named. You can watch them on our CINEBALU Screenings – online programme and decide which three you think are going to get the Golden Kinabalu Awards for Documentary, Indigenous Language and...
Entries close on 31 August 2022. Three categories (Narrative, Documentary, Indigenous Language) and a Golden Kinabalu Award for each one, together with RM3000. We are delighted to have two experienced judges working together for the second time this year to consider...
CONGRATULATIONS Thanks to everyone who submitted or contributed their films to the Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2022. We have had a great selection this year and there is a visual feast waiting for everyone in September! Now, the KKIFF is delighted to...
More time to get your new films into the KKIFF 2022! Do you live in South-East Asia? Have you made a new film since September 2020? Short or long? Funny or sad? A documentary or narrative, an animation or an experimental film? Then you can submit it to the KKIFF...
The past two years have been difficult for a lot of people, including those in the tourism industry. But a group of tour guides have used the time productively to improve their filmmaking skills. This will help them create better quality films for their online guided...
Submissions open on 1 March 2022 Submissions close on 31st August 2022 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 […]
Happy New Year from the KKIFF Team! We are excited about preparing for our 13th festival in September of this year. There are still so many unknowns – but this is for sure: we will be having a 13th KKIFF in 2022. And we’d love you to take part in our CINEBALU...