The KKIFF invites you to apply for the Sabah Film Lab 2022. It will take place between 18 January and 21 February 2022. The aim of this short filmmaking course is to equip participants with employable skills, giving them hands on practical experience coupled with...
The KKIFF 2021 is proud to announce the winners of the Zoom10 Filmmakers’ Competition. Congratulations to the Golden Kinabalu Awards winners – Jessica Heng, Firdaus and Putri Purnama Sugua. And congratulations also to those directors who got Special Mentions from our...
ZOOM10 Filmmakers’ Competition Nominations The Zoom10 jury has nominated 9 films for awards this year. Three films will take the Golden Kinabalu Awards for Documentary, Indigenous Language and Narrative. The other six films have Special Mention. The films and...
If you want to see a group of enthusiastic filmmakers, go to a pitching workshop! We love having these young filmmakers at the KKIFF – they are full of energy, willing to work hard and learn from the trainers, as well as each other. So we are sorry not to be having...
The KKIFF is proud to present its jury for the Zoom10…again Filmmakers’ Competition. They are currently hard at work judging the submissions for the filmmakers’ competition from this year. We are also including the submissions from 2020, as we postponed last year’s competition to 2021. Our jury include Hassan Muthalib and Amanda Nell Eu. Hassan […]
The KKIFF 2020 was our first on-line festival and we had a huge amount to learn in order to put it up – but we succeeded. Little did we think that we would be using that experience again in 2021 – but we are! We are delighted to be bringing you another edition of CINEBALU […]
Sabah Pitching Training On-Line (SPTO) is having its 5th edition this year – and, reflecting the current situation, it will be completely on-line on 15-16 October. The SPTO provides an opportunity for documentary filmmakers from around South-East Asia to meet, share ideas, get to know each other and improve their pitching skills. We are looking […]
The KKIFF is delighted to announce that the following movies have been selected for our CINEBALU Programme from the submissions made on FilmFreeway. No. Film Title Director(s) Country 1 Closing Time Kyle Ong Singapore 2 148: Shangri-La Confectionary Kyle Ong Singapore 3 Escitalopram Toon Jia Ren Malaysia/Taiwan 4 Myth Nazmi Suhaimi Malaysia 5 Daisies and […]
Submissions open on 1 March 2021 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – This is out of competition Screenings: 09-16 October 2021 Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2021 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 and Hong Kong. […]
Submissions open on 1 March 2021 Submissions close on 31 August 2021 * Note that submissions made in 2020 to the Zoom10 Filmmakers’ Competition will be included in this year’s competition. Length Up to 10 minutes Categories Short Film – documentary Short Film – narrative (story) Short Film – indigenous language* * An indigenous language […]
Date: 15-16 October 2021 Applications open on 6 July 2021 on the KKIFF website The KKIFF is looking for 10 documentary film projects to be part of the Sabah Pitching Training On-Line 2021. This is an on-line event. Applications close on 17 September 2021. What is it? Sabah Pitching Training On-Line is a platform for […]
POSTPONED TO 2022 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 […]