[Press Release] Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival Announces Film Submission Results
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – August 5th 2016 – The 9th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2016 (KLEFF2016) has accepted a total of 249 films out of 334 submissions from 45 countries, and we are thrilled to have such overwhelming numbers!
Due to the overwhelming submissions this year, it is impossible for us to screen all films in the span of three days. The jury committee had to make tough decision and selected almost 90 films to be screened this year at the festival. Rest assured, our goal is to keep spreading the important environmental messages through films to as many people in Malaysia and we are working hard to look for potential partners to screen the remaining films for this year. We truly appreciate your understanding and support on this matter. However, we will try our level best to feature your films at our satellite screening happening all over Malaysia from the month of September up to December 2016.
The following is the breakdown of the number of submissions, the number of films accepted, submissions by countries, as well as the list of accepted films.
Film Submissions by Categories
Accepted Films by Categories
Submission by Location
| Argentina – 1 | Australia – 14 | Austria – 5 |
| Bahrain – 1 | Belgium – 1 | Brazil – 2 |
| Bulgaria – 1 | Canada – 14 | Chile – 1 |
| China – 4 | Columbia – 2 | Denmark – 1 |
| Dominic republic – 1 | Egypt- 1 | France – 6 |
| Germany – 13 | Greece- 1 | Russian Federation – 3 |
| Switzerland – 4 | India – 12 | Iran, Islamic republic of – 1 |
| Ireland – 2 | Italy – 8 | Jordon – 1 |
| Lebanon – 2 | Malaysia – 131 | Mexico- 4 |
| Netherlands- 2 | New Zealand – 1 | Norway – 2 |
| Not specified – 4 | Pakistan – 1 | Palestine- 2 |
| Papua New Guinea – 1 | Serbia – 2 | Singapore – 2 |
| South Africa – 5 | Spain – 5 | Sweden – 1 |
| Taiwan – 3 | Turkey – 2 | United Kingdom – 8 |
| United States – 49 | Venezuela, Bolivarian republic of – 1 | Vietnam – 1 |
List of Accepted Films
*Disclaimer: Due to the overwhelming submissions this year, it is impossible for us to screen all films in the span of three days. The jury committee had to make tough decision and selected almost 80 films to be screened this year at the festival. We truly appreciate your understanding and support on this matter.
| Feature Film/ Full Length | Total: 41 films | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Film maker | Origin |
| Making An Ancient Forest – Kalkalpen National Park | Rita Schlamberger | Austria |
| Coal Sea | Gian Luca rossi | Italy |
| What’s The Frack? | Davison Mudzingwa | South Africa |
| On the Brink: Uncharted Waters | Vincent Soberano | United States |
| The Cross of the Moment | Jacob Freydont-Attie | United States |
| The Head Hunter | Nilanjan Datta | India |
| The Sea of Life | Mónica González | Spain |
| Clockwork Climate | Pierre Oscar Lévy | France |
| Fukushima And The Bats | Pihilip von Becker | Germany |
| Golden Genes | Ursula Hansbauer, Clemens Stachel, Wolfgang Konrad | Austria |
| This Was Hasankeyf | Tommaso vitali | United states |
| FREIGHTENED The Real Price of Shipping | Denis Delestrac | Spain |
| Saving Jamaica Bay | David Sigal | United States |
| The Worm Is Turning | Hilary Bain | Australia |
| After the Spill | Jon Bowermaster | United States |
| KO | Heimo Aga | Austria |
| The Good Life | Jens Schanze | Germany |
| Normal Is Over The Movie | Renee Scheltema | South Africa |
| The Age of Man | Dimitri Grimblat | France |
| Flying Rainbow | Vishal Jadhav | India |
| The Pursuit of Hippo-ness | Alan Franks | United States |
| No Haze Without Fire | Maryo Saputra Sanuddin | Not Specified |
| Green Giants | Alexis Posternak | United States |
| Painted Nails | Erica Jordan & Dianne Griffin | United States |
| Passion for Planet | Werner Schuessler | Germany |
| A Quest for Meaning | Nathanaël Coste, Marc De la Ménardière | France |
| Atlantic | Risteard O’Domhnaill | Ireland |
| From Mass to the Mountain | Kurt Sensenbrenner | United States |
| A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity | Jordon Osmond | Australia |
| Daughters of the Forest / Hijas Del Bosque | Samantha Grant | United States |
| Power to Change: The Energy Rebellion | Carl-A. Fechner | Germany |
| The Farmer And I | Irja von Bernstorff | Germany |
| There Will Be Water | Per Liebeck | Denmark |
| Dammed | Nandan Saxena, Kavita Bahl | India |
| Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians | Hernan Vilchez | Argentina |
| Not Without Us | Mark Decena | United States |
| KONELINE: our land beautiful | Nettie Wild | Canada |
| Volga | Andrey Aleshin | Russian Federation |
| SEED: The Untold Story | Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz | United States |
| The Disappearing Hills | Yeo Kai Wen | Singapore |
| Fragmented | Eleanor Mackay | United kingdom |
| Short Documentary | Total: 80 films | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Film maker | Origin |
| If Not Now, When? Planning For The Urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus | Daphne Gondhalekar | Germany |
| Moving to live! | Marco Tessaro | Italy |
| When The Well Runs Dry | Stephen Lerner, Reuben Aaronson | United States |
| A Trail of Pigment | Kiritin Beyer | United States |
| Construyendo una Comunidad Sostenible | Michael Brims | Colombia |
| The Island Of The Black Sun | Andrea Arena | Italy |
| Shadow of a Giant | Clark Ferguson | Canada |
| Ulin | Leo Plunkett | United Kingdom |
| Paradise Island | Kathleen Jayme | Canada |
| Urban Tides | Simon Eleveld | Netherlands |
| GAIA · The Big Mother | Xavier Berenguer | Spain |
| E – Our E-waste Problem | Nicholas Lyell, Stephanie Vavoneese, Flavius Mihaies | United States |
| Forget Shorter Showers | Jordon Brown | United States |
| A Last Stand for Lelu | Farhan Umedaly, Tamo Campos | Canada |
| Defendant 5 | Heidi Douglas | Australia |
| Cozumel Island, A Paradise In The Mayan Caribbean | Karlos Simon | Mexico |
| Mirrored Mountains. Altay | Alexandra Marchenko | Russian Federation |
| When Our Gardens Grow Silent | Mzung | Viet Nam |
| Whale Aware | Lauren Gilberson | United States |
| After the Green Revolution | Steve McDonald | South Africa |
| An Ethiopian Amazon | Steve McDonald | South Africa |
| The Rainmakers of Nganyi | Steve McDonald | South Africa |
| Connected | Sameer Qumsiyeh | Palestine, State of |
| Methane Ghosts | Wiliam Randall | United States |
| Drifters | Hani Eskander | Egypt |
| Math and Science: Drivers of Global Warming | Aaron Koka, Ranjit Koka | United States |
| Mother’s Cry | Lisa Russell | United States |
| The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains | Ruchi Shrivastav, Sumit Khanna | India |
| Hong Kong Rollin’ | Heimo Aga | Austria |
| NEXTracker from the air | Christian Abascal | Chile |
| Extraordinary People | Orhan Tekeoglu | Turkey |
| Eureka Dreams | Todd Kortte | United States |
| The Nature of People | Bess Tassoulas | United States |
| Shipping Home | Chris Zaluski, Sam Smartt | United States |
| Tracks In A Tiger Economy | Dvid Borish | Canada |
| The Climate Changers | Samuel Schlaefli, Esther Petsche | Switzerland |
| Why are the bees dying? | Christoper Wuerzburger | Germany |
| Thirty Million | Daniel Price, Adrien Taylor | New Zealand |
| The Call from the Sea | Taylor McNulty | United States |
| Reducing The Risk Of Disasters Through Nature-Based Solutions – Mangroves | Leo Thom | United States |
| Waghoba – Provider, Destroyer, Deity | Malaika Vaz | India |
| Fallow Land Bears Sweet Fruit | Andrew Francisco | China |
| Kalia – The Lost Gibbon | Nitye Sood, Nikhil Virdi | India |
| Life is One | Patrick Rouxel | France |
| Underwater Metropolis | Dragan Milutinovic | Serbia |
| Adi | At The Confluence | Joor Baruah | United States |
| Greenback Green | M.S. Rony | Canada |
| Kokota: The Islet of Hope | Craig Norris | Canada |
| 7 Grams | Jonatán Vila Gómez, Hadzael Gómez | Dominican Republic |
| Through The Thick | Nino Leitner | Austria |
| Small People. Big Trees | Vadim Vitovtsev | Russian Federation |
| S O S Halkidiki – Until the Last Drop of Blood | Ruza Helac | Serbia |
| Borneo’s Heart of Darkness | Michael Deeter | United States |
| Candles In The Wind | Kavita Bahl, Nandan Saxena | India |
| Life As A Rhizome | Lisiana Kieling | Brazil |
| The Great Indian Hornbills Symphony Of life | Biju Pankaj | India |
| Little Teeth – Saving Sharks on Bali | Hendrik S. Schmitt | Germany |
| Reverse-Shot: Diary of a Struggle | May Kassem | Lebanon |
| Kanu Belong Keram | Daniel von Rüdiger | Papua New Guinea |
| The Urban Ship | Zeina quronfulah | Jordan |
| Obnoxious Growth | Caj Thomasson | United States |
| Immeasurable Nature | James Tralie | United States |
| The Disappearing Hills | Yeo Kai Wen | Singapore |
| Skeleton Sea – The Tides On Tomorrow | Mauritz Brekke Solberg | Norway |
| Testimony: Remembering Glen Canyon | Kent Wagner | United States |
| The Beekeeper’s Keeper | Megan Rossman, Samantha Farinella | United States |
| The Ripple Effect | Sarah Khan | Pakistan |
| Our Eagles | Emily Tope | United States |
| The Guardian | Ana Kiresty Gaspar Garcia | Mexico |
| A Journey Through the Eyes of the Reef | Danielle Ryan & James Sherwood | Malaysia |
| Sweat Of Virtue; The Fate Of Charcoal Factory Workers | Uitm Kampus Pucak Alam | Malaysia |
| The Elephant In Our Room | Elroi Yee | Malaysia |
| Women Of The Forest: The Hidden Burden Of Climate Change | Inshaallah P.Montero | Malaysia |
| Women Of The Shore: The Hidden Burden Of Climate Change | Inshaallah P.Montero | Malaysia |
| The Mountain | Lim Siao Mun | Malaysia |
| Dokumentari Herba | Muhammad Hazim | Malaysia |
| Never Give Up, Creating Miracle | Malaysia | |
| Action For Nature | Lim Yi Zhia | Malaysia |
| My Own Musical Instrument | Ooi Yi Qing | Malaysia |
| Be The Change – Recycle | Catherine Lee Yu Ying | Malaysia |
| Short Film | Total: 51 films | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Film maker | Origin |
| Chasing the Distance | IAN SHIVE | United States |
| Guardians | Luis Arteaga | Mexico |
| Their Land | simon bischoff | Australia |
| Swayer Corporations | Rathindran r Prasad | Turkey |
| A Last Stand for Lelu | Farhan Umedaly, Tamo Campos | Canada |
| Shark & Lion | Florian Fischer Michael Kugler | Germany |
| MANA AINA | PASHA RESHIKOV | United States |
| MANA KAI | PASHA RESHIKOV | United States |
| A Ghost in the Jungle | Danny Schmidt , Federico Pardo | United States |
| Message in a Bottle | Daniel Schmidt | United States |
| The Crest | Paula Kelly | Canada |
| Say When | Alex Weiser, Andy Ballerstein | United States |
| WEATHER – a Coral Nightmare | Vanessa Cara-Kerr | Germany |
| CHOCOLATE (Dont throw wrap) | Kling Johnson | India |
| When the heron flies | Larget Lionel | France |
| I cannot give you my forest | Nandan Saxena, Kavita Bahl | India |
| Beachcombing! | Kevin short | United States |
| Super Chef | Rochelle Rose | United States |
| Red Wolf Revival | Roshan Patel | United States |
| Waterbackpack PAUL | Miriam Steen | Germany |
| Subnivean Snuff | Rachel Evans | Canada |
| TESLA | Kamen Sway | United States |
| Eat me! | ilina Perianova | Bulgaria |
| Appalled | t. shatishwaren | Malaysia |
| Tin | irwan ahamd | Malaysia |
| Nada | Dhaniyah Ridzuan | Malaysia |
| Warna-Warna Alam | Fairuladilan Bin Hamadun | Malaysia |
| CODE 7.8 | Joycelyn Lim Hui Yi | Malaysia |
| Origin | Khor Zhen Yee | Malaysia |
| The Cycle | Annabel Michael | Malaysia |
| Homosapien | ALICE CORNWELL NEOWCHARURN | Malaysia |
| Goodnight, World | Lim Chuizern (Emily) | Malaysia |
| I Am Watching You | Goh Song Sam | Malaysia |
| Hunter | Rupini Letchumanan | Malaysia |
| PEEK-A-BOO, I SEE YOU | Malaysia | |
| Change For Tomorrow | Azrin Azli | Malaysia |
| The Journey of The Plastic Bag | Bala Murugan Monogaran | Malaysia |
| Solution to Pollution | Azraa Zaheem | Malaysia |
| Bring Back the World | Chelsea Justalianus Lim | Malaysia |
| RESET | Lam Hoc Leon | Malaysia |
| Kaki Ayam | Dashran Yohan & John Lai | Malaysia |
| Change | Azrin Azli | Malaysia |
| H20 Case: The Causes | Emma Elizabeth Sim | Malaysia |
| Ominous Trash | Ng Kwan Yeong | Malaysia |
| H20 | Jaclyn Lim Jia Ning | Malaysia |
| One Life | Chelsea Justalianus Lim | Malaysia |
| Nature is the Art of God | MMU | Malaysia |
| A Better Place | MMU | Malaysia |
| QISAS | Muhammad Affan | Malaysia |
| Warita | Alfisyahrin Aro’qie | Malaysia |
| Before It’s Too Late | Daniel Kwan Siew Kiat | Malaysia |
| Public Service Annoucements (PSA) | Total: 53 films | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Film maker | Origin |
| E – Our E-waste Problem | Nicholas Lyell, Stephanie Vavoneese, Flavius Mihaies | United States |
| Earth Clock | C.A. MacFinn | United States |
| Borneo’s Heart of Darkness | Michael Deeter | United States |
| Animal Testing PSA | claire Dimitriades | United States |
| recycle the good, the better, the best | YED M. HAFIZZUL IZHAR BIN SYED HISHAMUDDIN | Malaysia |
| Gaia | dhaniyah ridzuan | Malaysia |
| Fight for breath | muhammad ruhaizad bin mohd rosli | Malaysia |
| stop deforestation | nur arina balqish bt badarul hisham | Malaysia |
| do the right thing stop littering | nur arina balqish bt badarul hisham | Malaysia |
| focus | farah hanna bt hazizan | Malaysia |
| water wastage (save water save life) | leong wai kit | Malaysia |
| if only | leong wai kit | Malaysia |
| save the electricity (the message) | leong wai kit | Malaysia |
| abandon | leong wai kit | Malaysia |
| save our only home | leong wai kit | Malaysia |
| 2030 | Wilson Foo | Malaysia |
| Boost The Earth | Hoo May Chi | Malaysia |
| Make Style, Not Trash | Ruth Semambo Nalubula | Malaysia |
| Make Our Food Last | Jotham Lum Ee Chen | Malaysia |
| Save The Sungai Pinang | Kelvin Tan Kian | Malaysia |
| Home | Chiew Yin Wei | Malaysia |
| Water wastage | Naavinraj | Malaysia |
| Soil Pollution | Michelle Teh Ker Yin | Malaysia |
| Clean your plate, Stop the waste | To promote awareness of food wastage | Malaysia |
| Deforestation | Ecosystem | Malaysia |
| Little Act Helps A Lot (UNDP) | Wecoolz | Malaysia |
| Deforestation leads to rise in temperature | Brandon Tan | Malaysia |
| Greenhouse Effects | Alexsis Carreon & Darvin a/l Premananth | Malaysia |
| Dengue | Azrin Azli | Malaysia |
| Steps to Keep Cool Without Air Conditioning (UNDP) | Gavyn Lim Chin Yhong & Marcus Leong Kar Vor | Malaysia |
| Air Cond Abuse | Vivian Yap Sze Yinn | Malaysia |
| Be the Change, Recycle | Recycle. | Malaysia |
| Littering | Littering | Malaysia |
| E-waste | Stephanie Tan Jing Mei and Lim Sin Ni | Malaysia |
| Deforestation | Deforestation | Malaysia |
| How often do you leave your charged phones unplugged? | Joey Lee, Carmen Cheong Khar Man, Matthew E.Navin | Malaysia |
| Decision | Cheng Sing Ying & Lim I-Wen | Malaysia |
| Switching Light Bulb Help Beat Global Warming | Yong Pei Lin | Malaysia |
| Save the Earth | Ho Khai Ling | Malaysia |
| 1 Second to Recycle Them All | Shannon Gan Soong Gee | Malaysia |
| Never Too Late | Chong Li May | Malaysia |
| ON/OFF (UNDP) | THIVIYA A/P BALAKRISHNAN | Malaysia |
| Little effort make a big change | Angela Russiana Chin | Malaysia |
| Importance of switching off main switches (UNDP) | Jeremy Cheong Wai Kit | Malaysia |
| Daily Waste | Ching Wei Vern, Wong ZiLin | Malaysia |
| The Last Breath | Tarviend Black | Malaysia |
| The Ignorant You | Brandon Teh Khai Sheng | Malaysia |
| Grandfather’s Childhood | Wilson Foo Yong Sheng | Malaysia |
| Saving Electricity (UNDP) | Teo Pooi Yan | Malaysia |
| It Matters | TAY MEI CHEE | Malaysia |
| Moments (name change to ‘Lights Off’) (UNDP) | Bryan Ho | Malaysia |
| Be Like Masnawi (UNDP) | Emirul Redzuan | Malaysia |
| What comes around goes around | – | Malaysia |
| white kebaya | Syed Mukmin bin Syed Mahadzir | Malaysia |
| Animation | Total: 21 films | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Film maker | Origin |
| Broken Horizon | Simone Hooymans | Netherlands |
| ‘You Are What You Eat’ | Bigfish | Australia |
| Norma’s Story | Alex Hawley | Canada |
| another day in paradise | Bellopropello | Switzerland |
| The World of Microfluidics: Microfluidics and Microbioreactor | Toby Mory, Nico Roicke | Germany |
| Bright Spots | Jilli Rose | Australia |
| Madagascar’s Scars | Camille Wainer | United States |
| The Magic Train | Joe Chang, Zhang Zhenxing, Shen Yifan ete | China |
| Peak Phosphorus | Michael Mehring | Switzerland |
| Juan and the cloud | Giovanni Maccelli | Spain |
| Red & Silver | Margaret Emdal | Norway |
| SHADOWS | Issac Kerlow | Singapore |
| Eventide | Zoe Dawkins | Australia |
| Farewell | Yu Cheng-Chu | Taiwan |
| The Earth | Mohamad Nor Zaffreen | Malaysia |
| Mr Tally | Amar Hamid | Malaysia |
| Power Down To Power All | Ayu Abdullah and Teresa Krug | Malaysia |
| Don’t Cut Trees | MMU | Malaysia |
| The Rising Cub | MMU | Malaysia |
| Save Our Home | MMU | Malaysia |
| Gi-Sei: The Sacrifice | MMU | Malaysia |
The films have been reviewed by a panel of judges and winners will be announced at the official KLEFF2016 Awards Ceremony, scheduled for 14th October 2016 at 3:00PM at Black Box in Publika Shopping Gallery, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur.
For more information about the Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival or its organizer, EcoKnights, please contact info@kleff.my
About the Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (KLEFF)
The KLEFF is run and organized by local environmental NGO, EcoKnights. Now in its ninth year, the goal of the festival is to provide the Malaysian community with environmental films, workshops, talks, and discussions, and eco-vendors in an effort to improve awareness for environmental issues. The KLEFF2016 is supported by a variety of corporate sponsors, NGO’s, vendors, media outlets, and members of the public. Detailed information about the KLEFF, along with a complete list of sponsors and partners, can be found on their website www.kleff.my
About EcoKnights
EcoKnights is a not-for- profit environmental organization with the Malaysian Registrar of Societies. Founded in 2005 by Yasmin Rasyid, the organization focuses on community based environmental education and awareness projects that help Malaysians to understand and deal with environmental issues that affect them. EcoKnights offers a variety of programs for the community including Sentinels of Time photography competition, Knights of Nature Sustainability Camp, Anugerah Hijau youth competition, and the Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (KLEFF), which is now in its 9th year. EcoKnights also provides community films screenings, organizes environmental talks and workshops, and provides consultation and programming for environmental corporate social responsibility efforts.
For more information about EcoKnights and their programs, visit their website at www.ecoknights.org.my