KLEFF 2018 Announces Film Selection Results!
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July 27th 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The 11th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2018 (KLEFF2018) film competition received a total submission of 179 environmental films from 38 countries this year under the festival’s theme: ‘Forest, River and Climate Change’.
Out of all the submissions, a total of 98 films of various lengths and genre have been selected by this year’s KLEFF jury committee.
The films will be screened over a week of this year’s KLEFF from 22nd-28th October 2018 at the Black Box, Publika.
A film screening schedule will be announced soon and the public are encourage to book their tickets through the official KLEFF website. Latest announcements will be announced on the website and its official Facebook page.
The synthesis of this year’s submission of films can be viewed below based on genre of films and country of origin.
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Film Submissions by Categories
Selected Films by Categories
Submission by Location
| Country | Quantity | Country | Quantity |
| Argentina | 3 | Malaysia | 34 |
| Australia | 7 | Mexico | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | New Zealand | 1 |
| Canada | 9 | Norway | 2 |
| China | 5 | Not Specified | 2 |
| Colombia | 1 | Philippines | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | Poland | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 | Republic of Korea | 2 |
| Finland | 2 | Russian Federation | 2 |
| France | 8 | Serbia | 1 |
| Germany | 9 | Singapore | 4 |
| Greece | 1 | South Africa | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Spain | 2 |
| India | 15 | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 2 | Switzerland | 2 |
| Iraq | 2 | Taiwan | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 | Turkey | 5 |
| Italy | 4 | United Kingdom | 5 |
| Japan | 1 | United States | 34 |
List of Accepted Films
*Disclaimer: The jury committee has selected 98 films to be screened this year at the festival. The decision made by the jury committee is final. We truly appreciate your understanding and support on this matter.
Feature Film / Full Length (in alphabetical order)
Total films: 15
| Film Title | Film Maker(s) | Country |
| A Herd of Orphans | Kelly Bakos | United States |
| Activist | Petteri Saario | Finland |
| Agroecology in Cuba | Juan Pablo Lepore & Nicolas van Caloen | Argentina |
| Araucaria Araucana | Rémi Rappe & Santiago Serrano | France |
| Beautiful Things | Giorgio Ferrero | Italy |
| Bird of Prey | Eric Liner | United States |
| From Seed To Seed | Katharina Stieffenhofer | Canada |
| HAZE, It’s Complicated… | Isaac Kerlow | Singapore |
| Human Energy | Adam Dzienis | Poland/United Kingdom |
| Kingdom of Manaslu | Fabien Lemaire | France |
| Life In A Fistful Of Rice | Tashi Dorje Gyamba | India |
| Oyster | Kim Beamish | Australia |
| Seeds of the Future | Honorine Perino | France |
| Spirit of Discovery | Eliana Alvarez Martinez | United States |
| The Guardian of Kinabalu | Lloyd Spencer Davis & Wiebke Finkler | New Zealand |
Short Documentary (in alphabetical order)
Total films: 35
| Film Title | Film Maker(s) | Country |
| A Novel Coral Restoration Concept – SECORE’s pilot project in Mexico | Vanessa Cara-Kerr | Germany |
| Against the Tide: A Journey for Climate Hope | Luis Barreto | Japan |
| Aghanashini | Ashwini Kumar Bhat | India |
| Cascade Crossroads | Ted Grudowski | United States |
| Cedar Tree of Life | Odessa Shuquaya | Canada |
| Cleaned; Not Clean | Yap Chun Yuong | Singapore |
| Forest Blind | Kyeong-Cheol Seol | Korea, Republic of |
| Grassroots | Frank Oly | Australia |
| Harvests of Hope: New Orleans | Karen Buchsbaum & Koorosh Farchadi | United States |
| Iron Lady | Mark See Teck Lee | Malaysia |
| Let Me Tell You A Story | Nadya Husna Keumala | Malaysia |
| Mangrove, The sacrifice of a land | Alain Chaviano Aldonza | Ecuador |
| Monsoon | Sajeed A | India |
| Mr. Garbage | Mark See Teck Lee | Malaysia |
| Murder on the Reef | Allen Dobrovolsky | Australia |
| Penguin Protectors | jessie Ayles | United Kingdom |
| People of the Forest: Orang Rimba | Isaac Kerlow | Singapore |
| Reclaiming Our Heritage: The Social Life Of The Gombak River | Muhammad Hafiz Ardian Shah & Raisalih Juhan | Malaysia |
| Religious Views and World Climate Changes | Mohd Khairul bin Omar | Malaysia |
| Salmon: The Wild Connection | Liz McKenzie | United States |
| Saplings/Anak Pokok | Nadira Ilana | Malaysia |
| Save Our Souls | Nicholas Chin & Sean Lin | Malaysia |
| The Ancient People of Namibia | Burak Dogansoysal | Turkey |
| The Angel’s Secrets | Elodie Turpin | Canada |
| The Hills and the Sea | Andrew Ng Yew Han | Malaysia |
| The Jungle Man… Loiya | Farha Khatun | India |
| The Patterns of the Ocean – Protecting Indonesia’s Manta Rays | Hendrik S. Schmitt | Germany |
| The Planter | Rômulo Villela & Rafael Machado | Brazil |
| The Python Code | Andreas Ewels | Germany |
| The Singing Ape, Gibbon | Choi Pyeongsoon | Korea, Republic of |
| The Sun on Top of the House | Farhan Umedaly | Canada |
| Tied to the Sea | Gillian Burt & Diana Myers | Canada |
| Ubin, Sayang | Rachel Quek Siew Yean | Singapore |
| Underground Harvest | Silvia Vignato, Christian Giuffrida & Parsifal Reparato | Italy |
| Waste Dreams | Michael Brims | Colombia |
Short Film (in alphabetical order)
Total films: 24
| Film Title | Film Maker(s) | Country |
| “Praise Song for Oceania” | Justyn Ah Chong | United States |
| A Chocolate Bar | Ashram Shahrivar | United States |
| Atomkraftwerk Zwentendorf | Hope Tucker | United States |
| Bayangan (Vision) | Amirul Asyraf | Malaysia |
| Cranberry Lake | Zoya Baker | United States |
| Fragile – Why turtle hatchlings need the sea | Hendrik S. Schmitt | Germany |
| Hand Feeding Whale Sharks on Derawan Island | Will Foster-Grundy | Malaysia |
| I am Plastic | Mohd Zaki bin Mohd Ali | Malaysia |
| Invisible Blanket | Pasha Reshikov | United States |
| Keeper of the Creek | Dan Goldes | United States |
| Nila – A River of Sere Sands | Samvid Anand | India |
| PM 2.5 | Piotr Biedroń | Poland |
| Red-Shanked Douc Langur | Ryan Deboodt | United States |
| Reunion | Bernard Manickam | Malaysia |
| Sabotage | Night Owl (George Lewin) | United Kingdom |
| SAVE MOTHER | Mark Lee | Malaysia |
| T A N D U S | Izaq Yuzaini Bin Ismail | Malaysia |
| The Creature from the Bag Lagoon | Kevin Short | United States |
| The Firefox Guardian | Gunjan Menon | India |
| The Monarch Mimes | Alexis Gambis | Mexico |
| The Other End of the Earth | Jacob W. Madness | United States |
| The Sky Underwater | Maria Galliani Dyrvik | Norway |
| To Wake – Buddhi | Yakima Camille Waner | South Africa |
| Yochi | Ilana Lapid | United States |
Animation (in alphabetical order)
Total films: 10
| Film Title | Film Maker(s) | Country |
| A Problem | Abeera Ikram | Not Specified |
| Beebox | Cable Hardin | United States |
| Blue Tomorrow | Numan Ayaz | Turkey |
| Her, River | Muhamad Baseer, Batrishia Nurin & Asyraf Zaki | Malaysia |
| Laymun | Catherine Prowse & Hannah Quinn | United Kingdom |
| Let’s save Bobby | Dr. Vilas Padhye | India |
| My Golden Rule by Melissa Gail Klein Music Video | Sally Sherwood | United States |
| The Drip – A Wettish Tale | Tim Britton | United Kingdom |
| The Last Eye | Xavier Ducry | Switzerland |
| Wetlands in my heart | Lilian Fu Wing Yan | Hong Kong |
Public Service Announcement (PSA) (in alphabetical order)
Total films: 14
| Film Title | Film Maker(s) | Country |
| Bats Life | Waad Sayed Hameed Saeed Jaafaa Alawi | Malaysia |
| Bazir Raya | Muzzamer Rahman | Malaysia |
| Climate Countdown: Taking it to the Courts Post-it | Kaia Rose | United States |
| Jejak Karbon | Muzzamer Rahman | Malaysia |
| Litter | Amirul Hariz Bin Azaman | Malaysia |
| Palm Oil – Make Sure Its Sustainable | Sianna Ephrem Zewdie | Malaysia |
| Plastic-Free – What Do You Know About Marine Pollution? | Stephanie Theresa & SL Wong | Malaysia |
| River of Life Expedition | Linus Chung | Malaysia |
| Save Bears | Chang Yong Chee | Malaysia |
| Shark Fin | Poon Wei Wei | Malaysia |
| Stop Deforestation | Nurul Farzana binti Mazlan | Malaysia |
| Stop Trophy Hunting | Akif Rashdan Bin Roslan | Malaysia |
| Turtles Life | Elaine Wong Xue Jing | Malaysia |
| Ways (not) To Save Water | Sammy Teng Tzy Tong | Malaysia |
We would like to congratulate the film makers whose films were selected to be screened in KLEFF 2018!! We are grateful for the film makers who supported KLEFF 2018 through your inspiring and educational films. We are grateful to have you participating in this film festival and look forward to more films in next year’s KLEFF.
The films have been reviewed by a panel of judges and winners will be announced at the official KLEFF2018 Awards Ceremony, scheduled on 26th October 2018 at 3:00PM at Black Box in Publika Shopping Gallery, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur.
This year’s 11th KLEFF jury committee and judges are Azuan Muda (co-founder of TEEBTV), Mano Maniam (local actor of Kopitiam Tv Series, director and environmentalist), Dr Reuben Clements (conservation scientist from Sunway University and Rimba) and Fadly Bakhtiar (KLEFF festival director).
You can check out the esteemed panel of judges in KLEFF 2018 and they will be attending the award ceremony, so do grab the opportunity to meet them there in October.
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 tenth year, the goal of the festival is to provide the Malaysian community with environmental films, workshops, talks, forums, discussions, and eco-vendors in an effort to improve awareness for environmental issues. The KLEFF2018 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 11th 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