KLEFF2018 Announces Finalists for 5 Main Film Categories!
July 30th 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The 11th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2018 (KLEFF 2018) have announced that 179 films were submitted with 98 films selected to be screened in the festival. Out of the 179 submitted films, 40 films made it to be the finalists of the 5 main film categories of KLEFF 2018.
The 5 main film categories are Best Feature Film/Full-Length Documentary, Best Short Documentary/TV Documentary, Best Short Film, Best Public Service Announcements (PSA), as well as Best Animation.
Below are the finalists for the 5 main film categories of KLEFF 2018
- Best Feature Film / Full-Length Documentary Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| A Herd Of Orphans | Kelly Bakos | United states |
| Beautiful Things | Giorgio Ferrero | Italy |
| 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 |
| The Guardian Of Kinabalu | Llyod Spencer Davis & Wiebke Finkler | New Zealand |
- Best Short Documentary / Tv Documentary Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| Against the Tide: A Journey for Climate Hope | Luis Barreto | Japan |
| Cascade Crossroads | Ted Grudowski | United States |
| Murder on the Reef | Allen Dobrovolsky | Australia |
| People of the Forest: Orang Rimba | Isaac Kerlow | Singapore |
| Religious Views And World Climate Changes | Mohd Khairul Bin Omar | Malaysia |
| Save Our Souls | Nicholas Chin & Sean Lin | Malaysia |
| The Hills and the Sea | Andrew Ng Yew Han | Malaysia |
| The Sun on Top of the House | Farhan Umedaly | Canada |
| Waste Dreams | Michael Brims | Colombia |
- Best Short Film Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| A Chocolate Bar | Ashram Shahrivar | United States |
| Cranberry Lake | Zoya Baker | United States |
| Invisible Blanket | Pasha Reshikov | United States |
| Nila – A River Of Sere Sands | Samvid Anand | India |
| PM 2.5 | Piotr Biedroń | Poland |
| Save Mother | Mark Lee | Malaysia |
| The Firefox Guardian | Gunjan Menon | India |
| To Wake – Buddhi | Yakima Camille Waner | South Africa |
| Yochi | Ilana Lapid | United States |
- Best Animation Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| A Problem | Abeera Ikram | Not Specified |
| Beebox | Cable Hardin | United States |
| Blue Tomorrow | Numan Ayaz | Turkey |
| 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 |
- Best Public Service Announcement Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| Climate Countdown: Taking it to the Courts Post-it | Kaia Rose | United States |
| 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 |
The films have been reviewed by a panel of judges and winners will be announced at the official KLEFF 2018 Awards Ceremony, scheduled on 26th October 2018 at 3:00pm at Black Box in Publika Shopping Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. The 11th Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival committee would like to congratulate the finalists of each categories of KLEFF 2018!!
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).
Special Awards and Official Selection films
Other than the main film categories, KLEFF 2018 will be announcing the finalists for the special awards – Special Jury Award, ASEAN Young Film Maker’s Award and River of Life (ROL) Award between 5th until 10th August 2018.
Similar to last year, 10 Malaysian film makers will also be awarded the Special Merit Award to recognize their effort in producing environmental films. The Special Merit Award winners will be announced during KLEFF 2018 Award Ceremony.
In conjunction with the festival’s 11th Anniversary, the KLEFF committee will be choosing 11 films as the Official Selection films which will be announced soon in the website. Film makers of the Official Selection films will be notified via email.
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 11th 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.