KLEFF 2018 Announces Finalists for Special Awards
August 10th 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The 11th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2018 (KLEFF 2018) have announced that there are 4 Special Awards which are Special Merit Award, Special Jury Award, ASEAN Young Film Maker Award and Special River of Life (ROL) Award.
For Special Merit Award, 20 local films were selected as the nominees to be evaluated by the jury. The Special Merit Award will be awarded to 10 Malaysian film makers to recognize their effort in producing environmental and community-based films. The Special Merit Award winners will also be announced during KLEFF 2018 Award Ceremony.
The ASEAN Young Film Maker Award is to give recognition to student film makers from ASEAN countries, in producing films focusing on the environment and community. Whereas the Special River of Life (ROL) Award, under the partnership of KLEFF with the River of Life, will be awarded to the best film that highlights our rivers and everything they are a part of, such as the communities and the ecosystem.
Winners for the Special Merit Award, Special Jury Award, ASEAN Young Film Maker Award and Special River of Life (ROL) Award will be informed through email by the KLEFF committee.
Below are the finalists for the Special Jury Award, ASEAN Young Film Maker Award, Special River of Life Award and the 20 nominees for Special Merit Award of KLEFF 2018.
Special Jury Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Haze, It’s Complicated… | Isaac Kerlow | Singapore |
| PM 2.5 | Piotr Biedroń | Poland |
| To Wake Buddhi | Yakima Camille Waner | South Africa |
| The Guardian of Kinabalu
| Lloyd Spencer Davis & Wiebke Finkler | New Zealand
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| Ubin, Sayang | Rachel Quek Siew Yean | Singapore |
ASEAN Young Film maker Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Bats Life | Waad Sayed Hameed Saeed Jaafaa Alawi | Malaysia |
| Cleaned; Not Clean | Yap Chun Yuong | Singapore |
| Her, River | Muhamad Baseer & Batrishia Nurin, Asyraf Zaki | Malaysia |
| I am Plastic | Mohd Zaki bin Mohd Ali | Malaysia |
| LET ME TELL YOU A STORY | Nadya Husna Keumala | Malaysia |
| Litter | Amirul Hariz Bin Azaman | Malaysia |
| Reunion | Bernard Manickam | Malaysia |
| Save Bears | Chang Yong Chee | Malaysia |
| Shark Fin | Poon Wei Wei | Malaysia |
| Stop Trophy Hunting | Akif Rashdan Bin Roslan | Malaysia |
| Stop Deforestation | Nurul Farzana binti Mazlan | Malaysia |
| Turtles Life | Elaine Wong Xue Jing | Malaysia |
| T A N D U S | Izaq Yuzaini Bin Ismail | Malaysia |
| Ubin, Sayang | Rachel Quek Siew Yean | Singapore |
| VISION | Amirul Asyraf | Malaysia |
| Ways (not) to save water | Nicholas Chin & Sean Lin | Malaysia |
River of Life Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Her, River | Amirul Hariz Bin Azaman | Malaysia |
| Let Me Tell You A Story | Nadya Husna Keumala | Malaysia |
| River of Life Expedition | Linus Chung | Malaysia |
| Reclaiming Our Heritage: The Social Life Of The Gombak River | Muhammad Hafiz Ardian Shah & Raisalih Juhan | Malaysia |
| T A N D U S | Izaq Yuzaini Bin Ismail | Malaysia |
| VISION | Amirul Asyraf | Malaysia |
| Ways (not) to save water | Sammy Teng Tzy Tong | Malaysia |
Nominees of Special Merit Award (in alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker | Country |
| Bazir Raya | Muzzamer Rahman | Malaysia |
| Bats Life | Waad Sayed Hameed Saeed Jaafaa Alawi | Malaysia |
| Her, River | Muhamad Baseer & Batrishia Nurin, Asyraf Zaki | Malaysia |
| Iron Lady | Mark See Teck Lee | Malaysia |
| I am Plastic | Mohd Zaki bin Mohd Ali | Malaysia |
| Jejak Karbon | Muzzamer Rahman | Malaysia |
| Let Me Tell You A Story | Nadya Husna Keumala | Malaysia |
| Litter | Amirul Hariz Bin Azaman | Malaysia |
| Mr. Garbage | Mark See Teck Lee | Malaysia |
| Plastic-Free – What Do You Know About Marine Pollution? | Stephanie Theresa & SL Wong | Malaysia |
| 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 |
| Reunion | Bernard Manickam | Malaysia |
| Save Our Souls | Nicholas Chin & Sean Lin | Malaysia |
| Shark Fin | Poon Wei Wei | Malaysia |
| Stop Deforestation | Nurul Farzana binti Mazlan | Malaysia |
| Saplings/Anak Pokok | Nadira Ilhana | Malaysia |
| Save Bears | Chang Yong Chee | Malaysia |
| Stop Trophy Hunting | Akif Rashdan Bin Roslan | Malaysia |
| Turtles Life | Elaine Wong Xue Jing | Malaysia |
| T A N D U S | Izaq Yuzaini Bin Ismail | Malaysia |
| The Hills and The Sea | Andrew Han | Malaysia |
| VISION | Amirul Asyraf | Malaysia |
| Ways (not) to save water | Sammy Teng Tzy Tong | Malaysia |
KLEFF 2018 Awards Ceremony
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). 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 3:00 pm 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!!
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.