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Kuala Lumpur, July 20th 2020 – The 13th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest 2020 (KLEFF2020) film competition received a total submission of 119 environmental films from 43 countries this year under the festival’s theme: ‘Climate (In)Justice – Pick A Side’.
From 8th – 11th October 2020, KLEFF 2020 will be screening 53 films via its digital screening platform, KLEFFlix during the virtual Festival Week. The following is the list of selected films that will be screened in KLEFF 2020:
Film Title |
Filmmakers/ Film Directors |
Country of Origin |
VAKA |
Kelly Moneymaker |
New Zealand |
Sh*t Saves the World |
Troy Hale |
United States |
Why It’s Crucial to Fight Corruption: Transparency International – SDG 16 |
Toby Mory |
Germany |
What happens to rain in the future |
Toby Mory |
Germany |
The Everglades – A Watery Wilderness |
Zoltan Török |
Germany |
Ecology lesson |
Ivan Sosnin |
Russian Federation |
GOOD JOB |
Piotr Biedroń |
Poland |
Gold of Cajamarca |
Alexandre Regol |
Colombia |
Sustainable Weddings |
Grace Tan, Tan Chi Yin |
Malaysia |
Ez, eskerrik asko! Gladys Window |
Bertha Gaztelumendi |
Spain |
Echilibru, Bear Foot |
Jérôme Fatalot, Victor Jullien, Eve Cerubini |
France |
Pakistan’s Himalayan Meltdown |
Shehzad Hameed Ahmad |
Singapore |
Wildlife- Our Lifeblood |
Naresh Glow |
India |
The Secret Life of Durian Trees |
Hana Abdul Aziz |
Malaysia |
AYEO |
Jacob Updyke |
United States |
Species per aquam – Biodiversity between the Ticino Valley and the Alps |
Marco Tessaro |
Not Specified |
I AM VITAL |
Florian Ledoux |
France |
Cascarita |
Jim Barrera |
Mexico |
H2O |
Fathima Shanaz |
Sri Lanka |
The Return of The Mountain Chicken |
Nicolas Eguren Cleffi |
United Kingdom |
All Eyes on The Amazon |
Andrea Marinelli |
Netherlands |
Wings & Wetlands – A Story Of Migration |
Raghunath Belur, Sugandhi Gadadhar |
India |
Protected by Prawns |
Katie Jewett |
United States |
Mexico City and Its Sacred Salamanders |
Katie Garrett |
United States |
Shape Me |
Alex Spoerndli |
Switzerland |
USLP Shower |
Bauddhayan Mukherji |
India |
Because I could |
Niki J. Borger |
United States |
The Flat |
Lev Voloshin |
Moldova, Republic of |
MT. SUSWA – LIFE IN A VOLCANO |
Oliver Goetzl |
Germany |
No Mad |
Alvynn Diagne |
France |
Disappearing Spots |
Hetal Teeku Patel |
Kenya |
THE RESCUE CENTER |
Nikki Dodd |
United States |
Into the Dark |
Michael O. Snyder |
United States |
Pascoal |
Matt Jarvis |
United Kingdom |
TAIWASTE |
Patrik Thomas |
Germany |
The Future of Flight |
Larissa Klinker |
Germany |
GITXSAN: OUR LAND, OUR CULTURE, OUR LAWS |
Farhan Umedaly |
Canada |
It’s Look Sunshine |
Kim Seunghwan |
South Korea |
Man-Eaters: A Human Leopard Story |
Thivanka Perera |
Sri Lanka |
Puri |
Daniel Casado |
Chile |
The Last Forest |
Sapto Agus irawan, Kintan Wida Bastari |
Indonesia |
Forest is our home |
Dony P. Herwanto |
Indonesia |
Oxygen |
Rocky Grispen, Violette Belzer |
Belgium |
Future Ancestor |
Josue Rivas |
United States |
The Beekeeper |
William McGregor |
United Kingdom |
Tsunami Memories: Faith and Science |
Isaac Kerlow |
United States |
Meet Ramon |
Pilar Aldirico |
Argentina |
Stolen Apes – Buanoi |
Colin Sytsma |
United States |
From Kurils With Love |
Taylor Reese |
United States |
Youth on Strike! |
Rob Innes |
Australia |
MUAK |
Jokin Etcheverria |
Spain |
TABIRA |
Aner Etxebarria Moral |
Spain |
Gon, The Little Fox |
Takeshi Yashiro |
Japan |
The festival committee would like to congratulate the filmmakers whose films were selected to be screened in KLEFF 2020!! We are grateful for the film makers who supported KLEFF 2020 through your inspiring and educational films.
For more information about the Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest or its organizer, EcoKnights, please contact info@kleff.my. or the festival manager, Nabila at nabila@ecoknights.org.my. For KLEFF partnership and collaboration, you may reach our KLEFF Festival Director at fadly@ecoknights.org.my.
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ABOUT THE KUALA LUMPUR ECO FILM FEST (KLEFF)
The International KLEFF is Malaysia’s first and longest-serving platform promoting sustainable living through showcases of environment-themed films, workshops, talks, exhibitions, Impact Market, local performances and other engaging activities. Organized by EcoKnights, KLEFF features groundbreaking films that kindle important dialogues, traversing the relationship between humans and their environments, challenging the way people think about the natural world and inspiring them to discuss, explore and act on important environmental issues. For more information about KLEFF, kindly visit its official page at kleff.my and for more current updates, find us on Facebook at @KualaLumpurEcoFilmFestival and Instagram and Twitter at @kleff_my.
ABOUT ECOKNIGHTS
EcoKnights is an environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) registered with the Registrar of Societies Malaysia. EcoKnights’ core focus areas are in environmental education; smart partnerships; strategic engagement and on-ground efforts as well as capacity building of youths. In these areas, EcoKnights focuses on working with key stakeholders to deliver strategically designed developmental interventions, further contributing to positive social, environmental and economic change. More information about EcoKnights can be obtained from www.ecoknights.org.my. For more current updates on what EcoKnights is up to, find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @EcoKnights.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Fara Amina Othman,
Digital Content Officer of EcoKnights,
fara@ecoknights.org.my / 011 – 23210492