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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