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Kuala Lumpur, August 2nd 2020 – The 13th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest 2020 (KLEFF 2020) has announced that 53 films have been selected to be screened virtually in the festival. Out of the submitted films, 18 films made it to be the finalists of the 5 main film categories of KLEFF 2020.
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 2020:
- Best Feature Film / Full-Length Documentary Award (In Alphabetical order)
|
Film Title |
Film Maker |
Country |
| The Future of Flight | Larissa Klinker | Germany |
| MT. SUSWA – LIFE IN A VOLCANO | Oliver Goetzl | Germany |
| Pakistan’s Himalayan Meltdown | Shehzad Hameed Ahmad | Singapore |
- Best Short Documentary Award (In Alphabetical order)
|
Film Title |
Film Maker |
Country |
| From Kurils With Love | Taylor Reese | United States |
| Gitxsan: Our Land, Our Culture, Our Laws | Farhan Umedaly | Canada |
| I Am Vital | Florian Ledoux | France |
| Stolen Apes – Buanoi | Colin Sytsma | United States |
| Vaka | Kelly Moneymaker | New Zealand |
- Best Short Film Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker |
Country |
| Because I Could | Niki J. Borger | United States |
| Ecology Lesson | Ivan Sosnin | Russian Federation |
| It’s Look Sunshine | Kim Seunghwan | South Korea |
- Best Animation Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker |
Country |
| Gon, The Little Fox | Takeshi Yashiro | Japan |
| Shape Me | Alex Spoerndli | Switzerland |
| The Secret Life of Durian Trees | Hana Abdul Aziz | Malaysia |
- Best Public Service Announcement Award (In Alphabetical order)
| Film Title | Film Maker |
Country |
| Meet Ramon | Pilar Aldirico | Argentina |
| USLP Shower | Bauddhayan Mukherji | India |
| What happens to rain in the future | Toby Mory | Germany |
| Why It’s Crucial to Fight Corruption: Transparency International | Toby Mory | Germany |
The 13th Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest committee would like to congratulate the finalists of each categories of KLEFF 2020!
This year’s 12th KLEFF jury committee and judges are Fadly Bakhtiar, Festival Director of KLEFF 2020 and Programme Director of EcoKnights; Dr. Chen Pelf Nyok, turtle researcher, conservationist and co-founder of Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia (TCS); Elina Jani, Director of Green Innovations at Malaysian Green Technology Corporation; Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin, Malaysia’s TV/film and stage actor; Kendy Mitot, artist of the indigenous Bidayuh tribe in Sarawak; and Justin Wong, filmmaker and co-founder of SCM Asia.
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