Kota Kinabalu: The
Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival (KKIFF) is back for the seventh year
and will be held from May 31 to June 11.
It continues to be
co-organised by SEDIA and SPARKS (Society of Performing Arts Kota Kinabalu
Sabah), in collaboration with Elysee Fund (through the Goethe-Institute
Malaysia and Alliance Francaise) and the Embassy of the USA.
“The criteria (of
materials to be submitted for competition in KKIFF2015) are simple; as long as
they portray the originality and creativity of story-telling,” said KKIFF 2015
director Jude Day.
KKIFF 2015 promises
to be the best film festival yet. We have positioned ourselves as a significant
film festival in the ASEAN region to build up, nurture and present young
talented film directors”.
KKIFF is currently
calling for applications for the Sabah Film Academy which will take place from
May 31 to June 7.
The 10 selected
participants from Malaysia will work in two teams with four mentors from
Germany, France, USA and the ASEAN region. In the month before they come to
Kota Kinabalu, the two teams will work on pre-production of their 10-minute
documentaries with their mentors and each other.
Once in KK, everyone
will finalise pre-production arrangements and attend workshops with the
mentors. Then they will go out and shoot their documentaries, edit them and
screen them at Awards Night on Sunday, June 7. Applications close on April 30.
The film festival is
also calling for applications for the Sabah Pitching Training & Awards
programme on June 5 and 6. Anyone within the ASEAN region can apply with a new
documentary film project. These can be feature-length (60 minutes plus) or
shorts (up to 15 minutes).
The 10 selected
projects can be represented at KKIFF by two people who each other will receive
training in making pitches before pitching to a panel who will award a total of
RM20,000.00 in grants to help get three of the projects started.
In addition to these
two opportunities, KKIFF is calling for film submissions for its 2015. Firstly,
the Rolling10 Filmmakers’ Competition is open to anyone within the ASEAN
region.
The theme is:
ROLLING and the movies are to be up to 10 minutes long. There are three
categories for submissions: documentary, narrative and indigenous language.
All submissions will
be uploaded onto the KKIFF website.
Applications for all
of the submissions mentioned close on April 30. The committee is also looking
for submissions for the DOCS+ screenings at KKIFF 2015. DOCS+ is a platform for
filmmakers in the ASEAN region to screen recently completed works, both
feature-length and shorts, including documentaries and other types of movies.
Submissions close on March 15 (for information to be included in the KKIFF
programme booklet) and April 30.
The Sabah Film
Academy has two awards of RM1,000 each that are being sponsored by Sabah
Cultural Board. The Rolling10 Filmakers’ Competition has three Golden Kinabalu
Awards, one each for documentary, narrative and indigenous language. The Golden
Kinabalu Awards for documentary and narrative are being sponsored by Kopi Cap
Kuda, together with cash prizes of RM2,000.
The Golden Kinabalu
Award for Indigenous Language is being sponsored by the Kadazandusun Language
Foundation and will also come with a cash prize of RM2,000.
Information about
these four opportunities for filmmakers and other activities included in the
KKIFF 2015 can be found on KKIFF website: www.kkiff.com.
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