KLEFF 2023 IS BACK AS BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL!!
The International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest (KLEFF) is Malaysia’s homegrown environmental film festival for the past 14 years. Conceptualised and organised by a not-for-profit environmental organisation, EcoKnights, the Festival is a platform to facilitate the building of a nation of ESG-conscious individuals through film screenings, on-ground activities and partnerships focused on critical sustainability topics.
Recovering from various pandemic challenges, KLEFF is back as both physical and digital film festival in October 2023, marking its 15th year in mobilizing its role as a media platform for filmmaking, storytelling and knowledge-sharing in the global transformational journey towards sustainability.
Inspired by the world population record of 8 billion individuals in November 2022, KLEFF breathes a new air and makes comeback with the festival’s concept of ‘8-Billion-Strong Pursuit of Endeavour’. Under the theme ‘Normalizing Low-Impact Living’, KLEFF 2023 seeks for thought-provoking films that educate and empower people towards sustainable development and mainstreaming low impact living. It all boils down to self-initiated changes that we can make on different levels and capacities as changing mindsets and habits, starts from ourselves.
Main Awards
• Best Feature Film Award
• Best Short Documentary Award
• Best Short Film Award
• Best Animation Award
• Best Public Service Announcement (PSA) Award
Special Awards
• Best Malaysian Eco Film Award (for Malaysian film)
• Special Jury Award
• Young Filmmaker Award (for Malaysian student filmmakers)
• KLEFF Merit Award (awarded to 5 - 10 Malaysian filmmakers)
• Audience Choice Award