11th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2018

Clause 1: Thematic

The festival’s themes are the environment, ecology and sustainable development in a comprehensive sense. Our mission, to celebrate the power of film to inspire, educate, and motivate audiences on environmental topics, is an excellent starting point in considering if your film is relevant for KLEFF. Films most likely to be selected will fit with our mission. The festival accepts films that question the global place and impact of Man in and on his environment: biodiversity, environmental and human stakes, climate change, natural resources, science and research, evolution of borders, alternative energies, indigenous communities and issues, environmental health, urbanism, mobility, environmental activism, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and so forth.

Films should cover environmental topics, but can certainly overlap with social, economic, spiritual, or other themes. We do not limit the films chosen to ones that, to us, have the right answers. It is more important that the films are thought-provoking. This is an open forum designed to inspire awareness and action on a myriad of worldwide environmental topics. The quality of the film production will also be considered and weighed. All genres, including documentaries, narratives, shorts, children’s films, and experimental films are all welcome and will be given equal consideration.

Clause 2: Competitions

At present, the festival’s official competition involves five (5) sections:

• Full-length documentaries and feature films
• TV and short documentaries (film run-time under 50 minutes)
• Short films (film run-time under 50 minutes)
• Animations (film run-time under 50 minutes)
• Public Service Announcements (PSAs) (film run-time under 20 minutes)

Clause 3: Awards

The jury for all film submissions to the 9th KLEFF competition consist of personalities from the worlds of environment, media, movies, and audiovisual, as well as entrepreneurs or artists engaged in and/or sensitive to environmental issues. The jury attributes the following awards to films submitted as part of the official competition:

Best Feature Film/Full length Documentary (Overall): RM1500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper)

Best Short Documentary/TV Documentary: RM1000.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper)

Best Short Film: RM500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper)

Best Animation: RM500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper)

Best PSA: RM500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper

Special Jury Award: RM500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper

ASEAN Young Film Maker Award: RM500.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper

Special RSPO Award: RM2000.00 cash, a plaque, certificate and hamper

Special Merit Award (only for Malaysian): A plaque, certificate and hamper

The endowments that come with the awards are given to the director(s) or any individual he/she/they have appointed. For all these awards, in the event of a co-direction, the related endowment shall be divided among the directors. Each share will be paid to each co-director. In case of draw, endowment shall be split between the winning films.

The jury is free to award distinctions or merits to any other films or film makers where deem fit.

The people in charge of the films and works presented in the official competition solemnly pledge, should they receive an award, to ensure a clear visibility of the festival (logo, name…) on all their communication media.

NB: The festival might grant one or several additional award(s) that have not yet been defined, in relation with one (or several) external partner(s) that shall fund the total endowment linked with this/these award(s).