Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival

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Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Founded22 April 2001
AwardsVarious awards in different categories
Festival date24–28 November 2010 (as of the provided information)
LanguageVarious (International)

Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival is a film festival held in Kuala Lumpur. With the aim to promote the best in Asian cinema as well as unearth new Asian filimmaking talent, the 1st Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival was organized on the International Film Festival Circuit on 22 April 2001.

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KLIFF 2010

Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival (KLIFF) will be held at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur & Malaysia Tourism Center (MATIC) from 24th until 28 November 2010.

The Theme

The theme for KLIFF is "Celebrating Cultural Diversity". We believe that to achieve global peace and stability, we must start by learning to appreciate cultural differences and sharing information with one another. Film is one of the most popular and effective mediums to stimulate such positive messages. We hope we will be able to make a significant contribution towards promoting unity and tolerance amongst the people of the world.

KLIFF 2010 program / activities

- Welcoming Night - KLIFF Symposium - KLIFF Business Matching - Public Film Screening (at selected cinemas) - Malaysian Film Premiere - International Film Premiere - Film Exhibitions - Film Casting - KLIFF 2010 Award Night

History

Kuala Lumpur World Film Festival

The Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival had its beginnings in February 2003 when the one-off, three-day Kuala Lumpur World Film Festival was organised by the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia, or FINAS. Organised in conjunction with the Non-Aligned Movement Conference being held that year, the theme was "Peace, Harmony, Non-Violence and Non-Discrimination". From 16 to 18 February 2003, KLWFF '03 managed to gather participants from over 40 countries throughout the world and marked the beginning of Kuala Lumpur's involvement in the global film industry.

Carrying similar objectives as Kuala Lumpur World Film Festival 2003, FINAS proposed in 2006 to the Malaysian government to organize an annual film festival named Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival (KLIFF) with a new brand, theme and business approach to benefit filmmakers, producers, creative and technical talents, film students, sponsors, business entities related to the film industry and film enthusiasts throughout the world.

2007 festival

With the theme, "Celebrating Cultural Diversity", the inaugural Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival screened 50 films from 18 countries. The competition featured 22 films from the five continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America, as well as documentaries, short films and animation. The budget for the film festival was 4 million Malaysian ringgit. [1] [2] [3]

Among the competition entries was one Malaysian film, 1957: Hati Malaya . A non-competition film making its premiere was Long Road to Heaven , an Indonesian film about the 2002 Bali bombings. [4]

The festival was held from 28 November – 2 December 2007 with screenings at the Cathay Cineleisure Mutiara Damansara and the Perdana Awards ceremony at the Putra World Trade Centre.

Awards

2008

Awards

2007

Jury members for the competition were U-Wei Haji Saari from Malaysia, Andrew Vial from Australia, Jeff Bollow from New Zealand, Sozo Teruoka [5] from Japan and Tikoy Aguiluz from the Philippines. The awards are as follows: [6]

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