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Time For Malaysian Filmmakers To Shine
Malaysia International Film Festival (Miffest) Short Film Competition Is Back

KUALA LUMPUR, 4th September 2017 –The Malaysia International Film Festival Short Film Competition is calling for entries! This competition aims to encourage local independent filmmakers and aspiring young showcase their hidden talents through this international platform. In addition, it discovers and foster more potential talents for the local scene. Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) and Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) provide an opportunity and international platform for local film cooperation to introduce Malaysian film and culture to the world.

SHORT FILM COMPETITION
For this time, the short film competition has set its as ‘Humanity: Hope & Despair’. ‘Humanity’ has 2 different faces which are ‘Hope’ and ‘Despair’. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Despair is the feeling that life is without hope. Short film which brings out the value of humanity will be welcome by the competition. Different men have their own definition of humanity, the jury are hoping to see a distinct side of expressing the value of humanity. This competition is only open to all citizens in Malaysia. The aim of this competition is to educate, inspire and motivate the young generation in life through films on the theme of ‘Humanity’.

NEW CATEGORY AND VOTING SYSTEM
Public Award is a new category added by this year in short film competition. Apart from the juries, audience’s voice is also an important one on both sides of the aisle. This year, the winner of the award will not only be decided by the Jury, but also general public through an online voting system. The organiser will announces the TOP 10 short films which nominated by the juries and the public may vote their favourite short films within the TOP 10 on MIFFest and MGGA official Facebook page. The winner will be selected through public voting (30% weight) and Jury (70% weight).

REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION
Entries are only acceptable through online application. Students receive submission waiver when entries accompanied by a legitimate student ID or official letter from the learning institution as proof of current student. Aside of that, filmmakers just need to pay only RM20 to submit entries. The submission of short film competition will run from 1st September 2017 till 3rd November 2017. The organiser only accept short films that no longer than 20 minutes.

AWARDS
The grand winner and the winner of Public Award will be announced on 15th January 2018. Winner will walk away with exciting prizes including RM 2,000 cash, film screening movie pass to MIFFest and a pair of VIP MGGA tickets worth RM1000. The winning films will be screened during 2nd Malaysia International Film Festival opening ceremony.
For more information and rules and regulation, kindly visit our official websites at www.mgga.com.my and www.miffest.com.my. Please don’t hesitate to email us at pr@mgga.com.my for any inquiries.

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第二届马来西亚国际电影节再次设立短片竞赛
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(吉隆坡4日讯)第二届马来西亚国际电影节再次设立短片竞赛,为马来西亚电影业打造一个更为广阔的平台。此短片竞赛是为了提倡马来西亚的电影制作及发掘更多年轻制作人的才华与对电影的热枕。

短片竞赛主题

马来西亚国际电影节的主旨是为了启发,鼓励及提升人道主义事业的电影。这次的短片竞赛也会从人道主义的视角出发,每个人对于‘人道’二字带着不同的见解,而评委们希望能借由这些短片电影人的角度,追寻人道主义的另一种诠释方式。马来西亚国际电影节短片竞赛将只会限定公开给马来西亚公民,希望可以收到更多原汁原味的本土创作,也可以把短片作品带到大荧幕上。

新增设奖项类别与投票系统

今年,主办单位也特别增设‘网络票选奖‘的新奖项,让观众可以一同互动及交流。观众可以在评审所决定的十大短片中选出心目中最满意的作品,而观众票选的成绩将会占据总成绩的30%,其余70%将会综合几位短片评审给予的成绩计算。观众可以通过马来西亚国际电影节与金環奖的官方面子书上投选所喜爱的短片。

参赛方式

马来西亚国际电影节短片竞赛定于2017年9月1日开始接受报名,只要是马来西亚公民一概欢迎参赛。所有短片作品必须在11月3日之前到官方网站报名。电影制作人只需要缴付RM20便可报名参赛,而身为莘莘学子的一辈,亦可凭着学生证或大学授权书享有豁免缴交报名费用。参赛短片必须少于20分钟,欲参赛的电影人务必登陆马来西亚国际电影节与金環奖的官方网站www.mgga.com.my进行线上报名或查询竞赛规章。

奖励与奖金

短片竞赛将会于2018年1月15日公布冠军及网络票选奖得主。冠军得主可以获得RM 2,000现金、第二届马来西亚国际电影节电影入场券及两张各价值RM1,000的第二届马来西亚金環奖贵宾席入场券。与此同时,获得冠军及网络票选的短片作品将有机会在第二届马来西亚国际电影节的开幕典礼中上映,让国内外所有的电影人一同欣赏这一部荣誉短片。

欲知更多资讯,请浏览www.miffest.com.my 或 www.mgga.com.my 也可电邮至 pr@mgga.com.my 询问更多详情。

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