The Borneo Eco Film Festival (BEFF) is an annual non-profit, free-for-the-public event
which celebrates Borneo's biocultural diversity through nurturing local
storytelling through its year-round SUARA Community Filmmaking workshops
and showcasing exclusive premiers of environmental films.
Founded in 2011, BEFF is back with more environmental film screenings and community film-making workshops which will be held from the 27th to the 29th of September 2013.
Before that happens though, there's something else those with a passion for film-making should be excited about: the
Boleh Bah Filem Kita short-film competition!
Hoping to bring to light local
talent, the requirements are easy
:
- Films must be related to the environment.
- Films must be shot by Borneans currently living in Borneo.
- Films must be under 10 minutes long.
- Only submit films produced after 1st January 2010.
- Don't worry about the language your film is in - whether in English, Malay, Chinese Kadazan, Murut etc, as long as you provide English subtitles, SUBMIT IT! =)
The most important thing is though, films must be submitted by
1st August 2013, which means you have 1 week left - so get crack-a-lackin' you creative souls! Exciting prizes await and the
winning film will be
screened during the Festival - talk about big exposure ey?
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| One of the films shown during the festival - filmed in 1937! |
As for the aforementioned
SUARA KOMUNITI workshops, village-level workshops are conducted all year round, aiming to build the capacity of indigenous and local communities to
communicate their stories, experiences and worldviews related to
Borneo’s bio-cultural heritage through the medium of film.
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| Taken during one of the previous years' workshops. |
Agnes Agama, co-founder of
BEFF and environmental anthropologist, said that the first round of
workshops took place in
Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan in April this year.
“Budding film-makers from selected local communities attended the first
workshop of the year on Narratives & Ideas, in which participants
explored the concept of a 'narrative' and how to develop inspiration
into ideas before translating them onto film,” she said. Conducted by
artistic film maker Chris Chong Chan Fui and creative writer Melissa
Leong, the 4-day workshop was attended by the some of Sabah’s pioneering
non-governmental organisations, namely HUTAN, Model Ecologically
Sustainable Community-based Tourism (MESCOT) and Partners of Community
Organisations (PACOS).
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| Last year's documentary workshop participants! |
The second SUARA KOMUNITI workshop on
Documentary-making was held from 28-30 June 2013 in
Bundu Tuhan,
Ranau, while the final workshop on editing will be at the end of
August, culminating in a 3-day intensive community filmmaking training
course from 25-27 Sept at BEFF 2013.
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| Borneo Eco Film Fest screening 2012! |
BEFF invites interested parties to come on board as
corporate sponsors, supporters or event volunteers.
“We appreciate any
support in order to make this event a success!”
Venue:
Kompleks Jabatan
Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara (JKKN) Sabah.
Sponsors:
- Sabah
Economic Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA),
- Ministry of
Tourism, Culture and Environment, Sabah and
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| Tom, Char and BEFF volunteer Chloe at the press conference. |
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