Malaysia International Film Festival

Malaysia International Film Festival
Malaysia International Film Festival
Awarded for	Excellence of International and Local Films In Malaysia
Country	Malaysia
Presented by	Jazzy Group
First awarded	2017

The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is a public exhibition to showcase international and local films in Malaysia. Accompanying this event is the Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) where the organization Jazzy Group recognizes filmmakers under their significant performances throughout the entire year. Both events were established in 2016. The mission of the MGGA is to let the enthusiasm and passionate filmmakers all around world to promote their films together and to let them to embrace freedom of film making while achieve their dreams. ^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Events[]

In 2021, the vivo has a partnership with Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) in organizing a short film competition. A smartphone are required during the contest of the 5 minute short-film and the theme of the film is "Humanity". The contest available starting from the 8th of April until the 25th of April 2021.^[6]

On May 3, 2021, the organizer MIFFest had extended the dates for the short film contest until May 10, 2021.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic[]

The 4th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) has been postponed until 2021 without an annual awards ceremony. The Film Festival held virtually on January 2021. ^[7]

Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA)[]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in bold

MGGA 2017
The Best Film	The Best Director	The Best New Director	The Best Screenplay	The Best Cinematography
Singing in Graveyards (Malaysia, Philippines)	Ma’ Rosa – Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)	Apprentice 徒刑 – Boo Jun Feng 巫俊峰 (Singapore)	I, Daniel Blake 我是布莱克 – Paul Laverty (United Kingdom, France)	I am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲 – Pan Luo 罗攀 (China)
The Best Actor	The Best Actress	Audience Choice Award
Mad World 一念无明 – Eric Tsang 曾志伟 (Hong Kong)	Toni Erdmann – Sandra Hüller (Germany, Austria)	Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait

MGGA 2018
The Best Film	The Best Director	The Best New Director	The Best Screenplay	The Best Cinematography
Tesnota (Russia) Blockage (Iran) A Letter To The President (Afghanistan) Angels Wear White 嘉年华 (China, France) Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand) The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯 (Taiwan)	Angels Wear White 嘉年华 - Vivian Qu (China, France) The King - Han Jae-rim (South Korea) The Seen And Unseen - Kamila Andini (Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, and Qatar） Blockage - Mohsen Gharaei （Iran) Glass Garden - Shin Su-won (South Korea)	Kantemir Balaqov– Tesnota (Russia) Kirsten Tan – Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand) Huang Hsin-Yao – The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯 (Taiwan) Roya Sadat – A Letter To The President (Afghanistan) Tan Seng Kiat - Shuttle Life (Malaysia)	Angels Wear White 嘉年华 - Vivian Qu (China, France) A Letter To The President – Aziz Dildar (Afghanistan) The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯 – Huang Hsin-Yao (Taiwan) Pop Aye – Kirsten Tan (Singapore, Thailand) Blockage – Saeed Roustayi (Iran)	The Seen And Unseen – Anggi Frisca (Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, and Qatar） Angels Wear White 嘉年华 – Benoit Dervaux (China, France) The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯– Mong Hong Chung (Taiwan) Shuttle Life – Chen Ko Chin (Malaysia) Missing Johnny – Yao Hung-I (Taiwan)
The Best Actor	The Best Actress	The Best Supporting Actor	The Best Supporting Actress	Audience Choice Award
Hamed Behdad– (Blockage) (Iran) Jo In-sung – The King (South Korea) Jack Tan– Shuttle Life (Malaysia) Bamboo Chen – The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯 (Taiwan) Thaneth Warakulnukroh – Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand)	Darya Zhouvner – Tesnota (Russia) Vicky Chen – Angels Wear White 嘉年华 (China, France) Sylvia Chang – Shuttle Life (Malaysia) Daphne Low – Aqerat (Malaysia) Geunyoung Moon – Glass Garden (South Korea) Leena Alam– A Letter To The President (Afghanistan)	Artem Cipin – Tesnota (Russia) Jack Yap– Shuttle Life (Malaysia) Huang Yuan– Missing Johnny (Taiwan) Leon Dai– The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯 (Taiwan) Nader Fallah– Blockage (Iran)	Zhou Mei Jun – Angels Wear White 嘉年华 (China, France) Angel Chan – Shuttle Life (Malaysia) Gity Ghasemi – Blockage (Iran) Ayu Laksmi – The Seen And Unseen (Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, and Qatar）	Shuttle Life (Malaysia)

MGGA 2019
Best Film	Best Director	Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Hattrick (Iran) Our Struggles (Belgium, France) A Land Imagined 幻土 (Singapore) My Dear Friend 好友 (Taiwan) Axing (Iran) Still Human 淪落人 (Hong Kong) 27 Steps of May (Indonesia) House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Ode to Nothing (Philippines) Liway (Philippines)	Kim Bo-ra - House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Behrouz Shaoybi – Axing (Iran) Dwein Baltazar – Ode to Nothing (Philippines) Ramtin Lavafi - Hat-Trick (Iran) Yeo Siew Hua - A Land Imagined 幻土 (Singapore)	Ramtin Lavafi - Hat-Trick （Iran) Dwein Baltazar - Ode to Nothing (Philippines) Guillaume Senez - Our Struggles (Belgium, France) Raphaella Desplechin - Our Struggles (Belgium, France) Kim Bo-ra- House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Yeo Siew Hua - A Land Imagined (Singapore)	Kang Gook Hyun - House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Hideho URATA - A Land Imagined (Singapore) Ipung Rachmat Syaiful - 27 Steps of May (Indonesia) Long Miaoyuan - My Dear Friend (Taiwan) Neil Daza - Ode to Nothing (Philippines)
Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Lukman Sardi – 27 Steps of May (Indonesia) Anthony Wong – Still Human (Hong Kong) Amir Hayayee – Axing (Iran) Amin Jadidi - Hat-Trick (Iran) Romian Duris - Our Struggles (Belgium, France)	Sara Bahrami - Axing (Iran) Glaiza De Castro - Liway (Philippines) Raihaanun Soeriaatmadja - 27 Steps of May (Indonesia) Park Ji-Hu - House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Marietta Subong - Ode to Nothing (Philippines)	Saber Abar - Hat-Trick (Iran) Sam Lee - Still Human (Hong Kong) Hadi Hejazifar - Axing (Iran) Joonee Gamboa - Ode to Nothing (Philippines) Dominic Roco - Liway (Philippines)	Kim Sae-byuk - House of Hummingbird (South Korea) Mahnaz Afshar - Axing (Iran) Mahoor Alvand - Hat-Trick (Iran) Luna Kwok -A Land Imagined (Singapore) Lucie Debay - Our Struggles (Belgium, France)
Audience Choice Award
Nina Wu 灼人秘密 (Malaysia, Taiwan, Myanmar)

Other Awards[]

Lifetime Achievement Award 终身成就奖
拿督黎桂润 Dato’ Lai Meng (2017) 许鞍华 Ann Hui (2018) 洪金宝 Sammo Hung (2019)
New Hope Award 新希望奖
A Letter To The President (Afghanistan) (2018) 27 Steps of May (Indonesia) (2019)

Awards Categories[]

Current Categories

The Best Film 最佳电影
The Best Director 最佳导演
The Best New Director 最佳新晋导演
The Best Actor 最佳男主角
The Best Actress 最佳女主角
The Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 (Since 2018)
The Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 (Since 2018)
The Best Screenplay 最佳编剧
The Best Cinematography 最佳摄影
Lifetime Achievement Award 终身成就奖
Audience Choice Award 观众票选奖
New Hope Award 新希望奖 (Since 2018)

References[]

^ "General". Malaysia International Film Festival & Malaysia Golden Global Awards. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ Frater, Patrick (21 November 2017). "Brillante Mendoza to Head Jury at Malaysia Festival". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Scott, Mathew (12 May 2019). "Rajkumar Hirani Named Malaysia International Film Festival Jury Head | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Scott, Mathew (23 July 2019). "Malaysian Film Industry Looks to Cast Off Shadow of 1MDB Scandal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Chow, Vivienne (30 June 2020). "Malaysia's MIFFest Planning Smaller Real-World Edition". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "VIVO PARTNERS WITH MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — TO HOST 5-MIN SHORT FILM CONTEST".
^ "#Showbiz: MIFFest 4 postponed to Jan 2 due to cinema closure".

External links[]

Official website

[1] "General". Malaysia International Film Festival & Malaysia Golden Global Awards. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

[2] Frater, Patrick (21 November 2017). "Brillante Mendoza to Head Jury at Malaysia Festival". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[3] Scott, Mathew (12 May 2019). "Rajkumar Hirani Named Malaysia International Film Festival Jury Head | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[4] Scott, Mathew (23 July 2019). "Malaysian Film Industry Looks to Cast Off Shadow of 1MDB Scandal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[5] Chow, Vivienne (30 June 2020). "Malaysia's MIFFest Planning Smaller Real-World Edition". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[6] "VIVO PARTNERS WITH MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — TO HOST 5-MIN SHORT FILM CONTEST".

[7] "#Showbiz: MIFFest 4 postponed to Jan 2 due to cinema closure".

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