Malaysia International Film Festival

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]

Malaysia International Film Festival
Awarded forExcellence of International and Local Films In Malaysia
Country Malaysia
Presented byJazzy Group
First awarded2017

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 in January 2021.[7]

Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA)

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

MGGA 2018
  Winner
Category Nominee
The Best Film
Tesnota (Russia)
Blockage (Iran)
A Letter To The President (Afghanistan)
Angels Wear White 嘉年华 (China, France)
Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand)
The Best Director
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)
The Best New Director
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)
The Best Screenplay
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 Best Cinematography
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)
Category Nominee
The Best Actor
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)
The Best Actress
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)
The Best Supporting Actor
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)
Geunyoung Moon – Glass Garden (South Korea)
Thaneth Warakulnukroh – Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand)
The Best Supporting Actress
Zhou Mei Jun – Angels Wear White 嘉年华 (China, France)
Angel Chan – Shuttle Life (Malaysia)
Gity Ghasemi – Blockage (Iran)
Daphne Low – Aqerat (Malaysia)
Ayu Laksmi – The Seen And Unseen
(Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, and Qatar）
Audience Choice Award
Shuttle Life (Malaysia)

MGGA 2019
  Winner


MGGA 2019
Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography
Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Audience Choice Award

MGGA 2022

In 29th November 2021, MIFFest had announced that the 5th Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) is back, and opened for all feature films from any territories. Submission deadline from 29th November 2021 until 7th February 2022 6:00 pm (GMT +8)[8]

Submission deadline has been extended until 27th February 2022. [9]

The 5th Miffest 2022 is thrilled to collaborate with the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) for the competition partnership this year. Both events intention to gain the milestone of making a bridge among the movie industries withinside the East and the West. The event is officially scheduled to take place from 10 to 15 July 2022, where the awards ceremony will be held on 16 July 2022 at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur.[10] [11] [12]

Other Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
终身成就奖
New Hope Award
新希望奖

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
  1. "General". Malaysia International Film Festival & Malaysia Golden Global Awards. Retrieved 15 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Frater, Patrick (21 November 2017). "Brillante Mendoza to Head Jury at Malaysia Festival". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Scott, Mathew (12 May 2019). "Rajkumar Hirani Named Malaysia International Film Festival Jury Head | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Scott, Mathew (23 July 2019). "Malaysian Film Industry Looks to Cast Off Shadow of 1MDB Scandal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Chow, Vivienne (30 June 2020). "Malaysia's MIFFest Planning Smaller Real-World Edition". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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".
  8. "We're proudly to announce our 5th Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) is back ! Online submission is now open for all feature films from any territories".
  9. "Submission date extended".
  10. "5th Malaysia International Film Festival is Returning with the Collaboration with Udine Far East Film Festival5th Malaysia International Film Festival is Returning with the Collaboration with Udine Far East Film Festival".
  11. "5th Malaysia International Film Festival returns in physical form".
  12. "5th Malaysia International Film Festival is Returning With the Collaboration With Udine Far East Film Festival".
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