Kaki Lima Winners Take Back More Than Plate of Char Kuey Teow in George Town

It was just last week that George Town celebrated their 7^th Anniversary as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site with the theme Treasure of Taste. You can read about this more in our previous piece.

To celebrate, young film makers fed audiences with their best works for the Kaki Lima Short Film Competition with this year’s theme — Food for Festival.

The Kaki Lima Short Film Competition is a cultural initiative by George Town World Heritage Incorporated that kick-started in 2014, held in conjunction with the heritage celebrations. The purpose of the competition is to generate awareness among locals to conserve George Town and there ain’t no better way to do so than making it all about food!

And to heighten awareness of heritage conservation, Kaki Lima Short Film Competition will continue this competition next year under the theme of Penang’s Heritage.

During the award presentation ceremony held on 4th of July, there was a gathering with the panel which gave participants the chance to meet the judges who took their time to critic their productions. Members of the judging panel included Dr. Charles Carrol from the Singapore Institute of Technology, director Mr. AzharrRudin, Mr. Khairil M. Bahar, Mr. Jason Yeoh and Ms. Tang Siang Ching.

In this year’s competition, judges feasted their eyes over three participants. Have a look at what these talented lot have got themselves:

Awards	Short Film	Director	Prizes
Jury Award- Distinction	“Nostalgic”	Harm Hui Shing	Cash Prize RM 5,000.00Deluxe Twin Cruise Package worth RM 4,665Canon EOS 700D (18-55mm) worth RM2,499
Jury Award- Merit	“Dinner for Ten Years”	Ziv Goh	Cash Prize RM 3,000.00Deluxe Twin Cruise Package worth RM 4,665Canon EOS 700D (18-55mm) worth RM2,499
Jury Award- Best Cinematography	“Tasteless”	Joey Lee	Cash Prize RM1,000.00, Trophy and certificate
Most Popular Award	“Dinner for Ten Years”	Ziv Goh	Trophy and certificate

You can watch the winning short films on Kaki Lima’s .

Stay tuned as Kaki Lima will be conducting a series of road shows to reveal more details about next year’s competition and a big hearty bowl of congratulations to the winners of this year’s Kaki Lima Short Film Competition!