BIOGRAPHIE

Ekin Kee Charles is an indigenous filmmaker from Sabah, Malaysia. She is a descendant of the Kimaragang tribe, a sub-tribe from the Kadazandusun Dayak umbrella. Her short film Pace was the 2019 Grand Prize Winner of BMW Shorties Malaysia. Ekin is also the 2022 recipient of the Han Nefkens Foundation Visual Art Grant, in which her artwork will be exhibited in various notable art galleries, including Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain; Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China; Museum of Contemporary Art of Taipei (MOCA). She has served as part of the selection committee at the Mini Film Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia from 2022 to 2023, and was the festival project manager in 2019. Ekin grew up in a closed community that consisted of family members who migrated from the inland mountain area to Kota Marudu, Sabah. Her works are often set around the community and lifestyle of the people in her hometown, oftentimes including them as cast and crew in her projects. Ekin has shared her passion for film through workshops conducted for indigenous communities not only in Sabah, but also in other parts of Malaysia.

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2024 Peaceland Director, Referent, Sales, Script, Script
• 2020 Rama Rama Director, Production, Sales, Referent, Script, Script