Film on Sabah wins silver at Paris event
Published on: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: Bottled Hope Sabah – a film about rural communities in Sabah having access to lighting through the production and distribution of lamps made from empty glass bottles won the Silver Award in the Sustainable Production and Circular Economy category at the Deauville Green Awards 2016 in Paris.The event is an international festival of film productions promoting sustainable development and eco-innovations. Pernod Ricard Malaysia beat some 300 competing films from approximately 30 countries. The international jury sought to recognise Pernod Ricard Malaysia for its film about its initiative involving the rural Sabah community.
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Through the production of this film – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMs-xkyHL7c – Pernod Ricard Malaysia wanted to increase awareness amongst both the general public and international authorities about the situation of these indigenous Malaysian inhabitants of one million people, who have limited access to basic infrastructures.Pernod Ricard Malaysia has created a long-term sustainable development programme to enable isolated communities throughout Malaysia, to have access to lighting, thanks to the production and distribution of lamps made from empty glass bottles (http://www.bottledhope. com.my/ brightbox.html ). To date, 235 "Brightboxes", which run on solar energy, have provided lighting to 2,000 inhabitants.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Terence Ong Managing Director of Pernod Ricard Malaysia said, "This award will help us to create greater awareness among a wider audience and we hope to receive generous contributions from our partners and the public so that we can continue impacting lives and helping communities to rise above their poverty cycle and improve their economic and social conditions through the Bottled Hope campaign."
