Tourism in Malaysia might not be a booming industry now but still a 2.5 minute video produced by Tourism Malaysia, Sharp and Chilli Pepper Films has managed to win a Special Award for Best Camerawork at the 21st WorldMediaFestivals.

WorldMediaFestivals, based in Hamburg, Germany, has been honouring creativity in media for the past 21 years including audiovisual, print and online productions and has earned a reputation as being the industry standard worldwide.

The 2021 Hall of Fame is divided into two main categories, the Television & Corporate Media Awards and the Tourism & Travel Media Awards with the Malaysian tourism video capturing the special award in the latter category.

The winners were announced on the WorldMediaFestival’s official website due to restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The video titled “Amazing” won the “Magic Eye” for Best Camerawork. It was made possible under the direction of globally-acclaimed commercial and film director Mark Toia and production house Chilli Peppers Film.

The initial production was a creative collaboration between Tourism Malaysia and Sharp called “Truly Aquos 8K, Truly Asia Malaysia,” whereby the production team was the first to shoot an 8K video in Malaysia.

In addition, the creative production has also secured a place among four other winners under the Advertising category for the 2021 Tourism & Travel Media intermediaglobe Gold Award.

The video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VgN8VdGuGk

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE