ABOUT
Founded by Nova Goh in 2013，NG PICTURE is an award winning documentary production house based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia formerly known as North Borneo.
Nova Goh has been creating content all over Borneo for decades, winning awards for his independent documentaries and screened at festivals across the world.
At NG PICTURE we pride ourselves on producing exceptional quality Borneo content for a local and International Audience. It has produced award winning documentary titles such as "The Last Ring Lady" and "The Love of Tapang Tree".
Director's Biography
Nova Goh, born and raised in West Borneo, Sarawak – a land full of wonderful and exotic culture and the home of the hornbill. In 1999, he went to Taiwan to study visual communications at the National Taiwan University of Arts. During his stay in Taiwan, he was influenced by the growing indie film scene, and became involved in various short film projects. In 2008, he returned to Borneo, where he directed his first feature-length documentary, Red Rain on the Equator, which screened in New Asian Currents section of the 2011 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan.
Filmography
2002 | Living in the Unfathomable Death of A Heart (6 min)
2004 | Old My Generation (8 min)
2005 | I Heard You Had Died (10 min)
2008 | Sunday Morning (93 min)
2010 | Red Rain on the Equator (120 min)
2013 | Near (10 min)
2016 | Unlocking Bengoh (25 min)
2018 | The Last Ring Ladies (TV version) (52 min)
2019 | The Love of Tapang Tree (82 min)
2020 | North Borneo's Isolated Stateless (TV version) (25 min)
2021 | Reviving Indigenous Design : North Borneo (TV version) (25 min)
2022 | North Borneo Changing Sacred Mountain (TV version) (25 min)
2023 | KITA (100 min)
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
2021
Singapore ATF (Asia TV Forum & Market)
The feature film project, "When We Were Young," was the winner of the Chinese Pitch at the Singapore ATF (Asia TV Forum & Market).
2021
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
The documentary series project, titled "THE METAMORPHOSIS - A Gaze Into Contemporary Borneo," has reached the semi-finals of the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival's "China Stories" category.
2020
FIRST International Film Festival
Feature movie "When We Were Young” got selected as FIRST International Film Festival pitching forum finalist, Xining, China
2020
JOGJA-NETPAC ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL, INDONESIA
Full-length documentary "The Love of Tapang Tree" being selected by Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia.
2020
Visions du Réel, International Film Festival Nyon
Full-length documentary "The Love of Tapang Tree" being selected for Media Library 2020 | Visions du Réel, International Film Festival Nyon.
2018
Yamagata Dojo 2018, Japan
Full-length documentary "The Love of Tapang Tree" being selected by Yamagata Dojo 2018, Japan.
2018
Doc by the Sea 2018, Indonesia
Full-length documentary "The Love of Tapang Tree" being selected by Doc by the Sea 2018, Indonesia.
2018
The Asian Pitch
Full-length documentary "The Last Ring Ladies" won the inaugural The Asian Pitch.
2016
Leipzig Networking Day 2016
Full-length documentary "The Last Ring Ladies" being selected by Leipzig Networking Day 2016.
2016
crossing border 2016, seoul
Full-length documentary "The Last Ring Ladies" being selected by Crossing Border 2016, held in Seoul, Korea.
2016
Freedom Film Fest 2016
Short documentary "Unlocking Bengoh" won Malaysian Film Grant Winners by Freedom Film Fest 2016.
2015
Kota Kinabalu Film Festival 2015
Short documentary "Sape" won the Sabah Pitching Training & Award hosted by the Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2015.
2014
6th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Korea
Full-length documentary "The Claims" being selected by DMZ Project Market hosted by the 6th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Korea.
2013
The Asian Pitch
Full-length documentary "The Claims" being selected into by The Asian Pitch (The Asian Pitch is the result of a common vision between NHK (Japan), KBS (South Korea), PTS (Taiwan), and MediaCorp (Singapore) to fund original HD documentaries produced by Asian docu-makers)
2013
Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2011
Full-length documentary "Red Rain on the Equator" screened at Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2011 under Asian Pacific Director’s Spotlight category.
2011
Yamagata Documentary Film Festival 2011
Full-length documentary "Red Rain on the Equator" nominated at Yamagata Documentary Film Festival 2011 under New Asian Current category.
2005
Taipei Film Festival 2005, TAiwan
Finalist in the Taipei Film Festival, Experimental Films Category, for the short film "I Heard You Had Died".
2004
Taipei Film Festival 2004, taiwan
Received the Taipei Film Festival Award for Best Picture for the short film "Old My Generation".
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Invited to screen Old My Generation at the Tally High New Directors Film Festival
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Invited to show Old My Generation at the Lyons Asian Culture Film Festival held in Lyons, France
2003
International Student Golden Lion Film Awards
Finalist in the International Student Golden Lion Film Awards for the short film "Living in the Unfathomable Death of a Heart".
2002
Golden Horse DV Film Festival
Finalist in the Golden Horse DV Film Festival for the short film "Living in the Unfathomable Death of A Heart".
GALLERY
OUR WORKS
As a Bornean, we always have a huge curiosity towards our land - Borneo. The curiosity is the drive to make us always on a journey to push us to go beyond boundaries, to explore new places and meet new people. We have produced a dying culture series across Borneo; in search of the last Ring Ladies in the heart of Borneo, while risking our lives to document the Stateless people who suffer when government enact a lock down in order to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. We always treat ourselves as the first audience who sit behind the monitor while witness happenings, we try our best to restore the scenes into stories and try our best to bring back the first hand perception to audiences. We hope viewers can fully experience what we have experienced.
