The Krishen Jit Fund

Past Recipients

Since its establishment in 2006, the Krishen Jit Fund has supported 95 projects by artists and cultural practitioners working across Malaysia.

The Fund has provided seed funding to diverse projects - from the production of theatre, dance, music, film, animation, contemporary art, interdisciplinary, and community-based works, to the development of archival, documentation, research, and publishing initiatives, as well as training programmes, and international exchanges.

View the Krishen Jit Fund recipients from previous years:

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

The Krishen Jit Fund 2024

Press Kit

Download the detailed press kit for more info on the recipients and projects.

Cheryl Lisa Haddy

Cheryl Lisa Haddy, for CCTV, a student short film project which is inspired by the director’s childhood and personal life.

Hasbe Zuraini Abu Bakar

Hasbe Zuraini Abu Bakar, for The Sensory Drama School Tour, which will provide students with disabilities in Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Nerus the opportunity to experience theatre performances.

Haziqah Azemi

Haziqah Azemi, for a proof of concept package for Garek, a feature film in-development which features a perspective on Muslim women who are jailed for being pregnant out-of-wedlock.

Jacky Yeap

Jacky Yeap, for See See, an experimental film exploring what happens when, rather than featuring the events that happen, the camera focuses instead on the viewer who is watching the events.

Sharifah Aleysha

Sharifah Aleysha, for TRACE/US, a video essay that documents the journey undertaken by two artists into Penang's past, as they search for avatars of family members they have loved and lost.

Syarifah Nadhirah Syed Abdul Rahman

Syarifah Nadhirah Syed Abdul Rahman, for Roots and Ruins, which combines artistic inquiry and archival documentation to investigate the plight of roadside trees in the Klang Valley, and trace the historical greening of Kuala Lumpur pre- and post-independence.