Benji Lim
Born in 1985, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Lim Benji graduated from Towson University in 2007 with a degree in electronic media and film, and has since been involved in prominent social interest projects such as 15 Malaysia (2009), Undilah (2011) and Hari Malaysia (2013) for multi-award-winning musician and film producer Pete Teo. Benji is a seasoned hand in the local film community, having himself produced and co-directed two independent feature-length movies, The Joshua Tapes (2010) and the multi-director omnibus Cuak (2014), which were released in theatres in Malaysia. Benji has also produced and co-directed several short films including the notorious Meter (2009), which was screened at various internationally-renowned film festivals such as Busan and Rotterdam, and is still viral on social media today. A regular collaborator with director We Jun, he was the screenwriter for the short film Coaster presented by Tiger Beer, mentored by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest). In 2021, Benji participated at the Locarno Open Doors Producer’s Lab and received the Rotterdam Lab Award.
Kinovisuals – Malaysia
Kinovisuals is a partnership forged as the result of creative collaboration between filmmakers We Jun and Lim Benji. Our company was founded on the principle of delivering the highest production value on whatever limited resources that are available to us, by utilising our creative instinct and resourcefulness derived from our team’s collective technical knowledge and experience as film professionals in the fields of advertising, digital branded content, corporate documentaries, as well as the years before that when we were budding filmmakers within the local indie scene.
Over the years, we’ve had the honour and privilege to contribute both creatively and professionally to exciting corporate projects for big brands such as Netflix, Volkswagen, Ikea, Photobook, Fitness First, Malaysia Airlines, Uber, Panasonic, Toyota, Ajinomoto, etc.
Projects in development
Hungry Ghost Diner by We Jun (Supernatural Fantasy)
Die Die Top Student by We Jun (Horror Comedy)
