1. What is MICA Award?
MICA Awards ~ MALAYSIAN INDIAN CINE AWARDS. MICA AWARDS is a glamorous award aimed to honour both artistic and technical excellence of film professionals in Malaysian Indian entertainment industry
This year MICA is back again with the 2nd Edition to honour achievements of Malaysian Indian cinema industry through 40 over categories including Feature Films, Short films, Most Popular and new categories such as TV Magazine, TV Drama and Telemovies.
2. Who will be the jury?
The winners for the contested category will be evaluated by an independent panel of jury comprising selected industry experts and professionals, for the TV DRAMA and TELEMOVIE Categories will be evaluated by RTM and ASTRO internally. While winners in a Most Popular Category will be chosen by public voting online.
3. The number of nominees and movies submitted?
Immense competition is expected this year as a total of 13 Movies had submitted more than 300 nominees to contest for the winnings. Thus 2nd edition of MICA Awards promises to be a bigger and grandeur award function for the local Indian filmmakers.
Mr RG Naidu who is a Founder & CEO of Malaysian Indian Cine Awards 2019. He is also the organizing Chairman of the 2nd Edition MICA 2019.
"Without encouragement to compete, without due recognition, rewards, appreciation, opportunity, how far can one go?", He says.
MICA will be the platform to pick the best of the best, to elevate the standard of the industry, to cultivate a quality breed of artistic talents in the country who will potentially go international and bring fame to Malaysia. He foresees that MICA AWARD will be a dream AWARD for each and everyone in Malaysian Indian Entertainment Industry.
- Professionally Organized PRESTIGIOUS AWARD SHOW.
- INDEPENDENT PANEL OF JURY (Industry Experts and Professionals).
- One of the BIGGEST MALAYSIAN AWARD SHOW (More than 40 Categories).
- LARGEST GATHERING AND CELEBRATION of Malaysian Artistes & Celebrities.
- The first and only Malaysian Indian Award Show BROADCASTED IN TV.
- Endorsed and Supported by KKMM, FINAS and TOURISM MALAYSIA.
- Backed and Supported by more than 15 CREATIVE INDUSTRY NGOs.
- 100% MALAYSIAN OWN PERFORMANCES, Artists, Hosts, Songs and Dances.
- It’s a platform for talents and filmmakers collaborate for new projects.
- Reaching MASS AUDIENCE UP TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE (via Live, TV, Radio, Social Media & Press
6. AWARD CATEGORIES :-
MOVIE CATEGORY AWARDS
TOTAL AWARDS: 23
• Best Movie
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Director
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Editor
• Best Script Writer
• Best Music Director
• Best Background Music
• Best Male Supporting Actor
• Best Female Supporting Actress
• Best Male Newcomer
• Best Female Newcomer
• Best Comedian
• Best Villain
• Best Lyricist
• Best Male Playback Singer:
• Best Female Playback Singer
• Best Choreographer
• Best Art Director
• Best Makeup Artist
• Best Child Artist
NON-THEATRICAL AWARDS
TOTAL AWARDS: 15
● Best Shortfilm
● Best TV Magazine (Astro)
● Best Telemovie
● Best Telemovie Actor
● Best Telemovie Actress
● Best Telemovie Director
● Best Telemovie Editor
● Best Telemovie Scriptwriter
● Best TV Magazine (RTM}
● Best TV Drama
● Best TV Drama Actor
● Best TV Drama Actress
● Best TV Drama Director
● Best TV Drama Editor
● Best TV Drama Scriptwriter
MICA SPECIAL AWARDS;
TOTAL AWARDS: 4
- Celebrity ICON of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- MICA Jury Award
- Most Promising Artist
7. Venue? Time? Date? Ticket Price?
MICA Awards will be taking place on 22nd of May, 6PM at HGH Convention Hall, Sentul Kuala Lumpur. For Gala Dinner tables, entry passes and invitations public may contact 019 2240 999 or visit MICA Awards Facebook Page and MICA Awards Instagram Page for more information.
The tickets prices are RM30/RM50/RM100.
Be sure to expect glamorous red carpet event, award presentation, extragavanza artist performance and gala dinner!
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