Getaway To Kaohsiung by Namewee Won Award

Malaysian talented musician/ singer Namewee has won a fifth award for his Getaway to Kaohsiung music video at the Arpa International Film Festival.

That same video has last won two awards at the 41st Annual Telly Awards last year.

Namewee (his real name is Wee Meng Chee) said this was the fifth award received by the video.

During the Telly Awards, the video bagged the Gold Winner under the Online — General Music Video category, and Silver Winner under the Television — General Music Video category.

Tourism Malaysia’s video, Discover Breathtaking Malaysia, had won the silver award for Non-Broadcast under the Travel/Tourism category.

Namewee posted on his Facebook page and described it as his best Chinese New Year gift.

“This is the fifth award received by the video. Initially when I did this song, I just wanted to help promote Kaohsiung’s tourism. It did not cross my mind that it would garner such a huge response.”

The music in this video is somewhat different from Namewee’s usual provocative style. Instead it has soothing melody with creative shooting of his journey at the back of a truck passing through some of Kaohsiung’s iconic streetscape. It is simply a beautiful video suitable for the entire family to watch.

Arpa International Film Festival is dedicated to cultivating cultural understanding and global empathy by creating a dynamic forum for international cinema.

Last year, Namewee’s film Babi received nominations at the Berlin International Film Festival, Bangkok International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and the Golden Horse Award.