The 13th Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival (KKIFF) continues with a film on a true story of a world-famous dancer, “Yuli”, at 8pm this evening (Thursday), at the City Cineplex, City Mall, here
Sabah’s first Chinese female film director Michelle Xin won the 2022 & 2023 Asia-Pacific Top Outstanding Female Entrepreneur award at the 19th Asia Pacific Entrepreneurs Nobel Records and the Asia Pacific Book of the Top 2022 event held at the Putrajaya Marriott Hotel on Sunday
Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun urged the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) to continue to help develop the film industry in Sabah.
He said Sabah has many talented filmmakers but it is not easy to produce a film in the State.
“We have many talented Sabahans who are interested in producing films, but it takes more than passion to do so because they need the facilities and equipment,” he said.
Hence, Masidi hoped Finas will continue to assist local filmmakers in Sabah.
“Given equal chance, we can do as good, if not better than filmmakers in West Malaysia,” he said when officiating at the premiere of a local production, “The Rise of Lion”, at City Mall here, last Saturday.
He said Sabahans should be proud of the film’s producer cum director Michelle Xin, who managed to overcome the challenges.
He said the State Government would continue to support the dev