KKIFF begins tonight with award-winning short films
Published on: Friday, June 05, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: The Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival (KKIFF) Opening Night will showcase a series of award-winning short films from all over the world.The premier of KKIFF Opening Night today (June 5) begins with an Indonesian short film called Heaven Is Not A Place that was funded by the Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority.The film is based on one Laura who runs a backpackers' lodge in Kota Kinabalu who is captivated and curious about a frequent tourist, Albert who always travels to the Sulug Island without doing the usual tourist activities. ADVERTISEMENT Albert instead only watches the sea from the beach, in silence seemingly waiting for someone.Followed by that is a short documentary from Myanmar, Traveller which tells of a disabled woman's fight against discrimination by leading a movement to create a barrier-free society.Next is a short Indonesian film, On Stopping the Rain, which tells of a girl anxiously waiting for the rain to stop because she wants to parade her new shoes around and how she takes matters into her own hands.Come Hell Or High Water, on the other hand, is a Malaysian short documentary on a first-hand account of an interracial marriage in Malaysia between TMA, a regular Malay man, and Sherine, a typical Chinese woman in a span of 24 years.ADVERTISEMENT It retells the tale of how they met, fell in love, got married and worked out the rest of the details along the way.Lastly, is a German film called Four Minutes focusing on an embittered, 80-year-old piano teacher working in a women's prison who takes on the most challenging student in her enduring career.
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It tells of Miss Krueger who has been teaching classical piano for years to some of the most hardened female prisoners in all of Germany, but upon meeting brooding new inmate Jenny, Miss Krueger finally seems to have found the one student she can't break through to - until she hears Jenny play, that is. A former piano prodigy whose abusive childhood prompted her to neglect her natural gift for music in the name of survival, Jenny is a violent offender whose notorious temper has, as an adult, repeatedly landed her behind bars. The KKIFF Opening Night begins from today (June 5) until June 11. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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It will start promptly at 6pm with the screening of short films and documentaries while the international movies would be screened at 8pm at the National Culture and Art Department (JKKN) Complex auditorium.Tickets are for sale at RM10, which covers all films screened on the night, at Breadboss or at the door. However, Daily Express readers who present a Daily Express masthead will be able to redeem a free ticket. For more information, the public may contact Jude Day at 014-3514298 or Mohd Hazli Ali Zapar at 016-5522435 for more information.