The most exciting holidays of the year is drawing closer, most of us have been preparing up for joyful days filled with laughter, cheer, and the most delicious feasts of the year! THE ETHNIC HARVEST FESTIVAL Its also spell the the moment of our commercial film and movie market breakthrough which has been delay for two years by the all nation pandemic lockdown. for perfect time to gather around, check out these film in Kota Kinabalu and Malaysia as whole.
CRAZE BELOW THE WIND -CAN BAH PRODUCTIONS HOUSE/MM2H
Celebrate the year-end festivities with family and friends over FILM & MOVIE..
When his troublemaker sister gets in trouble, Ah Long is tasked with smuggling and safely delivering a mysterious luggage in order to save her. To do this, he has to travel with the luggage from Tawau all the way to Kota Kinabalu. But while doing so, he accidentally cuffs the luggage to Aisha`s wrist. Now the two of them must work together if they want to survive, especially with both the criminals and the police going after them
To some of us who has saw but not seen the cinematic heritage beauty of the older building or rather sloppy scene of shop-lots. these were brought to life on these movie by the clever eyes of director of Photography / Cinematographer Tan Teck Tze. The charm beauty and true classic scene are been showcase, among these location of Sandakan, among the city street, the Pasar market, the popular Sim Sim jetty housing and bus stop was very wisely feature with so much depth of feel in some scene where protagonist ponder his thoughts. the market place where Ah Long ( Tian long) pile his working lives remind me of been drag by my mother weekend grocery day and sometimes now my scouting of photography Nikon moments. I wish there were more landscape moments when both starring’s has to hide at the mountain of Kinabalu world Heritage site.
Both Tian Long and Daphne Low (Aisha) play well to their character, Ah Long creative use of local slang pronunciation indeed a plus for Sabahan audiences, His site-kick to be goofy future brother in-law are a good to be around honest companion. The mop hair style gangster shorty Charles Wong a natural, A breezy run time and a comedic cast that sometime looks like they’re your neighborhoods people. that way the film consistently moves and never slow down. It was delay for two whole years awaiting the movie release, maybe it is a blessing in disguise that most of us were dying to be back on the wide screen cinemascope.. no more confine to home theatre lockdown… salutee..
Cast at the VIP Premier @ Suria GSC 24 May 2022. Grab these opportunity to watch it.
Producer Chester Pang felt that it is a film where you can experience beautiful abundance of Borneo Scenery and a few laughter along the way.
my observation that with assisted camera crew and editing of Calibri value from peninsular. its a salute moment for North Borneo Sabah Team.
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English / Malay / Chinese Running Time : 1Hr 34 Min
Classification: P13
THE RISE OF THE LION @ 2 jUNE 2022
RISE OF THE LION – XIN PRODUCTIONS
Logline: The determination of a SinoKadazan youth from village trying to join a Lion Dance association in a big city and was not accepted by the lead of the association but eventually they reached an understanding with each other and gained recognition.
Starring Ng Jinn Jou, See Hui and Sam Loo, the film chronicles the inspirational journey of a young Sino Kadazan boy who chases his lion dance dreams in the big city of Kota Kinabalu, inspired by Master Chen and his lion dance team, Ba De.
He, however, discovered that Master Chen has passed away and that Ba De has lost their pride and glory. The lion dance team would now be led by Master Chen’s daughter, Jia Hui, who is struggling to carry out her task. JJ decides to help her restore Ba De’s reputation by participating in an upcoming lion dance championship. JJ may have no knowledge but his passion, perseverance and his Kadazan culture leads Ba De to a whole new level of lion dance experience.
The director and producer shared that she was inspired to write, direct and produce the film about the topic as the lion dance troupe in Sabah is a unique culture due to its multiracial members. The film crew team are most local as can be with great talent of DOP auteur Timothy Stephen, Mizar Mirul Visuals 3D artist, AKS Kwan art Cartoonist, Ken Fu on productions. Running Time: 90 minutes length.
