Bebbra Mailin’s ‘Ninavau’ to open Malaysia film festival, Ti Lung to receive honour

Malaysian director of Bebbra Mailin’s local drama Ninabau It is set to open 8^th Malaysia International Film Festival (Miffest), which will be closed by Pia Marais’s Transamazonia.

The festival took place in Kuala Lumpur from July 19-27, and programmed 62 films from 48 countries from 50 titles selected last year.

Opening film Ninabau Marks Mailin’s feature director debut is based on a short directed in 2019. It tells the story of a Kadazan woman who returns from the peninsula to her devout Catholic family in a film exploring cultural identity.

Transamazonia It marks the fourth feature of South African filmmaker Murray, following a young healer, a missionary daughter deep in the Amazon jungle. It previously premiered in a competition at Locarno.

Miffest will also be awarding Hong Kong actor and fighter Ti Lung the Lifetime Achievement Award. duel and Blood brother Just like the John Woo Classic Better tomorrow And then the sequel. The festival will be screened Better tomorrow As part of the Master of Workstrand.

Miffest’s award for outstanding achievements in the film will be presented to Indonesian actor Reza Rahadian. Habibie & Ainun, My stupid boss Locarno Golden Leopard Winner The vengeance is mine, everything else pays cash.

The festival’s nine powerful international competitions included George M. Unkovsky’s DJ Ahmet, who won the Audience Award at Sundance. Lotfi Achour’s Red roadwinner of the Red Sea Best Film and Director. Dongjian My friend is DelhiIt premiered in Tokyo.

The ju judge will be hosted by Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning British filmmaker behind the documentary Amy, Senna and Diego Maradona. Further ju umpires include Malaysian actress Diana Daniela, Hong Kong actress Jennifer Yu, Indonesian Rahadian and Indian filmmaker Lima Das.

The festival also includes the Indian cinema spotlight. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of actor and director Raj Kapoor, he highlights the country’s female filmmakers in a retrospective of his most iconic title. Village Rock Star 2 By that.

It also curates programs with Hong Kong titles like Jill Leon The last song for you And Oliver Chan Modern motherhood montage.