As featured in UNRESERVED Magazine Jan 2020
Story by Mikha Chan
Nadira Ilana is part of the vanguard, if not at the forefront, of East Malaysian filmmakers, bringing stories from Borneo to the rest of the nation. The 32-year-old was the first East Malaysian filmmaker to receive the Justin Louis Grant for her documentary, The Silent Riot, a political-historical documentary on the 1986 Sabah riots.
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MIFFest Grand Prize winning film ‘Ninavau’ to premiere in Kota Kinabalu
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabahan filmmaker, Bebbra Mailin’s short film ‘Ninavau’ recently took the Grand Prize at the Malaysian International Film Festival 2019 (MIFFest 2019) and Sabahans will get the chance to view her award-winning short film in September.
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Sumber Gambar: Muzzamer Rahman
FILEM pendek Kadazan Ninavau telah mendapat penghargaan tertinggi di Festival Filem Antarabangsa Malaysia (MIFFest) 2019, di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini.
Filem arahan dan ditulis oleh pembikin filem tempatan Bebbra Mailin diterbit oleh Nadira Ilana dari Telan Bulan Films dan dihasilkan bersama dengan kru dan pelakon dari Sabah.
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Like other school children, Nadira Ilana recited the national pledge of allegiance and sang national songs. She grew up in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, in East Malaysia.
After studying abroad, she moved to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. People kept asking her how long she had “been in Malaysia” as though Sabah wasn’t part of the country.
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BY the time filmmaker Nadira Ilana was done screening her work to the people of Kampung Bongkud, Sabah, some of them were in tears.
After all, it wasn’t just Nadira’s work. The people of the village (about two and a half hours away from Kota Kinabalu) worked with her on and off for an entire year to document their lives for Big Stories, an Australian documentary project.
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