KOTA KINABALU: A FILM by famous American documentary filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson, Borneo, will be among the international feature films to be shown during the Borneo Eco Film Festival (BEFF) this week.
The film has been deemed as the Johnsons' "last adventure" together before Martin was killed in a plane crash in California in 1937.
It will have its Southeast Asian premiere at the Sabah National Culture and Arts Department complex auditorium here on Sunday.
The 75-minute film will share expedition footages in Borneo by the Johnsons as they searched for an orang utan.
The three-day festival begins tomorrow with five feature films and seven short films.
There will also be the premiere of a special live film performance featuring two silent movies from the British Film Institute -- Trip to British North Borneo and Possesions Anglaises Dans Le Nord De Borneo (English Possessions of North Borneo).
"These two silent films (dating back to 1907 and 1911) will be accompanied by music from local musician Hezekiah Asim, who has spent months working on a composition specifically for each of the films," said festival board chairman Chris Chong Chan Fui.
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