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Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak, Malaysia, is
where the annual AIFFA (ASEAN Internaitonal Film Festival and Awards) is held.
It’s known in the tourism industry for paying homage to cats, and attracting
visitors because of its numerous cat cafes, statues, souvenirs, and
attractions.
Livan Tajang, who spearheads the festival, revealed during the Manila road show that
they will try to gather as many as people as possible to wear cat costumes during the opening festivities. A representative from the Guinness World Records will be flying in all the way from
England to mark down this curious feat in history.
Below is a list of the activities during the 3-day
festival:
May
4, 2017 (Thursday)
AIFFA Movie Marathon
- · International and ASEAN film screenings at selected cinemas around Kuching
Café Crawl
- · Film chats and screenings at selected cafes.
Party with the Stars and Break the World
Record
- · Meet ASEAN Movie Stars at Kuching Amphitheatre.
- · A Guinness World Record attempt for the largest crowd dressed in cat costumes.
- · Concert with Alleycats and Dayang Nurfaizah. Special appearance with ASEAN Favourite Upin and Ipin.
- · Announcement of nominated films for AIFFA 2017 Awards.
- · Winners of Sarawak Youth Short Film Education and Competition announcement.
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May
5, 2017 (Friday)
AIFFA Biz World
- Official launch of AIFFA Biz World.
- · Business talks, film financing, exhibition, and networking.
AIFFA Movie Marathon
- International and ASEAN film screenings at selected cinemas around Kuching.
Café Crawl
- Film chats and screenings at selected cafes.
May
6, 2017 (Saturday)
AIFFA Biz World
- Official launch of AIFFA Biz World.
- Business talks, film financing, exhibition, and networking.
AIFFA Movie Marathon
- International and ASEAN film screenings at selected cinemas around Kuching.
Café Crawl
- Film chats and screenings at selected cafes.
AIFFA 2017 Gala Night
- Star studded red carpet and awarding ceremony.
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| Photo credit: Catherine Cornell |
One would be able to look back in history and see
that 2013 was a record-breaking year for Filipinos when 13 out of the 100 films
were entries from the Philippines. Some of those were Qiyamah, Grave
Bandits, Aparisyon, and Colossal. 2015 was the year when
Cherie Gil won a Best Actress Award for Sonata and Nora Aunor was bestowed
the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Prior to the festival proper, there are activities happening
at certain dates in March and April. For more details you may check the official
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/aiffa.sarawak.
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