KKIFF 2026 · 17 September, 8pm

Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2026

12–19 September 2026

RM 15

Films in this screening

The Owl And The Rainbow (2026)

Animation • English • English subtitles • 10 Minutes • Jo Luping • 2026

movie poster for The Owl And The Rainbow

When depression pulls her daughter into darkness, a mother must find a way to bring hope and colour back into their lives. Through textured animation and gentle imagery, The Owl And The Rainbow becomes a tender story about a mother's love, quiet strength and the difficult path toward healing.

Kataw (2025)

Drama, Science Fiction • English, Cebuano • English subtitles • 6 Minutes • Alyssa Ashley Cordova Manugas • 2025

In a future where the Philippine archipelago is mostly submerged, a mother and doctor considers a dangerous procedure to help the next generation survive. The operation would transform children in the likeness of the Kataw, Visayan merfolk from local mythology. As the day arrives, she must choose between keeping her child close and giving them a chance in a drowned world.

The Wanderer (2025)

Science Fiction • English • English subtitles • 18 Minutes • Gwai Lou • 2025

In a post-nuclear jungle of silence and ruins, a lone scavenger is haunted by the life she once knew. When she discovers an enslaved boy, their unlikely bond awakens a fragile sense of humanity in a world thought dead. The Wanderer is a science-fiction short about memory, solitude and the will to keep moving.

The Reserve (2025)

Drama • Spanish • English subtitles • 1 Hour 33 Minutes • Pablo Pérez Lombardini • 2025

In the remote Mexican highlands of Monte Virgen, park ranger Julia discovers that illegal loggers are destroying the protected reserve she has sworn to defend. When the fearful community refuses to stand with her, Julia faces threats, isolation and devastating loss. Alone against the destruction, she holds on to the one thing they cannot take from her: dignity.

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