KKIFF 2026 · 18 September, 8pm

Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival 2026

12–19 September 2026

RM 15

Films in this screening

I Am Here ( 2026)

Documentary • English, Mandarin • English subtitles • 11 Minutes • Yi Hui Lai • 2026

I Am Here follows a couple who live and work inside a stray dog shelter caring for nearly 700 dogs. Through daily routines, quiet conversations and observational footage, the documentary looks beyond rescue work to reveal their tenderness, exhaustion and constant encounters with loss. For them, every dog is not just sheltered, but treated as family.

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo (2026)

Comedy • Korean • English subtitles • 23 Minutes • Yoo Ga-Young • 2026

On a sweltering summer day, a chick suddenly hatches from a carton of free-range eggs Gyehwan has brought home. He decides to raise it with love, and the chick grows into Yuksip, his unusual chicken companion. But when Yuksip disappears near a fried chicken restaurant, Gyehwan's search becomes both funny and unexpectedly tender.

I'll Leave You Words (2025)

Drama, Romance • Indonesian, Thai, Korean, Khmer • English subtitles • 24 Minutes • Anwar Johari Ho • 2025

In Kuala Lumpur, a Cambodian escort offers intimacy through stories, moving between languages to comfort her clients. But when a lonely Korean man's longing for the past unsettles her, she is forced to face the silences in her own life. I'll Leave You Words is a quiet drama about memory, loneliness and what remains unsaid.

We Are The Jungle (2026)

Drama • Mandarin • English subtitles • 1 Hour 4 Minutes • Gwai Lou • 2026

After years abroad, Amber returns to Malaysia seeking closure with her ex-lover, Jun. But when she finally finds her in KL, Jun claims not to know her, turning their reunion into a tense game of cat and mouse. As painful secrets surface, We Are The Jungle becomes an elusive drama about memory, mistakes and choices that cannot be undone.

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