June is the month of the Kota Kinabalu Arts Festival, promoted by SPArKS (Society of the Performing Arts Kota Kinabalu Sabah) which see’s the city’s first-ever French Film Festival. Thanks to the support of the French Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, three French language films (with English subtitles) will be screened at GSC 1 Borneo on 26th, 27th and 28th June 2009. This is a unique opportunity for us to experience cinema-making from a different cultural perspective and to learn something about how French people handle relationships, life’s crises and family interactions. A different movie will be shown each night, covering three different genres. The first movie for Friday, 26 June, is a romantic comedy entitled “Change of Address”. The film’s protagonist is David, a shy musician who has just moved to Paris. He falls madly in love with his young student, Julia, and tries everything to win her heart. The second movie, which will be shown on Saturday, 27 June, is called “The Axe” and is a social thriller. In the current world-wide financial crisis, this film may strike a chord as the theme revolves around a business executive who loses his job after his company is restructured. He is not content to let this stand, however, and is ready to do anything to get his job back – even if it resorts to murder. To finish the series of movies is a comedy “Me and my Sister”. A charming, country girl travels to Paris for a meeting about a novel she has written – a meeting that could change her life. While in Paris, she stays with her beautiful, elegant older sister who lives a deeply middle-class life and is rather aloof. The clash between these two very different people forms the basis of this movie. Tickets are being sold by the Ex-Franciscans’ Association to support St Francis Convent School’s projects. Tickets are priced at RM35 and can be purchased from Ms. Suzanah at 013-8602-310
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