Huminodun movie to premiere Dec 3
KOTA KINABALU: The longawaited movie, Huminodun, is set to premiere at the MBO Cinema, Imago Shopping Mall here on Sunday (December 3).
The Premiere will be an exclusive red carpet black tie/traditional glamour event featuring Sabah's talented creative industries.
The event is being run by Siung Film Productions, the KDCA Women's Council and the Kadazandusun Language Foundation as a fund-raiser and 100% of the profits from the premiere will be used to fund scholarships for indigenous university students to help them further develop and strengthen the indigenous culture and languages of Sabah.
MBO Cinemas have agreed to be the Official Screening Partner to bring this event to Sabah by launching the film simultaneously in all eight of its halls in Imago.
This will allow 1,000 lucky guests to view the unique Sabah film production. Imago Shopping Mall (A Subsidiary of Asian Pac Holdings Bhd) has also generously agreed to be Official venue sponsor of this event, making space available to hold a glamorous cocktail party and launch.
In addition, Imago has agreed to sponsor the use of their large outdoor screen which will feature the trailer. Red carpet interviews will be conducted by Sabahan YouTube sensation Adam Shamil and by the Official Huminodun Radio Sponsors Kupi Kupi FM.
Huminodun is a unique Kadazan language production that tells the iconic story of the legendary Sabahan goddess Huminodun. When her parents, the gods Kinoingan and Sumundu, scourge the land to punish the people for their wickedness, she must find a way to save the world, no matter the cost.
The story of the making of Huminodun itself is a wonderful story about Sabahans pulling together to make something special. The Huminodun team is extremely proud of the fact that it was shot entirely throughout Sabah and 99% of its cast and crew are local Sabahans, with even all of the 250 visual effects shots being created in Sabah - a first for Sabah's burgeoning film industry.
The Director, Aaron Cowan, has over 20 years' experience working in Hollywood productions ranging from The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Man of Steel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the Narnia movies, while its Producer and Associate Director, Jo Luping, is a Kadazan Sabahan and brings her experience working on the Lord of the Rings, New Zealand television productions and an award winning Middle East documentary to bear on this production.
Siung Films is also proud to have on its team the following Executive Producers to help them shepherd Huminodun to cinemas: Huguan Siou Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister, Tan Sri Dr. Herman Luping, Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment and Datuk Francis Goh.
As Associate Producers, the following people have been instrumental in finishing the film: Puan Joanna Datuk Kitingan, Boni Mosios, Rita Lasimbang and Jenifer Lasimbang.
The film's trailer, when launched on Social Media earlier this year, went viral and within a week had reached close to a million people.
This illustrates the amount of interest that the film has already generated and continues to generate amongst Sabahans.
Huminodun was mainly funded by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment, illustrating the tremendous amount of government support for this project as they believe in developing Sabah's cultural heritage, its creative industries and to showcase Sabah's truly remarkable scenery.