Director sees Sabah potential as a filmmaking centre
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah has the potential to be a filmmaking hub. The vote of confidence comes from renowned film director Ahmad Idham who said Sabah is like a studio of its own, with its splendid natural beauty and environment. "I studied here for five years, and so I know how beautiful this State is. And because of its beauty, Sabah has the potential of becoming a filmmaking hub," he said. Ahmad said this during a press conference to introduce his latest film titled "Gerimis Mengundang", here, Wednesday Also present was Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun. "We encourage more filmmakers to come here. However, as stated the biggest hindrance faced by them (film-makers) is the lack of logistics, whereby film makers will need a large amount of filming equipment flown in from outside, which cost a lot," said Masidi. "There is no better location than Sabah, in fact according to the Time magazine, Sabah is among the top five countr...