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- A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.
- Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.
- An American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the Vietnam war.
- Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?
- Johan kidnaps Ana out of desperation to purchase a heart in the black market for his ailing brother. The kidnapping exposes Ana's stepfather's plan to have Ana killed, so together they fight back to take what is rightfully hers.
- A relationship on the edge - It's a psychological thriller in one of the most beautiful national parks in Malaysia.
- Set during the Japanese invasion of Malaya during World War 2, story about a local Malay girl Bulan with her Chinese neighbour friend who's been captured by the Japanese army to be servant to the general.
- State-of-the-art technology delivers stunning images of indigenous people, unique animals and spectacular landscapes that most of us will never see.
- The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television competition between 10-12 teams of two in a race around the world for $100,000$ to 'amazing' locations.
- Julia zu Hohenberg travels to Borneo to surprise her husband, who goes about his business here. Felix does not like the presence of his wife because she is now accompanying him on a tour of a delicate investment project. Alexander Kuhl, a dropout who works as a driver in Borneo, is supposed to drive the two to a palm oil plantation deep in the jungle. While resting in a poor jungle village, Julia discovers a caged baby orangutan, for which she spontaneously swaps her earrings. Felix has no sympathy for this sentimentality, and a long-standing argument breaks out. While Felix attends his business appointment alone, Julia wants to take the baby monkey to the nearest zoo together with Alex. On the way, the two come across an illegally cleared area of primeval forest and are shot at by armed workers. Alex flees deep into the wilderness with Julia, where idealistic veterinarian Dr. Ochsenmeier runs an orangutan station. Julia learns from him that the local mafia is destroying the habitat of the monkeys by cutting down the rainforest. The head of the gang is Sapto Setiawan, with whom her husband does business. Meanwhile, Alex has fallen in love with Julia and tries to dissuade her from taking action against the dangerous gangster. But Julia is determined to do anything.
- Julia is a Sarawakian girl who goes to Kuala Lumpur to plan her wedding Farid. But to she unknowingly uses a hairpin belonging to Janet, who had been a ritual sacrifice in building a bridge.
- The Punan Ba community in Belaga Sarawak defended their ancestral land against logging companies and plantations obtained licenses to conduct activities on the land. This form of practice has gone on for a long time where the local indigenous peoples did not give their consent, and were never properly compensated. Is this in fact a new form of colonialism?
- Cody meets an alien, Arbie, and they become fast friends. He helps Arbie in the search for Macguvitonium, vital to Arbie's people. But they're hunted by the bounty hunter Pyriss, sent by the evil Malzoids.
- A film about the various insects in Borneo's rainforest.
- "Hidden Melody" is a story about Vivian, a talented singer and guitarist, who is selected to represent her school in a prestigious Inter-School Band Competition.
- The documentary retraces the steps of Bruno Manser, a man from Switzerland who went to live with the indigenous tribe of the Penan in the Jungle of Borneo and ended up helping to defend their rainforest against greedy logging companies. The movie features original film footage, photo and voice recordings by Bruno Manser made in the 1980s, as well as new recordings showing how the life of the Penan has changed in just a few decades.
- An exploration of Malaysian-born, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang's journey in film, both as filmgoer and filmmaker, tracing his philosophy as a director back to his childhood experience growing up in Kuching, Malaysia, and the importance of moving to Taiwan in the 1970s. His colleagues and collaborators, including Ang Lee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, and Chen Shiang-Chyi, discuss the uniqueness of his work and of himself as a person.
- A Swedish crew trekked into the endangered Bornean rainforest to film this poetic documentary about the plight of the Penans and their most unusual ally: Bruno Manser - a young Swiss who rejected 'modern civilization' to join the tribe and help fight international logging.
- The first Malaysian film to be selected for the Berlin Film Festival (in 1989) is an experimental feature about the custom among the native Iban community of Sarawak for young men to "bejalai" (go on a journey) before attaining maturity.
- Tony, an Iban (indigenous tribe) from the rural Dalat in Mukah, Sarawak has been working as a construction worker for more than ten years. Sadly his wages remain low and his situation is not likely to change in the near future. The rising cost of living and his low salary makes Tony very anxious as he continues to support his son who is still in primary school. Tony's story represents the lives of many in Sarawak. Due to lack of employment opportunities and inadequate infrastructure in the village, increasing number of families and youths are now forced to work in the city.
- In the suburbs of Montreal, Mutang Urud is a stay-at-home dad. But in Malaysia, he was a voice of resistance for the indigenous peoples of Sarawak. A Time to Swim follows Mutang as he returns home for the first time since his exile in 1992. The remote forest village, however, is not like he remembers it. Contrary to the will of the elders, cousins who once stood by him at the blockades are now welcoming the timber companies. Despite the threat of a lingering arrest warrant, Mutang can't resist taking up his old cause. A Time to Swim explores the effects of environmental destruction on the fabric of a community through the personal story of Mutang's search for belonging in a place where the very ideas of home and heritage are slipping away.