Just a reminder to catch the 23 fantastic films being shown at FreedomFilmFest02009 in Han Chiang College, Penang starting this Friday.
Not to be missed films include:
Friday 8pm : AT STAKE - a film produced by Nia Dinata, fantastic profiles and taboo subjects that we face in msia as well.Great feminist piece.
Saturday 4pm : BURMA VJ - award winning film about video journalist inside burma - will take ur breath away and bring u to tears ;)
Sat 8pm : FFF2009 winning films - on Memali incident(seems folks are coming from Memali, Baling for this; on Perak political situation and; the winer of The Most Outstanding HR Doco., a film on the JERIT bicycle campaign by Soh Sok Hwa, a USM Mass Comm graduate. All filmmakers will be present.
Sun 11pm : FLOW - an eye opening film that will surely make u think differently about water
Sun 5pm : PRISONER OF A WHITE GOD - dramatic doco on HR abuses faced by indigenous peoples in Thailand and Laos.
Sun - 8pm : JIHAD FOR LOVE - its incredible!! brings light to struggling homosexual muslims in some parts of the world. Done beautifully,sensitively and respectfully.
For full listings and synopsis, pls go to http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org
And pls pass the invite and info to your friends/students/colleagues as well.
regards
