From Mali to Bosnia, cinema is global
Advertiser Staff
Ten films from the far corners of the world will be screened at the Global Lens 2005 film festival beginning today at the Honolulu Academy of Arts' Doris Duke Theatre.
The series is sponsored by the academy and the nonprofit Global Film Initiative, which promotes cross-cultural understanding through cinema.
All films are unrated, with English subtitles. Admission is $7 general; $6 age 62 and older, students and military; $5 for academy members. 532-8768.
The films:
A married couple is dramatically affected by Argentina's sudden economic crisis. When Ramón, a restaurant chef, is laid off, he devises a desperate plan to make money.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday
Filmed in provincial Xian, this is the tale of a young unemployed man whose life begins to improve when he starts wearing a policeman's uniform. Awards at 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival and 2004 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Monday
Hamalla returns from exile, now versed in modern technology. But his village's holy well of the ancestors has become contaminated, and he must persuade the villagers to purify the water.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
Set in southern Vietnam, this coming-of-age tale considers the cycles of life and the inescapable flow of all things. Awards at the 2004 Locarno Film Festival and 2004 Chicago Film Festival.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7
A tragicomedy about the owner of an outdated sock factory, his loyal assistant and his successful younger brother; they take a seaside trip in which much is revealed. Awards at 2004 Cannes International Film Festival, 2004 Tokyo Film Festival, 2004 Lima (Peru) Film Festival and 2004 Gramado (Brazil) Film Festival.
Preceded by
A boy prepares to celebrate his bar mitzvah.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8-9
Rallia, raised in Switzerland, travels to an isolated Berber settlement in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria in search of her biological mother.
7:30 p.m. Oct. 10; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11
In a village in Bosnia, Serbs and Muslims try to live and work together two years after the civil war has ended. Awards at 2004 Locarno International Film Festival and 2004 Alexandria Film Festival.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12-13
Young, street-smart Paola spirals toward the darker corners of Buenos Aires nightlife. Award at the 2004 Havana Film Festival.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14-15
In the aftermath of the Angolan revolution, N'dala, an orphan at age 11, arrives in the unfamiliar and unwelcoming city of Luanda. Awards at the 2004 Film Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema and 2004 Paris Film Festival.
4 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17
Three male protagonists just say no to the duties set before them, in a look at the phases of manhood in Turkish society. Winner of the FIPRESCI (International Critics' Association) Award at the 2004 Istanbul Film Festival.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18-19
