Posted at 9:12 a.m., Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Malaysian filmmaker in local 'Inside Actor's Studio'
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
Instead of James Tipton, Wimal Dissanayake, Asian film scholar and professor at the Academy of Creative Media at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, takes the hosting role with movie industry celebrities. He will engage in a 45-minute session with Yasmin Ahmad, a Malaysian filmmaker who recently won the Grand Prix in the Generation competition during the February Berlin International Film Festival, for her feature film, "Mushkin."
"This event is a rare opportunity for international cinema fans in Honolulu to personally meet and hear a very engaging and thoughtful filmmaker who also happens to be Muslim and female," said Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, founder of the Hawai'i International Film Festival and an award-winning indie film producer. Hereniko also is president of NETPAC/USA, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting Asia and Pacific cinema, which is mounting the Ahmad event.
Chuck Boller, current film festival director, will show clips from the upcoming Spring Film Festival.
Tickets: $25 ($23 for NETPAC/USA members).
Reservations: jphmovies@aol.com.
Ahmad will be in Honolulu to attend the free screenings of her works April 13-15 at the Doris Duke Theatre of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, "Yasmin Ahmad Retrospective: Contemporary Malaysian Cinema." Ahmad will appear at Q&A sessions April 14-15. Information: 956-2688.
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.
