Global Lens film festival coming to Duke theater
Advertiser Staff
Global Film Initiative, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that seeks to build cross-cultural understanding through cinema, presents the Global Lens 2007 film festival Sunday through Jan. 5 at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Tickets are $7 general, $6 seniors, students and military, $5 museum members. 532-8700.
All films are subtitled. The schedule:
Directed by Joao Luis Sol De Carvalho; Mozambique/Portugal/France, 2006, 80 minutes
A girl who wants to study medicine in Mozambique faces daunting obstacles.
Preceded by the short film "Riding With Sugar," directed by Suna Gonera (South Africa, 2005, 10 minutes).
2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Monday; 1 p.m. Tuesday
Directed by Djamil Sahraoui; Algeria/France, 2006, 94 minutes
Two women search for the journalist husband of the younger woman in war-torn 1990s Algeria.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 1 p.m. Thursday
Directed by Li Yu; China, 2005, 93 minutes
An ostracized young woman forms a friendship with a 10-year-old boy who lives across the dam.
7:30 p.m. Thursday; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21; 1 p.m. Dec. 22
Directed by Dalibor Matanic; Croatia, 2002, 77 minutes
Two new tenants unknowingly affect the lives of their fellow apartment dwellers in Zagreb.
Preceded by the short film "Your Dark Hair," directed by Tala Hadid (Morocco, 2005, 14 minutes).
7:30 p.m. Dec. 22; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23 and 26
Directed by Hiner Saleem; Iraqi Kurdistan/France, 2005, 96 minutes
A Kurdish soldier in the Iraqi army is paired with an Iraqi driver who has a prejudice against Kurds.
Preceded by the short film "A Little Bit Higher," directed by Mehdi Jafari (Iran, 2005, 12 minutes).
1 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28
Directed by Garin Nugroho; Indonesia, 2004, 90 minutes
Islam and the universal desires for love and belonging are themes in this tale about a working-class community in Jakarta.
Preceded by the short film "Broad Day," directed by Rajeev Ahuja (India, 2004, 11 minutes).
1 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29-30
Directed by Hugo Grosso; Argentine, 2006, 101 minutes
The Rosario-Victoria Bridge in the interior of Argentina takes shape and affects lives on both sides of the river.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2; 1 p.m. Jan. 3
Directed by Sebastian Campos; Chile, 2005, 99 minutes
A middle-class family's Easter weekend at the family beach house takes a dramatic turn.
7:30 p.m. Jan. 3; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4
Directed by Arsen Anton Ostojic; Croatia, 2004, 100 minutes
It's New Year's Eve in a neighborhood in the medieval city of Split.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5
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