FILM FEST
Global Lens series tells the stories of the world
Advertiser Staff
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The Global Lens Film Series is presented by the nonprofit organization Global Film Initiative in its ongoing efforts to tell the stories of people around the world. The series begins today and continues through June 17 at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts. www.globalfilm.org.
Tickets are $7 general, $6 seniors, students, military; $5 museum members.
The schedule:
Directed by Antonio Nuic; Croatia, 2006, 94 minutes. In Bosnian-Croatian, with English subtitles.
Goran responds in an unusual way after his friends are killed in a barroom argument.
1 p.m. today and Saturday
Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian; Philippines, 2006, 98 minutes. In Tagalog, with English subtitles.
Family matriarch Amy runs a small convenience store and also collects bets for an illegal numbers game in Manila.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Monday
Directed by John Barker; South Africa, 2006, 95 minutes. In Afrikaans, Tsotsi Taal and English, with English subtitles.
A look at the "new" Johannesburg through the lives of up-and-coming comedians Kags, Joey and Dave.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
Directed by Rodrigo Moreno; Argentina, 2006, 93 minutes. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
He's a bodyguard for a politician, but Ruben has no real identity of his own.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 1 p.m. June 6
Directed by Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo; Argentina, 2005, 94 minutes. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Nine-year-old Eugenia must deal with her dysfunctional, drug-addled mother in 1990s Argentina.
1 and 7:30 p.m. June 7-8
Directed by Randa Chahal Sabbag; Lebanon, 2003, 80 minutes. In Arabic, with English subtitles.
Sixteen-year old Lamia lives in southern Lebanon, but when her kite slips into Israeli territory, she tries to get it back, and meets Israeli Arab border guard Youssef.
1 and 7:30 p.m. June 10
Directed by Ali Raffi; Iran, 2006, 96 minutes. In Farsi, with English subtitles.
Food plays a major role in a tale of a restaurant owner and her former love.
1 and 7:30 p.m. June 11
Directed by Partho Sen-Gupta; India, 2004, 93 minutes. In Hindi and English, with English subtitles.
Friends Arjun and Chabia consider their options on the streets of Mumbai.
1 and 7:30 p.m. June 12; 1 p.m. June 13
Directed by Garin Nugroho; Indonesia, 2006, 120 minutes. In Indonesian, with English subtitles.
Two men battle for a woman's love in a visual narrative of the "The Abduction of Sita," from "The Ramayana."
1 and 7:30 p.m. June 15
Directed by Wang Chao; China, 2006, 88 minutes. In Mandarin, with English subtitles.
Li Qi Ming travels from his village to the city of Wuhan and finds his daughter is a karaoke bar escort.
7:30 p.m. June 16; 1 and 7:30 p.m. June 17
