18:30
26 November 2007
The Japan Foundation
Gd.Summitmas 1 lantai 2
Jl. Jend.Sudirman 61-62
T 520-1266 # 120
Kazuyuki Izutsu, 2004
drama musical, 119 min
Film yang diposisikan sebagai film Jepang terbaik tahun 2005 oleh Kinema Junpo
Kyoto tahun 1968.
Cerita dimulai ketika sejumlah anggota kelompok Karate di sebuah SMA di Kyoto menghina dua orang gadis dari sebuah SMA Korea. Sebuah perang kecil pun meletus ketika para gadis Korea tersebut mengajak anak-anak laki-laki dari sekolah mereka, dipimpin oleh Lee Ang-son, untuk membalas dendam.
Akibat perang kecil ini, para anak-anak Jepang pun ditegur oleh guru mereka, dan dua anak, yaitu Kosuke dan Norio, disuruh untuk pergi ke sekolah Korea dan memberikan tawaran perdamaian: yaitu agar kedua sekolah tersebut memainkan pertandingan sepakbola pershabatan.
Ketika mereka sedang berada di sekolah Korea tersebut, Kosuke mendengar sebuah suara musik yang sangat indah. Dia mengikuti suara tersebut hingga sampai ke ruang musik. Di sanalah dia melihat seorang gadis yang sedang bermain seruling, yang ternyata merupakan adik perempuan Ang-son, Kyung-ja.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Pacchigi
Linda Linda Linda
16:00
26 November 2007
The Japan Foundation
Gd.Summitmas 1 lantai 2
Jl. Jend.Sudirman 61-62
T 520-1266 # 120
Yamashita Nobuhiro, 2005
drama musical, 114 min
Urutan ke-6 dari daftar ’10 Film terbaik 2005’ versi Kinema Junpo ke 79. Film ini menggunakan pendekatan minimalis dan tenang untuk menyampaikan idenya.
Beberapa hari sebelum festival kebudayaan suatu sekolah di Tokyo, sebuah kelompok musik perempuan menghadapi sebuah dilemma. Tiga hari sebelum festival dimulai, sang gitaris mengalami cedera jari (sebenarnya dia hanya tidak mau kukunya patah).
Akibatnya pertengkaran pecah antara sang gitaris dengan Kyoko.
Oleh sebab itu, kelompok musik tersebut harus segera menemukan gitaris dan vokalis baru. Seorang murid Korea dari program pertukaran pelajar, Song, sedang duduk di ruangan sebelah, dan para anggota band memberanikan diri untuk menanyakan apakah Song bersedia menjadi vokalis mereka. Bahasa Jepang dia tidak sempurna, dan dia tidak pernah bernyanyi di depan penonton, namun dia bersedia untuk menjadi vokalis band itu.
Mereka kemudian berlatih dan berlatih terus, namun entah bagaimana mereka tidak bertambah baik. Walaupun demikian, rasa persahabatan yang dalam kemudian timbul di antara keempat gadis tersebut..
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Konfiden 2007
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
17 November 2007
19.00 | Teater Kecil
Trophy Buffalo, Jakarta, 18:22, 2006, Fiksi
Sutradara: Vanni Jamin
Permusuhan dua klan yang mempertaruhkan kehormatan dan harga diri keluarga lewat pertarungan kerbau. Ida dan Pandi, anak kecil dari kedua klan keluarga berusaha untuk mengakhiri permusuhan.
Anarchist Cookbook for Beginners, Jakarta, 18:00, 2007, Dokumenter
Sutradara: Dimas Jayasrana
Perbincangan ideologis yang mendayu-dayu.
Jalan Sepanjang Kenangan, Yogyakarta, 30:00, 2007, Fiksi
Sutradara: Eddie Cahyono
Ngidam!! Demi jabang bayi yang dikandung Susi, Slamet rela memenuhi keinginan istrinya yang sedang ngidam untuk menyusuri kembali jalan kenangan mereka, meski harus berbohong kepada atasannya. Kenangan lama diulang, ada rasa suka, duka, haru, dan cemburu. Slamet dan Susi kembali dihadapkan kepada keadaan saat mereka harus saling percaya dan mencintai untuk mengarungi bahtera rumah tangga mereka.
Minggu, 18 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Swedish digital filmmaking workshop
15.30 - 17.00 Jaringan kerja film Banyumas
17.00 - 18.30 The Body Shop - Think, Act, Change
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi, Peluncuran Asosiasi Editor Indonesia
15.30 - 17.00 Menjaring Matahari
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Pembuatan DVD Video Bersama EDL
19.00 - 20.30 Selangkah Kebelakang
Senin, 19 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Film pendek Jepang
15.30 - 17.00 Di ruang Tengah
17.00 - 18.30 Damai di Perantauan (Program CCF)
19.00 - 20.30 Ini Mimbar Kami
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Distribusi film alternatif
15.30 - 17.00 Jaringan kerja film Banyumas
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Penggunaan musik dalam film pendek
19.00 - 20.30 Sekedar Mimpi Manis
Selasa, 20 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Tangan Besi
15.30 - 17.00 A Court d'ecran
17.00 - 18.30 Tentang Anak-anak (Program Swedish Institute)
19.00 - 20.30 Selangkah Kebelakang
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Balada Sejuta Wajah
15.30 - 17.00 Forum komunitas terbuka
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Forum komunitas tertutup
19.00 - 20.30 Etalase Hari Ini
Rabu, 21 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Menjaring Matahari
15.30 - 17.00 The Body Shop - Think, Act, Change
17.00 - 18.30 Saat Harus Menentukan (Program Film Jerman)
19.00 - 20.30 A Court d'ecran
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Ini Mimbar Kami
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Pengembangan Referensi Penyelenggaraan Festival Film
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Forum Festival
19.00 - 20.30 Tabir Cinta
Kamis, 22 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Etalase Hari Ini
15.30 - 17.00 Damai Di perantauan (Program CCF)
17.00 - 18.30 Mimpi Yang Terlalu Cepat Usai
19.00 - 20.30 Film pendek Jepang ( Short Short Film Festival & Asia)
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Saat Harus Menentukan (Program Film Jerman)
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Perjalanan Film Eksperimental Indonesia
17.00 - 18.30 SHoK!
19.00 - 20.30 Di ruang Tengah
Jumat, 23 November 2007
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Sekedar Mimpi Manis
15.30 - 17.00 Tentang Anak-anak (Program Swedish Institute)
17.00 - 18.30 Balada Sejuta Wajah
19.00 - 20.30 Tabir Cinta
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Mimpi yang Terlalu Cepat Usai
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Trend metode jurnalistik dalam film dokumenter Indonesia
17.00 - 18.30 Tangan Besi
19.00 - 20.30 Performance Lagu gambar gerak bersama Efek Rumah Kaca
Friday, November 23, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 23
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Sekedar Mimpi Manis
15.30 - 17.00 Tentang Anak-anak (Program Swedish Institute)
17.00 - 18.30 Balada Sejuta Wajah
19.00 - 20.30 Tabir Cinta
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Mimpi yang Terlalu Cepat Usai
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Trend metode jurnalistik dalam film dokumenter Indonesia
17.00 - 18.30 Tangan Besi
19.00 - 20.30 Performance Lagu gambar gerak bersama Efek Rumah Kaca
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 22
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Etalase Hari Ini
15.30 - 17.00 Damai Di perantauan (Program CCF)
17.00 - 18.30 Mimpi Yang Terlalu Cepat Usai
19.00 - 20.30 Film pendek Jepang ( Short Short Film Festival & Asia)
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Saat Harus Menentukan (Program Film Jerman)
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Perjalanan Film Eksperimental Indonesia
17.00 - 18.30 SHoK!
19.00 - 20.30 Di ruang Tengah
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 21
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Menjaring Matahari
15.30 - 17.00 The Body Shop - Think, Act, Change
17.00 - 18.30 Saat Harus Menentukan (Program Film Jerman)
19.00 - 20.30 A Court d'ecran
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Ini Mimbar Kami
15.30 - 17.00 Diskusi Pengembangan Referensi Penyelenggaraan Festival Film
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Forum Festival
19.00 - 20.30 Tabir Cinta
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 20
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Tangan Besi
15.30 - 17.00 A Court d'ecran
17.00 - 18.30 Tentang Anak-anak (Program Swedish Institute)
19.00 - 20.30 Selangkah Kebelakang
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Balada Sejuta Wajah
15.30 - 17.00 Forum komunitas terbuka
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Forum komunitas tertutup
19.00 - 20.30 Etalase Hari Ini
Monday, November 19, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 19
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Film pendek Jepang
15.30 - 17.00 Di ruang Tengah
17.00 - 18.30 Damai di Perantauan (Program CCF)
19.00 - 20.30 Ini Mimbar Kami
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi Distribusi film alternatif
15.30 - 17.00 Jaringan kerja film Banyumas
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Penggunaan musik dalam film pendek
19.00 - 20.30 Sekedar Mimpi Manis
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 18
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
Kineforum
14.00 - 15.30 Swedish digital filmmaking workshop
15.30 - 17.00 Jaringan kerja film Banyumas
17.00 - 18.30 The Body Shop - Think, Act, Change
Teater Kecil
14.00 - 15.30 Diskusi, Peluncuran Asosiasi Editor Indonesia
15.30 - 17.00 Menjaring Matahari
17.00 - 18.30 Diskusi Pembuatan DVD Video Bersama EDL
19.00 - 20.30 Selangkah Kebelakang
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Konfiden 2007 | 17
Festival Film Pendek
17 - 24 November 2007
Teater Kecil dan Kino Forum
Taman Ismail Marzuki
19.00 | Teater Kecil
Trophy Buffalo, Jakarta, 18:22, 2006, Fiksi
Sutradara: Vanni Jamin
Permusuhan dua klan yang mempertaruhkan kehormatan dan harga diri keluarga lewat pertarungan kerbau. Ida dan Pandi, anak kecil dari kedua klan keluarga berusaha untuk mengakhiri permusuhan.
Anarchist Cookbook for Beginners, Jakarta, 18:00, 2007, Dokumenter
Sutradara: Dimas Jayasrana
Perbincangan ideologis yang mendayu-dayu.
Jalan Sepanjang Kenangan, Yogyakarta, 30:00, 2007, Fiksi
Sutradara: Eddie Cahyono
Ngidam!! Demi jabang bayi yang dikandung Susi, Slamet rela memenuhi keinginan istrinya yang sedang ngidam untuk menyusuri kembali jalan kenangan mereka, meski harus berbohong kepada atasannya. Kenangan lama diulang, ada rasa suka, duka, haru, dan cemburu. Slamet dan Susi kembali dihadapkan kepada keadaan saat mereka harus saling percaya dan mencintai untuk mengarungi bahtera rumah tangga mereka.
Monday, November 12, 2007
La fille du juge (My Dad is into Terrorism)
14:15
12 November 2007
Festival des festivals 2006
Film-film dokumenter pemenang berbagai festival di Prancis
kineforum - studio 1 TIM 21,
Jl. Cikini Raya No. 73 - T 316 27 80
karya William Karel, 2005, 90 menit, teks Inggris
based on the memoirs of Clémence Boulouque, the daughter of a high-profile anti-terrorist judge charged with the investigation of a series of bomb attacks that wracked France in the late 1980s, and who took his own life in 1990. William Karel regarded as one of France’s foremost documentary filmmakers.[pictures: European Filmsnet]
Glen Gould - Au-delà du temps (Glenn Gould Hereafter)
17:30
12 November 2007
Festival des festivals 2006
Film-film dokumenter pemenang berbagai festival di Prancis
kineforum - studio 1 TIM 21,
Jl. Cikini Raya No. 73 - T 316 27 80
karya Bruno Monsaingeon, 2005, 106 menit, teks Inggris
A new retrospective of Glenn Gould's life and work, HEREAFTER synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources, some of it previously unreleased. Made as if narrated by Gould himself, HEREAFTER is a landmark in filmmaking as well as a fantastic window opened to the world of one of music’s true geniuses, whose magic touches us from beyond the grave.[pictures: www.cbc.ca]
Il fare politica
19:30
12 November 2007
Festival des festivals 2006
Film-film dokumenter pemenang berbagai festival di Prancis
kineforum - studio 1 TIM 21,
Jl. Cikini Raya No. 73 - T 316 27 80
Il fare politica, 1982-2004 Chronique de la Toscane rouge
karya Hugues Le Paige, 2005, 86 menit, teks Inggris
Dari masa keemasan partai komunis Italia hingga naiknya Berlusconi dalam pemerintahan, Hugues Le Paige mengumpulkan 20 tahun sejarah dari 4 militan komunis dari sebuah desa di Toscana.[pictures: Editionsmontparnasse]
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Glen Gould - Au-delà du temps (Glenn Gould Hereafter)
13:00
10 November 2007
Festival des festivals 2006
Film-film dokumenter pemenang berbagai festival di Prancis
CCF - Pusat Kebudayaan Perancis
Jl. Salemba Raya 25, Jakarta 10440
T 390 8585, ecrire@ccfjakarta.or.id
karya Bruno Monsaingeon, 2005, 106 menit, teks Inggris
A new retrospective of Glenn Gould's life and work, HEREAFTER synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources, some of it previously unreleased. Made as if narrated by Gould himself, HEREAFTER is a landmark in filmmaking as well as a fantastic window opened to the world of one of music’s true geniuses, whose magic touches us from beyond the grave.[pictures: www.cbc.ca]
Friday, November 9, 2007
Nabbie's Love (Nabii no Koi)
14:00
9 Nopember 2007
The Japan Foundation
Summitmas 1 Lt. 3
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61 - 62
T 520-1266 # 120
karya Yuji Nakae, 1999
In Nabbie's Love, audiences can see the many beautiful landscapes of Okinawa and listen to Japanese folk songs and the sound of Sanshin, a traditional Japanese musical instrument.
The central figure in this heart-warming story is Nabbie, a 79 year-old woman living in a small island of Okinawa, full of music and singing. Her granddaughter Nanako returns to the island from Tokyo after quitting her job. On the boat, there is a dandy guy named SunRa, and it turns out that he is about to see Nabbie for the first time in 60 years.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The Crying Wind (Fuon)
14:00
6 Nopember 2007
The Japan Foundation
Summitmas 1 Lt. 3
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61 - 62
T 520-1266 # 120
karya Yoichi Higashi, 2004, 106 menit
THE CRYING WIND is a collaboration between the prize-winning Okinawan writer Medoruma Shun, and the veteran, socially-engaged Japanese film director Higashi Yoichi.
The setting is the present-day, more than fifty years after the end of World War 2, in a small seaside village in northern Okinawa. In an open-air burial ground on a cliff near the ocean, there is a skull of a Japanese kamikaze pilot. The villagers call it the “Crying Head” and fear it . . .
Based on two short stories, the film has been scripted by the writer himself. Taking place in the setting of Okinawa's abundant natural beauty and the still vivid traces of the war, the story centers on the vibrant lives of young boys within a web of encounter and parting of people in the village.
This film won the Innovation Award at the Montreal World Film Festival 2004,for its poetic quality.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Tora-san's Tropical Fever (Torajiro Haibisukasu no Hana)
16:00
5 Nopember 2007
The Japan Foundation
Summitmas 1 Lt. 3
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61 - 62
T 520-1266 # 120
karya Yoji Yamada, 1980, 109 menit
Pemain: Chieko Baisho, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Genre: Serial Comedy Drama, Family Drama
Making a delivery to a seedy snack bar part of Tokyo, Tora-san's brother-in-law Hiroshi (Gin Maeda) runs into Lily (Asaoka), the beautiful but not-very-good singer in love with Tora-san. (Tora-san first met Lily in 1973's Tora-san's Forget-Me-Not and again in 1975's Tora-san's Rise and Fall.) Hiroshi invites Lily to the family's Japanese sweets shop in Shibamata for dinner, but she begs off - she misses them but is reluctant to accept their pity for her.
One month later Tora-san (Kiyoshi Atsumi), the itinerant peddler and black sheep of the Kuruma family, returns home just as a special delivery letter arrives from Lily. Touring the downtrodden cabaret scene in Okinawa, Lily is seriously ill in hospital and asks to see Tora-san. Faced with an agonizing three-day by train and ship-ride to the island, Tora-san's sister, Sakura (Chieko Baisho), buys him a plane ticket so that he can be there in a matter of hours.
Though Tora-san almost refuses to board the plane, his first flight ever, because he's terrified of flying he's eventually coaxed aboard by some JAL stewardesses and makes his way to the hospital in Okinawa where he's reunited with Lily and begins nursing her back to health.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away from Home)
15:00
1 Nopember 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Centre Culturel Francais (CCF) - Capacity: 43 seats
Jl. Salemba Raya 25 - T 390 8585, 390 8580
Away from Home
Semih Kaplanoglu, 2001, 110 min.
Turkey. 2001. Drama.
Turkish/English/Russian with English subtitles.
Three main characters are the core part of this film. Nasuhi who is returning to the homeland he left behind years ago. Selim who was selected in the lottery for American citizenship. And Olga, a Russian girl who has run away from home to search for her estranged father. Together these three strike out for the Aegean town that Nasuhi abandoned 50 years ago. So, let the drama begins.. [European Film Festival]
“Europe on Screen” Secretariat
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Zozo
15:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Pusat Kebudayaan Italia
Jl. HOS. Cokroaminoto No. 117 - Menteng - T 392-7531
Zozo
Josef Fares, 2005, 103 min.
Sweden, Drama. Swedish/Arabic with English subtitles.
Zozo has been put forward as Sweden's contribution to the forthcoming Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Left orphaned by the Lebanese civil war, young Zozo’s determined to join his grandparents in Sweden. Once he arrives, his adjustment is complicated by cultural barriers and haunting memories.
ZOZO depicts the physical and psychological journey of a ten year old boy. From a raging civil war in Beirut in which he loses all his family, to Sweden, an unknown country where he faces a complex and completely different type of society. Sweden does not become the paradise that Zozo has dreamt of. Zozo’s journey reminds us that there is a dramatic personal story behind every entry in the refugee statistics, stories containing often-unimaginable experiences.
However, Zozo’s story also shows us the world from a child’s perspective where imagination blends with reality and dreams sometimes can be a haven from sorrow and despair. [Picture: Svenska Film Institutet]
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Kalteva torni (The Leaning Tower)
15:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Goethe Haus - Capacity: 301 seats
Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9 – 15, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat - T 2355 0208
Yah… Begitulah Kehidupan
Kurnia Harta Winata, 2006, 4 min.
Indonesia, Animation
The Leaning Tower
Timo Koivusalo, 2006, 96 min.
Finland, Comedy, Finnish with English subtitles.
It is the story of a benevolent man who does not know he has multiple personalities. His greatest fear is that he will not be able to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa before it falls.
THE LEANING TOWER is a film about a turning point where dreams become memories. There are five billion people in the world and as many ways of surviving in life. This is one of them. What happens when two people live inside one man, but only one of them is aware of the other? A kind man, who suffers from a life-curtailing personality disorder, is building a leaning tower from wooden discs in the park of a mental hospital. An older woman, a former ballerina who once toured Europe’s opera stages and wants to see the scenes of her early life’s dreams. In the search of her past, she promises to take her granddaughter to see the leaning tower in Italy. Thus, begins an incredible journey in which the threesome ends up in the middle of Europe. [Picture: www.skandinavische-filmtage.d]
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Vidange perdue (The Only One)
15:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Erasmus Huis - Capacity: 350 seats
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3 - Kuningan - T 524 1069
Klayaban
Farishad I Latjuba, 2005, 15 min
Indonesia, drama
The Only One
Geoffrey Enthoven, 2006, 88 min.
Belgium, Drama
"Vidange Perdue" is a Belgian expression which is best translated as "empties are not refunded" This movie is the story of an old man who can't accept that he's growing older and who revolts against the absurdity of life.
To an outsider he's just another grumpy eighty-year-old who is often extremely cantankerous and obstinate and of little or no interest at all. What others fail (or don't even bother) to see is that this man cannot accept the fact that there is a constant negation by others of his own unique personality and that the elderly in general are constantly patronized by their immediate surroundings as if they suffered from an ever increasing form of dementia.
Lucien Knops' struggle against all these preconceived notions regarding old people is courageous but also comical at times as is illustrated by his letters of pure outrage to the newspaper and his attempts at amorous escapades.A real turning point in his life is his encounter with his neighbor.
This lady not only prompts him to go on being his true self but opens doors for him to the future which he himself would never have thought of unbolting. When at the end of the movie he visits his favorite grand child in Paris, he knows the future will remain uncertain.
He sees himself on a long voyage or maybe even spending his remaining days as a tramp. Whatever the future holds in store, he will confront it as he himself: the unique Lucien Knops.
The movie was filmed in short alternating scenes and all the actors, without exception, deliver a high quality performance. [Picture: Bergamo Film Meeting]
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Polleke
17:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Pusat Kebudayaan Italia
Jl. HOS. Cokroaminoto No. 117 - Menteng - T 392-7531
Metu Getih
Heru C Wibowo, 2006, 10 Min
Indonesia, Drama
Polleke
Ineke Houtman, 2003, 95 min
Netherlands, drama
Polleke is an ordinary 11 year old girl, wich makes her life and thoughts so extraordinary.
Polleke is an ordinary 11 year old girl raised by her single mom and always defending her drug-addicted dad. She wants to be a poet and is in love with Mimoun, a Maroccan boy in her class, with Africa eyes.
Take the time to see this film and you won't regret it: It's funny, moving and full of great characters and even greater dialogue. It's a love story, a coming of age story, a feel good movie and an educational one .[Written by Sillysil Picture: Deutsches Filminstitut]
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Pregi (The Welts)
17:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
Free ticket available 30 min before opening
Goethe Haus - Capacity: 301 seats
Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9 – 15, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat - T 2355 0208
Still
Lucky Kuswandi, 2005, 15 min.
Indonesia, Fiction
The Welts
Magdalena Piekorz, 2004, 91 min.
Poland, Polish with English subtitles.
Poland's 2005 Oscar submission, the beauty and moral weightiness of the golden age of Polish cinema.
In some ways, Magdalena Piekorz's The Welts isn't much different from The Holy Girl and other films by female directors Jones cites in his review—like Claire Denis's L'Intrus and Chantal Akerman's Demain on démenage—in its unmistakable stubbornness, except the film doesn't so much adhere to private rules or logic but to the dictates of stick-it-to-daddy melodramas like Shine, Swimming Upstream, and Affliction, and if I didn't know The Welts was adapted from the stories of Wojciech Kuczok, I would have gathered that the whole experience of making the film was an exorcism for the director. To its credit, I can't think of another film so perfectly split in half: The first half of the film (the story of a boy and his horrible relationship to his abusive father) and the second (how that boy becomes exactly like his father and how his rage gets in the way of everything he does) evoke the pages of a book pressed so tightly together that the ink from one side has left an imprint on the other.
As for the image that divides the two parts (a close-up of the adult Wojtek, played by Micha Ebrowski, looking into a bathroom mirror), it's like the glue that bonds these two halves. Which is to say that the film, true to its title, understands the impression the past leaves on the present. Piekorz's incredible flair for contrast is all over two shots wherein pigeons evoke the relationship of the main character to the world around him, but in spite of The Welts' formalist rigor and attention to the honesty of the relationship between abuser and abused, the film talks down to its audience. Like the overpraised Affliction, it strains to trace the sins of the father in the sins the son: Like the toothache that plagues Nick Notle in the Paul Schrader film, it's as if Ebrowski's Wojtek never knew he was like his father until the day he catches himself brushing his teeth until his gums bleed. And if the main character's narration makes for poetic self-reflection, it's not a loveliness that's matched by the one female character in the film, Tania (Agnieszka Grochowska), who exists only to play the role of psychologist and savior. Grochowska is a fierce performer, but she's scarcely the type that lives only to save broken men. Martel, and Jones for that matter, wouldn't be pleased. - Ed Gonzalez | © slant magazine, 2005. [Picture: slant magazine]
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25 degrés en hiver (25 Degrees In Winter)
17:00
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
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Erasmus Huis - Capacity: 350 seats
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3
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T 524 1069
Peronika
Bowo Leksono, 2004, 13 min
Indonesia, short film
25 Degrees In Winter
Stephane Vuillet, 2003, 92 min.
Belgium, Drama, French with some dialogues in Spanish, Russian and Dutch with English subtitles.
25 Degrees In Winter is a rarity - a family film with an edge, a love story without sugar, a screwball comedy without rolling of the eyes, and a multi-layered look at how migrants are used, abused and ultimately necessary in today's society.
Miguel (Jacques Gamblin) is a single Belgian dad working for his brother's travel agency. But while he's definitely the lone parent in his home equation, he lives in hope that his wife will one day return after she's sought her fame and fortune as a singer in America. She doesn't write (to him), she doesn't call, and deep down Miguel knows that she's chosen a better life over her family. But if for not other reason than to keep his daughter's spirits up, Miguel maintains the lifestyle of a man waiting for his wife to come bak from holiday.
That is, until he encounters a woman (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) hiding in the backseat of his van. Her name is Sonia, and she's recently escaped from detention on the evening she was supposed to be deported back to her native Ukraine. Sonia wants to find her husband who, like Miguel's wife, left years earlier in search of a better existence elsewhere.
Miguel may be a screw up, but he's also a decent guy, so before long he's taking Maria all over town in search of her long lost man, as his mother (Carmen Maura) and daughter cling to every word in the back seat, while his boss roars down the cell phone, his gangster landlord hunts him down for rent, and the cops seem to be around every corner in search of Sonia.
25 Degrees in Winter is a beautiful movie that continually threatens to get out of hand, yet never does. Throwing together a variety of peopple from all walks of life, it succeeds in showing the audience not only how awfully migrants are treated in many countries, but also how we're all migrants from somewhere. As Miguel's mother casts aspersions at Sonia for being an illegal, Miguel points out the she herself was in the exact same situation once, while at the same time Miguel's boss is rushing his own illegal staff members out the back door to avod the 'workplace inspectors'.
To be able to paint both the heroes or the piece and the supposed villains as all being victim of the same situation, director Stephane Vuillet and writers Pedro Romero and Stephane Malandrin have weaved the kind of story that makes an audience not only laugh along and cheer in theright spots, but also look at themselves and wonder whether this imaginary line that separates us all really does make 'us' better than 'them'. When a migrant gets their papers and becomes 'one of us', don't they then look down on those who have yet to make the same journey? And those of us looking down on the newly arrived or those on the other side who long to be amongst us, aren't we simply the result of people like them who got here first?
To think that a country as 'civilized' as Belgium has the same problem with people longing to leave for the next big step up as, say, the Ukraine does, really makes you think about the world. What makes our home better? And do we really appreciate what we have and what our ancestors went through to get us there? After 25 Degrees in Winter, I sure as heck do. Great stuff. [byChris Parry]
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Tytto sina olet tahti (Beauty and the Bastard)
17:00
1 Nopember 2007
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Find a Beautiful Place
Vera Lestafa & Dwiandhika CD, 2006, 15 min
Indonesia, Documentary
Beauty and the Bastard
Dome Karukoski, 2005, 102 min.
Finland, Musical Drama
An aspiring singer and a dejected DJ find their tenuous relationship may benefit them both if they can look past their creative aspirations far enough
Finnish musical drama "Beauty and the Bastard," about opposites attracting, is plagued by its own internal conflicts. Strong in verbal content but romantically naive, the film seems destined to have trouble finding its targeted teen viewers. Best bet for this hip-hop Romeo and Juliet is an American remake, which, wouldn't seem out of the question given its familiar musical genres and dramatic motifs, and roles that would appeal to tyro Hollywood stars.
Nelli (Pamela Tola, frosty), a talented, privileged brat looking to be the next Beyonce meets Sune (Samuli Vauramo), a promising but uncompromising rap DJ in the offices of a major record companyBut the characters are not sympathetic enough to drive a love story; when opportunity knocks, their instincts are to climb over each other to answer.Dishearteningly, Sune who at first resists the siren song of commercialism eventually comes 'round to Nelli's point of view. Compromise, after all, is what love is all about. Tech credits are unremarkable. [Jon Anderson]
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Nous nous sommes tant haïs (After Years of Hate)
19:30
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
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After Years of Hate
Franck Apprédéris, 2006, 120 min
EC, Post‑war Franco‑German reconciliation - historical drama
The action unfolds between 9 May 1950, the day of Robert Schuman's declaration, and 10 August 1952, when Jean Monnet was appointed president of the European coal and steel community's governing body, the forerunner of today's EU. It was also the wedding day of Marie and Jürgen, a young Franco-German couple.
The film adroitly mixes fact (Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer, etc.) and fiction (Marie, Jürgen, their families and friends). The constant interplay between these two aspects mirrors the difficulties at that time of overcoming the obstacles to reconciliation between the two European nations.
Dealing with the birth of modern Europe, the film shows us the extent of the struggle by men and women on either side of the Rhine that led to the peace and freedom we enjoy today.
Modern Europe was born 50 years ago. "How we hated each other!" is an appointment with this watershed moment in European history.[Picture: European Commission]
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Life and Lyrics
19:30
1 November 2007
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Erasmus Huis - Capacity: 350 seats
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3
Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan
T 524 1069
Free as a Bird
Dessy Darmayanti, 2006, 8 min
Indonesia, Documentary
Life and Lyrics
Richard Laxton, 2005, 75 min.
UK, Musical Drama
Less 8 Mile, more 8 Mile End, this is an enjoyable, if predictable drama, with a superb performance by Walters.
Ashley Walters (from Bullet Boy) stars as DJ Danny Lewis, the leader of The Motion Crew, a group of South London rappers who are looking forward to besting their hated rivals the Hard Cash Crew in an upcoming rap battle (or rap off) in the prestigious Mic Masters competition. However, Danny complicates matters by falling for Carmen (Louise Rose), a singer who turns out to be related to the Hard Cash Crew.
Walters is superb, proving once again that he's one of Britain's most exciting young actors. There's also strong support from Chris Steward as Fable, Danny's best friend, who has a surprisingly moving subplot in which he tracks down his (white) mother, who gave him up for adoption.
Unsurprisingly, the music is excellent and the scenes of Danny and his crew jamming are exhilarating. Similarly, as with 8 Mile (the film's most obvious inspiration), the rap battle scenes are terrific and include quality slap-downs such as Let that go, you're in breach of your ASBO. [The ViewLondon Review]
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L’aria Salat (Salty Air)
19:30
1 November 2007
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Dear My Daughter
Billy Christian' 2005, 18 min.
Indonesia, Fiction
L’aria Salat
Alessandro Angelini, 2006, 86 min.
Italia, Drama
Fabio is a social assistant in a Roman prison. When a new prisoner arrives, he recognizes his father who abandoned the family when he was a kid. From that moment on he has to reconsider their relationship. An emotionally riveting study of abandonment, remorse and father-son relations.
A young prison officer has the task of deciding whether inmates are allowed temporary release from jail, due to particular personal circumstances. In the course of one such assessment, the young man is shocked to discover that the inmate he is interviewing is apparently his long lost father. The father is a gangster who is imprisoned for murder and the prison officer is torn by mixed emotions as to whether to reveal the truth and try to build some form of new relationship with his missing parent. Although there are undoubtedly some prison genre crime movie elements to L'aria salata, this is not in any sense a clichéd thriller, rather a subtly nuanced, confidently realised and superbly performed drama about father and son relationships in extreme circumstances. So, when the prison officer makes the decision, against the wishes of the rest of the family, to engage with his father, the results are by turns rewarding, frustrating and emotionally challenging. A small but perfectly moulded story that marks a confident debut for its director and a reward for those who discover it. [Picture: seattlefilm]
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Europe on Screen 2007
19:30
1 November 2007
Europe on Screen 2007
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Pusat Kebudayaan Italia
Jl. HOS. Cokroaminoto No. 117
Menteng - T 392-7531
11:59
Johan Kramer, Netherlands 2004, Short 8 Min
Caspian Bride
Veit Helmer, Germany 2005, Short 8 Min
Tragic Story with Happy Ending
Regina Pessoa, Portugal 2005, Short 7 Min
League of Legends
Jeffrey Elmont, Netherlands 2004, Short 12 Min
Mozart Minute
Austria 2006, Short 30 Min, Various Directors
11:59 — Khalid, a young Dutch-Moroccan man, makes a decision at 11:50 one morning that will change his life forever. The film is inspired by ongoing negative media attention on young Arabic people. Superhuman SteadyCam operator Tamas Nyerges shot 11:59 in a single, nine-minute take — setting a new record for European filmmaking.
Caspian Bride — A lonesome man takes a ride to a dump in search for usable things. Hidden under a lot of rubbish he finds an old mannequin. He takes her along to his hut, washes and clothes her and goes on a bike tour through the oil fields. When a group of children runs after him, he collides with a flock of sheep. The mannequin sinks in a puddle of oil. But at that moment he encounters his true love.
Tragic Story with Happy Ending — A little girl whose heart beat more quickly and louder than other people felt compelled to leave her house because she was disturbing her neighbours. She decided however to return to her home and she began noticing that little by little people got used to the beat of her heart…
League of Legends — This film is really just an excuse to show off the skills of its stars. And they are immensely talented, with quite magical skill.
A simple premise, perhaps inspired by TV adverts also starring Edgar Davids, but ultimately too simple, inadequately explored. I wanted more from the film than just showing off the talents of the cast. Those talents would be better served as half-time entertainment in the final of a major tournament.
There is minimal dialogue in the film; there's minimal acting really too. This sparsity helps focus on the skills on display; regrettably it also highlights how little happens in this short film.
Watch it anyway - or fly to Holland and seek out these people. They are something to behold.
Mozart Minute — 28 well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited to produce associative miniatures on Mozart. They had to be one-minute art films.
The directors come from a broad spectrum of different backgrounds, ranging from animated, experimental short film to documentaries and features. As a result the Mozart Minutes represent an impressive cross section of the kind of films produced in Austria and a multifacetted sampler of formal and ontextual views of Mozart and his influence on modern society, art and culture.
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