Meeting for a new film shoot !

Calling members & interested parties for new film shoot!(Postponed-sorries)

Apologies: the meeting has been postponed due to unforseen circumstances-keep watch here for future arrangement/for meeting to be reconvened. Ong BK

Penang Film Club intend to submit a new film to the Freedom Film Fest 2009 competition-and we are calling for a get-together for all those who may want to involve in the project. Meeting details:

Date: May 24th (Sunday)
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: D' Space(62 Weld Quay-see map through a link in a box on the right)

There will be film making workshops and a chance to learn film making from the beginning to the end. Equipments are not neccesary. The meeting will be a continuation of a brain storming session which had been started to kick start the film project. For more details of the Freedom Film Fest 2009 go to here.

Enq. 013-5900339(Ong) 0194705763(Dalbinder)

Next screening

Due to commitment to go abroad by the organiser the next screening will be postponed to June 14th. Sorry for inconveniences! Titles suggestions are welcome!

Ong BK

`The Great Debaters' for this sunday!

Halo folks,

Without any suggestions for screening titles so far we are screening a good title which was proposed for earlier screening: `The Great Debaters' -something which we wanted to show very much after Obama came to power in US last year! It is based on a true story which tells how a debating team from US's deep/racist south took on an elite team in Harvard. Very recommended for those into debates!

The screening should make a good sequel to `Crash' -another great anti-racism title, which we showed last fortnight ago.

Screening details:
Date: May 17th(Sunday)
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: 62 Weld Quay
Enq. 013-5900339

See you there!

Admission is FREE, as usual.

Ong BK

1 arrest in Penang last night (May 7th 2009)

Last weekend we screened `Crash' an anti-racism film based on Los Angeles context to our usual crowd.

Another 2 weeks' time we will be doing our next screening-your sugestion on title/s are welcome!

Ong BK

Wet experience on bus trip to KL

This is a short film about a funny wet experience during a bus trip to KL last month.

Enjoy!

Ong BK

Revolusi `48 -screening with the film maker this Sunday!

halo friends in Penang Film Club,
Apologies for the lapses in the screenings for last month during the triple by-elections period! To make up for it we are bringing you a new home made film by famed local film maker Fahmi Reza : `Revolusi `48' this sunday Apr 19th 8.00pm, at D' Space (62 Weld Quay-see column on the right for a location map) . Looking forward to see all of you!

Ong BK

P/S: If I'm in time I will screen a short film on the by-elections too! That is if I'm in time-OK?


Film title:

Revolusi '48 (The Malayan Revolution of '48)

Film Synopsis:

The sequel to Fahmi Reza's cult favourite 10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka, Revolusi '48 chronicles the largely forgotten armed revolution for national liberation launched against British colonial rule in Malaya 60 years ago. This documentary tells the untold story of those who struggled in the anti-colonial guerrilla war of independence, during the Malayan Revolution of 1948.

Duration: 35 mins

Language: BM & Mandarin with English subtitles

Film Poster:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/2920967256_560c6b0386_o.jpg

Film Website:

http://revolusi48.blogspot.com

Film Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQLxtysGWE

Screening Mar 1st : `Fast Food Nation'

Halo friends,

The last screening `Clay Bird' was attended by about 10 members who enjoyed the Bangladesh made film significantly. It was nice to see old faces after about 2 months lapse of screening. Some shorts from my Bangladesh trip were screened before the main feature's screening. For a number of reasons the next screenings will be done 3 weeks from the last one ie on Mar 1st-apologies for inconveniences.

Next screening: `Fast Food Nation'(2006, USA/UK)


Date; Mar 1st (Sunday)
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: 62 Weld Quay, Penang
Intro: The film started by raising the dramatic question: are we eating some real bull shit in the burgers from the fast food joints? The ensuing drama led us through heart wrenching stories of the Mexican foreign workers who work in American slaughter house, and funny episodes, including one which involved a students group who tried in vain to liberate the cows from their sheds.

All welcome!

Ong BK
013-5900339

Next screening: Clay Bird(Bangladesh)

Halo folks!

It seems a long time since the last screening last year! We have been slow to start the screenings due to a number of unexpected happenings-my apologies to all who called in to inquire. Your wait for the 1st screening is not in vain: the 1st screening will be as follow:

Title: Clay Bird(2004)
Introduction: The title `Clay Bird' seems to provide a strong metaphor of a people's yearning for freedom-which got weighed down by earthy puills! An international award winning film from Bangladesh -which took a dramatised look at the evolution of Bangladesh as a nation of majority muslims and minority hindus. The tension between the religions is played out in the background of Bangladeshis' nationalism which brought it independence from `islamic' /dictatorial (depend on your perception) Pakistan in 1971, after a bloody 9 month war costing 3 million lives. Where the very populous country will head will have an impact on world's perception of islam and intercultural understanding.
Language: Bangla, with English sub-titles.
Director: Tareque Masud
Date : Feb 8th (Sunday)
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: 62 Weld Quay, Penang
Enq.013-5900339(Ong)
Entrance: FREE!

Note on locating the film: This is a film which I found in Bangladesh when I was serving as an international election observer in the recent Bangladesh general election. I was looking for a film which can help me to understand the psychi of the nation-but I almost gave up as most of the local prolifically produced films are in Bangla only! This film is one which has English subtitles and backgrounded in the critical time when Bangladesh fought for its independence. A fellow observer from US told me that she actually use the film in her intercultural understanding classes. Come to find out what a gem that I'd found just 2 days before my departure from the country with a new government now! I'll shopw some Bangladesh short videos and photos for early arrivals./Ong BK