Arts Festival on 30 to 31st August

In conjunction with Merdeka Day (Independence Day), the guys below us are hosting an arts festival.

Entitled INDIEpendent Fest, this two day event will feature a number of alternative musical groups & performers, poetry recitals, exhibitions, film screenings, etc.

Go here for more information.


Oh yes, that little documentary we made for last year's Freedom Film Fest? We're showing it there...


DATE: 30 and 31 August (Sat & Sun)

TIME: 2:00pm to late

PLACE: 62 Weld Quay, Georgetown, Penang

Aug 3: 'The Diving Bell And The Butterfly'

Based upon the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, and the book of the same name. A fashion magazine editor (played by Mathieu Almaric) is left totally paralyzed from a stroke. He cannot speak, nor move even a finger or toe of his body. The only exception is his left eyelid... which he can only blink.




Despite his condition, he remains mentally fit. With the help of two therapists, Mr. Bauby develops a method to communicate with them, and express (in coded form) his needs, thoughts, imaginations... and his plan to write a book, despite his invalid state.

This award-winning movie takes us into the mind of the paralyzed Mr. Bauby, and the story of his life before the stroke. He sets out to complete his book, with the assistance of his therapists who decipher his eyelid blinks and "translates" them to words...



Time: 8PM, August 3 (Sunday)

Location: 3rd Floor, 62 Weld Quay (see map)

Admission: FREE

July 13: One Nation Under Lee & Behind The Revolt

1. 1 Nation Under Lee (45min) -a rare glimpse into what goes behind the squeaky clean Singapore. Produced this year by the oppressed groups in Singapore-must see for people who want another view of Singapore -especially the price for phenomenal economic growth. Many familiar tactics as in Malaysia-only they are perhaps pushed further. Bring your Singaporean friends along since this film will not be screened publicly in any Singapore Tv or cinema.

2.nov25 | Behind The Revolt
Chronology of the Rage (25min)

A documentary that analyzes and highlights the chronology of the events that has led Malaysian Indians to the street protesting on the Nov 25, 2007. By: Indrani Kopal(winner of Human Rights Film award in Freedom Film Fest 2007)

June8: Special Screening Of "The Eleventh Hour"

Usually, we have screenings every two weeks. But for this Sunday, upon request from our members and in conjunction with World Environment Day on June 5th, we're squeezing in an eco-documentary called The 11th Hour.



Narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio (start the "Titanic" jokes please), the documentary is about the widespread damage that humans have done to the environment in the rush for development and money. The consequences to the human race is severe... and this film also explains possible disaster scenarios such as global warming, that will occur because of this environmental mismanagement.

Aside from the dire warning, the documentary interviews a myriad of foreign leaders, scientists, and activists for their suggestions to this problem. Stopping and reversing the consequences of environmental destruction will involve the people and governments; from reasonable pro-conservation policies to the use of technology to develop cleaner sources of energy and industry.


Time: 8 PM , June 8th

Location: 62 Weld Quay

June 1: "Screening Of Taxi To The Dark Side"

On the last screening, we didn't really get to show Taxi To The Dark Side as originally planned. Most of the audience who turned up wanted another film instead, and everyone else was pretty ok by it.

So, we will be screening it again today... at 62 Weld Quay, 3rd floor. Time is 8PM, and admission is free.

Ongoing French Film Festival At Gurney Plaza

This week, there'll be a screening of eight French films at Gurney Plaza GSC. We aren't affiliated with the organizers, but I'm sure folks will be interested.

The movies are:

- Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
- If You Love Me Follow Me (Qui M’aime Me Suive)
- I’m Not Here To Be Loved (Je Ne Suis Pas La Pour Etre Aime)
- Love is In The Air (Ma Vie En L’Air)
- Paris, Je T’Aime
- Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres)
- The Story Of My Life (Mensonges Et Trahisons)
- Tell No One (Ne L Dis A Personne)

Info for the films can be found here.

And showtimes here.

New Screening (May 18) : Taxi To The Dark Side

We have moved to a new place: 62 Weld Quay. It is just one door away from our previous premises. Its the building with the lottery shop on the ground floor. Our screening theatre is on the 3rd floor of the building. This place is nicer than the previous one...




Part of the Why Democracy? series, this weekend's movie by Alex Gibney tells the true story of Dilawar, a taxi driver who died from torture in the custody of the US Military in Afghanistan. Mr. Dilawar had been driving his passengers past a US army base that had been attacked earlier, and was stopped at a checkpoint by pro-Alliance Afghan militia. The militiamen had framed Dilawar and his passengers, and turned them over to the US military for interrogation.

This Academy Award winning documentary also examines the United States and its intelligence organizations' policies & research on torture for information extraction, and the views from opponents and supporters of torture practices.


Runtime: ~105 minutes

More info here (Needs Flash)

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The screening time has been moved to 8PM due to requests from many members. Aside from being more convenient, it would be dark by then and we wouldn't have the setting sun interfering with the projection.


Place: 62 Weld Quay, 3rd Floor

Time: 8 PM

Admission: FREE