ArnoldGlobal Lens 2008 announces line-up
The Global film Initiative announce ten awward winning films, from around the world, that will comprise the Global Lens series for 2008. Now in it's fifth year the Global Lens series will premiere at the MoMA in New York in January of '08, and will tour across the country stopping in many cities including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Leading the stellar list of films are Opera Jawa (New Crowned Hope, The Bet Collector (FIPRRESCI) and Luxury Car (Un Certain Regard), The Custodian (had a Golden Berlin Bear nomination), and the South African comedy which is appearing in this years Toronto Film Fest, 'Bunny Chow.'
Here is the official list of the ten films taken from The Global Film Initiative:
ALL FOR FREE (SVE DZABA), dir. Antonio Nui?, Croatia, 2006
Personal tragedy leads a young man to buy a mobile refreshment truck and embark on a darkly humorous and quixotic journey across post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina.
· THE BET COLLECTOR (KUBRADOR), dir. Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines, 2006
A resilient housewife's job of collecting cash bets on the local numbers-game takes a psychological toll on her in the days before All Saint's Day.
· BUNNY CHOW, dir. John Barker, South Africa, 2006
Three up-and-coming comedians head out on a road trip, abandoning rules, reason and girlfriends to find music and the meaning of life in the "new" South Africa.
· THE CUSTODIAN (EL CUSTODIO), dir. Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina, 2006
A man's threshold for the mundane is chronicled by the uneventful days of his life as a bodyguard for a high profile politician.
· THE FISH FALL IN LOVE (MAHIHA ASHEGH MISHAVAND), dir. Ali Raffi, Iran, 2005
A group of resourceful women use food to convince a stubborn businessman to allow them to continue operating a restaurant in a building he owns.
· KEPT & DREAMLESS (LAS MANTENIDAS SIN SUEÑOS), dir. Vera Fogwill and Martín Desalvo, Argentina, 2005
Set during Argentina's economic crisis of the nineties, a drug-addicted mother struggles to keep her life afloat with the aid of her fiercely affectionate nine year-old daughter.
· THE KITE (LE CERF-VOLANT), dir. Randa Chahal Sabbag, Lebanon, 2003
On the eve of her marriage, a Lebanese girl realizes she is in love with the Israeli solider guarding the border checkpoint that separates her from her fiancé.
· LET THE WIND BLOW (HAVA ANEY DEY) dir. Partho Sen Gupta, India, 2004
At the height of nuclear-tensions between India and Pakistan, a restless group of friends weigh the bitter reality of their lives against fate and the philosophy of a nation.
· LUXURY CAR (JIANG CHENG XIA RI), dir. Wang Chao, China, 2006
A man travels to the city to visit his daughter-a karaoke bar escort-hoping to fulfill his wife's last wish of finding their missing son.
· OPERA JAWA, dir. Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2006
In the lush interior of Java, a potter's wife is seduced into a tragic love triangle in this stylish adaptation of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.
Here is the official list of the ten films taken from The Global Film Initiative:
ALL FOR FREE (SVE DZABA), dir. Antonio Nui?, Croatia, 2006
Personal tragedy leads a young man to buy a mobile refreshment truck and embark on a darkly humorous and quixotic journey across post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina.
· THE BET COLLECTOR (KUBRADOR), dir. Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines, 2006
A resilient housewife's job of collecting cash bets on the local numbers-game takes a psychological toll on her in the days before All Saint's Day.
· BUNNY CHOW, dir. John Barker, South Africa, 2006
Three up-and-coming comedians head out on a road trip, abandoning rules, reason and girlfriends to find music and the meaning of life in the "new" South Africa.
· THE CUSTODIAN (EL CUSTODIO), dir. Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina, 2006
A man's threshold for the mundane is chronicled by the uneventful days of his life as a bodyguard for a high profile politician.
· THE FISH FALL IN LOVE (MAHIHA ASHEGH MISHAVAND), dir. Ali Raffi, Iran, 2005
A group of resourceful women use food to convince a stubborn businessman to allow them to continue operating a restaurant in a building he owns.
· KEPT & DREAMLESS (LAS MANTENIDAS SIN SUEÑOS), dir. Vera Fogwill and Martín Desalvo, Argentina, 2005
Set during Argentina's economic crisis of the nineties, a drug-addicted mother struggles to keep her life afloat with the aid of her fiercely affectionate nine year-old daughter.
· THE KITE (LE CERF-VOLANT), dir. Randa Chahal Sabbag, Lebanon, 2003
On the eve of her marriage, a Lebanese girl realizes she is in love with the Israeli solider guarding the border checkpoint that separates her from her fiancé.
· LET THE WIND BLOW (HAVA ANEY DEY) dir. Partho Sen Gupta, India, 2004
At the height of nuclear-tensions between India and Pakistan, a restless group of friends weigh the bitter reality of their lives against fate and the philosophy of a nation.
· LUXURY CAR (JIANG CHENG XIA RI), dir. Wang Chao, China, 2006
A man travels to the city to visit his daughter-a karaoke bar escort-hoping to fulfill his wife's last wish of finding their missing son.
· OPERA JAWA, dir. Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2006
In the lush interior of Java, a potter's wife is seduced into a tragic love triangle in this stylish adaptation of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.
