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Advanced Thai Summer Study
Chiang Mai University
June 23 - August 15, 2008
An
intensive eight-week course for students with at least intermediate-level study
of Thai language (or the equivalent) offered by the Consortium for Advanced Study of Thai in cooperation with the
Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University.
Application Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2008
More info
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Open Positions and Fellowships
Assistant Professor, Southeast Asian Studies Program, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
e-mail | more info | Deadline: October 31, 2007
Executive Director, Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies, Columbia University e-mail | more info | Deadline: January 11, 2008 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Berkeley e-mail | more info | Deadline: November 2, 2007 |
Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema
 Panelists:
Ngo Phuong Lan, Ph.D.
Author & Film Scholar
Philip Cheah
Director, Singapore International Film Festival
Pham Nhue Giang
Film Maker & Educator
Stephen O'Harrow, Ph.D.
Professor of Vietnamese
Friday, October 19th, 2007
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Korean Studies Building Auditorium
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sponsored by the Ford Foundation - Thailand and Vietnam,
NETPAC/USA, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of
Hawaii.
Free and open to the public. Parking on the Lower Campus only. For more information, please contact 956-2688.
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Southeast Asian Film Festival Screenings!
The Hawaii International Film Festival is back in town and presenting a host of new films from Southeast Asia! Please check out the festival's official site for exact ticket and schedule info, and read on for capsule descriptions of the films...
Director: B.S. RajhansMalaysia, 1950, 122 min. Malay w/E.S.
This recently re-discovered classic from 1950 showcases the early artistic talents of a 21 year-old P. Ramlee, who would later go on to become the biggest film and music star in Malaysia's history. Shot in Singapore, Aloha uses a Hawaii theme to tell the story of a young woman named Aloha who falls into the clutches of a local gangster. The film, featuring eight songs played by musicians trained on the ukelele and slack key guitar, is a window to the transmission of Hawaiian culture into Southeast Asia in the post-World War II era.
Saturday, October 20, 12:00 p.m. Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Owl and the Sparrow
Cu Va Chim Se Se
Director: Stephane Gauger
Vietnam & USA, 2007, 97min. Vietnamese w/E.S.
The colorful and winning tale shot guerilla-style in Saigon takes off
when a headstrong orphan girl runs away from a harsh life of enforced
labor in her uncle's factory. The enterprising little vagabond is soon
selling flowers in the streets, where she makes new friends including a
zookeeper and a pretty, sad airline stewardess. The energy and noise of
street life combined with the sensitive beauty of Gauger's vision make
his film both a love story and a valentine to Vietnam.
Thursday, October 25, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, October 26,12:30 p.m. Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
The Rebel Dong Mau Anh Hung
Vietnam & USA, 2007, 103 min. Director: Charlie Nguyen Vietnamese w/E.S.
When an uprising threatens French dominion of Vietnam in
1922, the Surete send secret agent Le
Van Cuong to infiltrate the resistance. But everything changes for Cuong when he meets the beautiful Huy, daughter of the rebel leader. Cuong is then driven by his love for Huy...and a new-found love for a Vietnam free from the French.
Wednesday, October 24, 8:45 p.m. Thursday, October 25, 4:00 p.m. Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Deserted Valley Thung Lung Hoang VangDirector: Pham Nhue GiangVietnam, 2006, 90 min.Vietnamese w/E.S.In a remote village in the mountains of northern Vietnam, two young teachers and a janitor struggle to keep open a small school for ethnic minorities. Tanh is sweet on teacher Giao, but Giao is sleeping with a local man. Described as a "truly great contemporary Vietnamese film."Saturday, October 19, 2007, 4:15 p.m.Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas.Ploy Director: Pen-Ek RatanaruangThailand, 2007, 105 min.Thai w/E.S.Award-winning writer/director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang creates this highly detailed psychological drama about three strangers locked inside a
hotel room. It all starts with subtle jealous suspicions and reaches a hilarious climax....Saturday, October 20, 8:15 p.m.Monday, October 22, 9:00 p.m.Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Sandaan: One Hundred Years of Filipinos in America Director: Noel M. IzonUSA, 2007, 90 min.EnglishThe film presents intimate portraits of Filipino-Americans who went through struggles and later made significant contributions to American society. Featured are community leader Loida Nicolas Lewis, Major General Antonio Taguba and Maria Mabilangan Haley (a former assistant to President Clinton).Sunday, October 20, 12:15 p.m.Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
 Director: John PirozziUSA, 2007, 70min.English and Khmer w/E.S.An engagingly different rock 'n' roll documentary, Sleepwalking Through the
Mekong spotlights California combo Dengue Fever on tour in Cambodia in
2005. The band consists of five guys from
Long Beach and the dynamic Cambodian-born songbird Chhom Nimol, who perform a repertoire of '60s and '70s Khmer pop classics featuring songs made famous by icons Ros Seray Sothea and Sinn
Sisamouth.
Saturday, October 19, 6:15 p.m.Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Denias...Singing on the Cloud Denias - Senandung Di Atas AwanDirector: John De RantauIndonesia, 2006, 110 min.Indonesian w/E.S.Denias is a true story about a boy living in the hinterland of Papua Island, and his struggle for education. Produced in 2006, the film was on the short list for Best Film at the prestigious Jakarta International Film Festival.Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.Friday, October 26, 1:30 p.m.Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Foster Child Director: Brillante Mendoza Philippines, 2007, 98 min. Tagalog with English subtitles
Based on a true
story, Foster Child by Brillante Mendoza, is a slice of the life of a poor foster family in Manila,
Philippines, comprised of Mother Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), husband Dado and sons Gerald and
Yuri. The film sees Thelma on the day she's forced to part with a
precious three-year-old named John-John, who has just been adopted by
an American family.
Sunday, October 21, 1:30 p.m. Monday, October 22, 12:00 p.m. Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Invisible City
Beiwanglu Director: Tan Pin Pin Singapore, 2007, 60 min. English, Mandrin, Japanese with w/E.S.
Invisible City is a documentary about the documentary filmmakers of Singapore. The
director interviews photographers, journalists, film directors,
archaeologists, and people who are driven by a curiosity to find a Singapore
for themselves. Interspersed with interviews is never seen before
footage and photos of Singapore culled from private archives.
Sunday, October 21, 3:30 p.m. Friday, October 26, 1:00 p.m. Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
Sick Nurses
Suay Laak Sai
Director: Piraphan Laoyont Thailand, 2007, 83 min. Thai with w/E.S.
Sick Nurses is the twisted story of seven sexy nurses and one macarbe surgeon. Romance, comedy, ghosts, gore and human organ trafficking meet on celluloid in the latest cult horror film frrom the director of Suicide Me!
Saturday, October 27, 9:30 p.m.
Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas
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SEA Film Series
Now in its fourth year!
This fall the Center's popular Southeast Asian Film Series will include The Story of Pao (Vietnam), Mekong Full Moon Party (Thailand), the epic film Courtesan (Indonesia), Indio Nacional (Philippines), Me...Myself (Thailand) in addition to films from Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia! more info |
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