Best of Documentaries from Southeast Asia

Best of Documentaries from Southeast Asia

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Sun 09 Jun 2013, 4 and 7 pm
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

From Goethe Institut:

Within the framework of the 5th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival the Goethe Institut and DocNet present the “ChopShots Southeast Asia Travelling Festival” in Hanoi. “ChopShots” is an international festival for documentary films focusing on the area Southeast Asia that is annually taking place in Jakarta. On 9th June selected films from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines will be screened in Hanoi. For this occasion several of the filmmakers will present.

Free admission for all screenings.

Screening | 09.06.2013, 4 pm
ChopShots Travelling Festival

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The Hills Are Alive (Indonesia, 2011,15 minutes)
Director Steve Pillar Setiabudi
Language/Subtitles Indonesian/ Vietnamese & English

The film takes a look at the life of a family living in Srunen Village at the time of the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010. Things come and go as if life could start anytime and anywhere. Time just doesn’t seem to exist.

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The stage (Philippines, 2011, 30 minutes)
Director Emil James Mijares
Language/Subtitles Philippine/Vietnamese & English

“Entablado”, the stage, looks into the lives of people who depend on the informal economy brought about by Philippine elections and shows how poor people, in times of election, hope to earn a meagre income even for just a short period of time. Revealing the struggles of the common people amidst the glitters and promises of a political candidate’s stage show, the film takes a look behind the façade of glamour.

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The Right of the Dead (Malaysia, 2012, 28 minutes)
Director Tricia Yeoh
Language/Subtitles Malaysian/ Vietnamese & English

In 2009, the dead body of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH), political aide of a Selangor Executive Councillor, was found outside of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building, where he had been held overnight for interrogation. Tricia Yeoh takes a close look at the circumstances that led to TBH’s death and the investigation that followed using archival footage, photographs, and interviews of family and friends.

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Two Girls Against the Rain (Cambodia, 2012, 11 minutes)
Director Sao Sopheak
Language/Subtitles Camodian/ Vietnamese and English

Soth Yun (57) and Sem Eang (58) met during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. More than two million people died during the Khmer Rouge times. Soth and Sem, the lesbian couple, survived. There has been a long fight for respect by fellow villagers and their families. “Two Girls Against the Rain” tells a true story about two women struggling hard for their love.

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The Social Game (Myanmar, 2012, 11 minutes)
Director Seng Mai
Language/Subtitles Burmese/ Vietnamese and English

“The Social Game” takes its audience on a journey into the refugee camps in Kachin State. In Myanmar, the Kachin Independence Army and Military Government have been involved in an armed conflict since 9 June 2011.. The documentary reveals different answers to the question ‘What is the most important thing for our country?’ They all reflect stories of lives in Myanmar. At the same time the answers turn into questions for the viewer.

Screening | 09.06.2013, 7 pm
ChopShots Travelling Festival

Child, we apologize to you! (Vietnam, 2011, 37minutes)
Director Phan Huyền Thư
Language/Subtitles Vietnamese/English

Tong Phuoc Phuc and his volunteers do a great and reputable job. Around the city Nha Trang in the province Khanh Hoa they help mothers, who are excluded from society and abandoned children. They also have been burying over 9,000 aborted fetuses with honour.

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Denok & Gareng Indonesia, 2012, 89 minutes)
Director Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni
Language/Subtitles Indonesian/ Vietnamese and English

Synopsis In the constant cycle of hoping, failing and making new plans, former street kids Denok and Gareng stay united in their passionate struggle to one day get on top. Looking for a stroke of luck for the family, the young couple starts a small pig business – in the middle of Muslim Jakarta. New challenges of course arise, putting their cheerfulness and patience to the test. “Denok & Gareng” explores a strong loving relationship inside a strikingly vivid family that sticks together, fights back and laughs about what others would call a Sisyphus fate.

National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film 
465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi

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