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Prison and Paradise
directed by Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978- (Indonesia: Privately Published), 1 hour 31 mins
On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families. He also introduces us to the family of one of t...
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directed by Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978- (Indonesia: Privately Published), 1 hour 31 mins
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On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families. He also introduces us to the family of one of the victims. Through each interview, one gets an in-depth look at the lives, which have been changed since the bombing, and also the va...
On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families. He also introduces us to the family of one of the victims. Through each interview, one gets an in-depth look at the lives, which have been changed since the bombing, and also the varied views on Islam, Jihad and terrorism. Festivals: Winner Best Film, Jogjakarta Documentary Film Festival; Dubai International Film Festival.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-12-27
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Family, Terrorism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Daniel Rudy Haryanto.
Awards Event
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival
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Tâm Hồn Mẹ = Mother's Soul
directed by Pham Nhue Giang, 1957-; performed by Truong Minh Quoc Thai, 1974-, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, 1999- and Anh Hong, 1977- (Vietnam: Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 33 mins
Adapted from a short story of the same title by renowned writer Nguyen Huy Thiep, Tâm Hồn Mẹ (Mother’s Soul) follows a mother-daughter relationship on the edges of modern-day Hanoi. When a single mom, played by Hong Anh (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well), falls in love with a handsome truck driver, her ti...
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directed by Pham Nhue Giang, 1957-; performed by Truong Minh Quoc Thai, 1974-, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, 1999- and Anh Hong, 1977- (Vietnam: Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 33 mins
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Adapted from a short story of the same title by renowned writer Nguyen Huy Thiep, Tâm Hồn Mẹ (Mother’s Soul) follows a mother-daughter relationship on the edges of modern-day Hanoi. When a single mom, played by Hong Anh (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well), falls in love with a handsome truck driver, her tight-knit teamwork with her daughter falters, and with it their fragile livelihood. As the mother becomes deeply involved with her lover...
Adapted from a short story of the same title by renowned writer Nguyen Huy Thiep, Tâm Hồn Mẹ (Mother’s Soul) follows a mother-daughter relationship on the edges of modern-day Hanoi. When a single mom, played by Hong Anh (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well), falls in love with a handsome truck driver, her tight-knit teamwork with her daughter falters, and with it their fragile livelihood. As the mother becomes deeply involved with her lover, the young girl struggles to take care of herself and to recall her mother to her duties. The girl is by turns a 10-year-old running around the corn field with an orphaned friend, and role-playing as a mother herself.
Director Pham Nhue Giang (Deserted Valley) brings a welcome focus on the complexity of the relationships between her female characters. The young actress Phung Hoa Hoai Linh delivers an impressive performance as the daughter, both angry and yearning for her mother's love. Phung received the Best Actress Award in the Africa-Asia films category at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2011, for this role. The film's cinematography—of the fields, the Red River, and rainy Hanoi—lends added beauty to the story.
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Date Written / Recorded
2011
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Truong Minh Quoc Thai, 1974-, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, 1999-, Anh Hong, 1977-
Author / Creator
Pham Nhue Giang, 1957-, Truong Minh Quoc Thai, 1974-, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, 1999-, Anh Hong, 1977-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Single mothers, Romantic relationships, Daughters
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Pham Nhue Giang
Awards Event
Dubai International Film Festival
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Amin = امین
directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documen...
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directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
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Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fa...
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fact that Amin's family face steep financial and cultural obstacles, they are devoted to their art and culture and express that by supporting the work of their talented musician son. Every summer, Amin travels to remote towns and villages to record the music of the surviving masters whose numbers decline each year. His nomadic family sell their meager belongings to help support their son's education in performance and ethnomusicology at Tchaikovsky's Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine, but it is not enough. Amin, desperate to finish his academic education, sells his violins one at a time just to pay for his tuition. Awards: Award of Excellence at Yamagata Documentary Film Festival in 2011; Asian Vision Award at Taiwan International Documentary 2010; Film Festival Special Distinction at Dubai International Film Festival in 2010; Nominated for Best Documentary, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, in 2011.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012-06-06
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Author / Creator
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Qashqai, Arts administration, Ethnomusicology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Shahin Parhami.
Awards Event
Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Dubai International Film Festival, Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
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Realtor
directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 1982-; produced by Serik Abishev, fl. 2007-2016, Short Brothers and Kazakhfilm (Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 25 mins
This is a story about Darik – a man who is looking for himself in time and space. In the present Darik is a boorish alcoholic bum. In traveling to the past Darik discovers naturalistic simplicity, familial connections, and neighborly responsibility. Past and present intersect and collide in Adilkhan Yerzhanov’...
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directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 1982-; produced by Serik Abishev, fl. 2007-2016, Short Brothers and Kazakhfilm (Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 25 mins
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This is a story about Darik – a man who is looking for himself in time and space. In the present Darik is a boorish alcoholic bum. In traveling to the past Darik discovers naturalistic simplicity, familial connections, and neighborly responsibility. Past and present intersect and collide in Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s surrealist film about an antisocial character who finally wakes up in the past after having slept through the present. This film show...
This is a story about Darik – a man who is looking for himself in time and space. In the present Darik is a boorish alcoholic bum. In traveling to the past Darik discovers naturalistic simplicity, familial connections, and neighborly responsibility. Past and present intersect and collide in Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s surrealist film about an antisocial character who finally wakes up in the past after having slept through the present. This film showcases the characteristic social and political distinctiveness in Yerzhanov's daring and acclaimed films.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Aziz Zhambakiev, fl. 2011, Serik Abishev, fl. 2007-2016, Short Brothers, Kazakhfilm
Author / Creator
Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 1982-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Identity (Psychology), Time travel, Alcoholism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Awards Event
Dubai International Film Festival
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神秘鸡饭 = Chicken Rice Mystery
directed by Edmund Yeo, 1984-; performed by Meng Lai, fl. 2008, Kiew Suet Kim, fl. 2007 and Keong Chye Chee, fl. 2008 (Malaysia: Privately Published), 18 mins
A young boy ponders one of the greatest mysteries of his life: just why is his mother's cooking so appalling? His father claims his mother lost her cooking skills when she gave birth to him. But there remains one sole culinary treat, so tantalisingly tasty, our small friend simply has to find out how it is made......
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directed by Edmund Yeo, 1984-; performed by Meng Lai, fl. 2008, Kiew Suet Kim, fl. 2007 and Keong Chye Chee, fl. 2008 (Malaysia: Privately Published), 18 mins
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A young boy ponders one of the greatest mysteries of his life: just why is his mother's cooking so appalling? His father claims his mother lost her cooking skills when she gave birth to him. But there remains one sole culinary treat, so tantalisingly tasty, our small friend simply has to find out how it is made... his mother's sublime chicken and rice dish.
Date Written / Recorded
2008
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Meng Lai, fl. 2008, Kiew Suet Kim, fl. 2007, Keong Chye Chee, fl. 2008
Author / Creator
Edmund Yeo, 1984-, Meng Lai, fl. 2008, Kiew Suet Kim, fl. 2007, Keong Chye Chee, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Family, Food preparation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Edmund Yeo.
Awards Event
Dubai International Film Festival
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땅의 여자
directed by Kwon Woojung, fl. 2009 (Seoul, Seoul-si: CinemaDAL, 2009), 1 hour 14 mins
Women peasants work over 14 hours a day but can't earn
even a penny. It is obvious that the cost of labour can't
be measured merely in money, but I wondered with what
those women's labour and sacrifice can be compensated.
The ratio of women in the whole peasant population in
Korea is over 53%. However women peasan...
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directed by Kwon Woojung, fl. 2009 (Seoul, Seoul-si: CinemaDAL, 2009), 1 hour 14 mins
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Women peasants work over 14 hours a day but can't earn
even a penny. It is obvious that the cost of labour can't
be measured merely in money, but I wondered with what
those women's labour and sacrifice can be compensated.
The ratio of women in the whole peasant population in
Korea is over 53%. However women peasant are not be
guaranteed their position as subject of agriculture production.
I wanted to show their lives which are out of social
inter...
Women peasants work over 14 hours a day but can't earn
even a penny. It is obvious that the cost of labour can't
be measured merely in money, but I wondered with what
those women's labour and sacrifice can be compensated.
The ratio of women in the whole peasant population in
Korea is over 53%. However women peasant are not be
guaranteed their position as subject of agriculture production.
I wanted to show their lives which are out of social
interest but keep our land and take responsibility of
our food, so I hoped their name to be remembered to all
of us.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Kwon Woojung, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009, 2009-09-09
Publisher
CinemaDAL
Topic / Theme
Korean, Documentary films, Korean people, Women, Farmers, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by CinemaDAL
Awards Event
Busan International Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival
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용산
directed by Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014 (Seoul, Seoul-si: CinemaDAL, 2010), 1 hour 13 mins
On the 20th of January 2009, tenants of Yongsan, whose houses had been evicted by force, died in a fire in the middle of the city. The flame reminds me of something I (the director) witnessed in 1991. I was a high school student when I saw a college student set himself on fire. That time people dubbed the politics...
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directed by Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014 (Seoul, Seoul-si: CinemaDAL, 2010), 1 hour 13 mins
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On the 20th of January 2009, tenants of Yongsan, whose houses had been evicted by force, died in a fire in the middle of the city. The flame reminds me of something I (the director) witnessed in 1991. I was a high school student when I saw a college student set himself on fire. That time people dubbed the politics as "the politics of burning oneself to death". In the June 1987 movement, TV and newspapers reported the death of Hanyol, who was my n...
On the 20th of January 2009, tenants of Yongsan, whose houses had been evicted by force, died in a fire in the middle of the city. The flame reminds me of something I (the director) witnessed in 1991. I was a high school student when I saw a college student set himself on fire. That time people dubbed the politics as "the politics of burning oneself to death". In the June 1987 movement, TV and newspapers reported the death of Hanyol, who was my neighbor. This documentary is a deathbed portrait of Korea.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
CinemaDAL
Topic / Theme
Social problems, Neighborhoods, Death, Fires, Korean people
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by CinemaDAL
Awards Event
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival
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Heiran
directed by Shalizeh Arefpour, fl. 1998-2009; performed by Zhaleh Sameti, fl. 2009-2012, Baran Kosari, 1995- and Farhad Aslani, fl. 1995-2012 (Iran: Sheherazad Media International), 1 hour 26 mins
During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996 to 2001) about 3 million Afghans, mostly illegal immigrants, entered Iran. This film is the story of a 17 year old rural girl, Mahi, who comes from a war-stricken family in southern Iran. Mahi falls in love with an Afghan student named Heiran, who has came to her villag...
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directed by Shalizeh Arefpour, fl. 1998-2009; performed by Zhaleh Sameti, fl. 2009-2012, Baran Kosari, 1995- and Farhad Aslani, fl. 1995-2012 (Iran: Sheherazad Media International), 1 hour 26 mins
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During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996 to 2001) about 3 million Afghans, mostly illegal immigrants, entered Iran. This film is the story of a 17 year old rural girl, Mahi, who comes from a war-stricken family in southern Iran. Mahi falls in love with an Afghan student named Heiran, who has came to her village to work. Mahi's family is strictly against her marriage to an Afghan. Mahi must now choose between her family and her love for the...
During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996 to 2001) about 3 million Afghans, mostly illegal immigrants, entered Iran. This film is the story of a 17 year old rural girl, Mahi, who comes from a war-stricken family in southern Iran. Mahi falls in love with an Afghan student named Heiran, who has came to her village to work. Mahi's family is strictly against her marriage to an Afghan. Mahi must now choose between her family and her love for the Afghan student, Heiran. The Director uses real footage of illegal immigrants and refugee camps to depict how Afghans are being treated, and mirrors this with the treatment of women in Iran. Awards: Best Film at Tunis International Film Festival in 2009; New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in 2009.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Zhaleh Sameti, fl. 2009-2012, Baran Kosari, 1995-, Farhad Aslani, fl. 1995-2012
Author / Creator
Shalizeh Arefpour, fl. 1998-2009, Zhaleh Sameti, fl. 2009-2012, Baran Kosari, 1995-, Farhad Aslani, fl. 1995-2012
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Sheherazad Media International
Topic / Theme
Family, Relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Used by permission of Sheherazad Media International.
Awards Event
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Tunis International Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival
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