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Flowers of the Sky
directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Malini Fonseka, 1949-, Kaushalaya Fernando, fl. 1996-2012 and Dilhani Ekanayake, 1973- (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 26 mins
Flowers of the sky represents the effects of economic and cultural globalization on Sri Lankan society, dealing with such issues as HIV, homosexuality and the status of women. The center of the film is Rani, an actress who has been forgotten by the society that once idolized her. She rents out rooms to couples...
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directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Malini Fonseka, 1949-, Kaushalaya Fernando, fl. 1996-2012 and Dilhani Ekanayake, 1973- (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 26 mins
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Flowers of the sky represents the effects of economic and cultural globalization on Sri Lankan society, dealing with such issues as HIV, homosexuality and the status of women. The center of the film is Rani, an actress who has been forgotten by the society that once idolized her. She rents out rooms to couples who want a discreet love nest. When one of these trysts is discovered, she is forced to confront her own scandalous past. Rani is pla...
Flowers of the sky represents the effects of economic and cultural globalization on Sri Lankan society, dealing with such issues as HIV, homosexuality and the status of women. The center of the film is Rani, an actress who has been forgotten by the society that once idolized her. She rents out rooms to couples who want a discreet love nest. When one of these trysts is discovered, she is forced to confront her own scandalous past. Rani is played by Sri Lanka's most famous actress, Malini Fonseka, who is also the director's sister-in-law. The portrait of a film star who also acts in TV dramas is somewhat autobiographical. The movie was a critical and popular triumph in Sri Lanka and on the festival circuit, winning honors for Fonseka's performance (Silver Peacock Award, India International Film Festival, Goa) Vithanage's direction (special Jury Award, 15th Festival International des d'Asie in Vesoul in France), and best film (NETPAC award for Best Asian Film at the third Cines del Sur Festival in Granada, Spain).
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-15
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Malini Fonseka, 1949-, Kaushalaya Fernando, fl. 1996-2012, Dilhani Ekanayake, 1973-
Author / Creator
Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-, Malini Fonseka, 1949-, Kaushalaya Fernando, fl. 1996-2012, Dilhani Ekanayake, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Economics, Sexuality
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Haputhantirige Don Premasi.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards
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Gilaneh
directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab, fl. 2002-2010 and Rakshan Bani-E'temad, 1954-; performed by Baran Kosari, 1995-, Shahrokh Foroutanian, fl. 2004-2012 and Madjid Bahrami, fl. 2003-2005 (Iran: Sheherazad Media International), 1 hour 24 mins
The film illustrates the love and devotion a mother has for her son and daughter even though the violence of war destroys their dreams. As Iranians celebrate the New Year, Iraqi bombs rain down on Tehran in 1988. We meet the widowed Gilaneh and her pregnant daughter who are in search of the daughter's husband who...
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directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab, fl. 2002-2010 and Rakshan Bani-E'temad, 1954-; performed by Baran Kosari, 1995-, Shahrokh Foroutanian, fl. 2004-2012 and Madjid Bahrami, fl. 2003-2005 (Iran: Sheherazad Media International), 1 hour 24 mins
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The film illustrates the love and devotion a mother has for her son and daughter even though the violence of war destroys their dreams. As Iranians celebrate the New Year, Iraqi bombs rain down on Tehran in 1988. We meet the widowed Gilaneh and her pregnant daughter who are in search of the daughter's husband who has deserted his military post. As the inhabitants of Tehran are fleeing the bomb ridden city, Gilaneh and her daughter make the peril...
The film illustrates the love and devotion a mother has for her son and daughter even though the violence of war destroys their dreams. As Iranians celebrate the New Year, Iraqi bombs rain down on Tehran in 1988. We meet the widowed Gilaneh and her pregnant daughter who are in search of the daughter's husband who has deserted his military post. As the inhabitants of Tehran are fleeing the bomb ridden city, Gilaneh and her daughter make the perilous journey into the capital city to find the missing husband. Fifteen years later, the United States attacks Baghdad during another New Year's celebration. Scenes of the new war -- in which Iraq is now the invaded -- flash insistently across the television while Gilaneh tries to rebuild her hopes and dreams for her children whose lives have been shattered by violence. This time her dream is to find a war widow in a distant town to marry and care for her invalid son. Awards: Best Film and Best Actress at Kara (Pakastan) International Film Festival in 2005; NETPAC Award at Festival de Vesoul (France) in 2006; Special Jury Prize at Festival International de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) in 2006. Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Baran Kosari, 1995-, Shahrokh Foroutanian, fl. 2004-2012, Madjid Bahrami, fl. 2003-2005
Author / Creator
Mohsen Abdolvahab, fl. 2002-2010, Rakshan Bani-E'temad, 1954-, Baran Kosari, 1995-, Shahrokh Foroutanian, fl. 2004-2012, Madjid Bahrami, fl. 2003-2005
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Sheherazad Media International
Topic / Theme
War, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, Iraq War, 2003-2011
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 Used by permission of Sheherazad Media International.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Fajr International Film Festival
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Reaching Silence
directed by Jahar Kanungo, fl. 2005; performed by Kaushiki Chakraborty, Sudeshna Basu, fl. 2005 and Trina Nileena Banerjee, 1981- (India: Kanungo Media Pvt. Ltd.), 1 hour 28 mins
Nisshabdh is a contemplative film about Sarit (Kaushik Chakravarty), a young man whose job as a door-to-door salesman suffers as a result of his mounting sensitivity to sound. When visits to doctors and gurus fail to alleviate his problem, Sarit decides to escape the urban clamor of Bombay city and journeys to th...
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directed by Jahar Kanungo, fl. 2005; performed by Kaushiki Chakraborty, Sudeshna Basu, fl. 2005 and Trina Nileena Banerjee, 1981- (India: Kanungo Media Pvt. Ltd.), 1 hour 28 mins
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Nisshabdh is a contemplative film about Sarit (Kaushik Chakravarty), a young man whose job as a door-to-door salesman suffers as a result of his mounting sensitivity to sound. When visits to doctors and gurus fail to alleviate his problem, Sarit decides to escape the urban clamor of Bombay city and journeys to the sleepy village in which his childhood friend lives. In the village he is introduced to a young, vivacious woman who tries to understa...
Nisshabdh is a contemplative film about Sarit (Kaushik Chakravarty), a young man whose job as a door-to-door salesman suffers as a result of his mounting sensitivity to sound. When visits to doctors and gurus fail to alleviate his problem, Sarit decides to escape the urban clamor of Bombay city and journeys to the sleepy village in which his childhood friend lives. In the village he is introduced to a young, vivacious woman who tries to understand his quirky nature. However, the relationship is thwarted by Sarit's continued obsession with attaining silence. Awards/Festivals: Indian Competition Award, Best Film and Best Actress, Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2005.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Kaushiki Chakraborty, Sudeshna Basu, fl. 2005, Trina Nileena Banerjee, 1981-
Author / Creator
Jahar Kanungo, fl. 2005, Kaushiki Chakraborty, Sudeshna Basu, fl. 2005, Trina Nileena Banerjee, 1981-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Kanungo Media Pvt. Ltd.
Topic / Theme
Communication, Relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 Used by permission of Kanungo Media Pvt. Ltd.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema
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কাঁটাতার
directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, fl. 2005-2008; performed by Rudranil Ghosh, fl. 2005-2013, Sudip Mukherjee, fl. 1985-2012 and Sreelekha Mitra, 1975- (India: Privately Published), 55 mins
Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an illegal immigrant who is forced to rely on a series of men in order to avoid poverty...
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directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, fl. 2005-2008; performed by Rudranil Ghosh, fl. 2005-2013, Sudip Mukherjee, fl. 1985-2012 and Sreelekha Mitra, 1975- (India: Privately Published), 55 mins
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Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an illegal immigrant who is forced to rely on a series of men in order to avoid poverty and starvation. During her latest search for a place of refuge, she forms a romantic attachment to Binod (Sudip Mukherjee), an introsp...
Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an illegal immigrant who is forced to rely on a series of men in order to avoid poverty and starvation. During her latest search for a place of refuge, she forms a romantic attachment to Binod (Sudip Mukherjee), an introspective weatherman whose job it is to monitor the direction of the wind. Having changed her identity and religion (from Hindu to Muslim and vice versa) with each man she meets, Sudha's secret begins to unravel when a rural lawyer discovers she is an illegal immigrant and threatens to report her to the authorities as a possible terrorist. Realizing that she must once again uproot herself to avoid imprisonment, Sudha relays to Binod the story of her many trials and tribulations. Kantatar is a powerful narrative of love, loss, and the steps one woman must take in order to survive the geopolitical realities that impact her life. Awards/Festivals: NETPAC Award, Festival des Cin�mas d'Asie, Vesoul, FRANCE 2007;Anandaloke Award for Best Actress; B.F.J.A. Awards for Best Cinematographer, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor; Partha Pratim Chowdhury Award for Best Film and Best Director; Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006; Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2006; Singapore International Film Festival, 2006; Raindance International Film Festival, London, U.K. 2005; Ashdod International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2006; Bangladesh International Film Festival, Dhaka, 2006; Inaugural film, International Forum of new cinema, Kolkata International Film Festival, India, 2005; Inaugural film Chittagong International Film Festival, Bangladesh 2005; Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema, New Delhi, India 2005; Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2006; Pune International Film Festival, India, 2005; Habitat International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2005; Silk screen Festival of Asian Cinema, Pittsburg, U.S.A. 2007.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Rudranil Ghosh, fl. 2005-2013, Sudip Mukherjee, fl. 1985-2012, Sreelekha Mitra, 1975-
Author / Creator
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, fl. 2005-2008, Rudranil Ghosh, fl. 2005-2013, Sudip Mukherjee, fl. 1985-2012, Sreelekha Mitra, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Politics, Poverty, Relationships, Partitioning of India and Pakistan, 1947
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 Used by permission of Bappaditya Bandopadhyay.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
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August Sun
directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012 and Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003 (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 44 mins
This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, e...
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directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012 and Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003 (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 44 mins
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This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, each of whom is affected by the war in different ways. Chamari enlists the aid of a London-based journalist to help locate her husband,...
This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, each of whom is affected by the war in different ways. Chamari enlists the aid of a London-based journalist to help locate her husband, a pilot who was captured by the Tamil Tigers; a young Muslim boy Arfath tries to keep his dog, even as his family joins thousands of other Muslims in a mass exodus to escape the conflict; and Dumida, a lonely young soldier, discovers that his sister has been working as a prostitute in a brothel that serves both Sinhalese and Tamil soldiers. All of these events, presented from a Sinhalese perspective, take place under the searing heat of a hot August sun and the weight of lengthy civil war. Awards/Festivals: Grand Jury Prize and nominated Lino Brocka Award Cinemanila International Film Festival 2003; Grand Prix des Amriques Montreal World Film Festival 2003; FIPRESCI/NETPAC Award Singapore International Film Festival 2004; Amiens International Film Festival 2003; International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004; Deauville Asian Film Festival 2004.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012, Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003
Contributor
Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-
Author / Creator
Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-, Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012, Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Sri Lankan, Armed forces, Refugees, War, Civil war
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Used by permission of Prasanna Vithanage.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Montréal World Film Festival, Fribourg International Film Festival, Cinemanila International Film Festival
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Lady Of The Roses = بانوی گل سرخ
directed by Mojtaba Mirtamasb, fl. 1996-2011 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 52 mins
'Lady of the Roses' is the name given to the late Shahindokht Sanati, a lady who went to the Lalehzaar region of Kerman before the Islamic revolution. She replaced poppies with roses and opium with rosewater, and took this so far as to transform the agricultural destiny of a whole region. The story is told by Homa...
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directed by Mojtaba Mirtamasb, fl. 1996-2011 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 52 mins
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'Lady of the Roses' is the name given to the late Shahindokht Sanati, a lady who went to the Lalehzaar region of Kerman before the Islamic revolution. She replaced poppies with roses and opium with rosewater, and took this so far as to transform the agricultural destiny of a whole region. The story is told by Homayoun Sanati, Shahindokht's spouse, three years after her death. He is the founder of Franklin Publishing, Offset printing house, Pars P...
'Lady of the Roses' is the name given to the late Shahindokht Sanati, a lady who went to the Lalehzaar region of Kerman before the Islamic revolution. She replaced poppies with roses and opium with rosewater, and took this so far as to transform the agricultural destiny of a whole region. The story is told by Homayoun Sanati, Shahindokht's spouse, three years after her death. He is the founder of Franklin Publishing, Offset printing house, Pars Paper Co. among others and is considered a one-of-a-kind figure in Iran's culture, industry and management. Featured at the 2008 Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archives film series.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Mojtaba Mirtamasb, fl. 1996-2011
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Speaker / Narrator
Homayoun Sanati
Person Discussed
Homayoun Sanati, Shahindokht Sanati
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Flower gardens
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Iranian Independents.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
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Made in China
directed by Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015; produced by Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015, Hikari Productions (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2007), 57 mins,
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Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China". This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history....
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directed by Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015; produced by Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015, Hikari Productions (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2007), 57 mins,
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Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China". This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries...
Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China". This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries in the West. It is inevitably both an elegy for a lost way of life and a grassroots view of what could become the most powerful economic power on earth.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015, Hikari Productions
Author / Creator
Jean-Yves Cauchard, fl. 2003-2015
Date Published / Released
2006, 2007
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Factory workers, Globalization, Migrant life, Cultural adaptation, Working-classes, Economic conditions, Family separation, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 California Newsreel
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
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等爱
directed by James Lee, III, 1975-; performed by Len Siew Mee, 1975-, Bernice Chauly, fl. 1995-2013 and Loh Bok Lai, fl. 2001-2010 (Malaysia: Da Huang Pictures), 1 hour 10 mins
The third installment in director James Lee's 'Love Trilogy' comprises three tales. The first shows a couple of five years contemplating a leap into marriage, the second has a long-term unmarried couple, who still argue about their relationship status, while the third shows a pair of secret lovers, just beginning...
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directed by James Lee, III, 1975-; performed by Len Siew Mee, 1975-, Bernice Chauly, fl. 1995-2013 and Loh Bok Lai, fl. 2001-2010 (Malaysia: Da Huang Pictures), 1 hour 10 mins
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The third installment in director James Lee's 'Love Trilogy' comprises three tales. The first shows a couple of five years contemplating a leap into marriage, the second has a long-term unmarried couple, who still argue about their relationship status, while the third shows a pair of secret lovers, just beginning their journey together...and therefore hopeful. Awards/Festivals: Pusan International Film Festival 2007; Singapore International Film...
The third installment in director James Lee's 'Love Trilogy' comprises three tales. The first shows a couple of five years contemplating a leap into marriage, the second has a long-term unmarried couple, who still argue about their relationship status, while the third shows a pair of secret lovers, just beginning their journey together...and therefore hopeful. Awards/Festivals: Pusan International Film Festival 2007; Singapore International Film Festival 2008.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Len Siew Mee, 1975-, Bernice Chauly, fl. 1995-2013, Loh Bok Lai, fl. 2001-2010
Author / Creator
James Lee, III, 1975-, Len Siew Mee, 1975-, Bernice Chauly, fl. 1995-2013, Loh Bok Lai, fl. 2001-2010
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Da Huang Pictures
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 Used by permission of Da Huang Pictures.
Awards Event
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
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