FILM SCREENING
FILM SCREENINGS at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival introduced by the writer/directors, and followed by a Q & A session.
DAILY 10.30 – 12.30 @ Casa Luna | FREE
Thursday 8 October: Lawrence Blair presents ‘The Dream Wanderers of Borneo’
A rare opportunity to see Lawrence Blair, writer, presenter and co-producer (with his late brother) of the internationally acclaimed TV adventure series ‘Ring of Fire’, which won two EMMY awards in 1988. A personal and often harrowing succession of adventures by two brothers through the wilder regions of the Indonesian archipelago.
Movie: The Dream Wanderers of Borneo: For 800 miles through uncharted rainforest the Blair brothers seek the last of the nomadic Punan Dyaks, the free-roving masters of the interior – the ‘dream wandering’ tribe believed to no longer exist. The brothers struggle inwards, plagued by torrential rain, quicksand, leeches and virulent insects. Eventually they find and live with the Punan tribe who initiate them into the spiritual mysteries of the ‘dream wanderers’. The brothers are tattooed with the symbol of ‘Aping’ – the Tree of All Life which, the Punan shaman explains, they will now bear, wherever they travel amongst the tribes of man, as a reminder that all are part of a single Tree”.
Saturday 10 October: Amir Muhammad presents ‘The Year of Living Vicariously’
Amir Muhammad is a writer, publisher and one of Southeast Asia’s leading documentary makers, and “possibly one of the funniest filmmakers in the world”. In 2000, he wrote and directed Malaysia’s first DV feature, Lips to Lips. His films The Last Communist and Village People Radio Show were both banned by the Malaysian government. In 2004 he was invited to make “Making of…” documentary about Riri Riza’s film. He fulfilled the commission and but kept the other material for himself.
Movie: The year of Living Vicariously, a split screen documentary, features members of the crew and cast, filmed during the first direct presidential elections in Indonesia. Muhammad’s questions here are not about Gie, but more about their memories of the Suharto years, their feelings about the elections taking place at that moment, and their hopes for the future of Indonesia.
Sunday 11 October: Asitha Ameresekere presents Do Not Erase and 14
British- Sri-Lankan Asitha Ameresekere is a writer and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, brainwashed by Greek myth at an early age and has attempted to tell stories ever since. His collection of short stories, ‘Wedding Gifts and Other Presents’, was published in 2008 in Sri Lanka and he is currently developing two feature film scripts and a novella.
Movie: Do Not Erase won the 2007 BAFTA Best Short Film award. It is set against the backdrop of the Iraq conflict, exploring its impact on an ordinary family in the north of England. Annie sends video diaries to her 19 year-old son, Darren, who is stationed in Iraq with the British Forces. She keeps him updated on all the news from home. But it is not long before the video becomes more than just a diary.
Movie: 14
A story unfolds within a home through the perspectives of three people on a young girl’s birthday, as they try to communicate with one another. This is a 2009 European Film Award nomination.
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