A slew of Asian documentaries to be screened at TUK festival<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Teater Utan Kayu (TUK) and the Japan Foundation
\nare bringing the world of documentary filmmaking to Jakarta this
\nweek with their Asian Documentary Film Festival.<\/p>\n
On offer is a diverse range of documentaries from all over
\nAsia, which will be shown from Wednesday to Saturday. Several of
\nthe films have won international recognition at documentary film
\nfestivals abroad.<\/p>\n
TUK's film curator Rayya Makarim said that she hoped the film
\nfestival would introduce an often-neglected aspect of filmmaking
\nto the Indonesian public.<\/p>\n
She expected to capitalize on the recent success of the
\nJakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest), which was held in
\nNovember 1999 and which exposed the Jakarta movie-going public to
\nalternative genres of filmmaking.<\/p>\n
Films to be screened on Thursday show such diverse subjects as
\nsenile dementia (How to Care for the Senile by Haneda Sumiko,
\nJapan), suffering at the hands of the Indonesian Military in Aceh
\n(Kambing Kampung Kena Pukul\/A Beating for the Village Goats by
\nAryo Danusiri, Indonesia) and a young man struggling to deal
\nwith irrational violence encountered in the military (I Love by
\nYang Li-zhou, Taiwan).<\/p>\n
Friday's showings include a special inclusion by the Italian
\nCultural Institute on religious rites in Bali (Musica e Trance in
\nun Villaggio Balinese Pino Confessa\/A Trance Festival in a
\nBalinese Village by Vito Di Bernardi and Giovanni Giuriati,
\nItaly). At 4:30 p.m, there will be showings of a parody of the
\nThai sex industry (Exotic 101 by Michael Shaowanasai, Thailand),
\nthe story of a mother living below the poverty line in Jakarta
\nwhose two children suffer from a rare blood disease (Sarinem by
\nMira Lesmana, Indonesia), and a film exploring discrimination by
\njuxtaposing Mickey Mouse with Sayomi (Princess Plum P-udding by
\nTerashima Mari, Japan).<\/p>\n
There will be a screening at 7 p.m. on Friday of an
\nexperimental documentary on traditional wooden boat building
\n(Child of Mermaid by Faizal Mohd Zulkifli and Naguib Razak,
\nMalaysia) and a documentary recording the daily meeting of a
\ngroup of old men on a street corner (Old Men by Lina Yang Tian-
\nyi, China).<\/p>\n
Saturday's features include a picture of the rise of Hindu
\nnationalism in India (In the Name of God by Anand Patwardhan,
\nIndia\/2 p.m.), and the standoff between a left-wing filmmaker and
\nultranationalist punk rockers devoted to the Japanese emperor
\n(The New God by Tsuchiya Yutaka, Japan\/4:30 p.m).<\/p>\n
There will also be a discussion on Saturday at 7 p.m featuring
\nMohd Naguib Razak of Malaysia, Tsuchiya Yutaka of Japan and
\nIndonesia's Shanty Harmayn.<\/p>\n
-- Oren Murphy<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/a-slew-of-asian-documentaries-to-be-screened-at-tuk-festival-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }