Last call for JiFFest movies<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Attention movie buffs! Lest you forget, today and tomorrow are
\nyour last chances to see JiFFest movies you may have targeted
\ndays before the 7th festival was unveiled.<\/p>\n
For those who missed Broken Flowers and Commandante, which
\nwere last screened on Friday, cheer up, because on Saturday there
\nwill be 34 different movies screened at 12 JiFFest venues, and
\nanother 33 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, documentary Mana: Beyond Belief will have
\ndirector Peter Friedman in attendance for the screening at TIM 2
\nat 4:30 p.m. while on Sunday, Dutchman Albert Ter Heerdt,
\ndirector of drama\/comedy Shouf-Shouf Habibi! is also scheduled to
\nbe present at its screening at 5 p.m. at Goethe Haus.<\/p>\n
There is some bad news, though.<\/p>\n
First, tickets for the closing film, Der Untergang (The
\nDownfall) are sold out.<\/p>\n
\"Thus far, tickets for the other scheduled movies are still
\navailable,\" JiFFest spokesman John Badalu told The Jakarta Post
\non Friday. So, hurry up!<\/p>\n
Second, three documentary films on Timor Leste could not be
\nshown.<\/p>\n
\"They did not pass the censor. The government film censorship
\nbody (LSF) cited as its reason, 'We do not want to open up old
\nwounds',\" John said.<\/p>\n
Therefore, Tales for Crocodiles and Timor Loro Sae, which were
\nsupposed to be screened on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Teater Kecil,
\nwill be replaced by a world animation program, which will screen
\n27 short films.<\/p>\n
Previously on Thursday, documentary Passabe was replaced by
\nthe animation program for the same reason.<\/p>\n
Documentary Kami Juga Anak Indonesia, which was supposed to
\nfollow Timor Loro Sae, will move to 2:00 p.m. screening alongside
\nJoki Kecil and Myths, Monsters and Hobbits.<\/p>\n
Passabe, directed by Singaporeans James Leong and Lynn Lee, is
\na 108-minute documentary filmed in 2005 about the struggles of an
\nex-murderer who tries to cope with his horrific past, the wife of
\na jailed militia leader who has been ostracized by her community
\nand the angry survivor of the massacre.<\/p>\n
Tales of Crocodiles, made in 2003, is an account of recovery
\nfrom the struggle for independence of Timor Leste people, seen
\nthrough a Papuan who worked as an interpreter for the United
\nNations. Directed by Dutchman Jan van den Berg, the film is a 50-
\nminute documentary.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the 12-minute animation Timor Loro Sae, created by
\nPortuguese Vitor Lopes, deals with the history of Timor from the
\n500 years of colonialism and the 26 years of Indonesian
\noccupation, and with its current situation as an independent
\ncountry. Related story on Page 19<\/p>\n
For further information, click on: www.jiffest.org.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/last-call-for-jiffest-movies-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }