Documentary films at French Center

JAKARTA (JP): The French Cultural Center on Jl. Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta, is screening 20 documentaries including French and Indonesian works.

The event which will run from Feb. 17 to March 1 is to include a meeting between audiences and director Garin Nugroho on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.

Garin's film is about street children in Yogyakarta. It is titled Dongeng Kancil tentang Kemerdekaan (A Mouse deer's story about Independence), and will be screened six times, the first on Feb. 18.

A work by Dutch filmmaker, Vincent Monnikendam, entitled Chronique Coloniale, shows scenes from Indonesia under Dutch rule, without text or commentary, according to CCF's program.

Other films include one on the first election after independence in South Africa, and another is on children with cancer. (anr/ste)