PITA to hold AIDS film festival

PITA to hold AIDS film festival

JAKARTA: Pita, a support group for people living with
HIV/AIDS, will hold an AIDS Film Festival between Dec. 9 and Dec.
13, in conjunction with the World AIDS Day.

During the festival 11 films will be shown at the French
Cultural Center (CCF) on Jl. Salemba Raya and the Cemara 6
Gallery in Menteng, both in Central Jakarta, and the Haj Usmar
Ismail Theater (PPHUI) in Kuningan, South Jakarta.

The festival will kick off at the Cemara 6 Gallery on Dec. 8.
Overall, 10 films, including Philadelphia, Bukak Api and Fight
Back Fight AIDS, will be shown at the venue.

CCF will screen 10 movies, including The Gift, The Cure,
Savage Nights and AIDS, An Endless Story.

The PPHUI will screen one film, The Cure, which will be
restricted to students only.

An open discussion on AIDS will be held on Dec. 13 at the
Cemara 6 Gallery. -- JP