[Anthropgrad] Great Indonesian Film!

[Fay castles]

(1) In collaboration with Indonesian Project (RSPAS), Southeast Asia Centre (Faculty of Asian Studies) will be hosting a brief visit of a well-known Indonesian scholar and film critic Ekky Imanjaya on Thursday, 16 April 2009 (see his biodata at the bottom of this message). 

On that date Ekky will give a seminar on "The Anomalous Islamic Movies  and other Recent Issues on Representation of Muslim World in Post-New Order Indonesian Cinema":

12.30 - 2.00 pm
Seminar Room B
Coombs Building
Fellows Road, ANU

I wish to invite you all to join this interesting seminar, and to meet the speaker afterwards.


Ekky Imanjaya is co-founder/editor of Rumahfilm.org, an online film journal. He is a freelance writer and film critic from Jakarta for some media, including Tempo Magazine and Indonesia’s Rolling Stone. He has master degrees of Film Studies (University of Amsterdam) and philosophy (University of Indonesia).  He was nominated as best film critic at 2005 Indonesia Film Festival. He writes some books on film, music, pop culture, philosophy  and Islamic issues, including _A to Z about Indonesian Films_.  His scholarly articles were published in _Journal of European Studies_ and Osian’s _Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly_. His short film, _Macet!_ (Traffic Jam, 2005) won  first prize as best Documentary  on urban transport trip in Asia video contest (GTZ Sustainable Urban  Transport Project, Bangkok, 2006).


(2) The following message is from the Canberra branch of the Indonesian Student Association in Australia. I was asked to help spread the news. Please direct any enquiries to the contacts provided at the bottom of the notice, not to me.

Indonesian Student Association Presents:

Indonesian Movie Screening "Laskar Pelangi"

Day/Date    :  Monday,  20 April 2009
Time            :  5 pm onward
Venue         :  Coombs Lecture Theater, ANU
Ticket          :  $12 per person
Remarks     :  English subtitle provided

"Laskar Pelangi" (the Rainbow Warriors) is adapted from the phenomenal 
Indonesian novel by Andrea Hirata.

It’s a story of children in a small elementary school in a small 
island at the northern part of Indonesia, Belitung.

Being the largest tin producer in South East Asia, most of the 
Belitung people live in poverty. The only school in that area was 
located in an abandoned animal stall which was always flooded in a 
rainy season. There were only 10 children studying in that school, and 
in Grade 6, when they graduated the number even dropped into 9. The 
local government was nearly closed this school coz it’s too small and 
not economical. Fortunately, these children had a very dedicated 
headmaster and a very inspirational teacher.

The movie is filled with heroic stories about life challenges, stories 
about reaching your dreams, and stories about the beauty of 
friendship. Mostly portrays the very essence of beauty that Indonesia 
has.

It has English subtitle.

This film surely not to be missed!!!!

Contact Person :
Navita Amalia Utomo              : 0423273057 / vita.amalia at yahoo.co.id
Aditya Dani Nugraha (UC)     : 0413854401 / me_chickenwuss at yahoo.com
Dahlia Kusuma Dewi (ANU)  : 0430173834 / dahlia.dewi at anu.edu.au
Bpk. Yoni Utomo      (KBRI)    : 0410154610 / utomo.yoni at yahoo.co.id

To book tickets:
1) Call or send email to any of the contact persons, provide name, 
email address / phone number and quantity of tickets.
2) Pay, = max 3 days after booking. Cash to the Contact Person or 
transfer to  PPIA ACT account at Commonwealth Bank BSB 062903 Account 
Number 1029 2916 don't forget to put your name in the message
3) Send payment receipt to the Contact Person for confirmation.

Venue Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115398599834083711452.000466dc68a60e420bc52&t=h&z=17

-- 
Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi
Ph.D scholar
Anthropology Department
Research School of Pacific and Asian studies
Australian National University
Canberra 0200 
Australia
Telephone:612-61252163
Fax:	  612-61253023
Mobile: 61-401742608




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