Asian Women’s Film Festival Opens in Berlin Kino Arsenal
The Korean Women’s Group in Berlin (Koreanische Frauengruppe in Berlin e.V.) was formed in 1978 in protest against the Court’s decision to send Korean nurses back to their home country, whose help Germany had enlisted earlier out of an urgent shortage of caretakers. The group has been active in various political engagement ever since. With “Asian Women’s Film Festival” the Korean Women’s Group wants to confront prevalent stereotypes with their own multi-layered, contradictory images of Asia.
From September 19th to 23rd, films from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, all made by female movie makers, will be shown at Arsenal Theater at the Potdamer Platz. Almost all the movies are English-subtitled. For more Information and complete program schedule go to:
http://www.fdk-berlin.de/de/arsenal
Program (selected)
Wednesday the 19th:
1900 Spider Lilies (Zero Chou, Taiwan 2007)
2130 Sepet (Jasmin Ahmad, Malaysia 2004)
Thursday the 20th
1700 Madame Freedom (Hyung-Mo Han, Korea 1956)
1900 Ground Walk (Gilitte Leung, Hong Kong 2005)
Women 50 Minutes (Shi Tou, China 2006)
1930 Garivegas (Sun-Min Kim, Korea 2005)
Railroad of Hope (Ying Ning, China 2001)
2130 Love Conquers All (Chui Mui Tan, Malaysia 2006)
Friday the 21st
1530 We Are Not Defeated! (Hye-Ran Lee, Korea 2006)
1730 The Seashore Village (Su-Yong Kim, Korea 1965)
1900 Bride of Silence (Minh Phuong Doan, Vietnam 2005)
2130 Shocking Family (Kyung Soon, Korea 2006)
2200 Shara (Naomi Kawaswe, Japan 2003)
Saturday the 22nd
1500 The Guest and My Mother (Sang-Ok Shin, Korea 1961)
1515 Dear Pyoungyang (Yong-Hi Yang, Japan 2005)
1700 Making Sun-dried Red Peppers (Hee-Sun Jang, Korea 2000)
Keeping the Vision Alive (Soon-Rye Yim, Korea 2001)
1730 The Flower in Hell (Sang-Ok Shin, Korea 1958)
2130 In Between Days (So-Yong Kim, USA 2005)
2200 Faces of a Fig Tree (Kaori Momoi, Japan 2006)
Sunday the 23rd
1300 One Night Husband (Pimpaka Towira, Thailand 2003)
1500 The Daughters of Pharmacist Kim (Hyun-Mok Yu, Korea 1963)
1530 NoGaDa – Tagelöhner (Mire Kim, Japan/Korea 2005)
1700 Fish and Elephant (Yu Li, China 2001)
1730 Before the Summer Passes Away (Ji-Hae Sung, Korea 2006)
1915 Waikiki Brothers (Soon-Rye Yim, Korea 2001)
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