Southeast Asian Studies Society presents POPIAH AND PADANG, PRATA AND PIE! JOIN US, the Southeast Asian Society as we present to you films that will make you think twice about the most prevalent and yet hardly discussed theme of inter-cultural relations, an important issue affecting Southeast Asian societies including Singapore. We want to introduce Southeast Asian films which intelligently tackle the issue of cultural, ethnic and religious difference in Southeast Asia and encourage critical discussions on this subject among YOU, the audience at this event. ********** WHEN? WHERE? ********* Date: 6th October, Thursday Time: 6.30pm - 9pm Venue: Town Plaza Auditorium, University Town *************** FILM FEAST **************** 1. IN-BETWEEN The first film to be screened is a short 8 minutes independent film entitled, “In Between”, produced by a NUS political science major in her second year of study, Shamsydar Ani. “In-Between” has previously been screened at the NUS Museum.This film is about the love between Farhana and Marcus who hold different faiths and their quests to overcome obstacles to their love. 2. SEPET The second film will be one of the late Yasmin Ahmad’s films, "Sepet". The late Yasmin Ahmad as you may know is a famous Malaysian film director who passed away prematurely in 2009. This film had been commercially screened and is one of Yasmin’s most successful films. This film depicts utopian ideals of what multiculturalism could be, in particular, with reference to inter-cultural relations and inter-cultural love. “Sepet” (or Slit- Eyes) is produced in 2004, and arguably Yasmin Ahmad’s most famous film. The film won several awards, amongst them, the “Best Film” for the 18th Malaysian Film Festival and “Best Asian Film award” in 2005 at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival. The film features a Malay schoolgirl, Orked who falls in love with a Chinese boy, Ah Loong, who is a pirated VCD seller. Both Orked and Ah Loong faced societal pressures over their love and had to overcome cultural and class differences as well as objections from their families, friends, and society. The film screening will be followed by a discussion session. At this discussion session, Shamsydar will first briefly talk about her film “In-between”. This will be followed by Q&A session and general discussions on the two films screened. ********************************************************************************************************** RSVP to us through our Facebook event page! You can also contact either Liani(86179569) or Cindy(92732923) if you have further questions. |
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