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*Global Lens 2009 Film Series Comes to Salt Lake Film Society *
*One Week, 10 countries, 10 films, $10*
*Tickets On Sale Now***
/Gems of world cinema from countries rarely represented at the multiplex
to screen for Salt Lake City audiences/
*San Francisco, CA -- Aug. 14, 2009 -* The Global Film Initiative
announced today that its Global Lens film series -- ten award-winning
narrative, feature films from Argentina, Brazil, China, Ecuador,
Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Morocco and Mozambique --will
screen for the third year running with Salt Lake Film Society.
Screenings will occur at Broadway Centre Cinemas, 300 S. 111 E, SLC UT,
and are $10 for all 10 films (individual film tickets are also
available.) Select additional screenings will be held at the University
of Utah's Orsen Spencer Hall Auditorium on Sundays: September 13 and
September 20. Admission to University screenings is free. Salt Lake
Film Society also facilitates additional screenings through Park City
Film Series in Park City, Utah. For more information visit
www.globalfilm.org <
http://www.globalfilm.org/> or call the Salt Lake
Film Society at 801-746-0037 or email
amybeth_leber@???
<mailto:amybeth_leber@???>.
In addition to open public screenings, Salt Lake Film Society has
combined resources with the University of Utah's College of Fine Arts
Division of Film Studies to create high-school screenings and outreach.
High-schools interested in taking part in this educational component of
the program should contact Salt Lake Film Society. Over the three years
that Salt Lake Film Society has presented the program, over 600
high-school students have attended screenings, with subsequent
discussions facilitated by University of Utah Film Professor, Chris Lippard.
"This year's lineup of films, from Central Asia to Latin America, is
artistically strong and well balanced -- it's one of our best yet," says
Susan Weeks Coulter, Board Chair of The Global Film Initiative.
Global Lens is an annual, touring film series launched in 2003 by the
Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of critically
acclaimed cinematic works from around the world. Since its founding, the
series has provided a platform for exceptional storytelling an opened a
window into the diverse world in which we live.
Global Lens 2009 includes the Macedonian submission for the Best Foreign
Language Film Academy Award, *I AM FROM TITOV VELES*, along with
critical favorites *GETTING HOME *(/Ecumenical Jury Prize, Berlin
International Film Festival/),* MUTUM *(/Directors' Fortnight/) and/
/*POSSIBLE LIVES *(/Pavilion les Cinémas du Sud, Cannes Film Festival)/.
The entire 10-film program delivers a choice slate of storytelling from
regions not typically seen in mainstream cinema.
Global Lens 2009 films:
· *GETTING HOME (LUO YE GUI GEN), dir. Zhang Yang, China*
In a show of loyalty, an aging construction worker carries the body of
his fallen friend hundreds of miles to a burial site in China's Three
Gorges region.
· *I AM FROM TITOV VELES (JAS SUM OD TITOV VELES), dir. Teona*
*Strugar Mitevska, Macedonia *
Set in the quaint but scarred town of Veles, three sisters put
self-interest above family as they take desperate steps to escape their
dying community.
· *MUTUM, dir. Sandra Kogut, Brazil*
Burdened by his parents' unhappy marriage and father's abuse, a young
boy in rural Brazil grapples with his disintegrating family and
uncertainties of the adult world. (AN EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR SCHOOL
SCREENINGS.)
· *MY TIME WILL COME (CUANDO ME TOQUE A MI), dir. Victor
Arregui, Ecuador*
In Ecuador's capital city, a coroner's fragile emotional life is
threatened when he develops a personal interest in his cases.
· *THE PHOTOGRAPH, dir. Nan Triveni Achnas, Indonesia*
A prostitute struggling to support her family forms a bond with the
reclusive portrait photographer from whom she rents a room.
· *POSSIBLE LIVES (LAS VIDAS POSIBLES), dir. Sandra Gugliotta,
Argentina *
A woman searching for her missing husband in remote Patagonia encounters
a man who appears to be her spouse, but has another name, another wife
and another life.
· *SLEEPWALKING LAND (TERRA SONÂMBULA), dir. Teresa Prata, *
*Mozambique*
In war-torn Mozambique, a young boy searches the desolate countryside
for his family with the aid of an affectionate yet hard-hearted elderly
guide.
· *SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS (PESN' JUZHNYKH MOREJ), dir.
Marat Sarulu, Kazakhstan*
A darkly comic feud is ignited when a Russian man suspects that his son
is the result of an affair between his wife and a Kazakh neighbor.
· *THOSE THREE (AN SEH), dir. Naghi Nemati, Iran *
A day from completing their military training, three conscripts abandon
a dismal army life and head off for freedom through the frozen
wilderness of Northern Iran.
· *WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, dir. Faouzi Bensaïdi, Morocco*
On the streets of Casablanca, a prostitute's best friend -- a tough
traffic cop -- falls in love with her best customer, a contract killer.
/The Global Film Initiative/ is a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization
specializing in the support of independent film from Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the Middle East. Founded in 2002 to promote cross-cultural
understanding through the language of cinema, the Initiative awards
numerous grants to deserving filmmakers from around the world each year,
and supports a touring film series entitled Global Lens. For more
information about the Global Lens film series and Global Film Initiative
programs, please visit:
http://www.globalfilm.org.
2009 marks the 3rd year the series will play at the Salt Lake Film
Society. Established in 2001, Salt Lake Film Society is the premiere
film establishment in Salt Lake City, promoting diversity of film
exhibition and creation. SLFS educates, advocates, and informs about and
through cinema. SLFS fosters film talent and cultivates film
appreciation and participation. SLFS programs and venues assure that the
potent ideas and voices of film are available. Salt Lake Film Society
is funded by generous members and donors such as Zoo Arts and Parks;
George Q. Morris Foundation; Fast Eddie Films. To learn more about
supporting or volunteering for SLFS, call 801-746-0037 or visit
www.saltlakefilmsociety.org <
http://www.saltlakefilmsociety.org>.
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Tori Baker
Executive Director
Salt Lake Film Society
tori_baker@???
(801) 364-1088
