Film Schedule:
6:00pm - Finding Zabel Yesayan (Buy Ticket Here)
Director, Talin Suciyan and Lara Aharonian, Armenia, 2008
Finding Zabel Yesayan is a journey of discovery into the life and work of the most prominent Armenain woman intellectual of the 20th Century.
7:00pm - The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives In Film / The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan (Buy Ticket Here)
The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives In Film
Produced by Michael Sheridan/Community Supported Film, 2010-2011
We are screening six of ten short films that provide an unseen view of Afghan women, men and children addressing the challenges in their lives with perseverance, humor, patience and courage.
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The Boy Mir
Director, Phil Grabsky, England, 2010
(Boston Premiere!) THE BOY MIR tracks cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old. This is a journey into early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth and a journey that mirrors the vitally important story of Afghanistan
10:00pm - The Letter Has Come (Buy Ticket Here)
Director Narayan Puri, Nepal, 2011, World Premiere
Narayan Puri, a renowned Nepalese filmmaker addresses the literacy in Nepal; more than 40% of the population in Nepal is uneducated so they depend on people to read and write the simple letter and sometimes educated people take advantage of their literacy
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11:00pm - Fuerteventura (Buy Ticket Here)
Director, Mattias Sandstrom, Sweden, 2010
U.S. Premiere / AIFF Jury Award for “BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE”
On Fuerteventura, The Canary Islands, Jesper finds a resort where he can lick his wounds after a personal tragedy in Sweden. Initially, the carefree holiday life seems to be just what he needs, a refuge from angst where he can spend his time surfing and exploring the beautiful island, enjoying his solitude. Soon however, history catches up with Jesper and he falls into a state somewhere between dream and reality. In a blurry haze of alcohol, sex and hallucinations, someone from his past reappears, reminding him of the life he once knew.
