Eight feature films and 22 short films are nominated for this year’s Green Chilies Audience Award.
JAY (Francis Xavier Pasion, Philippines) is a grim, incisive satire and textbook of the manipulative mechanisms of mass media. The German Premiere ran in the section “Orizzonti” of this year’s Venice International Film Festival [1/14 20:00]. Pakistani Splatter is offered by self-entitled film-freak Omar Ali Khan’s first feature HELL’S GROUND - ZIBAHKHANA (Pakistan 2007) [Babylon 1/14 20:00 / Z-inema 1/18 20:00 ]. Emotionally and grippingly the European Premiere SALAWATI (Singapore) by Marc X Grigoroff, who will be introducing his film personally, tells how the death of her brother disrupts the family safe of a little Malay girl [1/15 19:45]. In his black-humored satire GOOD CATS (China, German Premiere) Beijing’s shooting star Ying Liang reveals the dark side of China’s economic miracle [1/15 20:00]. THEY CALL ME MONKEY (Djenar Maesa Ayu) represents this year’s focus country Indonesia [1/16 20:00]. From South-Korea we have TROPICAL MANILA (2008, German Premiere). In strong, explicit images, Lee Sang-Woo, who’ll attend the festival, tells the story of a Korean hiding in a poor neighbourhood in Manila after having comitted murder in his home country [1/16 20:00]. In surrealistic images, inspired by Butoh dance VERMILION SOULS from Japan mixes dream and reality. Iwana Masaki is one of contemporary Butoh’s living legends and will attend the German Premiere of his debut feature film [1/17 20:00]. In his first film as a director, the european Premiere INVISIBLE CHILDEN (Singapore), well-known media artist Brian Gothong Tang draws the humorously poingnant picture of daily life in present-day Singapur [1/17 20:00]. Brian Gothong Tang equally will attend his screening.
The nominated shorts from Japan, South-Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Indonesia and Taiwan will be screened in three competition reels respectively on January 15th, 16th and 17th at 20:00 in Babylon.
The Green Chilies Audience Award 2009 is sponsored by Flexpoint. The Award for best feature and best short is doted 1000€ respectively. The two 2nd prizes are doted 500€ each. All four winners will be announced during the award ceremony January 18th 2009 at 20:00 in Babylon. The trophy is created by Sergej Dott.
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