HIFF On-Campus Film Screening (Philippines)

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is partnering with the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival to bring seven films from Southeast Asia to the University for a series of free screenings during the 2008 festival!

The films - including several North American premiere screenings - are scheduled from October 13 to October 15 at the Architecture Auditorium on the Manoa campus.

All screenings are free and open to students and the public. Click here for a complete screening schedule and film descriptions.

Join us Monday, October 13 at 8:00 PM for a special screening of

BRUTUS
2008, Philippines, Directed by Tara Illenberger

Brutus is a fictionalized retelling of facts about the environmental degradation of Mindoro: two kids are paid by illegal loggers to smuggle wood to the lowlands. They hide them underneath a bamboo raft and float them for several days through dangerous white water. What follows is a journey that tests their friendship and their values; and opens up their eyes to a world new to them; a world dictated by ideologies and material need. Ultimately they find themselves caught in the conflict between the Military and Rebels. Brutus is an adventure film that has a lot to say about vanishing culture threatened by man's abuses. It explores the struggle of a people who aspire to live well, with dignity and in harmony with nature.

Winner of four awards at the 2008 Cinemalaya International Film Festival!

Director Tara Illenberger will be in the Architecture Auditorium for a post-screening question-and-answer session!

Ticket Information
Free and Open to the Public

Event Sponsor
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Manoa Campus

More Information
Paul Rausch, 956-2688, cseas@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/film-hiff.php

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