Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Annexe: CREATIVES, POWER, SECRET









THE ANNEXE MEEKLY
Sat 30 Sep to Mon 5 Oct 2009

THIS WEEK in meek:

CORBIS CREATIVES BEHIND THE LENS on 30 Sep & 1 Oct!
FREEDOM FILM FEST 2009 returns on 2 to 4 Oct
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE presents SECRET LOVE IN PEACH BLOSSOM LAND on 5 Oct!

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CORBIS CREATIVES BEHIND
THE LENS ASIA 2009
Photography Exhibition – Two days only


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Havana Man Enjoys Rum and Cigar, by Rupert England

Wed 30 Sep & Thu 1 Oct, 11am to 8pm
Presented by Corbis Corporation
Admission Free

Corbis’ Creatives Behind the Lens is a photography competition first started in Europe in 2006. Partnering with D&AD and Creative Review respectively, creatives from Paris and London competed on their photographic talents. In 2009, Corbis brings this exciting photography competition to Asia, inviting anyone working in the creative and publishing industries to submit up to three photographs. Close to 1,000 entries were received. The pictures were judged first by a local panel of esteemed industry professionals in China, Hong Kong and South Asia, and then by a regional panel including Jens de Gruyter, Vice President of Creative Photography, Corbis; Bentham Liu, Chairman, Greater China of Conde Nast and Tay Guan Hin, Regional Executive Director JWT. Submissions were reviewed for their creativity and visual impact.

The winning images have so far been in exhibitions in Shanghai and Hong Kong in August and September and will be published in a Creatives Behind the Lens book. The competition is supported by several prominent media partners including AdAsia, Campaign Brief Asia, China Advertising, Milk X Magazine, Market Builder Media and Longyin Review.

Click here for more information.

Click here for the online gallery.
Email: asiacbtl@corbis.com

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FREEDOM FILM FEST 2009
Film Screening


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Fri 2 Oct to Sun 4 Oct
Check schedule below for screening times

Presented by KOMAS
Admission Free but with conditions, please refer below*

Back for its sixth edition, the annual KOMAS Freedom Film Festival will be screening yet another harvest of local and international documentary feature and short films dealing with the topic of human rights, social and environmental justice. Held in four cities this year – KL, Penang, Kuching and Johor Bharu – FFF adopts the themes encompassed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which express our aspirations for genuine justice, peace, equality and democracy. Most of the screenings will include Q&A sessions with the filmmakers.

Among the highlights of this year’s FFF includes the premiere of the three winning documentaries of FFF2009’s Justin Louis Award. This year the winners are “Al-Fatehah Memali” by Rahmat Haron, “No Silver Lining: The Perak Crisis” by The S-ploited, and “Kayuh” by Soh Sook Hwa. The winners have been selected by panel of judges Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan, Haris Ibrahim, Fiona Lawson-Baker and Anna Har.

For more info: http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org


HOW TO GET YOUR FREE FFF PASSES

For inquiries and reservations of passes, please email freedomfilmfest@komas.org or call 017-3749887, with the following information:

1. Name
2. Tel
3. Email
4. Title of film/time of session that you would like to watch
5. Number of passes needed
6. In which state (KL, PG, JB, or KUCHING)

FFF will be held in four cities this year: KL, Penang, Kuching and Johor Bharu.

2-4 OCTOBER 2009, The Annexe Gallery, Central Market KL
9-11 OCTOBER 2009, Han Chiang College, Penang
23-25 OCTOBER, Sekolah Menengah Chung Hua No.1, Kuching
30 OCTOBER-1 NOVEMBER, Tropical Inn, Johor Bharu

Disclaimer:
The selection of films and program of the festival are the sole responsibilities of the organising committee of the Freedom Film Fest. The venue providers are not involved in this process of selection and cannot be held accountable.


FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Don’t forget to catch the festival highlights!

COMMUNITY VIDEO FORUM & SCREENINGS (Friday, 3.30-6.30pm)
Community Video Forum & Showcase will be a sharing session of experiences and video showcases between community filmmakers and activists from Malaysia and around the SEA region who use video for community organising. Pre-registration required as seats are limited. Priority to NGO and community activists.

LAUNCH CEREMONY & OPENING FILM (Friday, 8 pm)
The 6th FreedomFilmFest2009 will be launched with the screening of AT STAKE, a brave and eye-opening documentary tackling taboo issues faced by Indonesian women. This anthology covers issues of female genital mutilation, unmarried women’s experiences at the gynecologist, prostitution, and the sexuality of a migrant worker. Producer NIA DINATA, who is the director of the movie “Berbagi Suami” and also a renowned Indonesian feminist will be present in KL for Q&A session after the screening.

PREMIERE OF FFF2009 WINNING FILMS!
(Saturday, 7pm)

AL-FATEHAH MEMALI by Rahmat Haron
This film portrays the journey of singer-songwriters, Black and Meor, trying to comprehend a massacre that happened in 1985 in Kg. Memali, Kedah. Their journey brings them to the village where they meet survivors and witnesses of the tragedy to uncover a forgotten story of injustice for most of Malaysia, but one forever etched in the hearts of those in Memali.

KAYUH by Soh Sook Hwa
This film is a first-hand account of a 100-strong contingent of cyclists in the JERIT cycling campaign who rode from Alor Setar and Johor Baharu to Kuala Lumpur for 16 days in order to address 6 major concerns of marginalized groups in Malaysia.

NO SILVER LINING: THE PERAK CRISIS by The S-ploited
What happens when “frogs” jump over to the other side? In Perak, when 3 elected representatives of the Pakatan Rakyat ‘hopped” over to become BN friendly, it started a political wrestling match for power between the two opposing political alliance.



No Silver Lining: The Perak Crisis

FULL SCREENING SCHEDULE

FRI 2 OCT

3.30pm

COMMUNITY VIDEO FORUM & SCREENINGS
*Pre-registration required as seats are limited. Priority to NGO and community activists.

8pm

FREEDOM FILM FEST LAUNCH
AT STAKE – Screening followed by Q&A with producer Nia Dinata
by Iwan Setiawan & Muhammad Ichsan / Lucky Kuswandi / Ucu Agustin / Ani Ema Susanti

SAT 3 OCT

11.30am to 1.30pm
KONGSI DALAM GELAP by Melissa Saila
HIDE AND SEEK
by Lim Hendry
HALF SOCIAL, HALF INDIVIDUAL
by Mohammad Reza Shams
8760 JAM PASCA 8 MAC
by Ahmad Mukhlis Bashah / Fariz Zainudin

2pm
DI BAWAH LANGIT by Fiqtriey-al Haqimiey
WHY DEMOCRACY IS BETTER?
by Mat Blackwell


2.30pm
OUTFOXED by Robert Greenwald

4pm
BURMA VJ by Anders Østergaard
ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
by Choon Hiong Ho

7pm
FFF AWARDS NIGHT AND SCREENINGS

NO SILVER LINING: THE PERAK CRISIS – Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Louis Award
by The S-ploited

AL-FATEHAH MEMALI – Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Lois Award
by Rahmat Haron

KAYUH – Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Louis Award
by Soh Sook Hwa

SUN 4 OCT

11am
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION by Faisal Mustaffa
FLOW
by Irena Salina
WATER
by Dominic Allen

2pm
DELAYING JUSTICE by Hillary Chiew
ORANG ASLI YOUTH IN THE MOMENT
by Lesly Leon Lee

5pm
PRISONERS OF A WHITE GOD by Steve Tichtag

8pm
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUZY by Hazuan Hashim / Phil Maxwell
JIHAD FOR LOVE
by Parvez Sharma


Click here for the full synopses of the films.

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SECRET LOVE IN PEACH BLOSSOM LAND
Selected & Introduced by Liew Seng Tat
Film Screening

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Mon 5 Oct, 8pm
Presented by The Annexe Gallery
Admission Free, bring your own snacks

Monday Night Movie is a series of monthly film screenings at The Annexe Gallery, with titles chosen and introduced by guest curators. Our fourth title is “
暗戀桃花源(Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land) (1992) selected and introduced by Malaysian filmmaker Liew Seng Tat.

Running time: 103 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles.

“Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land” is a Taiwanese film written and directed by Stan Lai, featuring Christopher Doyle as director of photography. It’s a gentle comedy about two theatrical troupes who find themselves in a pithy battle for the same rehearsal space. The two plays being rehearsed and the actors – one a period bawdy satire, the other a contemporary political romantic tragedy – at first seem as though they could never meet eye-to-eye. But through a series of mishaps that reveal the inadequacies and pretentions of both plays, the collision between the two plays results in something much more meaningful and magical.

Stan Lai is a highly influential award winning US-born Taiwan-based playwright and theatre director, also known for his award-winning feature films. He has been described by the BBC as “probably the best Chinese language playwright and director in the world” and his plays have been performed throughout the Chinese-speaking world. He is the writer and director of “Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land”, often touted as the most successful contemporary Chinese play. The film version of the play won the Caligari Prize at the Forum, Berlin (1992); the Best Picture and Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival (1993); and Singapore Film Festival (1993).

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Liew Seng Tat
has been actively involved in the Malaysian independent film scene since 2003. In 2004, he set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee, and Tan Chui Mui. In 2007, his first feature film “Flower In The Pocket” made its world premiere at the 12th Pusan International Film Festival and won the New Currents and the KNN Audience Awards. The film has also won the VPRO Tiger Award at the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, "Le Regard d’Or" (Golden Gaze) Award at the 22nd Fribourg International Film Festival 2008, and the Jury prize (Lotus du Jury) at the 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2008. He is currently working on a film script called “In What City Does It Live”.

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GALLERY FOR HIRE!
The Annexe Gallery is available for hire. For exhibitions, performances, screenings, talks, forums, launches, etc.
Click here for our rental rates.

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Make a date with De-lovely Annexe!

BLUE WEDNESDAY featuring Ray Cheong + Vandal The Urban Camper on 7 Oct!
NO REFUGE: A Photo Exhibition of Burmese Refugees In Malaysia starts Wed 15 Oct!

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TimeOut KL Logo
TimeOut KL is proud to be the official media sponsor of The Annexe Gallery.

For enquiries, please call:
Pang Khee Teik (Arts Programme Director): 012 305 1135
Jerome Kugan (Media Manager): 016 802 7347
Lim Chung Wei (Arts Manager): 012 207 5140

The Annexe Gallery

1st & 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe
Jalan Hang Kasturi
Kuala Lumpur
Tel +603-2070 1137
www.annexegallery.com

Friday, September 18, 2009

ART FOR GRABS RAYA SPECIAL!

ANNEXE, CENTRAL MARKET
THE ANNEXE MEEKLY
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Sep 2009

ART FOR GRABS RAYA SPECIAL!
Arts & Crafts Bazaar + more!


Sat 26 & Sun 27 Sep, 12pm to 8pm
Presented by The Annexe Gallery & Central Market
Admission Free

Celebrate your Raya with your friendly neighbourhood artists at Art For Grabs. Experience our kenduri of creativity, where colours and coolness unravel like a well-peeled ketup-art. What better way to spend your duit Raya? All arty stuff under RM100 each!

ADVISORY: Please be advised that the Central Market carpark will be closed for the whole day on Saturday 26 September for the CM Annual Lantern Festival. Parking will be available at Dayabumi and other areas near CM.

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PENTAS RAYA

Presenting our programme of fringe events during our Art For Grabs Raya weekend! Featuring Nurul Izzah Anwar, Farish Noor, 15Malaysia, Filmmakers Anonymous, The Lost Poets, Troubadours, and more!
All events are FREE except where indicated.

SAT 26 SEP

12pm – HANG TUAH THE PACIFIST: DECONSTRUCTING OUR HEROES
Lecture by Dr Farish A. Noor

2pm – POETRY SELL OUT
Spoken Word & Poetry Performance

4pm – REFORMASI GENERATION SPEAKS
Forum & Book Launch

6pm – FILMMAKERS ANONYMOUS 11: WOMEN IN LOVE
Film Screening

SUN 27 SEP

12pm – TANGERIN & NIKOTIN
Reading & Book Launch

3pm –15MALAYSIA
Film Screening

5pm – AZMYL, SEI HON & JEROME LIVE!
Music Performance

6pm – GADOH
Film Screening

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PENTAS RAYA Full Schedule
All events are FREE except where indicated.

SAT 26 SEP

12pm

HANG TUAH THE PACIFIST: DECONSTRUCTING OUR HEROES
Lecture by Dr Farish A. Noor
Presented by The Other Malaysia & The Annexe Gallery



For too long the legendary character of Hang Tuah has been cast primarily as a warrior in the service of the state, and adopted by ethno-nationalist ideologues as a symbol of nationalism that denies our cultural connectivity with others. Dr Farish Noor looks at the Hikayat Hang Tuah in its entirety and consider how the second half of the Hikayat revises and deconstructs the character of Hang Tuah, by representing him as a cosmopolitan rational agent endowed with free will and a keen interest in other cultures and societies. We will show that the intention of the Hikayat Hang Tuah is to open up the minds of the readers, to preach a doctrine of non-violence and to sow a sense of universal love for a common humanity instead. Hang Tuah was indeed a hero, but only because he was a man of peace who ultimately renounces the ways of power and violence.

Click here for more info on OtherMalaysia.

2pm

POETRY SELL OUT
Spoken Word & Poetry Performance
Presented by The Lost Poets


A spoken word poetry event without boundaries, tickets or cultural coercion featuring a random collection of KL-based poets, rappers, writers and performing artists either working for their art or working at it. Including Poetry Slam seductresses, Sheena Baharudin and Kathleen Choo, Lost Poets, Afi Momo, Illya Shariya and Elaine Foster (also Poetry Slam KL Champs), poetry open mic giggers Sharief Manjur and Jamal Raslan Abdul Jalil and many more! Want to spread the word? Join us in during our open mic session. Word!


4pm

REFORMASI GENERATION SPEAKS
Forum & Book Launch
Presented by REFSA



The future belongs to the young, needless to say. And they want a bright future. Since Malaysia's older generation has failed to provide for that future, the country's young has to secure it for themselves. Liew Chin Tong, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Hannah Yeoh will speak on their own perspectives about what they feel and where the country is heading from their own perspectives. The book “Speaking For The Reformasi Generation” by Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong will also be launched.

Click here for more info.


6pm
FILMMAKERS ANONYMOUS 11: WOMEN IN LOVE
Film Screening
Presented by FA Herstory Films Project



Women filmmakers explore and showcase their stories of love, sex and desire for this special FA. Herstory Films Project wishes to launch this space to share your love story, be it fairytale or forbidden, proudly or anonymously. Premiering Mien.ly’s film “2 Boys, 2 Girls and A Beat Up Car”. Also featuring films from Margaret Bong, Juliane Block and more!

Click here for more info.

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SUN 27 SEP

12pm
TANGERIN & NIKOTIN
Reading & Book Launch



Presented by Sang Freud Press
New poetry book “Tangerin & Nikotin” by Mimi Morticia.

3pm

15MALAYSIA
Film Screening
Presented by Time Out KL


*Admission with free voucher in Time Out KL September issue!

Produced by the same people that made MAFU (Malaysian Artistes For Unity), 15MALAYSIA consists of 15 short films directed by 15 young filmmakers in Malaysia. Most of the selected filmmakers have won international film awards from major festivals around the world and represent the core of what is known internationally as the Malaysian ‘New Wave’ filmmakers. The cast consists of numerous celebrities, actors, musicians – and most refreshingly – high profile and often controversial politicians. Taken together, the films represent a broad spectrum of filmmaking voices in Malaysia today.

Directors include Yasmin Ahmad, Ho Yuhang, James Lee, Tan Chui Mui, Amir Muhammad, Liew Seng Tat, Nam Ron, Benji Lim & Bahir Yeusuff, Khairil Bahar, Johan John, Woo Ming Jin, Suleiman Brothers, Linus Chung, Kamal Sabran and Desmond Ng. Cast include Khairy Jamaluddin, Nik Aziz, Liow Tiong Lai, Tian Chua, Zaid Ibrahim, Adibah Noor, Bront Palarae, Namewee, Atilia, Serena Choong, Amber Chia, Jay Menon, Sharifah Amani, Hon Kahoe, Jason Lo, Harith Iskandar, Patrick Teo, Daphne Iking, Sarah Lian, Nam Ron, Ciplak, Azmyl Yunor, Ida Nerina, Lorna Hoong, Baki Zainal, Nick Dorian and many others.

Click here for more info.

5pm
AZMYL, SEI HON & JEROME LIVE!
Music Performance
Presented by Troubadours Enterprise



Singer songwriters and Troubadours founders Azmyl Yunor, Tan Sei Hon and Jerome Kugan perform together for the first time since 2007, in a preview gig for this year’s KL Sing Song happening from 30 Oct to 1 Nov. Catch Azmyl the punk folker, Sei Hon the acoustic ah beng, and Jerome the pink spirit perform a mix of new and old original songs in their own inimitable style. Not to be missed!

6pm

GADOH
Film Screening
Presented by KOMAS



“Gadoh” is a film that tells a story of a group of teenagers beset by racial tensions further escalated by their environment and school system. In the ensuing aftermath, one teacher ropes in the help of an old friend and reluctant maverick theatre activist to deal with the bigotry. Is there hope amid the cycle of discrimination that surrounds us? Directed by Brenda Danker and Nam Ron. Starring Nam Ron, Nick Davis, Zahiril Adzim, Amerul Affendi and Maya Tan Abdullah
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Click here for more info.


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GALLERY FOR HIRE!
The Annexe Gallery is available for hire. For exhibitions, performances, screenings, talks, forums, launches, etc.
Click here for our rental rates.

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Make a date with De-lovely Annexe!

FREEDOM FILM FEST returns on Fri 2 to Sun 4 Oct!

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE on 5 Oct with Liew Seng Tat’s favourite flick!

NO REFUGE: A Photo Exhibition of Burmese Refugees In Malaysia starts Wed 15 Oct!

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TimeOut KL is proud to be the official media sponsor of The Annexe Gallery.


The Annexe Gallery is supported by Central Market Sdn Bhd.

For enquiries, please call:
Pang Khee Teik (Arts Programme Director): 012 305 1135
Jerome Kugan (Media Manager): 016 802 7347
Lim Chung Wei (Arts Manager): 012 207 5140

The Annexe Gallery
1st & 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe
Jalan Hang Kasturi
Kuala Lumpur
Tel +603-2070 1137
www.annexegallery.com

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Fast for the Nation. Peace for Malaysia 2009 Share

"Fast for the Nation, Peace for the Nation 2009" Core Group
http://peace4msia.blogspot.com/

Dear friends,

A few friends met up some days ago and in talking about events that have happened in the country in the past year, came up with this idea: what if on Malaysia Day we all fast for peace for our nation? The idea grew into a plan and now, it has become a nationwide call for action.

"Fast for the Nation, Peace for Malaysia" is our response to this call. Please read below and join us:


Malaysia is a peaceful country and it should remain that way forever. Acts of Violence and inciting hatred must have no place in our public life.

Unfortunately, too many cruelties and injustices have happened since the nation’s last birthday.

It is tempting to slip into despair or become revengeful. Let us turn our anger and sadness into a positive force for change.

This September 16, let us all combine our efforts to present a meaningful gift for Malaysia on her 46th birthday.

Let us be united in one single action. Let us all fast from dawn to dusk for peace in this blessed land. Let the Muslims amongst us fast with a specific prayer for peace for the nation. Let the Baha'is, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, followers of other spiritual traditions and atheists amongst us fast in solidarity and the same determination for peace.

Let our common experience of hunger and human weakness humble, strengthen and unite us.

Let us offer a hospitable smile to people we know and especially to those we don’t.

Let us perform one extra act of kindness while fasting on this Malaysia day.

Let us show our love and compassion for each other.

Let Malaysia be a better country on her 46th birthday and every day after.

Let Malaysia be truly happy and peaceful this September 16.

And so we fast.
. . . . . . to make room for peace!


Things you can do and How do you join?:

1. Sign up.
- e-mail your pledge to fast on Sept 16, 2009, to: peace4malaysia09@gmail.com.
or SMS to 016-9707966
or leave a comment at http://peace4msia.blogspot.com/
(If you want, you may include your age and location)
or sign the petition here http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/peace4msia/

2. Forward this e-mail to your circle of friends, family and colleagues. Please try to get your friends and family from outside the Klang Valley to sign up as well

3. Come to the press conference to announce this initiative: Friday, 11am, Sept 11, 2009, at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

4. Break fast (or have the pre-fast meal) together wherever your location is and send pics and caption to: peace4malaysia09@gmail.com

Here are the standard recommendations which you may modify according to your preferences, medical conditions and other circumstances.

• Get a group of at least three people.

• Have your pre-fast meal together before dawn (e.g. before 5.35am for Muslims*). The meal is preferably vegetarian to be inclusive to all.

• Carry out your daily duties and tasks as usual.

• Smile and do an extra act of kindness to people around you or afar.

• Share your message of peace with every curious person.

• Break your fast together after dusk(e.g. after 7.25 pm for Muslims*). The meal is preferably vegetarian to be inclusive to all.

• Share your experience, feeling and thought in this national fasting exercise with more people, in every possible way.

Plotting goodness with friends,
Sivin Kit
On behalf of
"Fast for the Nation, Peace for the Nation 2009" Core Group