The ASEAN Committee in Ottawa

ASEAN FILM FESTIVAL 2017

In celebration of the Golden Anniversary

of the Association of Southeast Asian

Nations (ASEAN) and 40 years of ASEAN

-Canada Dialogue relations, the ASEAN

Committee in Ottawa (ACO) will show

seven films from their respective

countries.

The seven acclaimed films from Brunei,

Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the

Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam will

give a glimpse of the way of life of ASEAN

communities and cultivate deeper

understanding of the values and cultures

of ASEAN countries.

Let the silver screen gems from these

countries pull at your heartstrings, make

you laugh, cry, ponder, be inspired, and

see the humanity that we all share.

Event Partners

The

ASEAN Committee in Ottawa (ACO)

In cooperation with

Ottawa Public Library

Invites you to the

September 12, 13. 14, 19 and 26, 2017

@ Ottawa Public Library

120 Metcalfe, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M2

September 17 and 23, 2017

@ Mayfair Theater

1074 Bank Street, Ottawa K1S 3X3

All Films with English Subtitles

Aung Ko Latt

MALAYSIA

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Synopsis: Set in the late 15th century of the Sultanate of

Malacca and the Javanese Kingdom of Majapahit, this story is set against

a backdrop of war and mysticism, about the fictionalised forbidden

romance that blossomed between Gusti Putri Retno Dumilah, a Javanese

princess, and Admiral Hang Tuah, the famed Malay warrior from Melaka.

Admission is Free

Feature Films (With English subtitles) BRUNEI

Film: Yasmine

Director: Siti Kamaluddin

Duration : 109 minutes

Genre: Action, family drama

Schedule: September 12, 5:30 PM

Venue: Ottawa Public Library, 120

Metcalfe Street, Ottawa

Synopsis: Y asm ine is a teenager w ho

aspires to become a national champion in

Malay martial arts—Silat. Her father,

however, disapproves. A moving family story from Brunei about a father’s

love, a daughter’s aspiration and reconciling their differences.

Admission is Free

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INDONESIA

Film: The Rainbow Troops

(Laskar Pelangi)

Director: Riri Reza

Duration: 125 minutes

Genre: Youth Drama

Schedule: September 13, 5:30 PM

Venue: Ottawa Public Library, 120

Metcalfe Street, Ottawa

Synopsis: This film sensitively

captures the struggles of marginalized

people to achieve their dreams, the beauty of friendship and its ability

to save humanity, against the background of what was once one of

Indonesia’s richest island of Belitong in Sumatera Island.

Admission is Free

VIETNAM

Film: Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass

(Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh )

Director: Victor Vu

Duration: 103 minutes

Genre: Historical, drama

Schedule: September 23, 3:00 PM

Venue: Mayfair Theater, 1074 Bank

Street, Ottawa

Synopsis: A Vietnam ese contribution

to the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, it is a

touching and beautiful tale of childhood, motherland, innocence, and

brotherhood. It reveals an authentic Viet Nam in the years right before

the current economic boom.

Free Admission

MYANMAR

Film: Kayan Beauties

Director: Aung Ko Latt

Duration : 93 minutes

Genre: Drama

Schedule: September 26,

5:30 PM

Venue: Ottawa Public

Library, 120 Metcalfe Street,

Ottawa

Synopsis: Three Kayan w om en decided to travel from their

remote village in the Kayah State of Myanmar to sell handicrafts in the

distant city of Taunggyi in the Shan State. They are accompanied by a Kayan

girl, who has just had the tribe’s decorative brass rings placed around her

neck.

In Taunggyi, the girl is kidnapped by human traffickers. Far from home and

out of their element, the Kayan women desperately search for the girl.

Admission is Free

MALAYSIA

Film: Puteri Gunung Ledang—A

Legendary Love

Director: Saw Theong Hin

Duration : 145 minutes

Genre: Historical, romance

Schedule: September 14, 5:30 PM

Venue: Ottawa Public Library, 120

Metcalfe Street, Ottawa

THAILAND

Film: The Teacher’s Diary

Director: Nithiwat Tharatorn

Duration : 110 minutes

Genre: Romantic comedy, drama

Schedule: September 17:

Lunch at 12:15 PM, Screening at 12:45 PM

Venue: Mayfair Theater, 1074 Bank Street,

Ottawa

Synopsis: Tw o lonely r ural teachers

fall in love through reading one another’s

personal writings in a diary even though

they have never met. Thailand’s entry for

Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015

Academy Awards.

Screening of bonus movie The Protector 2 (Tom Yum Goong 2) at 3:00

PM. Duration: 104 minutes

Admission is Free

PHILIPPINES

Film: Sonata

Director: Peque Gallaga and Lori Reyes

Duration : 110 minutes

Genre: Drama, comedy

Schedule: September 19, 5:30 PM

Venue: Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe

Street, Ottawa

Synopsis: An unlikely fr iendship

develops between a boy and former opera diva

who has gone into a self-imposed exile following the loss of her voice and

subsequent loss of her career. Will the precocious kid bring her to smile

again?

Admission is Free

For inquiries, please call:

+1 613 233 1121 local 209