Demae Eigasai – A Film Festival Comes to your Neighborhood!

Special Screening of 2010 Fukuoka Audience Award Winner "True Noon"

Last year's Fukuoka Audience Award winning Tajik film "True Noon" will be screened at Fukuoka City Public Library movie hall Cine-la.

Admission free! No advanced reservation required. Seating is limited on a first-come, first-served basis.

Date & Time	Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 2:00PM
Venue	Fukuoka City Public Library movie hall Cine-la http://www.cinela.com/english/119/cinela119scedule.htm
Film	"True Noon" (2009/Tajikistan/83min./35mm) directed by Nosir Saidov
Admission	Free *First come, first served basis.

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Demae Eigasai – A Film Festival Comes to your Neighborhood!

FLOWERS OF THE SKY (2008 /Sri Lanka) *English and Japanese subtitled

Retired from the film industry, a once popular actress make a living by providing her home as a secret meeting place for movie stars and celebrities. One day and extra marital affair of a popular actress reveals the sealed past of the retired actress. Her daughter she abandoned when she stared her film career has become a prostitute, eventually catching HIV….

Date	June 9 (Thu), 2011
Time	13:30-15:30 (Door Open 13:00)
Venue	Jonan Civic Center http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/jonanku/shimin-c/kusei-shisetsu/jwc-center.html
Admission	Free. *Advanced application is preferable to secure your seat. To apply, please send the application form to Jonan Civic Center by post, fax or email. http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/22741/1/College2011_lec.pdf
Inquiry in Japanese	Jonan Civic Center 092-862-2801
Inquiry in English	Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival 092-733-5170 info@focus-on-asia.com

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THE HAPPINESS OF KATI (2009/Thailand) *English and Japanese subtitled

Kati is a 9 year-old girl who lives with her grandparents in the old capital of Ayutthaya in Thailand. One day she learns that her mother has a fatal disease and is resting in a coastal town. Kati then leaves for the coastal town to be with her mother for as long as she may live. This is the long awaited film adaptation of the moving juvenile story from Thailand about a girl who lives as earnest life in spite o mounting difficulties.

Date	June 16 (Thu), 2011
Time	13:30-15:30 (Door Open 13:00)
Venue	Minami Civic Center
Admission	Free.
Inquiry in Japanese	Minami Civic Center 092-561-2981 http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/5152/1/jinkenkouza.pdf
Inquiry in English	Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival 092-733-5170 info@focus-on-asia.com

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BLISS (2006/Turkey) *English and Japanese subtitled

The film, with its overpowering visual beauty and suspense, was praised by the Turkish film industry in 2007 as “one of the greatest motion pictures ever made”. It is directed by Abdullah Oguz, who entered filmmaking after establishing a production company in Turkey where her produced programs for television and music videos.

Date	June 25 (Sat), 2011
Time	10:00-12:10/14:30-16:40
Venue	AMIKAS (Fukuoka City Gender Equality Promotion Center) http://amikas.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/
Admission	Free. *Advanced application is preferable to secure your seat. Please apply by email, fax or telephone informing your name, address, telephone number and the time of show.
Inquiry	AMIKAS Tel: 092-526-3755 Fax: 092-526-3766 jigyosuishin.CAB@city.fukuoka.lg.jp Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival 092-733-5170 info@focus-on-asia.com

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