Change the Way You See the World

WORLD CINEMA WEEK 2012

CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD

Sign up today to bring Global Lens films to your high school, college, university or public library—March 27th application deadline!

In celebration of World Cinema Week 2012 (April 16-20, 2012), the Global Film Initiative (GFI) is offering you an exclusive opportunity to bring award-winning films from the Global Lens film series to your campus or public library this spring!
Global Lens is a critically acclaimed showcase of narrative feature film from Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, and is available for screening at schools and public libraries during World Cinema Week (WCW).

All high schools, colleges, universities and public libraries are eligible to participate in this offer, and signing up is easy (and free for all high schools!):

Download an application: high school or college, university and public libraries

Choose films from the Global Lens 2012 film series (now playing in theaters!) and/or our Preferred High School and Secondary Education lists (most High School and Secondary Education titles are accompanied by film discussion guides—click here to view a sample!)

Email, fax or mail your completed application to the Global Film Initiative

That’s it! We’ll review your application and send the DVDs you requested. Screen the films as many times as you like during World Cinema Week, and if you’re a high school, keep the DVD(s) as a donation to your library’s permanent collection!
This is an exclusive offer sponsored by the Global Film Initiative’s Education Program and the deadline to apply is March 27th, 2012. Download an application now: high school or college, university and public libraries.

World cinema week 2012 (april 16-20, 2012)

Application Colleges, Universities and Public Libraries

School or institution Information

Name of School or Institution
Mailing Address
City / State / Zip
Phone / Website
Name of Contact, Title/Department
School or Institution’s General Email Address (i.e., )

Film Selection ($50 per film & 3 film minimum)

Global Lens 2012 films

AMNESTY (2011) / CRAFT (2010) / FAT, BALD, SHORT MAN (2011)
THE FINGER (2011) / GREY MATTER (2011) / MOURNING (2011)
PEGASUS (2010) / THE PRIZE (2011) / QARANTINA (2010)
TOLL BOOTH (2010)

Preferred high school and secondary education films

BELVEDERE (2010)* / THE BET COLLECTOR (2006) / CRAFT (2010)
DAM STREET (2005) / DOOMAN RIVER (2009)* / ENOUGH! (2006)
FAT, BALD, SHORT MAN (2011)* / THE FINGER (2011)* / THE FISH FALL IN LOVE (2006)
GETTING HOME (2007) / GREY MATTER (2011) / THE INVISIBLE EYE (2010)*
KILOMETRE ZERO (2005) / THE KITE (2003) / LET THE WIND BLOW (2004)*
MASQUERADES (2008) / MOURNING (2011) / MUTUM (2007)
MY TEHRAN FOR SALE (2009)* / OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN (2008) / OF LOVE AND EGGS (2004)
OPERA JAWA (2006) / THE PRIZE (2011) / SHIRLEY ADAMS (2009)
SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS (2008)* / STREET DAYS (2010)* / THE TENANTS (2009)*
THOSE THREE (2007) / TOLL BOOTH (2010)* / A USEFUL LIFE (2010)
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (2006)* / THE WHITE MEADOWS (2010)
TOTAL # of films:

Payment (Due at time of application)

Method of Payment (Payable to the CW Film Foundation) Check Money Order
Quantity (# of films) / Total Amount Due (# of films x $50)
AGREEMENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that by signing and submitting this application, you and your school or institution acknowledge and agree to the following:

Participation and Payment: Your school or institution is voluntarily participating in a philanthropic project of the Global Film Initiative’s Education Program, and agrees to pay at the time of application a rental fee of $50 per film (3-film minimum).
Application: Upon reception of both your completed application and payment, the Global Film Initiative will provide your school or institution with one DVD of each selected title for screening by Friday, April 6, 2012.
Screening requirement: Each film, as provided, will be screened at least once for 90 or more students by your school or institution during World Cinema Week (April 16-20, 2012), and only on your campus or a campus-affiliated location.
Co-presentation credit: All screenings will be represented in publicity and marketing materials (i.e. flyers, posters, program guides, websites, email-blasts, etc.) as “A Co-presentation/Co-presented with the Global Film Initiative.” The "Global Lens Film Series Sponsored by the Global Film Initiative" will be identified as the source of all films in any material generated in connection with said screenings.
Permission: In submitting your completed application, you are permitting the Global Film Initiative to use your school or institution’s name, identity and URL in promotional materials relating to this project.
Liability: The Global Film Initiative is not liable for any and all actions, responses or incidents relating to any and all aspects of your voluntary participation in this project.
Right of refusal: The Global Film Initiative reserves the right to refuse your school or institution’s application for any reason, including submission after the specified due date.
Authorization: You, the undersigned Applicant, are an authorized representative of your school or institution, and have the authority to sign and submit this application.

Accepted and agreed to for (School or Institution) __ __ by:
Name & Title (Must be senior staff member)
SIGN HERE 
(Applicant’s Handwritten Signature) / Date
Email / Phone

submit your application

Print your completed application, and then sign and submit it to the Global Film Initiative on or before March 27th, 2012 via email, fax or mail:
The Global Film Initiative
145 Ninth Street, Suite 105
San Francisco, California 94103
(415) 934-9500 – phone
(415) 934-9501 – fax

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World cinema week 2012 (april 16-20, 2012)

LIST OF AVAILABLE FILMS

LIST OF AVAILABLE FILMS: Global Lens 2012 (Now Playing in Theaters)

AMNESTY (AMNISTIA), dir. Bujar Alimani, Albania, 2011

A new law allowing conjugal visits in Albanian prisons presents the opportunity for a sympathetic affair between a man and woman visiting their incarcerated spouses—until a prisoner amnesty threatens their fragile new bond.

CRAFT (RISCADO), dir. Gustavo Pizzi, Brazil, 2010

A struggling actress and celebrity impersonator lands an audition and what may be her “big break” after an inspired director recasts his film around her socially marginalized life as an underrated artist in Rio.

FAT, BALD, SHORT MAN (GORDO, CALVO Y BAJITO), dir. Carlos Osuna, Colombia, 2011

The prospects for a lonely middle-aged notary unexpectedly change after he joins a self-improvement group and his charismatic new boss—and strangely affable doppelgänger—takes an interest in his life.

THE FINGER (EL DEDO), dir. Sergio Teubal, Argentina, 2011

In the face of electoral fraud and intimidation, the severed finger of a respected local leader points the way forward for independent-minded citizens and their town’s quest for democracy after dictatorship.

GREY MATTER (MATIÈRE GRISE), dir. Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda, 2011

After government officials decline to support his project, a determined filmmaker enlists the support of a loan shark to finance his trenchant drama about the aftermath and impact of genocide on a brother and sister.

MOURNING (SOOG), dir. Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011

In the wake of his parents’ disappearance, a young boy is placed in the care of his deaf aunt and uncle who, during a road trip to Tehran, engage in a silent but apparently not-so-secret debate about the child’s future.

PEGASUS (PEGASE), dir. Mohamed Mouftakir, Morocco, 2010

A young woman, traumatized by her dictatorial father’s insistence she be raised as a boy, finds herself the unwitting patient of a psychiatrist intent on learning the truth behind the girl’s story.

THE PRIZE (EL PREMIO), dir. Paula Markovitch, Argentina, 2011

A political activist’s life-in-hiding on an isolated stretch of Argentina’s coastline is jeopardized after her seven-year-old daughter is selected to participate in a local school’s patriotic essay contest.

QARANTINA dir. Oday Rasheed, Iraq, 2010

A sullen assassin, living above a dysfunctional family in Baghdad, captures the attention of the household’s unhappy mother, setting a dangerous stage for confrontation with the family’s lecherous father.

TOLL BOOTH (GIŞE MEMURU), dir. Tolga Karaçelik, Turkey, 2010

An aging toll booth attendant, straining under the weight of a domineering father and suffocating work routine, finally begins to crack when faced with the emotional pressure of an unexpected romance.

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LIST OF AVAILABLE FILMS: Preferred High School and Secondary Education

The following films are designated by the Global Film Initiative as appropriate for secondary and high school educational curriculum and coursework. Each title is accompanied by a film discussion guide and is unrated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Educators are strongly advised to preview films with *asterisks before presenting to students, as these titles may contain some mature content.

If interested in a film that is not listed here, please preview our online catalogue and contact the Global Film Initiative at .

*BELVEDERE, dir. Ahmed Imamović, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2010 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!
Fifteen years after the ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims during the Balkan conflict, a determined widow searching for the remains of her husband and son quietly attempts to rebuild her life by caring for her troubled extended family. Contains strong language, mild alcohol use and images related to genocide.

THE BET COLLECTOR (KUBRADOR), dir. Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines, 2006

A resilient housewife’s job of collecting cash bets on the local numbers-game takes a psychological toll on her in the days before All Saint’s Day.

CRAFT (RISCADO), dir. Gustavo Pizzi, Brazil, 2010

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

DAM STREET (HONG YAN), dir. Li Yu, China, 2005

During a time of rigid moral code in China, a sixteen-year-old girl living in a small town discovers she is pregnant, and is forced to put her child up for adoption. Ten years later, a marriage proposal probes the depth of her unresolved past.

*DOOMAN RIVER, dir. Zhang Lu, China, 2009 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!
Two boys on opposite sides of the Chinese-Korean border strike a playful friendship that comes under scrutiny and strain after a series of thefts in a nearby town lead Chinese residents to cast suspicion on North Korean refugees. Contains brief nudity, sexual situations and brief alcohol use.

ENOUGH! (BARAKAT!), dir. Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France, 2006

Set amidst the civil war of Algeria in the 1990s, Enough! is the story of two women, Emel and Khadija, who embark on a dangerous search for Emel’s missing husband, braving the beautiful but lawless countryside.

*FAT, BALD, SHORT MAN (GORDO, CALVO Y BAJITO), dir. Carlos Osuna, Colombia, 2011

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

*THE FINGER (EL DEDO), dir. Sergio Teubal, Argentina, 2011

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

THE FISH FALL IN LOVE (MAHIHA ASHEGH MISHAVAND), dir. Ali Raffi, Iran, 2006

A group of resourceful women use food to convince a stubborn businessman to allow them to continue operating a restaurant in a building he owns.

GETTING HOME (LUO YE GUI GEN), dir. Zhang Yang, China, 2007 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!

In a show of loyalty, an aging construction worker carries the body of his fallen friend hundreds of miles to a burial site in China’s Three Gorges region.

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GREY MATTER (MATIÈRE GRISE), dir. Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda, 2011

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

*THE INVISIBLE EYE (LA MIRADA INVISIBLE), dir. Diego Lerman, Argentina, 2010
Against the backdrop of Argentina’s mid-80s military regime, an overzealous young teacher develops an unusual obsession with one of her students after she is asked to keep a watchful “eye” over the happenings at an elite Buenos Aires private school. Contains sexual situations and mild violence.

KILOMETRE ZERO, dir. Hiner Saleem, Iraqi Kurdistan/France, 2005

A darkly humorous story about a Kurdish soldier and an Iraqi taxi driver who join forces to return the body of a soldier to his family.

THE KITE (LE CERF-VOLANT), dir. Randa Chahal Sabbag, Lebanon, 2003

On the eve of her marriage, a Lebanese girl realizes she is in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the border checkpoint that separates her from her fiancé.

*LET THE WIND BLOW (HAVA ANEY DEY) dir. Partho Sen-Gupta, India, 2004

At the height of nuclear-tensions between India and Pakistan, a restless group of friends weigh the bitter reality of their lives against fate and the philosophy of a nation. Contains mild violence and sexual content.

*THE LIGHT THIEF (SVET-AKE), dir. Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan, 2010
A humble electrician intent on enlivening his windswept valley with electricity unwittingly strikes a deal with a rich politician whose corrupt ambitions threaten to upend the electrician’s dream to build windmills in his village. Contains brief nudity and mild violence.

MASQUERADES (MASCARADES), dir. Lyes Salem, Algeria, 2008 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!

In a dusty Algerian village, a well-intentioned fib suddenly turns a gardener into a mogul, forcing him to choose between the happiness of his narcoleptic sister and his newfound celebrity.

MOURNING (SOOG), dir. Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

MUTUM, dir. Sandra Kogut, Brazil, 2007

Burdened by his parents’ unhappy marriage and father’s abuse, a young boy in rural Brazil grapples with his disintegrating family and uncertainties of the adult world.

*MY TEHRAN FOR SALE, dir. Granaz Moussavi, Iran, 2009

An ailing actress fighting for political asylum, and waiting to clear Australian immigration, recounts her attempts to live, work and love in Tehran's thriving yet turbulent arts subculture. Contains strong language, sexual situations and mild drug use.

OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, dir. Rajesh Shera, India, 2008

In the devastating aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an elderly British schoolteacher comes to grips with his own loss as he searches for missing students on the remote Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar.

OF LOVE AND EGGS (RINDU KAMI PADAMU), dir. Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2004

Set in and around a mosque in sprawling Jakarta during the Muslim holiday of Lebaran, the interwoven stories of family, faith and romantic love in this humorous yet poignant film are revealed through the eyes of three Jakarta children.

OPERA JAWA, dir. Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2006 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!

In the lush interior of Java, a potter’s wife is seduced into a tragic love triangle in this stylish adaptation of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.

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THE PRIZE (EL PREMIO), dir. Paula Markovitch, Argentina, 2011

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

SHIRLEY ADAMS, dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa, 2009 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!

In the depressed Cape Town neighborhood of Cape Flats, a single mother contemplates her fate and cautiously accepts the help of an overeager social worker as she struggles to care for her paraplegic and suicidal son.

*SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS (PESN’ JUZHNYKH MOREJ), dir. Marat Sarulu, Kazakhstan, 2008

A darkly comic feud is ignited when a Russian man suspects that his son is the result of an affair between his wife and a Kazakh neighbor. Contains strong language and mild alcohol use.

*STREET DAYS (QUCHIS DGEEBI), dir. Levan Koguashvili, Georgia, 2010
A well-meaning heroin addict whose life and status seem to worsen by the day, finds himself caught between serving a prison sentence and selling out the son of his former classmate. Contains mild violence, strong language and moderate drug use.

*THE TENANTS (OS INQUILINOS), dir. Sérgio Bianchi, Brazil, 2009
After three mysterious men move into a smoky São Paulo suburb, a neighboring couple becomes obsessed with the men’s clandestine activities and the ozone of violence that descends upon their once-tranquil neighborhood. Contains moderate violence, strong language and sexual situations.

THOSE THREE (AN SEH), dir. Naghi Nemati, Iran, 2007

A day from completing their military training, three conscripts abandon a dismal army life and head off for freedom through the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran.

*TOLL BOOTH (GIŞE MEMURU), dir. Tolga Karaçelik, Turkey, 2010

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!

A USEFUL LIFE (LA VIDA ÚTIL), dir. Federico Veiroj, Uruguay, 2010 Click here to view a sample discussion guide!
After financial troubles and a dwindling audience force an art-house cinema to shut its doors permanently, its most devoted employee is suddenly left without a “home” and forced to adjust to life outside of the theater.