JEDDAH, 5 February 2008 — The Asian Consuls General Club is organizing the Asian Film Festival 2008 at the auditorium of the residence of the Indonesian consul general at Al-Marhoumi Street (21) in the Al-Hamra district of Jeddah. The festival will run from Feb. 9-20.
The festival begins with India’s “Chak de India” and a Saudi Arabian documentary on Feb. 9. This will be followed by a Japanese film “Nitaboh” and documentaries on Feb. 10, Malaysian film “Mukhsin” and documentaries on Feb. 11, Sri Lankan “Udu Gan Yamaya” and documentaries on Feb. 12, Indonesia’s “Nagabonar” and documentaries on Feb. 13, Bangladesh’s “Aha” and documentaries on Feb. 14, Pakistan’s “Jinnah” on Feb. 15, Philippine documentaries on Feb. 16, China’s “Beautiful Homeland” and documentaries on Feb. 17, Thailand’s “Hom Rong” on Feb. 18, Singapore’s feature film and Saudi documentaries on Feb. 19 and Korea’s “Family Tie” on Feb. 20.
Invitations are being issued by respective consulates for their movies.
