SCREEN 360: FILMS FOR CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

We are pleased to present two programs organized by Catapult Productions featuring international, award-winning films that offer young viewers a special window on the world. The films will be shown in their original languages with English subtitles and live translation read aloud. Admission: $5 adults; $3 children.

AUG 9 SAT 11 A.M.
GUILD THEATRE
THE LETTER
BOSNIA/POLAND 2002
DIRECTOR: DENIJAL HASANOVIC Ten year-old, Aldin lives with his mother and younger sister in a Bosnian refugee camp. One day, his best friend Enes, who has lost a leg to a mine, breaks a crutch in a soccer game, and can't play anymore. The two boys craft a letter to NATO asking for new crutches, but miss the mail truck. Adlin embarks on a journey to find a post office, a maturing trip on which the gentle people he meets help him understand what is happening in his war-torn world. (49 mins.)

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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
SWEDEN 2002
DIRECTOR: ANDREAS PALEGOLAS A bubbly, animated answer to the Swedish Post Office competition "To - From" where a bottle is tossed around the world collecting friendly messages. (1 min.)

LA NOTA FINAL
SPAIN/CUBA 2000
DIRECTOR: MAITE RIVIERA CARBONELL Life is by no means easy in Havana but Gabriel is getting along quite well since he has found his own melody and his own rhythm. (6 mins.)

THE DREAM OF FLIGHT
US 2002
DIRECTOR: RICHARD RAUCCI Dreamily manipulated archival footage of images of flight set to music by Erik Satie will stay in memories 'til bedtime and longer. (4 mins.)

THROUGH MY EYES
US/FRANCE 2000
DIRECTOR: LAURENCE MAZOUNI A journey across five countries, borders and languages through the elusive and innocent gaze of a child. (9 mins.)

AUG 9 SAT 2 P.M.
GUILD THEATRE
DONG SUNG (THE LITTLE MONK)
KOREA 2003
DIRECTOR: JOO KYUNG-JUNG Nine-year-old Do-Nyeom lives in a remote monastery with an older novice and the abbot. When the boys' peaceful, regimented lives are interrupted by a visit from woman mourning her dead son and an exciting trip to the city, desires for earthly lives ensue. Though the abbot is kind, he is convinced that only monastic life can surmount Do-Nyeom's ancestor's bad karma, leaving the boy to make a critical decision about his future. (102 mins.)
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TRANSFIXED
NOVA SCOTIA 2002
DIRECTOR: JASON BRITSKI A boy discovers the wind from the car window and is transfixed by the sensation. (2 mins.)

Several other SCREEN 360 programs are being presented this week at the Multnomah Country Library. For the complete schedule go to www. multcolib.org