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Prerna Bahrain in association with the Kannada Sangha is presenting an International Film Festival 'Reflections' at the Kannada Sangha premises from May 22 to 27.

The festival will be inaugurated by Yousif Fulath, founder and chairman of Bahrain Cinema Club at 7pm on Friday with a presidential address by Austin Santhosh, president of the Kannada Sangha.

Guests for the event will include Hameed Kareemi and Suresh Karunakaran.

May 22

Special Screening of short film 360û

Country: Bahrain

Director: Suresh Karunakaran

Written by: Suresh Karunakaran

Cast: Krishnan Haridas and Ashok Kumar

Background Score: Alphonse

Cinematography: Unnikrishnan C B

Running time: 10 min

Inaugural film at 8pm

DWEEPA AKA (THE ISLAND)

Country: India

Language: Kannada

Directed: Girish Kasaravalli

Written by: Norbet D'Souza

Cast: Soundarya, Avinash, M.V.Vasudeva Rao, Harish Raju

Music: Thomas Isaac Kottukapally

Cinematography: Mr Ramachandra

Running time: 132 min

May 23 at 8.30pm

3-IRON (2004)

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Director: Kim Ki-duk

Producer: Kim Ki-duk Film, Cineclick Asia

Written by: Kim Ki-duk

Cast: Jae Hee, Lee Seung-yeon

Running time: 88 min

May 24 at 8pm

NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE (October 1979)

Country West Germany, France

Language German, English

Director: Werner Herzog

Producer: Michael Gruskoff, Werner Herzog, Walter Saxer, Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Written by: Werner Herzog, Bram Stoker (novel)

Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz

Music: Popol Vuh

Cinematography: Jšrg Schmidt-Reitwein

Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Running time: 107 min

May 25 at 8pm

THE ROAD HOME (2000/2001)

Language: Mandarin

Director: Zhang Yimou

Producer: Zhang Weiping, Zhao Yu

Written by: Bao Shi (novel and screenplay)

Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yulian

Music: San Bao

Cinematography: Hou Yong

Editing: Zhai Rui

Running time: 100 min

May 26 at 8pm

BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME (February 2008)

Language: Persian

Director: Hana Makhmalbaf

Producer: Maysam Makhmalbaf

Screenplay: Marziyeh Meshkini

Cast: Abbas Alijome, Abdolali Hoseinali, Nikbakht Noruz, Bakhtay Noroozali

Music: Tolib Shakhidi

Cinematography: Ostad Ali

Editing: Mastaneh Mohajer

Running time: 81 min

May 27 at 8pm

PULIJANMAM (May 2006)

Country: India

Language: Malayalam

Director: Priyanandanan

Producer: M G Vijay

Written by: N Prabhakaran and N Sasidharan

Cast: Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil, Sindhu Menon.

Music: Kaithapram Viswanathan

Cinematography: K G Jayan

Editing: Venugopal

May 28, 7.30pm - Closing ceremony, a talk by Bassam Al tawadi

8pm

A BAHRAINI TALE

Country: Bahrain

Language: Arabic

Directed: Bassam Al Tawadi

Producer: Bahrain Film Production Company

Script: Fareed Ramadan

Cast: Maryam Ziman, Mubarak Khamis

Cinematography: Shamdut

Editing: Osama Al Saif

Running time: 96 mins

For more details contact 36616857, 39304316 or email preranabahrain@gmail.com