Screening of “Les Bureaux de Dieu”

Fri 05 Aug 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening “Les Bureaux de Dieu” of director Claire Simon  at L’Espace. The movie comes from a touching story of a group of women and a series of life’s most dramatic and real events.

Synopsis: Djamila likes to take pills because she and her boyfriend are now getting more serious. Zoe’s mother gives her condoms even when she doesn’t really trust her own daughter. Nedjma hides contraceptive pills because sometimes her mum spies on her bag, Hélène feels she is too lucky. Clémence is afraid. Adeline and Margot are both struggling with abortion. Maria Angela wants to know who is the father of her baby. Ana Maria chooses love and freedom. Anne, Denise, Marta, Yasmine, Milena are consultants who listen and help these young women cope with life’s hardships. In God’s Office, people laugh, cry and some are buried into works, some dance, smoke in the balcony. People visit God’s Office secretly, tell their ordinary or special stories of their lives.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price: 10 000 VND (for students and members of L’Espace)
Tickets are now available at L’espace.

Go Group at L’Espace

Thu 04 Aug 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the performance of the percussion group “Go Group” at L’Espace. The group consists of 4 members: Phan Nam, Nghiem Manh Tuan, Bui Anh Dung and Tran Xuan Hoa.

The group was established in late 2010, and launched their first performance which received great support from the audience. Go Group has 4 members who are currently working for the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre.

Ticket price: 50.000 VND
Special price: 25.000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace from 04 Jul 2011.

Book “Every Child is a Philosopher”

Exhibition: Monday 01 Aug, 6 pm  -  Sat 03 Sept, 7 pm
Talk with translator: Sat 20 Aug 2011, 9 am
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

On the occasion of the publication of works by Oscar Brenifier and Jacques Després in Vietnamese, L’Espace organizes a book introduction and a meeting with translator Pham Quang. This book is something for us to think. It’s an exceptional book.

We acknowledge many contradictions at the very young age: tall vs short, cold vs hot, dark vs light. Gradually, our mind becomes more sophisticated. We have the ability to acknowledge more abstract ideas and complicated concepts. But our mind still requires some comparisons. Without contrasting ideas, we can not think.

The book introduces 20 contrasting pairs by listing how they are different, and linking them together by one question and finally drawing out the conclusion why one thing leads to another. The pictures in the book perfectly depicts how the ideas are formed. This book is for us to look at and to think about…

Language: Vietnamese
Free entrance.

Film Screening in Aug at IDECAF

Sat 06, 13, 20, 27 Aug 2011, 3 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to the film screening of 3 French films: “La graine et le mulet” (The Couscous Dish), “Les Bureaux de Dieu” (The God’s Office), “La fille de Monaco” (The Girl from Monaco) and the Vietnamese film “The Little Heart”. All films are original and have Vietnamese or French subtitles

Screening schedule:

Sat 06 Aug, 3 pm: Couscous Plate
Sat 13 Aug, 3 pm: The God’s Office
Sat 20 Aug, 3 pm: The Girl from Monaco
Sat 27 Aug, 3 pm: The Little Heart

Language: French or Vietnamese subtitle.

Ticket price: 15 000 VND, free for members of IDECAF.
Tickets are available at IDECAF.

Screening of “Policewoman”

Tue 02 Aug 2011, 7.30 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to the film screening  of “Policewoman” from director Andreas Dresen. Using handheld cameras and filming action in one of the largest police stations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Andreas Dresen’s film Die Polizistin (Policewoman) achieves a feeling of authenticity and a semi-documentary character. The film, the lead actors Gabriela Maria Schmeide and Axel Prahl, and screenwriter Laila Stieler were honored with the Adolf-Grimme-Prize in 2001.

Synopsis: A 27-year old woman cop from a police school in Berlin moves to a police station in a rough area in the city of Rostock. As she is confronted with dreary police work and entrenched bureaucracy in a social flashpoint, it becomes increasingly difficult for her to separate work and her private life. In her assignments she feels torn between her personal engagement and her professional duties.

Language: German with Vietnamese subtitles.
Ticket price: 15 000 VND

Reggae and African Music Night

Sat 30 Jul 2011, 8 pm
Diamond D, 319 Tay Son, Hanoi

Get ready for another night full of Reggae and African music in Hanoi with ZAMINA (Formerly known as The Only Reggae Band) and NUTTI SISTREN (UK).

ZAMINA (Formerly known as The Only Reggae Band): your Hanoi-based African-Reggae band is back, and they’re all geared-up to perform together with NUTTI SISTREN (UK) who’d be droppin summery hot dubby, dancehall, & jungle tunes for y’all at Diamond D on the 30th of this month.

Free entrance.

Performance “Story of the Shoes”

02 & 03 Aug 2011, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to the performance “Story of the Shoes” at HCMC Opera House with show director Tan Loc, choreographers: Noriko Kuroe, John Huy Tran, Ngoc Khai, To Nhu, Thanh Phuong, Thuy Chi, Minh Tam and Tan Loc and dancers of  Arabesque.

Ticket price: 200 000, 300 000, 400 000, 500 000 VND
Ticket booking: Ms Ha Phuong 0903966798/08 62909189

Beat Head Music Night

Sat 30 Jul 2011, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You are invited to Beat Head Music Night this Sat at Hanoi Rock City.
Think in waves. Breathe in bass. Blink in beats. Smell in bloom. Suck on youth.

Featuring of Dirty Fingrz (indie/rock), Slo Lo (d’n'b/dubstep), Touliver (electro), Beat visuals

Ticket price: 50 ooo VND (at door), free before 11 pm

Wall of Dub Music Night

Fri 29 Jul 2011, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You’ve seen the videos, you’ve heard the distant rumbles… Now the time has come to feel the deep eruption of crunchy Việt dubstep basslines in the pit of your stomach.

HRC Presents…Wall of Dub featuring: Slim V, Touliver, DJ 35plus VJ UE.
Three of the finest local DJs smashing up from the underground like a fist through ice as part of Hanoi’s first Việt dubstep crew. VJ UE (Spain) on visuals.

Experience the bigger, bolder, braver and darker side of the city.

Ticket price: 50 000 VND (at door) free before 11 pm.

“Offending the Audience” Show

Fri 29 Jul 2011, 8 pm
Hanoi Cooking Centre, 44 Chau Long Str, Hanoi

Sat 30 Jul 2011, 8 pm
Hanoi Social Club, 6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Sun 31 Jul 2011, 5 pm
Puku, 16 Tong Duy Tan Str, Hanoi

The theater yarn ball rolls on, this time out of the theater and weaving three local cafes and restaurants together in a weekend of theatrical spectacular. Or non-theatrical – we’re not quite sure.

On the last three days of July, Hanoi International Theatre Society presents “Offending the Audience,” a(n anti-)play by Austrian dramatist Peter Handke.

Beware of strangeness. This play is set to be a little different from what you may be used to. Challenging the idea of the world of the theater and theatergoers, this piece will probably encourage you to go to the theater more often with a new consciousness, and surely reveal to you new found charms of the hosting venues.

At 8 PM on Friday, July 29, the beloved courtyard of Hanoi Cooking Centre/Bookworm (44 Chau Long) will get even more intimate. Come early for dinner and a glass of wine to gradually ease yourself into the happening. The night after, at 8 PM on Saturday, July 30, Offending the Audience will be the inaugural theater performance at the latest venue in town – The Hanoi Social Club (6 Hoi Vu). Already famous with their delicious and healthy food and drink options,The Hanoi Social Club will serve dinner before and after the show. Lastly, to sum things up, the cast will offend the customers in Puku (16 Tong Duy Tan) at 5 PM on Sunday, July 31. You’ll be part of time in a theater space while watching sundown and darkness slowly draping itself onto the city.

You can choose to be part of only one or all three very different nights. Whatever the case, you will be offended thoroughly, you chuckleheads.

Ticket price: 100 000 VND
Tickets are available at Hanoi Cooking Centre and Bookworm, Hanoi Social Club, and Puku.
All profit will be used to set up a fund to support local community theater productions and local scriptwriters.

PV