Le Putas del Cinema* cordially invites you to the opening of the El Scorcho Film Festival on Thursday, the 5th of July 2012, 3 pm at the Dhaka Art Center.

The El Scorcho Film Festival is an attempt to spark an interest in the discussion of movies as art and to reintroduce the audience to the communal nature of the moviegoing experience. For this reason we have programmed a series of films, ranging from mainstream blockbusters to art-house critical darlings, which shall be screened from Thursday to Saturday on the first two weeks of July (July 5th-7th and July 12th-14th).

Each day’s programming will have two feature films (one at 3:00 p.m. the other at 6:00 p.m.) as well as an overarching discussion that will continue before and after each screening.

Thursday, 5th July, 2012
2:50 p.m. – An Introduction to El Scorcho
3:00 p.m. – Inglourious Basterds (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Discussion topic: “Why is a Movie Worth Watching?”
6:00 p.m. – Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (dir. Stanley Kubrick)

Friday, 6th of July, 2012
3:00 p.m. – Jaws (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Discussion topic: “Mainstream, Independent, Art House, Exploitation.”
6:00 p.m. – Annie Hall (Woody Allen)

Saturday, 7th of July, 2012
3:00 p.m. – All About My Mother (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Discussion topic: “Film Criticism – Reviews, Analyses, Cultural and Political Criticism”
6:00 p.m. – Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee)

Thursday, 12th July, 2012
(Focus on animation)
3pm: Audience Choice
6pm: Animated Shorts
6:30pm: Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki

Friday, 13th July, 2012
(Focus on horror)
3pm: The Descent, Neil Marshall
6pm: The Woman, Lucky McKee

Saturday, 14th July, 2012
3pm: Blue Velvet, David Lynch

We hope that you will take the time to join us.

*A group of young, Dhaka based media enthusiasts who hope to stimulate discourse on movies and other forms of audiovisual art.

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