The South East Asian Institute of Global Studies (SEAIGS) proudly presents a special screening of "How About Love," a Swiss feature film focusing on the refugee situation along the Thai-Burma/Myanmar border.
SEAIGS also welcomes Swiss Director Stefan Haupt along with the cast and crew of the production (coordinated by the film's local production company, Living Films) for this special presentation.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Payap Presents "How About Love - Film Screening with Post-Discussion"
Wednesday, 14 December
Pentecost Building, Room 317
*6:00pm - 8:00pm: Film Screening, "How About Love"
8:00pm- 8:45pm: Q&A with Director, Stefan Haupt and invited cast and crew members of the film
* light refreshments will be served before the screening
Synopsis
Fritz is inspired and possessed by his work as a heart surgeon. His wife Lena urges him to take a vacation. They travel to the north of Thailand, where they visit one of Fritz’s former colleagues, who administers urgently needed medical care to refugees in a remote camp near the Burmese border. Bewildered and deeply moved by the conditions there, Fritz decides to stay on for a while, while his wife returns back home to their children in Switzerland.
Fritz looks after the people in the camp with dedication. He is confronted with a totally different reality and immerses himself in this new, unknown world. While his life in Switzerland increasingly takes a backseat, he meets Say Paw, a Burmese refugee who has committed herself to collecting and writing down the experiential reports of other refugees.
Torn between the two worlds, Fritz is sucked into a whirlpool of emotions. He has to find out what he as an individual can really achieve. He has to take an unconventional decision that will profoundly change his and his family’s life in Switzerland.
Director’s Biography
Stefan Haupt attended the Zurich Drama School from 1985 to 1988, obtaining a degree in Theater Education. Since 1989 he has worked as a director and independent filmmaker. In 1998 he founded his own production company, Fontana Film, in Zurich. His feature film debut Utopia Blues was honoured with the Zurich Film Prize and the Swiss Film Prize. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross remains the most successful Swiss documentary film to date, with some 300,000 viewers throughout Europe. From 2008 to 2010 Stefan Haupt was president of the Swiss Filmmakers Association, and has been a board member of the foundation of SWISS FILMS, the promotion agency, since 2007.
SEAIGS also welcomes Swiss Director Stefan Haupt along with the cast and crew of the production (coordinated by the film's local production company, Living Films) for this special presentation.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Payap Presents "How About Love - Film Screening with Post-Discussion"
Wednesday, 14 December
Pentecost Building, Room 317
*6:00pm - 8:00pm: Film Screening, "How About Love"
8:00pm- 8:45pm: Q&A with Director, Stefan Haupt and invited cast and crew members of the film
* light refreshments will be served before the screening
Synopsis
Fritz is inspired and possessed by his work as a heart surgeon. His wife Lena urges him to take a vacation. They travel to the north of Thailand, where they visit one of Fritz’s former colleagues, who administers urgently needed medical care to refugees in a remote camp near the Burmese border. Bewildered and deeply moved by the conditions there, Fritz decides to stay on for a while, while his wife returns back home to their children in Switzerland.
Fritz looks after the people in the camp with dedication. He is confronted with a totally different reality and immerses himself in this new, unknown world. While his life in Switzerland increasingly takes a backseat, he meets Say Paw, a Burmese refugee who has committed herself to collecting and writing down the experiential reports of other refugees.
Torn between the two worlds, Fritz is sucked into a whirlpool of emotions. He has to find out what he as an individual can really achieve. He has to take an unconventional decision that will profoundly change his and his family’s life in Switzerland.
Director’s Biography
Stefan Haupt attended the Zurich Drama School from 1985 to 1988, obtaining a degree in Theater Education. Since 1989 he has worked as a director and independent filmmaker. In 1998 he founded his own production company, Fontana Film, in Zurich. His feature film debut Utopia Blues was honoured with the Zurich Film Prize and the Swiss Film Prize. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross remains the most successful Swiss documentary film to date, with some 300,000 viewers throughout Europe. From 2008 to 2010 Stefan Haupt was president of the Swiss Filmmakers Association, and has been a board member of the foundation of SWISS FILMS, the promotion agency, since 2007.
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