Asia House

Check out these exciting upcoming events at Asia House!

• Asia House Festival of Asian Film 2008

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Dont miss the UK Film Premiere of 881, Singapore’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 2008 Academy Awards and a local, record breaking box office sensation. 881 is a magical, heart-wrenching musical extravaganza from director Royston Tan, the winner of over fifty international and local awards and hotly touted as one of Asia’s most promising breakout talents.

Friday 22 August at The Renoir Cinema at 6.30pm.

The festival also features many UK premieres of films from Asian directors such as Shin-Yeon Won, Daniel Lee, Nan Achnas and Kiumars Pourahmad. For more information, visit Asia House

• INDONESIA Inspired

During October 2008 - as part of the annual Connecting Cultures Series - Asia House presents Indonesia Inspired, a festival showcasing some of the most influential and exciting contemporary arts of Indonesia. This is the first event of its kind in the UK and the biggest Indonesian contemporary festival for many years.

Indonesia Inspired showcases a dynamic and fresh face of Indonesia and its people today. Through popular themes from food to film, fashion to design, these events will reflect a modern face of Indonesia with its dynamic society and the ability of its people to transform. For more information, visit Asia House

• Hong Kong Design - Lecture by Douglas Young

G.O.D. (Goods of Desire) is a one-stop Hong Kong lifestyle store, selling home accessories, furniture and fashion to the style-conscious denizens of the city. Most items of furniture are created by in-house designers and cater specifically for those living in a densely-populated city, while maintaining a healthy appetite for local flavour. The designs imbue traditional oriental techniques and materials with fresh ideas. Shunting freely between the old and the new, East and West, these bear witness to the adaptability and pragmatism of Hong Kong's people.

Douglas Young, founder of G.O.D., will talk about his quest to define a Hong Kong/Chinese style through product, lifestyle and fashion design. Born in Hong Kong in 1965, Douglas Young trained as an architect at Sheffield University and The Architectural Association, London. Since 1991, Young has worked on Hong Kong projects ranging from residential to retail interiors. In 1996, Young founded G.O.D together with partner Benjamin Lau. The majority of the merchandise is
self-branded and designed in-house by a multi-disciplinary design team led by Young.

This event is presented in association with the Hong Kong Society.

Thursday 18 Sep, 2008 at Asia House from 6:45 PM to 7:45 PM. Doors open at 6.30pm. Asia House Friends, Hong Kong Society Members & Concs £5, Others £8. For more information, visit Asia House