WAKING UP 2050
Tues 26 Sep | 6.50pm
Single Cinema Ticket: $15
Prices exclude SISTIC booking fees
** This film will be screened together with GYÜTÖ
SINGAPORE PREMIERE
Germany | 2021 | 45 min | PG13: Some Mature Content
English with English subtitles
Directed by Ray Choo
** This film will be screened together with GYÜTÖ
SYNOPSIS
What is Buddhism?
A complex question contemplated in Truth, Kindness and Beauty; Through diverse perspectives and stories of Ani Pema Deki (Emma Slade), the first western woman to be ordained in Bhutan, Kodo Nishimura, a Buddhist monk, LGBT activist and make-up artist and Prof. Daniel Veidlinger, Professor of Buddhism, in the Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities at California State University, Chico.
WAKING UP 2050 is a documentary film completed during the Covid pandemic as the graduation project of Communications Design student Ray Choo at the University of Applied Sciences, Berlin (HTW).
Bringing perspectives from the east, west and in between, Buddhism and its place and relevance in our time and even our future is discussed. Contemplating on the very nature of the path of awakening itself, reflecting on the moon that it has been pointing to through lifetimes and space.
Tues 26 Sep | 6.50pm
Single Cinema Ticket: $15
Prices exclude SISTIC booking fees
** This film will be screened together with GYÜTÖ
POST-SCREENING DIALOGUE
with director Ray Choo
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Choo Hongrui was born and raised in Singapore.
He studied Communications Design in Berlin, Germany, at HTW Berlin-University of applied sciences where he had the opportunity to not only try his hand at filmmaking and storytelling but also to experience a world where Buddhism, its meanings and functions are not established. The conversation in the West is just gaining momentum and presence.
In trying to contribute to this dialogue, Hongrui redefined for himself what it actually means, to walk the path of Dharma. Through WAKING UP 2050, he met his teacher Lopen Pema Deki with whom he took his precepts and continues to study the Dharma.
Hongrui currently works and resides in Berlin as a motion designer.
PRINT SOURCE
Ray Choo
Harzerstr.90
Choohr@hotmail.com
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