Finding Face

14 March 2009

Finding Face had its world premiere in March at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland www.fifdh.org.

30 April 2009

In late April it was screened at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/.

8 May 2009

It was also was an official selection at the International Film Festival on Human Rights in Sucre, Bolivia, held in May www.festivalcinebolivia.org.

27 May 2009

It was the featured film of the International Feminist Film Festival at Oregon State University in the spring, www.oregonstate.edu.

23 August 2009

The film had its Portland premiere as part of the NW Film Center’s Tracking Series on Aug. 23 at the Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium. For more information about NW Film Center, see www.nwfilm.org. Tat Marina made her first public appearance, and responded to questions following the screening.

24 September 2009

Finding Face was screened on Thursday, September 24 as part of the Bearing Exquisite Witness Arts Festival, presented by the Women Peacemakers Program at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. For more information, see: www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/programs/women_peace_makers/conferences/bearing_exquisite_witness/

12-14 October 2009

Finding Face was screened October 12-14 at the University of Idaho and at the Kenworthy Theatre in Moscow, Idaho. Filmmaker Patti Duncan was present on October 14 for a discussion following the film.

17 October 2009

Finding Face won BEST FILM at the Astoria International Film Festival, October 16-18, 2009, in Astoria, Oregon. It was screened at the historic Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon.

17 October 2009

The film was also screened on Saturday evening, 17 October, as an official selection at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, October 16-25, 2009, in San Francisco, California.

16-25 October 2009

Finding Face was an official selection at Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, October 16-25, 2009, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. For more information, visit  www.hsdfi.org.

10 December 2009

The Human Rights Commission of Portland hosted a screening of Finding Face on 10 December, 2009, followed by a discussion facilitated by filmmakers Patti Duncan and Skye Fitzgerald. This event was sponsored by Portland’s Office of Human Relations.

4 March 2010

The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon sponsored a screening of Finding Face on Thursday, 4 March, as part of the Women of Color series. Professor Lamia Karim spoke afterwards about her research with survivors of acid violence in Bangladesh. To read an op ed by Lamia Karim, see http://www.newagebd.com/2010/mar/09/oped.html

17-18 March 2010

The City of Portland will sponsor a lunch time screening of Finding Face as part of International Women’s Month on 17 March in the Portland Building, SW 5th Avenue. The following day, 18 March, there will be a discussion facilitated by the filmmakers, 12:00-1:00.

18 March 2010

Finding Face will screen on Thursday, 18 March, 9:00 pm, as an official selection of the Portland Women’s Film Festival at the historical Hollywood Theatre. As the opening night feature, it will be free and open to the public. For more information, see http://www.powfest.com/

The film has already received international media attention, including features in The Cambodia Daily, The Phnom Penh Post, World Pulse Magazine, The Oregonian, The Portland Observer, Ethos Magazine, and The Asian Reporter. Interviews with the filmmakers and/or subjects of the film have aired on ABC Australia, Voice of America, World Radio Switzerland, Air America, the BBC, KGW News, KATU News, Oregon Public Broadcast, and KBOO Radio. See “In the Press” for more information.