The 20th anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) closed out an epic 17-day run on Sunday night, after welcoming nearly 100 acclaimed filmmakers, international stars and other notable guests from across Asia and the US, screening over 60 films in-theater at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) and Asia Society from July 15 – 31, hosting a range of masterclasses and compelling talk sessions, and smashing festival attendance records.
The 20th anniversary lineup included six world premieres, eight international premieres, 20 North American premieres, four US premieres, and 15 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, and the United States.
Prior to the screening of the Nyaff Closing Film, time-travel sci-fi epic Alienoid, from blockbuster Korean director Choi Dong-hoon, the festival announced two Audience Award winners and...
The 20th anniversary lineup included six world premieres, eight international premieres, 20 North American premieres, four US premieres, and 15 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, and the United States.
Prior to the screening of the Nyaff Closing Film, time-travel sci-fi epic Alienoid, from blockbuster Korean director Choi Dong-hoon, the festival announced two Audience Award winners and...
- 8/6/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
The 20th anniversary Nyaff boasts a handful of this year’s most innovative and important films about the LGBTQ+ experience from all around Asia. Nyaff is proud to say that three of them have been selected for their Uncaged Competition for Best Film.
Angry Son by Kasho Iizuka, Japan, Uncaged Competition
7/28/2022 9:30pm
An intensely moving, gently comedic coming-of-age tale about overcoming otherness and oppression through unconditional compassion, this charming film by a transgender director focuses on a gay, biracial teen who was raised by a Filipina bar hostess mother in the countryside of Japan, and has endured a full spectrum of prejudices.
Big Night! by Jun Robles Lana, Philippines
7/27/2022 6:15pm
A biting satire about a gay hairdresser (a superlative Christian Bables) and model citizen who learns that he has been added to a government kill list, and sets out on a harrowing — and sometimes hilarious — odyssey to clear his name and stay alive.
Angry Son by Kasho Iizuka, Japan, Uncaged Competition
7/28/2022 9:30pm
An intensely moving, gently comedic coming-of-age tale about overcoming otherness and oppression through unconditional compassion, this charming film by a transgender director focuses on a gay, biracial teen who was raised by a Filipina bar hostess mother in the countryside of Japan, and has endured a full spectrum of prejudices.
Big Night! by Jun Robles Lana, Philippines
7/27/2022 6:15pm
A biting satire about a gay hairdresser (a superlative Christian Bables) and model citizen who learns that he has been added to a government kill list, and sets out on a harrowing — and sometimes hilarious — odyssey to clear his name and stay alive.
- 7/6/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, on Friday unveiled the spring lineup for “NewFest Presents,” its monthly screening series taking place in-person at The LGBT Community Center in NYC, and streaming virtually through NewFest’s Virtual Screening Room nationwide. The announcement was made today by NewFest’s executive director David Hatkoff and director of programming Nick McCarthy.
NewFest Presents will showcase three new feature films from February through April 2022, with talent joining for in-person screenings. The films are Michiel Thomas’ true crime documentary Gemmel & Tim, exploring the lives and untimely passing of two gay Black men and the impact this had on the LGBTQ+ community; Nicola Mai’s narrative and documentary hybrid feature Caer, exploring the epidemics of U.S. incarceration and deportation, and making room for the women at the center of the violence to tell their own...
NewFest Presents will showcase three new feature films from February through April 2022, with talent joining for in-person screenings. The films are Michiel Thomas’ true crime documentary Gemmel & Tim, exploring the lives and untimely passing of two gay Black men and the impact this had on the LGBTQ+ community; Nicola Mai’s narrative and documentary hybrid feature Caer, exploring the epidemics of U.S. incarceration and deportation, and making room for the women at the center of the violence to tell their own...
- 1/28/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Tôn Thất An is a Parisian born Vietnamese composer now based in Taipei, and has been writing for contemporary dance, theatre, film and art projects, and composing instrumental music as well as songs.
In the past four years, he has scored for a string of indie Vietnamese films: ‘The Third Wife’ (2018) and ‘Between Shadow and Soul’ (2019) by Ash Mayfair, ‘Song Lang’ (2018) by Leon Le, ‘Goodbye Mother’ (2019) by Trịnh Đình Lê Minh and ‘Ròm’ (2019) by Trần Thanh Huy. He has also contributed to Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ (2020).
He significantly collaborated with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori: ‘Nina – materialize sacrifice’ (2005), ‘Play 2 Play’ (2007), ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ (2010), ‘The Dream of the Swan’ (2017) and with Taiwanese dance wunderkind Huang Yi: ‘Symphony Project’ (2010), ‘Double Yellow Line’ (2012) and ‘Special Order’ (2014).
His work as a composer also brought him to the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin where he premiered ‘The Legend of Thánh Gióng’ (2013), a symphonic tale commissioned by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
In the past four years, he has scored for a string of indie Vietnamese films: ‘The Third Wife’ (2018) and ‘Between Shadow and Soul’ (2019) by Ash Mayfair, ‘Song Lang’ (2018) by Leon Le, ‘Goodbye Mother’ (2019) by Trịnh Đình Lê Minh and ‘Ròm’ (2019) by Trần Thanh Huy. He has also contributed to Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ (2020).
He significantly collaborated with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori: ‘Nina – materialize sacrifice’ (2005), ‘Play 2 Play’ (2007), ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ (2010), ‘The Dream of the Swan’ (2017) and with Taiwanese dance wunderkind Huang Yi: ‘Symphony Project’ (2010), ‘Double Yellow Line’ (2012) and ‘Special Order’ (2014).
His work as a composer also brought him to the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin where he premiered ‘The Legend of Thánh Gióng’ (2013), a symphonic tale commissioned by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
- 3/23/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In cai luong - traditional Vietnamese opera - performers' faces are caked in mask-like make-up. This makes it easy for audience members seated at a distance to see who they are and understand their roles, but - together with the very formal singing style involved - it can provide a cover for those who are not very good at expressing emotion. Linh Phung (played by Vietnamese pop sensation Isaac) has the looks, the voice and the moves to keep audiences happy when he serves as romantic lead for his troupe, but something is missing. He will never make progress, his mentor tells him, until he understands what it means to be in love.
Set in the Nineties, Leon Le's film flits between the formal styling which belongs to the cai luong tradition and a much looser, more modern style which suits the lifestyle of its other lead, loan shark debt collector.
Set in the Nineties, Leon Le's film flits between the formal styling which belongs to the cai luong tradition and a much looser, more modern style which suits the lifestyle of its other lead, loan shark debt collector.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Deran Sarafian is set to direct Trigger Happy, an indie neo-noir thriller that centers around a desperate waitress in a dead-end town who meets the man of her dreams. Only he is not who he seems and neither is she.
Shawn McLaughlin and Mike Mityok co-wrote the screenplay, which is described as an American road cinema of the ‘70s, such as Vanishing Point, Badlands, and neo-noir thrillers like The Long Goodbye, Body Heat, and Blood Simple. McLaughlin is producing with Jaye Gazeley, under their Canadian-based production company Marauder Films, along with Gabrielle Almagor. Filming is slated to commence next year.
Sarafian is a veteran TV director and executive producer, whose credits include House, Swamp Thing, Rosewood, among a number of others. He’s repped by The Gersh Agency and Zero Gravity Management.
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Brian Krause and Rizwan Manji will star in Robert Rosenbaum-helmed drama Basement,...
Shawn McLaughlin and Mike Mityok co-wrote the screenplay, which is described as an American road cinema of the ‘70s, such as Vanishing Point, Badlands, and neo-noir thrillers like The Long Goodbye, Body Heat, and Blood Simple. McLaughlin is producing with Jaye Gazeley, under their Canadian-based production company Marauder Films, along with Gabrielle Almagor. Filming is slated to commence next year.
Sarafian is a veteran TV director and executive producer, whose credits include House, Swamp Thing, Rosewood, among a number of others. He’s repped by The Gersh Agency and Zero Gravity Management.
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Brian Krause and Rizwan Manji will star in Robert Rosenbaum-helmed drama Basement,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
by Nathaniel R
Last night we told you about the Cannes selection. While that's glitzy information it's not particularly useful since none of the films are available and Cannes isn't actually happening. But there is a festival happening right now. It's called OUTStream and 2020 is its inaugural outing. The queer festival runs through this weekend if you wanna have a mini queer film adventure over the next few days. You purchase virtual "tickets" to the movies and watch.
Here Are Some Of The Hot Tickets
Song Lang is a Vietnamese drama from debut filmmaker Leon Le. It's about the romance between an opera performer and a debt collector in 1980s Saigon. We've heard nothing but good things about this one on the festival circuit but we haven't seen it yet. Leon Le won Best New Director at the Beijing Film Festival for this. There's a livestream Q&a on Friday June 5th.
Last night we told you about the Cannes selection. While that's glitzy information it's not particularly useful since none of the films are available and Cannes isn't actually happening. But there is a festival happening right now. It's called OUTStream and 2020 is its inaugural outing. The queer festival runs through this weekend if you wanna have a mini queer film adventure over the next few days. You purchase virtual "tickets" to the movies and watch.
Here Are Some Of The Hot Tickets
Song Lang is a Vietnamese drama from debut filmmaker Leon Le. It's about the romance between an opera performer and a debt collector in 1980s Saigon. We've heard nothing but good things about this one on the festival circuit but we haven't seen it yet. Leon Le won Best New Director at the Beijing Film Festival for this. There's a livestream Q&a on Friday June 5th.
- 6/4/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
In today’s film news roundup, Iatse backs Joe Biden, “Toy Story 4” director Josh Cooley is attached to Sony’s “Malamander,” electric car racing documentary “And We Go Green” is going to Hulu and the inaugural OUTstream Film Fest sets its lineup.
Biden Endorsement
The general executive board of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted unanimously to endorse presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president of the United States.
The below-the-line union, which has about 150,000 members in North America, cited his “extensive record and history of fighting for workers’ rights and working families” in a statement Tuesday.
“Labor unions are under assault, with policies under the current administration and across the country undermining workers’ collective bargaining rights and stripping union workers of the wages, benefits, and retirement security they deserve,” Iatse said. “Joe Biden has consistently lifted up and prioritized issues affecting Iatse members and their...
Biden Endorsement
The general executive board of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted unanimously to endorse presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president of the United States.
The below-the-line union, which has about 150,000 members in North America, cited his “extensive record and history of fighting for workers’ rights and working families” in a statement Tuesday.
“Labor unions are under assault, with policies under the current administration and across the country undermining workers’ collective bargaining rights and stripping union workers of the wages, benefits, and retirement security they deserve,” Iatse said. “Joe Biden has consistently lifted up and prioritized issues affecting Iatse members and their...
- 5/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The full programme for the first Queer East Film Festival is announced. The curated series of screenings across London, with accompanying panel events, will explore identity, religion, family, adulthood and politics through queer relationships on screen, specifically from East and Southeast Asia.
Many have seen the significant progress of Lgbtq + rights across the world, but progress in Asia has been mixed. The festival invites everyone in the UK to be part of the discussion and celebrate diverse identities, cultures, and heritages of Asian and Asian diasporic communities who’ve often been excluded from mainstream discourse.
The programme is a mix of classic films and new releases, exploring how culture, law, history, and social norms have affected and built the current Asian queer landscape over 50 years of cinema.
Twenty-nine films, including 6 UK Premieres and 2 London Premieres, from 13 countries across Asia will be screened in cinemas across the capital to foster and...
Many have seen the significant progress of Lgbtq + rights across the world, but progress in Asia has been mixed. The festival invites everyone in the UK to be part of the discussion and celebrate diverse identities, cultures, and heritages of Asian and Asian diasporic communities who’ve often been excluded from mainstream discourse.
The programme is a mix of classic films and new releases, exploring how culture, law, history, and social norms have affected and built the current Asian queer landscape over 50 years of cinema.
Twenty-nine films, including 6 UK Premieres and 2 London Premieres, from 13 countries across Asia will be screened in cinemas across the capital to foster and...
- 3/15/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Mattie Do was born in Los Angeles to Lao parents and relocated to Vientiane, Laos’ Capital City, in 2010.
Laos has been ruled by a strict Communist government since the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Non-propaganda film-making started only recently and when Mattie – who had previously worked as a ballet dancer and makeup artist – returned to Laos, only few filmmakers were active in the country and none of them a woman. In fact only very scarce infrastructure where in place and no official cinemas.
Almost by chance she put together her first feature film Chanthaly in 2013, the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos, for the launch of the first Luang Prabang Film Festival.
Her second feature film Dearest Sister (2016) was selected as a project at the Cannes La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde and had the honor to be selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign...
Laos has been ruled by a strict Communist government since the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Non-propaganda film-making started only recently and when Mattie – who had previously worked as a ballet dancer and makeup artist – returned to Laos, only few filmmakers were active in the country and none of them a woman. In fact only very scarce infrastructure where in place and no official cinemas.
Almost by chance she put together her first feature film Chanthaly in 2013, the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos, for the launch of the first Luang Prabang Film Festival.
Her second feature film Dearest Sister (2016) was selected as a project at the Cannes La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde and had the honor to be selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign...
- 1/20/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
“Yellow Rose,” written, directed, and produced by Diane Paragas, was awarded the Grand Jury Award for outstanding North American narrative feature at the 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which ran May 2-10.
Special Jury Awards for cinematography, actress and breakthrough performance went, respectively, to Ante Cheng for “Ms. Purple”; Maya Erskine for “Plus One”; and Eva Noblezada for “Yellow Rose.”
“Seadrift,” directed by Tim Tsai, took home the Grand Jury Award for North American documentary feature, while the jury-panelists gave Special Jury Awards to “Jaddoland,” directed by Nadia Shihab, and “Origin Story,” directed by Kulap Vilaysack.
The Grand Jury Award for international narrative feature went to “House of Hummingbird,” directed by Bora Kim. Jury Awards went to Leon Le for “Song Lang,” and to the directors ensemble of “Vai”: ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Matasila Freshwater, Mīria George, Nicole Whippy.
Special Jury Awards for cinematography, actress and breakthrough performance went, respectively, to Ante Cheng for “Ms. Purple”; Maya Erskine for “Plus One”; and Eva Noblezada for “Yellow Rose.”
“Seadrift,” directed by Tim Tsai, took home the Grand Jury Award for North American documentary feature, while the jury-panelists gave Special Jury Awards to “Jaddoland,” directed by Nadia Shihab, and “Origin Story,” directed by Kulap Vilaysack.
The Grand Jury Award for international narrative feature went to “House of Hummingbird,” directed by Bora Kim. Jury Awards went to Leon Le for “Song Lang,” and to the directors ensemble of “Vai”: ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Matasila Freshwater, Mīria George, Nicole Whippy.
- 5/11/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Film programs include one of the first lesbian Bollywood films (“Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga”), a film with the backdrop of 80’s Saigon and its Vietnamese folk opera (“Song Lang”) and an Indonesian culinary journey through film (“Aruna and her Palate”)
The special series “From The Claws of Darkness: Restoring Philippine Cinema” brings the second golden age of Philippine film to the big screen for audiences to enjoy once again, including “Moral,” “Himala,” and “Batch ‘81”and “Manila In The Claws of Light”
San Diego, California – March 26, 2019 – The 9th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff) Spring Showcase, presented by Pacific Arts Movement (Pac Arts) will be taking place on April 11-18 at the UltraStar Mission Valley. This year, a majority of the showcased films highlight South Asian and Southeast Asian stories.
There will also be a special collection of milestone Filipino films shown as a part of the...
The special series “From The Claws of Darkness: Restoring Philippine Cinema” brings the second golden age of Philippine film to the big screen for audiences to enjoy once again, including “Moral,” “Himala,” and “Batch ‘81”and “Manila In The Claws of Light”
San Diego, California – March 26, 2019 – The 9th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff) Spring Showcase, presented by Pacific Arts Movement (Pac Arts) will be taking place on April 11-18 at the UltraStar Mission Valley. This year, a majority of the showcased films highlight South Asian and Southeast Asian stories.
There will also be a special collection of milestone Filipino films shown as a part of the...
- 3/28/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Helsinki Cine Aasia 2019 gives a Finnish premiere to 18 East and Southeast Asian films
Helsinki Cine Aasia (14.–17.3.2019) is the only festival of contemporary Asian cinema in Finland. It has been organised annually since 2013. This year’s festival presents a wide-range of high quality films from 11 countries.
The opening filmat Helsinki Cine Aasia 2019 is Mori, The Artist’s Habitat by the Japanese director Shuichi Okita. The film is based on the late artist Morikazu Kumagai, who remains highly valued in his home country. Okita draws a slow paced and perceptive portrayal of the artist, tinged with soft comic touches typical for the director. Shuichi Okita will also be visiting the festival and will attend the screenings of his film.
The other portrait of an artist at the festival is Dare to Stop Us by Kazuya Shiraishi based on the enfant terrible of Japanese cinema Koji Wakamatsu (1936–2012) and his disciples during a period when Wakamatsu’s production company,...
Helsinki Cine Aasia (14.–17.3.2019) is the only festival of contemporary Asian cinema in Finland. It has been organised annually since 2013. This year’s festival presents a wide-range of high quality films from 11 countries.
The opening filmat Helsinki Cine Aasia 2019 is Mori, The Artist’s Habitat by the Japanese director Shuichi Okita. The film is based on the late artist Morikazu Kumagai, who remains highly valued in his home country. Okita draws a slow paced and perceptive portrayal of the artist, tinged with soft comic touches typical for the director. Shuichi Okita will also be visiting the festival and will attend the screenings of his film.
The other portrait of an artist at the festival is Dare to Stop Us by Kazuya Shiraishi based on the enfant terrible of Japanese cinema Koji Wakamatsu (1936–2012) and his disciples during a period when Wakamatsu’s production company,...
- 2/27/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Vietnam-born director Leon Le grew up in Saigon before relocating with his family to California at the age of 13. He later moved to New York – where he still lives – to follow his dream of becoming a Musical Theatre performer and established himself as as an accomplished actor, dancer, singer as well as a skilled photographer.
His first feature film “Song Lang” encapsulates his passion for music and performance, his childhood memories of Vietnamese folk opera Cải Lương and his photographic sensibility. The movie had its theatrical release in Vietnam and its first international premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
On the occasion of Song Lang screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about the sense of belonging, his obsession with Cải Lương, the 1980s, time-traveling, human connections and other topics.
You were born in Vietnam and moved to Us when you were 13. How do you think this event shaped...
His first feature film “Song Lang” encapsulates his passion for music and performance, his childhood memories of Vietnamese folk opera Cải Lương and his photographic sensibility. The movie had its theatrical release in Vietnam and its first international premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
On the occasion of Song Lang screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about the sense of belonging, his obsession with Cải Lương, the 1980s, time-traveling, human connections and other topics.
You were born in Vietnam and moved to Us when you were 13. How do you think this event shaped...
- 11/24/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
A song lang is a musical instrument, a little percussion used in Vietnamese traditional music to keep the tempo for the musicians and the performers and – as the protagonist’s father believed – to “guide the artists down the moral path”.
Vietnam-born director Leon Le left Saigon when he was 13 to go and live in California with his family and “Song Lang” is his debut feature after two Us-produced short movies; an elaboration of his interrupted upbringing in Vietnam, the film is also a tribute to his beloved Cải Lương, the Vietnamese traditional folk opera.
“Song Lang” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
It’s the end of 1980s in Saigon. Introverted debt collector Dug (Lien Binh Phat) has been sleepwalking through most of his adult life in an attempt of erasing a painful adolescence and anesthetizing the pain of abandonment. He does his job, it’s just a job,...
Vietnam-born director Leon Le left Saigon when he was 13 to go and live in California with his family and “Song Lang” is his debut feature after two Us-produced short movies; an elaboration of his interrupted upbringing in Vietnam, the film is also a tribute to his beloved Cải Lương, the Vietnamese traditional folk opera.
“Song Lang” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
It’s the end of 1980s in Saigon. Introverted debt collector Dug (Lien Binh Phat) has been sleepwalking through most of his adult life in an attempt of erasing a painful adolescence and anesthetizing the pain of abandonment. He does his job, it’s just a job,...
- 11/22/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
This year no cash prize was given to the winning films.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Die Tomorrow won the grand prix at the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Poland, with Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy receiving a special mention.
The two films were among 11 Asian titles in competition at the eight-day festival held in Warsaw. Wednesday night’s closing ceremony took place at Kino Muranow, one of the oldest and now the last arthouse cinema in the capital of Poland.
The award winners were selected by a People’s Jury made up of 11 non-professional film lovers aged 18-...
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Die Tomorrow won the grand prix at the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Poland, with Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy receiving a special mention.
The two films were among 11 Asian titles in competition at the eight-day festival held in Warsaw. Wednesday night’s closing ceremony took place at Kino Muranow, one of the oldest and now the last arthouse cinema in the capital of Poland.
The award winners were selected by a People’s Jury made up of 11 non-professional film lovers aged 18-...
- 11/22/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Die Tomorrow won the grand prix at the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Poland, with Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy receiving a special mention.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Die Tomorrow won the grand prix at the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Poland, with Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy receiving a special mention.
The two films were among 11 Asian titles in competition at the eight-day festival held in Warsaw. Wednesday night’s closing ceremony took place at Kino Muranow, one of the oldest and now the last arthouse cinema in the capital of Poland.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Die Tomorrow won the grand prix at the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Poland, with Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy receiving a special mention.
The two films were among 11 Asian titles in competition at the eight-day festival held in Warsaw. Wednesday night’s closing ceremony took place at Kino Muranow, one of the oldest and now the last arthouse cinema in the capital of Poland.
- 11/22/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Festival also showcases local films as the Vietnam Cinema Department becomes more proactive in film financing.
Iranian director Rouhollah Hejazi’s The Dark Room was named best film at the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff), while Poland’s Piotr Domalewski won best director for Silent Night and the jury award went to Serbian director Vladimir Todorovic’s Pale Folk.
A total of 12 international feature films making at least their Asian premieres were in competition. Other award winners include Signal Rock from the Philippines, which won best actor for Christian Bables, and Vietnam’s Summer In Closed Eyes, which took...
Iranian director Rouhollah Hejazi’s The Dark Room was named best film at the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff), while Poland’s Piotr Domalewski won best director for Silent Night and the jury award went to Serbian director Vladimir Todorovic’s Pale Folk.
A total of 12 international feature films making at least their Asian premieres were in competition. Other award winners include Signal Rock from the Philippines, which won best actor for Christian Bables, and Vietnam’s Summer In Closed Eyes, which took...
- 11/1/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Vertically-integrated local studio Bhd | Vietnam Media Corp. is launching international sales on two of its biggest titles at Busan’s Asian Film Market.
“The Tap Box” (aka “Song Lang”) is an odd couple drama set in 1980s Saigon. It pitches a cold-hearted debt collector from the gangster milieu together with the main actor from a Cia-Luong (Vietnamese traditional opera) company. Despite the gulf between them, they discover that they are kindred spirits.
Directed by Leon Le, and produced through Studio 68, the film has already enjoyed a theatrical run in its home territory, and is now looking for international releases to follow a high-profile festival berth in the first quarter of 2019. “This is absolutely classical, high-quality art house cinema,” said Bich Hanh Ngo, VP of sales and acquisitions at Bhd.
From a completely different vein, the company is also pitching “The Cougar Queen 2.” The romantic comedy kicks off with a famous...
“The Tap Box” (aka “Song Lang”) is an odd couple drama set in 1980s Saigon. It pitches a cold-hearted debt collector from the gangster milieu together with the main actor from a Cia-Luong (Vietnamese traditional opera) company. Despite the gulf between them, they discover that they are kindred spirits.
Directed by Leon Le, and produced through Studio 68, the film has already enjoyed a theatrical run in its home territory, and is now looking for international releases to follow a high-profile festival berth in the first quarter of 2019. “This is absolutely classical, high-quality art house cinema,” said Bich Hanh Ngo, VP of sales and acquisitions at Bhd.
From a completely different vein, the company is also pitching “The Cougar Queen 2.” The romantic comedy kicks off with a famous...
- 10/7/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
New Asian Cinema is a survey of the most outstanding and widely debated new films from South and Southeast Asia, often directorial debuts. The filmmakers competing for the festival Grand Prix make bold comments about the surrounding reality and contemporary social issues.
They skillfully combine genre films with local narrations, at the same time forming their own, auteur styles and mapping out new cinematic directions. The titles selected for the New Asian Cinema section have unique form and content, expanding the boundaries of the cinematic language. They are deeply rooted in the local context, but they do not shy away from commenting on global social phenomena.
The winner is chosen by People’s Jury – a group cinema lovers and Asian cultures enthusiasts. The open call for the jury of the 12th edition of the Festival will last till October 12.
The full program will be announced in mid-October. We present now...
They skillfully combine genre films with local narrations, at the same time forming their own, auteur styles and mapping out new cinematic directions. The titles selected for the New Asian Cinema section have unique form and content, expanding the boundaries of the cinematic language. They are deeply rooted in the local context, but they do not shy away from commenting on global social phenomena.
The winner is chosen by People’s Jury – a group cinema lovers and Asian cultures enthusiasts. The open call for the jury of the 12th edition of the Festival will last till October 12.
The full program will be announced in mid-October. We present now...
- 9/20/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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