Now in its fourth year, the Pan-Asia Film Festival returns to London’s Asia,House, Ciné Lumière and Prince Charles Cinema from 9 – 18 March 2012. The festival showcases Asia’s freshest emerging talent alongside work byestablished filmmakers,reflecting the vibrancy and energy in Asian filmmaking today. With Asia increasingly taking centre stage economically and politically, it has never been more important to develop an insight into its myriad cultures.
With work from India, Kazakhstan, Japan, China, Tibet, Iran, Taiwan, and South Korea, the Pan-Asia Film Festival offers a unique showcase of pan-Asian contemporary cinema from across the region with a diverse programme of romantic tales, realist dramas, light comedies and, coming of age films With an emphasis on diversity and high-quality independent filmmaking, the festival presents talent from lesser-known Asian film industries, while confirming the influence and breadth of Asia’s more established industries. Pan-Asia Film
Festival 2012 features one world premiere, five UK premieres and one London premiere.
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ONE MORE
9 March 2012, 20.30 -Prince Charles Cinema Screen 1
Shivajee Chandrabhushan I India 2012 I 97 mins I Hindi/Ladakhi + English subtitles
World Premiere
From the remote north eastern edge of India, Ladakh’s first ever ice hockey team is playing a top international team and all they need is one more goal. By the multi-award winning director of Frozen, this is a story of passion, resilience and the crossing of cultural and political boundaries, played out on the world’s highest playgrounds.Director Shivajee Chandrabhushan will be joining us for the World Premiere of the film. A Q&A will follow the screening with Shivajee Chandrabhushan and film writer and programmer Cary Rajinder Sawhney.
3.11 A SENSE OF HOME
12 March 2012, 18.45 -Asia House
A project by Naomi Kawase I Japan 2011 I 75 mins I Japanese/Spanish/French/English + English subtitles
UK Premiere
Official Selection: Nara International Film Festival 2011
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
13 March 2012,20.30 -Prince Charles Cinema Screen 2
Tom Lin I Taiwan/China/Hong Kong 2011 I 98 mins I Mandarin + English subtitles London Premiere
12 year old Mei longs for the life she had living with her grandfather up in the mountains, a longing that is captured in her enduring memory of her grandfather showing her the starry night-time sky. With a nod to Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night, the film’s stunning visuals provide a striking contrast between Taiwan’s urban and mountain landscapes.
Official Selections & Awards:
Busan International Film Festival 2011
Asian Film Awards 2012 – Best Newcomer Nomination
THREE AND A HALF
14 March 2012, 18.45 -Asia House
Naghi Nemati I Iran 2011 I 80 mins I Farsi + English subtitles / UK Premiere
Nemati’s second feature follows three young women, Hanieh, Homa and Banafsheh, on a three day release from prison. Each is battling with their own inner conflicts which ultimately lead to tensions among them and a final abrupt twist. As their secrets unravel, there remains an overriding sense of togetherness, hope and freedom in this telling portrayal of the constraints of modern Iranian society on women.
Official Selections: Busan International Film Festival 2011 / Warsaw International Film Festival 2011
THE SUN-BEATEN PATH
16 March 2012, 20.30 -Prince Charles Cinema Screen 1
Sonthar Gyal I Tibet 2011 I 89 mins I Tibetan + English subtitles
This debut feature follows a young man's journey from Lhasa to his home in a remote part of the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Having gone on a pilgrimage, prostrating all the way to Lhasa, angst-ridden Nyma is joined on his return by an old man. With breathtaking, windswept landscapes and often dreamlike sequences, Gyal brings to the screen a cinematic gem, affirming the emergence of a new Tibetan cinema.
Official Selections & Awards
Locarno Film Festival 2011
Vancouver International Film Festival 2011 – Dragons and Tigers Award
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2011 – Asian Digital Competition Special Mention
COME RAIN, COME SHINE
17 March 2012, 14.00-Ciné Lumiere
Lee Yoon-Ki I South Korea 2011 I 105 mins I Korean + English subtitles /UK Premiere
In this brilliantly crafted drama, a woman nonchalantly announces to her husband that she is leaving him for another man. On the day she is due to move out of their home, they both appear emotionless. All is seemingly normal, from their conversations about pasta recipes to booking a table at their favourite restaurant, until a torrential rain storm strikes.
Official Selections & Awards:
Berlinale 2011 - Golden Bear Nomination
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2011
Busan International Film Festival 2011
MOTHER'S PARADISE
17 March 2012, 20.30 -Prince Charles Cinema Screen 2
Aktan Arym Kubat I Kazakhstan 2011 I 82 mins I Kazakh + English subtitles
UK Premiere
In rural Kazakhstan, a poverty-stricken family struggles to cope with the strains of everyday life. As a result, the father of two young boys, Amir and Serikbai, leaves for Russia in search of work. Despite the harsh realities it depicts, the film nevertheless retains an optimistic tone with Kubat’s signature of gently humorous and endearing moments.
Official Selections: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011 / Busan International Film Festival 2011
11 FLOWERS
18 March 2012, 20.15 -Ciné Lumiere
Wang Xiao-Shuai I China/France 2011 I 110 mins I Mandarin + English subtitles
UK Premiere
By the director of Beijing Bicycle, this semi-autobiographical story is set in rural Guizhou Province in the latter days of the Cultural Revolution. This is a warm coming of age tale, infused with symbolic resonances of the bridge between childhood and adulthood, memories of the past and human relationships.
We will be joined by the star of the film, Wang Jingchung for a post screening Q&A.
Official Selections:
Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Busan International Film Festival 2011
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012
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