“ACROSS ASIA FILM FESTIVAL 2018. Ghosts of Asia”
Cagliari, Italy – from 2 to 10 December 2018
ACROSS ASIA, the International Festival dedicated to explore the cinematography of South East Asia – and this year focusing on Thailand e Philippine – is back on the beautiful island of Sardinia and is promising International and Italian Premieres, screenings, masterclasses, workshops and parties all over the city of Cagliari.
Stefano Galanti and Maria Paola Zedda are the creators and the artistic directors of Across Asia Film Festival that is a young festival, focused on most interesting languages of recent cinematographic production from Asia, with the goal of promoting the encounter between Italian and foreign communities and developing cultural exchanges.
Across Asia's mission is to become a window on the world, a different and unconventional way to look at the Asiatic continent and its representations, away from the standard and usual mainstream view.
The programme includes many Italian premieres and international guests like Thai director Thunska Pansittivorakul, eclectic Filipino director/poet/musician Khavn De La Cruz, awarded Filipino producer Achinette Villamor and buto dancer and director Masaki Iwana.
For the first year the Festival will contain also a section of visual arts, exploring the role of the unique language of video and experimental cinema in contemporary art. Thai artist Jakrawal Nilthamrong e Taiki Sakpisit will present their work for the first time in Italy.
Here are the selected films and video installations available at Across Asia:
A Land Imagined
by Yeo Siew Hua – 2018 – Singapore / France / Netherland
A Page Of Madness
by Teinosuke Kinugasa – 1926 – Japan
A Ripe Volcano
by Taiki Sakpisit 2011 Thailand
A multi-channel video and sound installation
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
by Khavn Director Khavn – 2018 – Philippines
Bamboo Dogs
by Khavn De La Cruz – 2018 – Philippines
By The Time It Gets Dark
by Anocha Suwichakornpong – 2016 – Thailand
Carte Blanche at Apichatpong Weerasethakul
by Apichatpong Weerasethakul – 2018 – Thailand
A personal selection of the director for AAFF 2018
Charlotte Susabi
by Masaki Iwana – 2018 – Japan
Die Tomorrow
by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – 2017 – Thailand
Filipiniana
by Khavn De La Cruz – 2018 – Philippines
Free and Easy
by Geng Jun – 2017 – China
Homogeneous Empty Time
by Thunska Pansittivorakul – 2017 – Thailand
Immortal Woman
by Jakrawal Nilthamrong – 2010 – Thailand
Invalid Throne
by Jakrawal Nilthamrong – 2018 – Thailand
Juan Tamad Goes To The Moon
by Khavn De La Cruz – 2018 – Philippines
Jesus
by Hiroshi Okuyama – 2018 – Japan
Manta Ray
by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – 2018 – Thailand / France / China
Memories of My Body
by Garin Nugroho – 2018 – Indonesia
Nervous Translation
by Shireen Seno – 2018 – Philippines
Season of the Devil
by Lav Diaz – 2018 – Philippines
Supernatural
by Thunska Pansittivorakul – 2014 – Thailand / Germany / USA
Tabula Rasa
by Taiki Sakpisit – 2018 – Thailand
Audio-video installation
Killing
by Shinya Tsukamoto – 2018 – Japan
The Terrorists
by Thunska Pansittivorakul – 2011 – Thailand / Germany
You can find the full programme of films, events and more info, on the official website
