The Asian Film Festival, directed by Antonio Termenini, presents a selection of the best of Asian research and independent cinema, with particular attention to debuts and young directors of the rich Newcomers section.
The seventeenth edition of the Asian Film Festival presents 27 feature films and 3 short films from 10 East Asian countries (Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam) and will take place, from July 30 to August 5, at Casa del Cinema, Villa Borghese Park, Rome.
The afternoon screenings will be in the comfort of the Deluxe Room, the evening ones in the Ettore Scola Open Air Theater, to enjoy the films in serenity and in the cool of the park.
8 feature films from the Philippines will celebrate 100 years of Filipino cinema with the best of the most recent productions.The closing evening also will feature the Filipino “Kalel, 15” by Jun Lana, the story of a difficult adolescence in the Manila slums. Saturday 1 August will be Korean Day – a day entirely dedicated to South Korean cinema with 4 feature films and a short film. As for Japan, Takashi Miike’s First Love will be screened on the opening night.
FULL SCHEDULE:
Thusday 30 July
Mountain Song (Yusuf Radjamuda, Indonesia, 2019, 80′)
Kaputol (Alejandre McArthur, Filippine, 2019, 130′)
First Love (Miike Takashi, Giappone, 2019, 108′)
Friday 31 July
Guang (Quek Shio Chuan, Malesia, 2018, 88′)
The Third Wife (Ash Mayfair, Vietnam, 2018, 94′)
Jesusa (Ronaldo Carballo, Filippine, 2019, 115′)
Edward (Thop Nazareno, Filippine, 2019, 83′)
Tracey (Jun Li, Hong Kong, 2018, 114′)
Saturday 1 August – KOREAN DAY
Second Life (Park Young-ju, Corea del Sud, 2018, 71′)
Between You and Me (Corea del Sud, 2019, 9′)
Our Body (Han Ka-ram, Corea del Sud, 2018, 82′)
Jesters: The Game Changers (Kim Joo-ho, Corea del Sud, 2019, 108′)
Human, Space, Time and Human (Kim Ki-duk, Corea del Sud, 2018, 122′)
Sunday 2 August
The Halt (Lav Diaz, Filippine, 2019, 279′)
The Fallen (Lee Cheuk-pan, Hong Kong, 2019, 95′)
Watch Me Kill (Tyrone Acierto, Filippine, 2019, 114′)
Monday 3 August
The Paradise (Liao Shih-han Liao, Taiwan, 2019, 113′)
I Miss You When I See You (Simon Chung, Hong Kong, 2018, 90′)
Battered Husband (Ralston Gonzales Jover, Filippine, 2019, 85′)
Jesusa (Ronaldo Carballo, Filippine, 2019, 115′)
Tuesday 4 August
Your Smile (Cina, 2019, 25′)
From Tomorrow On, I Will (Wu Linfeng e Ivan Markovic, Cina, 2019, 60′)
Apart (Chan Chit-man, Hong Kong, 2019, 97′)
Walk with Me (Ryon Lee, Malesia, 2019, 91′)
Sadako (Nakata Hideo, Giappone, 2019, 99′)
Lola Igna (Eduardo W. Roy Jr., Filippine, 2019, 114′)
Wednesday 5 August
Intimacy (Jiang Yichun, Cina, 2019, 102′)
Nakorn–Sawan (Puangsoi Aksornsawang, Thailandia, 2018, 77′)
Kalel, 15 (Jun Lana, Filippine, 2019, 83′)
A Girl Missing (Fukada Koji, Giappone, 2019, 95′)
Moro info about programme and ticketing on the Official Website
