This year’s festival was held online from April 16th until April 18th at Festhome, and it offered 12 films from 7 different East and Southeast Asian countries.
Japanese “Aristocrats” (2021) from Sode Yukiko was the most watched film in our program. Ohku Akiko’s “Hold Me Back” (2020) and Fukunaga Takeshi’s “Ainu Mosir” (2020) hold the second and third places, both films are also coming from Japan. People from all over Finland participated in this year’s festival.
Exclusive discussions with the filmmakers.
Online festival also offered unique interviews with the directors of its program, and discussions with experts of Asian culture and history. Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director of Helsinki Cine Aasia interviewed some of the filmmakers of 2021 program, and these conversations are still available at the official YouTube channel for everyone to see.
Celebrating Asian cinema on the big screen
Helsinki Cine Aasia together with Cinema Orion presents a series of Asian films to be shown in Helsinki this coming summer. The series will include films from our online program and new selections, to be screened when the restrictions allow it. Sion Sono’s new film “Red Post on Escher Street” (2020) is part of the program, and the rest will be announced later this year on the festival’s website and social media.
10th Anniversary of Helsinki Cine Aasia.
In 2022 the festival is celebrating it’s 10th year and it will return to movie theaters with carefully selected program of East and Southeast Asian films.
Follow the festival’s website and social media for further news and revelations.
