Celebrating 10 years of Asian cinema in Helsinki
The only film festival that shows exclusively new East and Sout-East Asian films in Finland celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2022 with special screenings. Helsinki Cine Aasia returns to movie theaters with a full-length festival. The festival will be held from May 5th until May 8th at Finnkino Kinopalatsi, Kino Regina and Cinema ORION, with additional screenings at Jyväskylä's Aurora.
Traveling to the 60's of Thailand
Our opening film “Anatomy of Time” comes from Thailand, and is directed by Jakrawai Nilthamrong. It will be screened on Wednesday May 5th at Kino Regina.
The film was awarded with the Grand Prize at TOKYO FILMeX 2021. The story of Anatomy of Time got its inspiration from director Nilthamrong's own family history.
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng acted as the cinematographer on the film. Aroonpheng's own film “Manta Ray” was shown at Helsinki Cine Aasia back in 2019.
“Anatomy of Time skillfully mixes two times, two realities, memory, dream, and the intersection of personal and society in a poetic story of the past and the present in the life of a woman in Thailand's rural countryside.” -Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director
Rare first time screening in Finland
Before the actual festival we are celebrating Ryosuke Hamaguchi's Oscar award win (“Drive My Car” – Best International Feature Film 2021) with his 2015 film “Happy Hour”. This is the first time ever that the film can be seen in Finland.
“Four women. All in their 30s. Three married, one divorcee. They are able to tell each other anything. Or at least they thought. One day, after losing in divorce court, one of them gives up on a future with their partner and disappears. The three remaining women take a second look at their lives. The long night is full of questions: Are you really the person you wanted to be?”
-Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director
The film will be screened at Cinema ORION on the upcoming Easter Friday 15th of April at 12:00.
For tickest and more information, follow this link.
Full program will be released on Tuesday April 19th.
