A city enjoying a spectacular growth spur and a metropolis dying out as we speak. A star looking for a way out from a deadly trap and a teenager determined to have a say in her own future. Japanese feel-good movies and terrifying horrors. As always, Five Flavours offers a full spectrum of moods, emotions, and themes. We announce the complete program of the Festival and kick off tickets sales!
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival is the annual review of the best cinema from East, Southeast, and South Asia organized in Poland. Since 2006, it presents the premieres of the newest, carefully selected films from the region, the classics from Asian archives, retrospectives of selected filmmakers, and reviews of national cinemas.
This year's selection includes 39 meticulously chosen films, 30 of which will be available online, on the territory of Poland only. After the success of last year's hybrid edition, Five Flavours will once again take place simultaneously in the Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas in Warsaw (November 16-23) and throughout Poland on the festival website www.piecsmakow.pl (November 16-December 4).
All the sections and complete Line-up of the 16th Five Flavours AFF
New Asian Cinema – the Festival's competition section that has long signalled the changes and current moods in Asian countries. It includes eleven films that create a colourful, meaningful panorama of Asian cinema, directed by the industry's shooting stars. The winner of the 16th Five Flavours will be chosen by the International People's Jury made up of ten Asian cinema enthusiasts coming to Warsaw from all across Europe.
Arnold is a Model Student / Arnon pen nakrian tuayang / Arnold jest wzorowym uczniem, dir. Sorayos Prapapan, Thailand 2022, 83′, Polish premiere
Barbarian Invasion / dir. Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia 2021, 106′, Polish premiere
Bhoothakaalam / dir. Rahul Sadasivan, India 2022, 105′, European premiere
Increasing Echo / Xiu xing / dir. Chienn Hsiang, Taiwan 2021, 85′, Polish premiere
Leonor Will Never Die / dir. Martika Ramirez Escobar, Philippines 2022, 101′, Polish premiere
Memoryland / Miền ký ức / dir. Kim Quy Bui, Vietnam 2021, 99′, Polish premiere
Seire / dir. Park Kang, South Korea 2021, 102′, Polish premiere
The Cloud Messenger / Meghdoot / dir. Rahat Mahajan, India 2022, 148′, Polish premiere
The Light of Spring / Hikari Nodokeki / dir. Fumito Fujikawa, Japan 2022, 84′, European premiere
The Narrow Road / Zhai lu wei chen / dir. Lam Sum, Hong Kong 2022, 115′, Polish premiere
Yuni / dir. Kamila Andini, Indonesia 2021, 95′
Retrospective: Edward Yang – six meticulously restored masterpieces by the prominent Taiwanese New Wave auteur, an insightful look at the modernizing Taipei and its inhabitants. This is the master's first retrospective in Poland.
That Day, on the Beach / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan 1983, 166′, Polish premier
Taipei Story / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan 1985, 119′, Polish premiere
The Terrorizers / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan 1986, 109′
A Brighter Summer Day / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan 1991, 237′
A Confucian Confusion / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan 1994, 129′, Polish premiere
A One and a Two… / dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan, Japan 2000, 173′
Japan Feel-Good – the section that invites you to slow down and forget your sorrows. Eight Japanese films chosen for their audience-friendly, feel-good vibe.
Funky Forest: The First Contact / dir. Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shinichiro Miki, Japan 2005, 150′, Polish premiere
Itomichi / Ito, dir. Satoko Yokohama, Japan 2021, 116′, Polish premiere
Mori, the Artist's Habitat / Mori no Iru Basho / dir. Shuichi Okita, Japan 2018, 99′
My Sweet Grappa Remedies / Amai osake de ugai / dir. Akiko Ohku, Japan 2019, 108′, Polish premiere
One Summer Story / Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai / dir. Shuichi Okita, Japan 2020, 138′, Polish premiere
Rent a Cat / Rentaneko / dir. Naoko Ogigami, Japan 2012, 110′
The Fish Tale / Sakana no Ko / dir. Shuichi Okita, Japan 2022, 139′, European premiere
Tsuyukusa / dir. Hideyuki Hirayama, Japan 2022, 95′, Polish premiere
Hong Kong Cinema in Motion – films made after 1997, telling the story of the drastic changes undergone by Hong Kong after its handover to China.
Butterfly / Hu die / dir. Yan Yan Mak, Hong Kong 2004, 124′, Polish premiere
Chasing the Dragon / Chui lung / dir. Jason Kwan, Jing Wong, Hong Kong 2017, 128′, Polish premiere
Infernal Affairs / Mou gaan dou / dir. Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, Hong Kong 2002, 101′
Love in a Puff / Chi Ming yi Chun Kiu / dir. Pang Ho-Cheung, Hong Kong 2010, 104′
PTU / dir. Johnnie To, Hong Kong 2003, 88′, Polish premiere
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong / Qi ren yue dui / dir. Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui, Yuen Woo-ping, Hong Kong 2020, 113′, Polish premiere
Sunshine of my Life / Yat louh tuhng hahng / dir. Judy Chu, Hong Kong 2022, 96′, Polish premiere
The Narrow Road / Zhai lu wei chen / dir. Lam Sum, Hong Kong 2022, 115′, Polish premiere
Asian Cinerama – appealing big-budget blockbusters and new films created by world-famed directors.
24 / dir. Royston Tan, Singapore 2021, 77′, Polish premiere
Big Night! / dir. Jun Robles Lana, Philippines 2021, 105′, Polish premiere
Fast & Feel Love / dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand 2022, 132′, Polish premiere
Hostage: Missing Celebrity / Injil / dir. Pil Gam-sung, South Korea 2021, 94′, Polish premiere
Terrorizers / Qing chun shi lian / dir. Ho Wi Ding, Taiwan 2021, 127′, Polish premiere
Horror Cinema – a truly blood-chilling selection.
Affliction / dir. Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Indonesia 2021, 90′, European premiere
Bhoothakaalam / dir. Rahul Sadasivan, India 2022, 105′, European premiere
Irul: Ghost Hotel / dir. M.S. Prem Nath, Malaysia 2021, 99′, Polish premiere
Seire / dir. Park Kang, South Korea 2021, 102′, Polish premiere
Festival guests
After a two-year pandemic break, the Festival will once again host wonderful filmmakers from Asia. Coming to Warsaw are: Martika Ramirez
Escobar (Leonor Will Never Die), Sorayos Prapapan (Arnold is a Model Student), Ho Wi Ding (Terrorizers), Akiko Ohku (My Sweet Grappa
Remedies), Kamila Andini (Yuni). The Q&A sessions after the screenings will provide an opportunity to discuss the making-of of the films they
created.
That's not all – in-depth conversations with the filmmakers who won't be able to come to Poland will be available in free access at the Festival website piecsmakow.pl.
Introductions, podcasts, and other materials
Five Flavours goes beyond film screenings, offering materials filled with content related to the Festival program. Each screening will be accompanied by a spoiler-free introduction by a Five Flavours selectionner. The introductions to Edward Yang's films were prepared by our guest speaker, Wafa Ghermani, a Taiwanese cinema expert working at La cinémathèque Française in Paris.
Another treat we prepared for our viewers is the Festival newspaper, which will include the screening schedule and essays related to different sections of the Festival program. The newspaper will be available in both printed and digital form.
The audiences will also have a chance to listen to several podcasts with in-depth discussions of films and the themes presented in them. The list includes both the Azja Kręci podcasts, recorded by the Festival selectioners, and those prepared by our media partners and collaborators.
The Festival is dedicated to the memory of Jagoda Murczynska
The 16th edition of Five Flavours is dedicated to the memory of Jagoda Murczyńska who had been the pillar of the Festival for the past decade. Jagoda passed away suddenly, before her time, in February 2022. On Sunday, November 20, after the screening of Naoko Ogigami's Rent-A-Cat, we invite you for a meeting during which we will be remembering our dear colleague.
Prices of Tickets and Festival Passes
- Regular ticket – 27 PLN
- Happy Hour ticket (screenings beginning before 5 PM on weekdays) – 21 PLN
- Single online access: 21 PLN (renting a film for 48h)
- Five Flavours Pass Cinema + Online 340 PLN – Cinema + Online Pass holders have access to all Festival cinema screenings (except for the Gala Opening) and to all films on the Festival platform. The number of Cinema + Online Passes is limited.
- Five Flavours Pass Online 180 PLN – Online Pass holders get access to all Five Flavours films on the Festival platform. The number of Online Passes is unlimited and they will continue to be available for the whole duration of the Festival. Thirty films from the program will be available online.
The program of the 16th Five Flavours is prepared by Maja Korbecka, Marcin Krasnowolski, Jakub Królikowski, Łukasz Mańkowski, Zofia Niziołek and Maja Pielak. Organizer: Arteria Art Foundation.
The project is co-financed by Warsaw City Council, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office Berlin, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany, and Taipei Representative Office in Poland.
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