WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN, a psychological crime thriller directed by award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker Cheng Wei-hao (The Tag-Along franchise) starring Taiwanese...
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When one thinks of Mongolian cinema, one name immediately springs to mind: Batdorjin Baasanjav, best known for his portrayal of Genghis Khan in the 2004...
[The following essay contains major spoilers.] “I firmly believe a very Japanese film that is different from others can easily cross borders.”(Hideo...
We speak with Jakub Krolikowski, artistic director and co-founder of Five Flavours Film Festival, about the path that led him to organize an Asian film...
“Manikarnika” is the name of the Queen of Jhansi “Rani Laxmibai” who continues to inspire generations after generations for her...
“These ghosts have no manners.” There seems to be a common thread throughout the work of animated features from Asia, which connects them to either a...
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival is a yearly review of the cinema of East, Southeast, and South Asia. For the 12th time, the Festival presents a meticulous...
A love of the land and its people seem to come part and parcel with the cinematic traditions of Central Asia, with Sadyk Sher-Niyaz's ‘Queen of the Mountains'...
One of Japan's most significant cultural phenomenon, the eccentricities of everyday life is explained by the presence of spirits in objects which have become...
Born in 1987 in Hirakata (Osaka Prefecture) Kaori Oda had to abandon her dream of becoming a basketball player at an early age. Eventually she decided to study...