Cinemasia 2022
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- DirectorHong Seong-eunStarsJung Da-eunSeo Hyun-wooPark Jeong-hakA solitary woman re-evaluates her isolated existence after her neighbor dies alone in his apartment.
- DirectorLok Man LeungStarsLouise WongLouis KooFish LiewTraces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.
- DirectorJessica KingdonThe absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
- DirectorCheung CheukThis film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan modern cities, Hong Kong preserves a unique theatrical architecture, a Chinese tradition that has lasted more than a century - Bamboo Theatre.
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKaho NakamuraRyo NaritaShôta SometaniSuzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
- DirectorChih-yen Yee16-year-old teenager Leaf runs away from home, skipping classes and ending up in a peculiar place called City of Lost Things. There he meets Baggy, a 30-year-old plastic bag. Baggy never sees himself as just another piece of junk. He has a purpose in his life - to lead his tribe to flee City of Lost Things. But he needs the help from Leaf to fight the dreadful army of the Armors.
- DirectorYu-Chieh ChengStarsMorning Tzu-Yi MoShu-Fang ChenRun-yin BaiA boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
- DirectorKin-Long ChanStarsKa-Tung LamBipin KarmaSingh Hartihan BittoA story of how a retired British-Chinese soldier and a marginalized young South Asian man face the plight of being abandoned by society.
- DirectorLim-Chung ManStarsFruit ChanHsiao-Hsien HouAnn HuiOne of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a "star" for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui's tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to filmmaking, and her expedition into the metamorphic city. This biopic probes into the acclaimed director's idiosyncratic world, where we witness her rashness and goofiness, as well as her humanistic concerns for the everyday nobodies which make her films so moving.
- DirectorByun Sung-hyunStarsSol Kyung-guLee Sun-kyunJeon Bae-sooSeo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsYe LiuJun HuHe DuA young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
- DirectorEddie CahyonoIfa IsfansyahStarsMaudy KoesnaediMathias MuchusPutri MarinoLosmen Bu Broto is an inn managed by Bu Broto, Pak Broto and their children. However, a problem arises, worsening the conflict within the family.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsSichun MaFeihong YuEddie PengThe film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.
- DirectorEiji UchidaStarsTsuyoshi KusanagiMisaki HattoriShunsuke TanakaNagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in solitude by herself, to now living with Ichika, Nagisa develops maternal instincts for the first time.
- DirectorThe Myanmar Film CollectiveHow does it feel to be forgotten by the world? After the military coup in 2021, these film diaries of young opposition activists in Myanmar use the cinema screen to communicate with the world in a different way than allowed TV news.
- DirectorSin-Hang ChiuStarsSingh Hartihan BittoCheuk-Nam ChengHung Cheuk-LokHow much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, a boxing buff persuades him to use his power in the boxing ring. After reviving Hong Kong's vampire genre as the co-director of VAMPIRE CLEANUP DEPARTMENT, Chiu Sin-hang (also the lead vocalist of local band ToNick) combines the boxing genre with a refreshing dash of fantasia in his thrilling solo directorial effort.
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsNirina ZubirNicholas SaputraCaitlin North LewisDina runs away with her teenage daughter Laura after her abusive husband Gion gets imprisoned.
- DirectorWei ShujunStarsZishan YangMiyi HuangYang LiuFollows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the crew, a bored local restaurant owner finds excitement to be the stand-in for the star.
- DirectorZero ChouStarsYuu ChenDaphne LowSean SunIn the summer of 1979, during Taiwan's martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family's banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices. Secrets of 1979 is the latest film by award-winning director Zero Chou. Depicting a turbulent period in Taiwan's history, Chou explores the connections between political and sexual awakening, the film offering a stark reminder of the forces that seek to suppress change.
- DirectorEvan Jackson LeongStarsSung KangAmy TsangPerry YungA Chinese immigrant get caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangMei YongXi QiTwo married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
- DirectorGiddens KoStarsKai KoVivian SungGingle WangAh-Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loved the most.
- DirectorEdwinStarsMarthino LioLadya CherylReza RahadianIn a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsKotone FurukawaAyumu NakajimaHyunriAn unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
- DirectorCarlo Francisco ManatadStarsCharo Santos-ConcioDaniel PadillaRans RifolIn the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, in the Philippines, a young man is searching for a missing significant other as other storm approaches.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsPiseth ChhunHout SithornOk SokhaSamnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
- DirectorKamila AndiniStarsArawinda KiranaAsmara AbigailSekar SariIn her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.