CCP MAIN THEATER (Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo):
12:45 PM – SUMMER, KYOTO (Japan)
3:30 PM – SIX FEET HIGH (India)
6:15 PM – THE NIGHT OF SILENCE (Turkey)
9:00 PM – POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP (China)
GREENBELT 3 (CINEMA 5):
4:00 PM – THE NIGHT OF SILENCE (Turkey)
6:30 PM – THE MONK (Myanmar, Czech Republic)
9:00 PM – THE OWNERS (Kazakhstan)
These new, critically-acclaimed films were curated by NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema). Must-watch!
POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP (China) by Ju Anqi
SYNOPSIS: Shot more than 10 years ago, a poet sets off on a “business trip” through inhospitable Xinjiang Province. The physically exhausting trip provides an existential brothel visit, bumping on bad roads, and a glimpse of a disappearing world.
TRAILER of POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP (China) >>https://www.youtube.com/
SUMMER, KYOTO (Japan) by Hiroshi Toda
SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in Kyoto, Mr. and Mrs. Nakamura makes scented bags for a living. One Night, when the husband takes a walk alone, he finds an old man lying helpless on the street. Next day, the old man, getting back on his feet, offers help to show his gratitude. The husband then asks him to deliver the products to their customers. The old man leaves and doesn’t return, just as his wife expected.
TRAILER of SUMMER, KYOTO (Note: Film has English subtitles) >> https://www.youtube.com/
THE NIGHT OF SILENCE (Turkey) by Reis Celik
SYNOPSIS: having just entered puberty, Bride had been forced to marry with Groom who is more than fifty years older than her, and who just returned to his hometown after doing years of jail time. Sitting in the nuptial chamber with horror, she will start to face with realities after grandfather-aged Groom steps into the room.
TRAILER of THE NIGHT OF SILENCE (Turkey) (Note: Film has English subtitles) >>https://www.youtube.com/
SIX FEET HIGH (India) by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
SYNOPSIS: A love story that catalogues the journey of a man who has been jerked out of his “free” urban and promiscuous existence by the mysterious disappearance of his estranged lover.
TRAILER of SIX FEET HIGH (India) >>https://www.youtube.com/
THE OWNERS (Kazakhstan) by Adikhana Yerzhanov
SYNOPSIS: Three orphaned siblings find themselves battling with a corrupt local police chief over ownership of their mother’s ancestral home, in this playfully stylized, deadpan-funny tragicomedy. (Cultural Resistance Film Festival, Lebanon, 2104)
TRAILER of THE OWNERS (Kazakhstan) by Adikhana Yerzhanov >> https://www.youtube.com/
THE MONK (Myanmar, Czech Republic) by The Maw Naing
SYNOPSIS: This sensitive coming-of-age tale revolves around a young monk, Zawana, who has spent most of his life in a monastery in a Burmese countryside. When his superior falls ill, Zawana is faced with the dilemma of deciding if the life of a monk is still his destiny.
TRAILER of THE MONK (Myanmar, Czech Republic) >> https://www.youtube.com/
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