CinemAsia
CinemAsia is a global snapshot of what’s new and buzzworthy in the international Asian film scene. Featuring new films from award winners Ruby Yang, Lav Diaz, and Rakhshan Banietemad, this year’s eclectic collection includes inspiring documentaries, provocative drama’s, and suspenseful thrillers.
-
0.5MM
Ando Momoko / CinemAsia / Japan / 2014 / Narrative / 198 mins
0.5MM follows the journey of Sawa (Ando Sakura) a caregiver for the elderly, as she survives by way of enigmatic relationships with old men who test her moral standards. Constantly being subjected to blatant sexism and patriarchy, her astute resiliency eventually leads her full circle.0.5MM
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2015 5:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
-
As You Were
Liao Jiekai / CinemAsia / Singapore / 2014 / 92 mins
Childhood friends Guohui and Peiling reunite as lovers, seeking refuge from Singapore on a quiet island. Bound by water, they face the transformation of their city and theirlove. With beautiful stillness and vibrancy, Liao Jiekai’s AS YOU WERE tests the inescapability of erosion and the velocity of change.As You Were
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2015 7:10 pm Not AvailableAs You Were
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2015 9:10 pm Not Available
-
Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
Ravi Kumar / CinemAsia / India / 2014 / Narrative / 96 mins
Narrating the days leading up to the Bhopal disaster in December 1984, director Ravi Kumar brings together notable actors from both Hollywood and Indian cinema to tell the poignant story of the immense pesticide plant gas leak in the heart of the small city of Bhopal, India, in this much-awaited docudrama starring Kal Penn, Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton.Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
New People Cinema
March 14, 2015 2:30 pm Not Available
-
Cart
Boo Ji-young / CinemAsia / South Korea / 2014 / Drama, Family, Women / 110 mins
When corporate honchos at a retail superstore lay off their temporary employees without cause, an unassuming cashier discovers her will to fight, joining forces with co-workers to protest their wrongful dismissals. Inspired by a real-life incident, CART raises a defiant fist in support of female solidarity and worker justice.Cart
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 6:20 pm Not AvailableCart
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2015 2:20 pm Not Available
-
Dot 2 Dot
Amos Why / CinemAsia / Hong Kong / 2014 / 89 mins
After relocating nearby to his childhood home in Hong Kong, Chung deliberately engages in what he calls “slow living.” When his cryptic dot graffiti is deciphered by a lovely Mandarin teacher, they risk arrest in a series of public declarations of love for their city and, ultimately, each other.Dot 2 Dot
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 7:20 pm Not AvailableDot 2 Dot
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2015 9:00 pm Not Available
-
Flowing Stories
Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan / CinemAsia / France, Hong Kong / 2014 / Documentary / 97 mins
Hong Kong Film Awards’ Best New Director Tsang asks us to consider what connects us to a piece of earth time and time again. This documentary weaves a revelatory tale of one family’s ties to place through the 400-year-old Ho-Chung Village Festival held every 10 years.Flowing Stories
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 13, 2015 5:10 pm Not AvailableFlowing Stories
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2015 7:00 pm Not Available
-
Hollow
Ham Tran / CinemAsia / Vietnam / 2014 / 95 mins
Keep your morals in check, because they may come back to haunt you. From the director of HOW TO FIGHT IN SIX INCH HEELS, Ham Tran’s HOLLOW features the story of a family terrorized by their dead daughter, Ai, who has come back to life, possessed by a vengeful spirit.Preceded by: Employed Identity
Hollow
Pacific Film Archive
March 13, 2015 8:50 pm Not AvailableHollow
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 9:15 pm Not Available
-
In Her Place
Albert Shin / CinemAsia / Canada, South Korea / 2014 / 115 mins
A rural teen is pregnant, and her mother has decided to give up the unborn baby to a couple from Seoul. The Seoul woman comes to live with the family of her future baby — to contribute to its prenatal care and to scope out the baby’s flesh and blood.In Her Place
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 3:30 pm Not AvailableIn Her Place
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 6:30 pm Not Available
-
Jalanan
Daniel Ziv / CinemAsia / Indonesia / 2013 / 108 mins
A rare look at the vibrant subculture of Jakarta’s street buskers, JALANAN offers fascinating and occasionally heartbreaking insight into Indonesian urban life. The camera captures the beauty and risks of street life as Titi, Ho and Boni struggle to make a living with their music through prison and personal tragedies.Jalanan
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 12:30 pm Not AvailableJalanan
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 17, 2015 5:10 pm Not Available
-
La Salada
Juan Martin Hsu / CinemAsia / Argentina / 2014 / Culture / 88 mins
Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martín Hsu’s affecting directorial debut. His ensemble cast is comprised of Korean, Taiwanese and Bolivian immigrants, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality.La Salada
Pacific Film Archive
March 15, 2015 5:30 pm Not AvailableLa Salada
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 17, 2015 7:30 pm Not AvailableLa Salada
New Parkway Theater
March 22, 2015 2:30 pm Not Available
FOLLOW US