Celebrating 10 years of Asian cinema in Helsinki
The only film festival that shows exclusively new East and Sout-East Asian films in Finland celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2022 with special screenings. Helsinki Cine Aasia returns to movie theaters with a full-length festival. The festival will be held from May 5th until May 8th at Finnkino Kinopalatsi, Kino Regina and Cinema Orion, with additional screenings at Jyväskylä’s Aurora.
Traveling to the 60’s of Thailand
Our opening film “Anatomy of Time” comes from Thailand, and is directed by Jakrawai Nilthamrong. It will be screened on Wednesday May 5th at Kino Regina.
The film was awarded with the Grand Prize at Tokyo FILMeX 2021. The story of Anatomy of Time got its inspiration from director Nilthamrong’s own family history.
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng acted as the cinematographer on the film. Aroonpheng’s own film “Manta Ray” was shown at Helsinki Cine Aasia back in 2019.
“Anatomy...
The only film festival that shows exclusively new East and Sout-East Asian films in Finland celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2022 with special screenings. Helsinki Cine Aasia returns to movie theaters with a full-length festival. The festival will be held from May 5th until May 8th at Finnkino Kinopalatsi, Kino Regina and Cinema Orion, with additional screenings at Jyväskylä’s Aurora.
Traveling to the 60’s of Thailand
Our opening film “Anatomy of Time” comes from Thailand, and is directed by Jakrawai Nilthamrong. It will be screened on Wednesday May 5th at Kino Regina.
The film was awarded with the Grand Prize at Tokyo FILMeX 2021. The story of Anatomy of Time got its inspiration from director Nilthamrong’s own family history.
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng acted as the cinematographer on the film. Aroonpheng’s own film “Manta Ray” was shown at Helsinki Cine Aasia back in 2019.
“Anatomy...
- 4/9/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The second of three blocks of the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course focused on journalistic skills which are essential for film festivals organisers.
There are two ways to take part in the course:
in the full version, with registration, the participant gets the possibility of direct contact with tutors and consultation of own written work (registration ended on September 28);the webinars can also be watched without registration.
Participation in the course is free of charge. All webinars are conducted in English only – this is the working language of the whole course.
You can find the whole course here Festival skills – course info
Festivals play an important role in the life cycle of a film but are equally important for film critics. New talents find an audience there, like-minded people from different places meet. Not only is it a place for film critics and journalists to broaden their horizons,...
There are two ways to take part in the course:
in the full version, with registration, the participant gets the possibility of direct contact with tutors and consultation of own written work (registration ended on September 28);the webinars can also be watched without registration.
Participation in the course is free of charge. All webinars are conducted in English only – this is the working language of the whole course.
You can find the whole course here Festival skills – course info
Festivals play an important role in the life cycle of a film but are equally important for film critics. New talents find an audience there, like-minded people from different places meet. Not only is it a place for film critics and journalists to broaden their horizons,...
- 10/1/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Available from October 1
Open Call: September 1 – 24, 2021
Sign up for the course Festival Skills – course info
Festivals play an important role in the life cycle of a film but are equally important for film critics. New talents find an audience there, like-minded people from different places meet. Not only is it a place for film critics and journalists to broaden their horizons, but they often also work for festivals, e.g. with the press office or as editors.
The course focuses on a number of different aspects related to both these sides. We look at how to conduct interviews, how to cover a festival, the challenges of online film criticism. But as festivals can be a daunting place, especially on a first visit, we also go into the practical side of things. While working at a festival, the tasks that journalists take up can be very varied, from writing press releases,...
Open Call: September 1 – 24, 2021
Sign up for the course Festival Skills – course info
Festivals play an important role in the life cycle of a film but are equally important for film critics. New talents find an audience there, like-minded people from different places meet. Not only is it a place for film critics and journalists to broaden their horizons, but they often also work for festivals, e.g. with the press office or as editors.
The course focuses on a number of different aspects related to both these sides. We look at how to conduct interviews, how to cover a festival, the challenges of online film criticism. But as festivals can be a daunting place, especially on a first visit, we also go into the practical side of things. While working at a festival, the tasks that journalists take up can be very varied, from writing press releases,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
This year’s festival was held online from April 16th until April 18th at Festhome, and it offered 12 films from 7 different East and Southeast Asian countries.
Japanese “Aristocrats” (2021) from Sode Yukiko was the most watched film in our program. Ohku Akiko’s “Hold Me Back” (2020) and Fukunaga Takeshi’s “Ainu Mosir” (2020) hold the second and third places, both films are also coming from Japan. People from all over Finland participated in this year’s festival.
Exclusive discussions with the filmmakers.
Online festival also offered unique interviews with the directors of its program, and discussions with experts of Asian culture and history. Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director of Helsinki Cine Aasia interviewed some of the filmmakers of 2021 program, and these conversations are still available at the official YouTube channel for everyone to see.
Celebrating Asian cinema on the big screen
Helsinki Cine Aasia together with Cinema Orion presents a series of Asian...
Japanese “Aristocrats” (2021) from Sode Yukiko was the most watched film in our program. Ohku Akiko’s “Hold Me Back” (2020) and Fukunaga Takeshi’s “Ainu Mosir” (2020) hold the second and third places, both films are also coming from Japan. People from all over Finland participated in this year’s festival.
Exclusive discussions with the filmmakers.
Online festival also offered unique interviews with the directors of its program, and discussions with experts of Asian culture and history. Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director of Helsinki Cine Aasia interviewed some of the filmmakers of 2021 program, and these conversations are still available at the official YouTube channel for everyone to see.
Celebrating Asian cinema on the big screen
Helsinki Cine Aasia together with Cinema Orion presents a series of Asian...
- 4/21/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Helsinki Cine Aasia will once again bring the best of contemporary Asian cinema to Helsinki in March. The festival opens with the award-winning Tibetan film Balloon.
The only festival of contemporary Asian cinema in Finland, Helsinki Cine Aasia, is celebrating its eighth edition between Thursday March 12th and Sunday March 15th, 2020. Through the festival selection, Helsinki Cine Aasia’s audience is provided with a view to current Asian cinema as well as the Asian cultures in a broader sense. The program consists of a selection of the most interesting, acclaimed and popular films from East and Southeast Asia over the past year.
Opening film: Traditional and modern collide in Tibet
Helsinki Cine Aasia’s opening film is Balloon (Qi qiu, 2019), the latest work from one of Tibet’s best-known filmmakers, Pema Tseden. “We are excited to bring rarely seen Tibetan cinema to Helsinki,” says festival director Eija Niskanen. “Films set...
The only festival of contemporary Asian cinema in Finland, Helsinki Cine Aasia, is celebrating its eighth edition between Thursday March 12th and Sunday March 15th, 2020. Through the festival selection, Helsinki Cine Aasia’s audience is provided with a view to current Asian cinema as well as the Asian cultures in a broader sense. The program consists of a selection of the most interesting, acclaimed and popular films from East and Southeast Asia over the past year.
Opening film: Traditional and modern collide in Tibet
Helsinki Cine Aasia’s opening film is Balloon (Qi qiu, 2019), the latest work from one of Tibet’s best-known filmmakers, Pema Tseden. “We are excited to bring rarely seen Tibetan cinema to Helsinki,” says festival director Eija Niskanen. “Films set...
- 2/14/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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