Filmasia 2027

In two stories told in sequence, film magician Wong Kar-wai captures the fleeting magic of memories and Hong Kong's genius loci. This iconic film was shot during a break from Wong’s arduous work on the historical epic Ashes of Time – to rediscover his love of cinema. The result is an unbridled and heartfelt account of how easy it is to love. And how hard it can be to forget. The nuanced narrative never lets the viewers experience the exuberant... more...

Seriously ill Keung (Nick Cheung) busts out of a hospital ward with the help of his daughter Shan (Chung Suet-Ying), and together they embark on the biggest road trip of their lives. He has a bucket list of things he wants to do, while she is exhausted by her job as a film production assistant and trying to find a way out. On a journey across the popular Hong Kong film genres to which the film pays homage, the two... more...

Only a handful of images in Japanese cinema have become as iconic as Eihi Shiina holding a syringe. If you have seen Audition, you’ll know why. If not, this year’s Filmasia is a perfect opportunity to untangle the mystery of syringes, garrote wires and deep love in a remastered version of this motion picture. Years after burying his wife, Shigeharu (Ryo Ishibashi) is encouraged to find love again. With the help of his friend, he organizes a fake audition for... more...

Forty years ago, Chow Yun-fat, under the direction of John Woo, lit a cigarette with a burning banknote, put on a dark coat, and changed the history of the action genre. The story of an ex-gangster (Ti Lung), his best friend (Chow Yun-fat), and his younger brother (Leslie Cheung) working as a police officer remains one of the defining works of Hong Kong cinema. A Better Tomorrow is a masterpiece full of emotions, clashing value systems, honour, and the bitter... more...

Jing (Hedwig Tam) gives birth, and her life is turned upside down. She and her husband Wai (Siuyea Lo) had longed for a child for six years, but caring for newborn Ching proves far more difficult than either of them had anticipated. Wai shows little interest in helping to care for the baby, whereas his mother (Janis Pang) becomes involved a little too much.Oliver Chan made a strong impression eight years ago when she debuted with Still Human, a heartwarming... more...

The greatest postmodernist of Hong Kong cinema. Master of melancholic mood of loneliness and unfulfilled longing. An original stylist combining cinephilia with music video aesthetics. A chronicler of Hong Kong's last years before the city was handed over to China in 1997. This is Wong Kar-Wai. From a filmmaker who was once compared by critics to both Godard and Tarantino, Filmasia presents one of the highlights of his most prolific creative period, the first half of the 1990s. Like many... more...

Divorced workaholic (Gong Yoo) boards a train from Seoul to Busan with his young daughter (Kim Su-an). Their journey is interrupted by the outbreak of a zombie epidemic that turns the train into a moving death trap within moments.When Yeon Sang-ho premiered his live-action debut Train to Busan in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, he breathed new life into the zombie genre and created one of the most successful Korean films of recent decades.... more...

Hard Boiled is a masterpiece of the heroic bloodshed genre which is closely associated with the choreographer of bloody ballet, John Woo. By 1992, he had already established himself as one of the leading genre directors and had experienced varying degrees of success, from major box-office hits (A Better Tomorrow) to more modest successes (The Killer) and commercial disappointments (Bullet in the Head). Hard Boiled represented a crucial turning point in his career, having been completed shortly before he left... more...