Oct – Nov 19 the Housemaid (1960) Image Courtesy of © Korean Film Archive & Propaganda Alternative Graphics 2 October to November 3 Schedule
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ASIAN Issue No 03 FILM ARCHIVE Oldham , Theatre Oct – Nov 19 The Housemaid (1960) Image courtesy of © Korean Film Archive & Propaganda Alternative Graphics 2 October to November 3 Schedule * The October–November schedule and programme line-up is correct at the time of print. MARK YOUR CALENDAR Any changes to the above will be updated and reflected on asianfilmarchive.org 2019 • NEW RELEASES • FACES OF THE KOREAN WOMAN October • SINGAPORE SHORTS ’19 • PERSPECTIVES FILM FESTIVAL DATE TIME FILM RUNTIME VENUE PAGE 04, FRI 8PM • OFFICIAL SELECTION 1 73 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 12 05, SAT 4PM • OFFICIAL SELECTION 2 87 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 14 8PM • OFFICIAL SELECTION 3 80 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 16 06, SUN 2PM • SWEET DREAM + THE WIDOW 121 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 24 5PM • OFFICIAL SELECTION 4 74 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 18 09, WED 8PM • BOUND BY CHASTITY RULE 101 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 26 11, FRI 8PM • MOTHER 129 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 27 12, SAT 4PM • SO LONG, MY SON 185 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 7 8PM • THE VILLAINESS 129 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 28 13, SUN 2PM • POETRY 139 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 29 5PM • SO LONG, MY SON 185 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 7 16, WED 8PM • MADAME FREEDOM 125 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 30 18, FRI 8PM • THE HOUSEMAID 101 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 31 19, SAT 4PM • SO LONG, MY SON 185 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 7 8PM • A GOOD LAWYER’S WIFE 105 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 32 20, SUN 2PM • PAJU 110 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 33 5PM • SO LONG, MY SON 185 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 7 24 — 27 VARIOUS • PERSPECTIVES FILM FESTIVAL 2019 VARIOUS OLDHAM THEATRE 48 28, MON 4PM • SO LONG, MY SON 185 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 7 30, WED 8PM • SUDDENLY IN DARK NIGHT 95 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 34 4 October to November 5 Schedule * The October–November schedule and programme line-up is correct at the time of print. MARK YOUR CALENDAR Any changes to the above will be updated and reflected on asianfilmarchive.org 2019 • NEW RELEASES • FACES OF THE KOREAN WOMAN November • 30TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DATE TIME FILM RUNTIME VENUE PAGE 01, FRI 8PM • IODO 110 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 35 02, SAT 4PM • TEL AVIV ON FIRE 97 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 8 8PM • A TALE OF TWO SISTERS 115 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 36 03, SU N 2PM • TEL AVIV ON FIRE 97 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 8 5PM • MEMENTO MORI 98 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 37 06, WED 8PM • SPINNING THE TALES OF CRUELTY TOWARDS WOMEN 100 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 38 08, FRI 8PM • A SPLENDID OUTING 95 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 39 0 9, S AT 4PM • A PETAL 89 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 40 8PM • TEL AVIV ON FIRE 97 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 8 10, SUN 2PM • YEONG-JA'S HEYDAYS 103 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 41 5PM • TEL AVIV ON FIRE 97 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 8 13, WED 8PM • TAKE CARE OF MY CAT 112 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 42 15, FRI 8PM • ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE 101 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 43 16, SAT 4PM • NIGHT JOURNEY 76 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 44 8PM • MICROHABITAT 106 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 45 1 7, S U N 2PM • THE MURMURING 98 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 46 5PM • US, DAY BY DAY 85 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 47 20, WED 8PM • TEL AVIV ON FIRE 97 MIN OLDHAM THEATRE 8 23 — 30 VARIOUS • 30TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS OLDHAM THEATRE 50 6 October to November 7 New Releases New Releases So Long, My Son (2019) Featuring critically-acclaimed films and festival favorites, New Releases is dedicated to screening the best and most promising of contemporary Asian cinema. The October new release for 2019 is the Southeast Asian premiere and exclusive first run of Wang Xiaoshuai’s epic family saga So Long, My Son, that follows the lives of two Chinese families over 30 years. The film picked up the Best Actress and Best Actor awards at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. SILVER BEAR (BEST ACTOR) SOUTHEAST ASIAN PREMIERE Berlin International Film Festival 2019 ORIGINAL TITLE Dì jiŭ tiān cháng 地久天长 SILVER BEAR (BEST ACTRESS) DIRECTED BY Wang Xiaoshuai Berlin International Film Festival 2019 In November, Tel Aviv on Fire, the dramedy by Sameh RUNTIME 185 min AUDIENCE AWARD COUNTRY China Zoabi will make its Singapore premiere. This unique Uruguay International Film Festival 2019 LANGUAGE Mandarin with English subtitles satire about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict clinched RATING PG the Best Actor award at the 2018 Venice International Film Festival under the Venice Horizons section. Synopsis In this epic saga spanning 30 years, a couple struggles to cope Schedule in a society of constant change. After their son’s death, Yaoyun and Liyun are haunted by memories of a once-happy household. DATE TIME To make a break, they move to a city where no one knows them, 12 OCT, SAT 4PM forming a new family with an adopted son. But this offers no comfort: lack of fluency in the local dialect isolates them, and 13 OCT, SUN 5PM their son rejects them as “foreigners.” When he disappears one 19 OCT, SAT 4PM day, the couple is forced to consider returning to the site of their 20 OCT, SUN 5PM lost hopes. Questioning the very possibility of family amidst China’s shift towards hyper-capitalism, the film reveals the deep 28 OCT, MON 4PM scars that lie beneath the nation’s success story. 8 October to November 9 New Releases Tel Aviv on Fire (2018) BEST FILM SINGAPORE PREMIERE Seattle International Film Festival 2019 תל אביב על האש ORIGINAL TITLE Tel Aviv Al Ha'Esh BEST ACTOR (Venice Horizons section) DIRECTED BY Sameh Zoabi & INTERFILM AWARD FOR PROMOTING INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE RUNTIME 97 min Venice International Film Festival 2018 COUNTRY Israel, Belgium, Luxembourg, France BEST SCREENPLAY LANGUAGE Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2018 RATING TBA ISRAELI FILM COMPETITION. BEST FILM Haifa International Film Festival 2018 Synopsis In this cultural satire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Salam is a lowly assistant on the titular Palestinian soap opera, which is Schedule set just before the 1967 Six-Day War and is a huge hit on both sides of the border. Hoping to win back his ex, Salam gets his DATE TIME lucky break when he impresses the show’s star and is promoted 02 NOV, SAT 4PM to writer. But while this renews his ex’s attention, it also draws Assi, an Israeli border guard who finds the show to be anti-Israeli 03 NOV, SUN 2PM schlock, but whose wife is a big fan. He blackmails Salam into 09 NOV, SAT 8PM “improving” its script, with surprising success—until Assi and 10 NOV, SUN 5PM the producers want to take the story in different directions. As the finale approaches, Salam has to devise a resolution that will 20 NOV, WED 8PM appease all sides. 10 October 11 Singapore Shorts ’19 SINGAPORE SHORTS is an annual showcase celebrating the best and the most promising local Singapore short films. A critical platform for excellence and diverse thought in moving images, the selection Shorts ’19 is overseen by a panel of respected professionals across Singapore’s film industry. This is an encore presentation of the 2019 programme, which had its first run in August. To accompany these screenings, the Asian Film Archive has published articles dedicated to selected works, written by local critics including renowned playwright Alfian Sa’at. They can be accessed at asianfilmarchive.org/category/sgshorts #sgshorts19 TICKETING Free admission with registration at asianfilmarchive.org PART OF 19 12 October 13 Singapore Shorts ’19 Official Ah Beng in Wonderland Bangla Selection 1 Schedule TOTAL RUNTIME DATE TIME 73 MIN 4 OCT, FRI 8PM 2019 / DIRECTED BY Carla Castle / PRODUCED BY 2018 / DIRECTED BY Idette Chen / PRODUCED BY Carla Castle, Katherine Ang / RUNTIME 13.04 min / Nelia Phoon / RUNTIME 17.17 min / LANGUAGE English, LANGUAGE English / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG13 Mandarin, Bengali / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG Ah Beng in Wonderland is an experimental comedy An injured migrant worker moonlights at a struggling about an Ah Beng whose life is somewhat controlled by a hawker stall in order to send more money home. Bangla sarcastic British Narrator. He runs away to Malaysia on an sheds light on how the local and foreigner communities e-scooter after finding out that his girlfriend is pregnant. co-exist in a transactional relationship. SIN-SFO A Waking ORIGINAL TITLE 离思 Two Islands 2018 / DIRECTED BY Leon Cheo / PRODUCED BY 2019 / DIRECTED BY Clare Chong / PRODUCED BY 2019 / DIRECTED BY Nicole Lim Xuan / PRODUCED BY Bill Gardner, Leon Cheo / RUNTIME 11 min / LANGUAGE Natasha Soh / RUNTIME 16.36 min / LANGUAGE Syed Ebrahim Al-Idrus / RUNTIME 15.4min / LANGUAGE English / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG13 Mandarin / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG13 English, Mandarin / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG As they drive to San Francisco, married couple Angie Xuan, a 16 year old girl, finds herself on an uneventful bus 28-year-old Kylie Woon feels displaced after years of living and Danny debate a decision which will change their tour in a foreign land. Wandering through the sleepless abroad. She embarks on a photography project to explore lives forever. town in the middle of the night, she meets the tour guide her ancestral home in Hainan and discovers her heritage and bus driver at a skewer stall where the two men take and identity. turns making advances on her. 14 October 15 Singapore Shorts ’19 Official Dance of A Humble Atheist Siblings ORIGINAL TITLE 后来 Selection 2 Schedule TOTAL RUNTIME DATE TIME 87 MIN 5 OCT, SAT 4PM 2019 / DIRECTED BY Toh Hun Ping / PRODUCED BY 2018 / DIRECTED BY Tang Kang Sheng / PRODUCED BY Toh Hun Ping / RUNTIME 17.30min / LANGUAGE English Yeo Zhi Qi / RUNTIME 18.38min / LANGUAGE English, / SUBTITLES N.A / RATING PG Mandarin / SUBTITLES English / RATING PG An existential journey of semi-abstract imagery inspired After their father is admitted to the hospital due to a by the artist’s personal ruminations on death, spiritual stroke, Jun and Ling return home to settle some of his faith, nature and the cosmos.