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13.03.2023 | Helsinki Cine Aasia

Helsinki Cine Aasia 2023 tulee taas!

Helsinki Cine Aasian avajaiselokuvana nähdään kiinnostava yhteistuotanto Kotiinpaluu, jossa   jossa Ranskaan adoptoitu tyttö etsii juuriaan Koreasta, ohjaaja on itse kambodžalais-ranskalainen.

Yhteiskunnalliset teemat ovat vahvasti esillä sekä myyttisiä elementtejä yhteiskunnalliseen trilleriin sekoittavassa malesialaisessa Stone Turtlessa (2022) että monilla festivaaleilla palkitussa indonesialaisessa Autobiographyssa (2022).

Vuoden 2011 Fukushiman ydinonnettomuuden vuosipäivä on jälleen maaliskuussa ja aihe on Helsinki Cine Aasiassa esillä useammassakin muodossa. Virtuaalitodellisuusdokumenttielokuvan Fukushima – The Home That Once Was vie ydinvoimalaonnettomuuden tyhjentämiin kyliin ja niiden entisten asukkaiden luo. Elokuva Fukushima 50 (Japani 2020) kertoo ydinvoimalan 50 työntekijän tarinana. Festivaalin keskusteluohjelmassa käydään lisäksi läpi Fukushiman onnettomuuden käsittelyä mediassa.

Ohjelmistosta löytyy jälleen teoksia tunnetuilta tekijöiltä, kuten Lav Diazilta, joka tunnetaan Filippiinien pitkien, maan poliittista historiaa luotaavien elokuvien mestarina. Korealaisen elokuvan viime aikojen huimaa maailmanvalloitusta käsitellään festivaalin keskusteluohjelmassa, ja muun Koreasta tulevan ohjelmiston lisäksi erityisherkkuna näytöksissä nähdään suurella kankaalla korealaisen nykyelokuvan klassikko Oldboy (2003).

Ohjelmistosta löytyy sekä konkareiden, kuten Lav Diazin, teoksia ja toisaalta uutta thaimaalaista indie-elokuvaa. Erityisherkkuna nähdään myös suurella kankaalla korealaisen nykyelokuvan klassikko Oldboy (2003).

Koko festivaalin ohjelmisto löytyy osoitteesta: https://helsinkicineaasia.fi/ohjelmisto/

Helsinki Cine Aasia 2023 screens films on universal themes such as identity and society 

The only festival of contemporary Asian cinema in Finland, Helsinki Cine Aasia, has published its full programme! The festival includes 22 films from East and Southeast Asia. Themes from the films are also discussed by expert panelists in themed discussions. Helsinki Cine Aasia takes place at Finnkino’s Kinopalatsi, Cinema Orion, Kino Regina, and the Oodi Helsinki Central Library from Thursday to Sunday 16-19 March 2023.

The Helsinki Cine Aasia festival opens with the intriguing co-production Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul, 2022), which tells the story of a Korean adoptee in France who goes back to Seoul to search for her roots. The director Davy Chou is himself French-Cambodian. Individuals between two cultures can also be found in many other films at the festival. Society is a strong theme in such films as the Malaysian Stone Turtle (2022), which combines social critique to suspense and the supernatural, and the widely awarded Indonesian film Autobiography (2022). 

The annual remembrance day of the Fukushima nuclear accident is in March and Helsinki Cine Aasia commemorates the topic in several ways. The virtual reality documentary Fukushima – The Home That Once Was takes us to villages emptied by the catastrophy, where we also meet former inhabitants. The film program also includes the catastrophy movie Fukushima 50 (Japan, 2020) where 50 nuclear plant worker fight against the inevitable. A discussion session will also go through the different ways the Fukushima disaster and its after effects have been presented in different media.

The programme has some oeuvres from well-known film-makers such as Lav Diaz, who is known for being the master of long feature films on the Philippines history. The South Korean film industry and its recent success will also be discussed in a themed discussion, and in addition to the other films from Korea, the modern classic Oldboy (2003) will be screened as a special treat. 

The festival hosts a Baby Kino screening on 17 March with Arnold Is a Model Student (2022), which is the latest film from Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapara. The screening is meant for audiences with toddlers and babies and is organised in collaboration with Kino Regina, Oodi Helsinki Central Library, and playground Loru.

Themed discussions with invited speakers 

As in previous years, the festival includes themed discussions which are open to the public and deepen the themes from the films. In addition to the Korean film industry and Fukushima, the festival is also hosting a discussion on the changing family and gender roles in Japan with researcher Sara Park from University of Helsinki. The event is organised together with the Finnish Japanese Society. The discussion is connected to the film I Am what I Am (2022) which depicts asexuality and generation gaps in Japan in a touching way. The leading role is played by Miura Toko, whose performance as the taxi driver in Drive My Car (2021) won over many hearts. Japanese films have traditionally been among the most popular ones at the festival. 

Take a peek at the programme on our website >>

All films are subtitled in English, except Fukushima 50 and Oldboy, which have Finnish subtitles. The ticket sales begin on 2 March 2 on the festival’s website. Tickets can also be purchased from theatres during the festival. Single tickets 11€. Baby-friendly screening is free and is meant for those who come with a toddler or a baby. Screening pass (5 screenings) 45 €.