Spotlight on Asian cinema
Beamafilm
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28/04/2023
Asian cinema offers a captivating and enriching experience for expanding your horizons. Beamafilm offers a range of diverse, visually stunning and thought-provoking films, from documentaries or heart-wrenching dramas to action-packed thrillers and quirky comedies, our selections will be sure to enrich and expand your cinematic experience.
"Last Days at Sea" is an eye-opening documentary that was recently featured at the Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival. It tells the story of twelve-year-old Reyboy, who hopes to improve his family's future by leaving his home village of Karihatag in the Philippines to attend school in the city. Through this powerfully directed film, we can share his last glances and wandering thoughts as he prepares to leave the village that was previously his whole world - the sea and the stars, beauty and happiness and a horizon that is drawing closer. Full of hope before setting off into an uncertain future.
Embrace Asian cinema and open yourself up to a world of fasinating stories, diverse perspectives, and innovative filmmaking techniques. Whether you're seeking thrilling adventures, emotional journeys, or profound reflections on life, our Asian cinema watchlist has something to offer every movie lover looking to expand their horizons and engage with a rich tapestry of cinematic artistry.
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Twelve-year-old Reyboy hopes to give his poor family a better future by leaving his home village of Karihatag to attend school in the city.
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'Earth Sutra' is a story about the exiled survival of Tibet and its millenary culture after six decades of control under Chinese oppression. How can this culture positively influence our planet for the challenges and crises that are coming in the XXI century?
'Breaking the News' gets behind the scenes of news and current affairs reportage in Timor-Leste to challenge those who think a free press automatically comes with independence.
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Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist and domestic critic. He expresses himself through art and social media whilst authorities shut him down and hold him in secret detention.
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A former Vietnamese refugee takes his Israeli daughters home to Vietnam.
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A taxi driver goes on the run after an attempt to carry out a hit on a professor goes terribly awry.
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A man from Delhi travels across India to search for his missing son and hopes that whoever took him returns him unharmed.
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Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films.
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A group of high school friends reunite, having not seen each other since one of their friends disappeared.
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Bomb Hunters is an eye-opening account that investigates the on-going residual, persistent effects of war.
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The 10-member crew of Waitpinga sail north of Darwin in a homemade boat to meet the famous dancers of the Tiwi Islands en route to the Spice Islands. From the islands of Tanimbar, they sail to Aru, home of the legendary Birds of Paradise, and on to the Kei and...
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Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for a mass invasion.
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Rocky gives up everything when he meets a group of HIV positive orphans in India.
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Marlina lives quietly in a remote Indonesian island until one day a man named Markus tries to rob her house...and she kills him.
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A small village in India is invigorated when one of their own travels to America and details his adventures through letters home, sparking community debate and hope.
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Exploring the mysterious world of sake
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Werner Herzog and Errol Morris' chilling documentary about unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads as they re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
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Kumbh Mela is one of the world’s most extraordinary religious events.
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