Vladivostok

13th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival

Date: 12 – 18 September 2015

Location: Vladivostok (Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater, Ocean Movie Theatre)

Guest: Adam Wong, Kim Ki-duk, Clarence Tsui

Screening: The Way We Dance, A Simple Life, Dearest, The Lunchbox, Like Father, Like Son, Secret Sunshine

Partners: Pacific Meridian International Film Festival

It is a great pleasure for the Asian Film Awards Academy to come from our home base in Hong Kong to Vladivostok to present six outstanding Asian films on our programme “Asian Cinerama – AFAA Film Roadshows” at the 13th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival. These six captivating films come from Hong Kong, mainland China, Korea, Japan & India and are all nominees or winners of the past Asian Film Awards. We’re very grateful to the festival for hosting us.

The Asian Film Awards Academy was set up in 2013 by three main Asian film festivals, including the Busan International Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival, aiming to promote and develop Asian cinema, its talents and audiences. The AFA Academy highlights, strengthens and develops the Asian film industry and culture through the annual Asian Film Awards and its multitude of year-round initiatives. Our film roadshow series, Asian Cinerama, goes around the world to screen Asian films with the purpose of allowing the international audiences more chances to experience and get to know Asian cinema. We hope you’d all enjoy our films this time in Vladivostok.

We very much appreciate the support from our Hong Kong financial supporters Create Hong Kong and Hong Kong Film Development Fund of the Hong Kong SAR Government. Our gratitude also goes to Mr. Clarence Tsui, Senior Film Critic of The Hollywood Reporter, and Hong Kong director Adam Wong Sau Ping for joining us on this trip to introduce Asian films to you all.

Other Asian Cinerama

Hong Kong Striving to connect cinephiles and filmmakers across different regions in Asia and expanding the Asian film market worldwide, we hope to facilitate diverse cultural consumption within the global community through the cinematic medium.

Dubai Asian Film Awards Academy has collaborated with Dubai independent cinema Cinema Akil for the first time to host the "Asian Cinerama: Hong Kong Film Festival" in Dubai from November 10th to 16th.

Tokyo 3 latest Hong Kong films and 2 classic works of Tony Leung were screened during the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Hong Kong Eight outstanding nominated films of the 16th Asian Film Awards were screened in Hong Kong. The theatre was full for many sessions, and the atmosphere was hot!

Kuala Lumpur 7 Hong Kong films were premiered in Malaysia. Including the Asian premiere of director Keian Chui’s REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT.

Jakarta Six Hong Kong films were shown in Indonesia. Showcase the rich and vibrant creativity of contemporary movies produced out of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Both opening and closing films of Asian Cinerama, Hokusai and Waiting for My Cup of Tea, made their Hong Kong premiere at the programme.

Warsaw The best film of the 15th Asian Film Awards "Wife of a Spy" had its grand premiere in Warsaw, and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa also participated in the online sharing session.

Toronto For the first time, Asian Cinerama was held in Toronto, allowing local audiences to watch different styles of Asian films.

Hawaii Over thousand audiences watched different Asian films through Asian Cinerama in Hawaii.