The 13th edition of the Five Flavours Film Festival will be held on November 13-20. The subject of this year's national section will be Japan and independent cinema produced outside of large cities. It is still a fascinating Land of the Rising Sun, but its much less known face.

The third partners meeting of the Erasmus+ project "Festival as a Form of Education" will be held on April 29-30, during Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy.

Volunteer internships abroad, studio visits, online Asian cinema academy, journalistic webinars focused on Asian cinema – these are just some of the planned results of the project carried out by Arteria Art Foundation as part of the Erasmus+ Programme.

The year of the friendly Earth Dog is slowly coming to an end. On February 5, according to the lunar calendar, a new Earthly year begins, symbolized by the Pig or Boar.

Four days with Asian music, modern sounds and traditional inspirations. This year, Radio Asia stage hosts eight unique performances.

The People's Jury of the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival has awarded the Grand Prix of the Festival to "Die Tomorrow" (Thailand, 2017) directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. The Special Mention goes to "Girls Always Happy" (China, 2018) directed by Yang Mingming.

The screenings of the last day of the Festival are split equally between animations and films inspired by historic events. The first film shown is "Dahufa" directed by Busifan – a vision of a dystopian autocratic kingdom, visually inspired by landscape painting.

The seventh day of the Festival is comprised of a fresh look at the history of Taiwan and Hong Kong, the Singaporean neonoir and Japanese experimental projects, and a lecture devoted to old Vietnamese theaters.

The Five Flavours Saturday begins with a morning screening of "Ten Years: Thailand": a novella film comprised of four visions of the near future created by leading Thai filmmakers. Coming up at the same time is a family show "A Japanese Tale," created by Scena Elffów.