Morning Live Meeting: Migrations in Asian Cinemas
The topic of migration is a great starting point for film scripts – it allows us to have a closer look at modern societies and showcase fascinating individual biographies.
Asia is a continent where ethnic groups are mixing on an enormous scale, and the directions of migration change every decade. Films talking about the fates of people who are forced to leave their homes or who decide to seek a new place to live are, one the one hand, stories of difficult, often traumatic experiences, but on the other, powerful narrations about courage, determination in pursuing one’s goals, perseverance, and fighting for one's dignity. Without migrants from different corners of the continent, there would me no Asian tiger economies, and the constantmingling of cultures creates a unique, rich combination of traditions and a never-ending source of stories.
During the morning meeting we will talk about the migrant characters in this year's Five Flavours program – in films such as "Boluomi," "Rain Fruits," "Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down," or "A Bedsore".
Red Carpet
At 7 p.m. we will meet live with Hajime Tsuda, the director of "Daughters" – a beautiful, subtle story about female friendship and the urban reality of contemporary Tokyo.
