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.

Between Hong Sang-soo and the "Folklore" series – the festival Friday begins with magic realism and romantic visions, but in the evening the atmosphere turns darker with the tales of horror from Southeast Asia and a thriller from Hong Kong.

The second day of the Festival is a chance to experience the contemporary cinema of Hong Kong, the Philippines, Cambodia, dystopian Thai visions of the future, and a samurai film by Shinya Tsukamoto.

"Youth" directed by Feng Xiaogang opens the 12th edition of Five Flavours in the Warsaw Muranów cinema. This year's program is comprised of 37 films, with five European premieres, meetings with festival guests, and a number of special events. The festival guests include the stars of independent cinema and artists acclaimed at important international events.