Festival Full Program
WEDNESDAY MAY 19 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Free, no membership required)
DocuAsia Forum: Embracing the Spirits as China Transforms (part 1)
The Bamboo Cross (Documentary, 60 min, Canada)
Venue: The Richmond Cultural Centre (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond)
Filmmaker and guest speakers in attendance.
FRIDAY May 21 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Free, no membership required)
DocuAsia Forum: Embracing the Spirits as China Transforms (part 2)
The Gods Come Home (Documentary, 60 min, Canada)
Venue: SFU Downtown Campus (Rm1800, 515 W. Hasting Street, Vancouver)
Filmmaker and guest speakers in attendance.
THURSDAY MAY 27
6:00pm – 7:30 pm
Opening Reception (by invitation only)
7:30pm
Opening Film KJ: Music & Life (Documentary, 93 min, Hong Kong) (by invitation only)
FRIDAY MAY 28
10:00am – 12:00 pm
Film Screening and Community Forum (Free, no membership required)
Olha ai, Olha ai! (Listen Up, Watch Out!) (Documentary, Canada)
1:00 pm
Raised from Dust (Fiction, 102 min, China)
3:00 pm
I For India (Documentary, 70 min, UK/Italy/Germany)
4:30 pm
Tawilis: Sailing Towards an Elusive Harvest (Documentary, 28 min, Philippines)
Iron Crows (Documentary, 59 min, South Korea)
7:00 pm
Quick Quick Slow (Fiction, 86 min, China)
8:45 pm
Talentime (Fiction, 120 min, Malaysia)
SATURDAY MAY 29
11:30 am
Shangshu Academy Witness (Documentary, 63 min, China)
1:00 pm Richmond Talents
Revolve (Animation, 5 min, Canada)
The Perfect Gift for Flora (Fiction, 6 min, Canada)
Filmmakers in Attendance
Special Showcase of Joe Chang Animation Films (Animation, 45 min, Canada)
Joe Chang in Attendance
3:00 pm
Chocolate Underground (Animation, 87 min, Japan)
4:45pm
Of Anna & Dreams (Experimental, 12 min, United States)
Digital Underground in PR China (Documentary, 26 min, United States)
From Jean – Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s
(Documentary, 46 min, Hong Kong)
7:15 pm
Fish in Barrel (Experimental, 8 min, Canada)
Filmmaker in attendance
We Don’t Care About Music Anyways… (Documentary, 80 min, France)
9:15 pm
A Summer Family (Fiction, 78 min, Japan/France)
SUNDAY MAY 30
11:15 am
KJ: Music & Life (Documentary, 93 min, Hong Kong)
1:00 pm Salute to Asian Canadian Filmmakers
The Golden Pin (Fiction, 15 min, Canada)
30 Day Promise (Experimental, 8 min, Canada)
My Toxic Baby (Documentary, 46 min, Canada)
2:45 pm
Chocolate Underground (Animation, 86 min, Japan)
4:30 pm
Talentime (Fiction, 120 min, Malaysia)
7:00 pm
Closing Film 7 Days in Slow Motion (Fiction, 100 min, India)
