Through FilmLAB, CinemAsia offers up-and-coming directorial talents the chance to create short Asian diaspora films under the guidance of film professionals. This year’s theme is Music In the fourth quarter of 2015, three ambitious projects for this year’s FilmLAB were selected. Under the professional guidance of Dutch filmmaker Jimmy Tai, the three participants were given the opportunity to let their … Read More
Breakable
Fiction Short | Drama | 11 Min. When his beloved music box breaks, an elderly man is offered help from a Filipino caregiver to fix it. The two seem to have more similarities than appears at first sight.This film is inspired by a personal story from the director. In his youth he was separated from his mother while she was … Read More
Gamelan
Fiction Short | Mystery | 11 Min. Tari has no contact with her family in Indonesia.After the divorce from her Dutch husband and after a mysterious dream from her daughter,she discovers things from her family in the attic,which has been hidden from her for years.This film is inspired by the relationship Daniel Porcedda has with his family in Indonesia. Director: … Read More
Ghost
Fiction Short | Drama | 11 Min. The 15-year-old Goth Li-An has to work at her parents’ Chinese restaurant during Christmas.Growing up between two cultures the teenager is determined to follow her own path, to the great dismay of her traditional mother. With this film project, Abigail wants to show the experience of growing up between two cultures. Director: Abigail … Read More