Nederlands
Fiction Short | Drama | 7 min. When a mother passes a father and son need to find a new way to communicate and understand each other. Director: Jimmy Tai Writer: Deepti Rao Screenings: CinemAsia Film Festival 2019 CinemAsia On Tour NATLAB Tong Tong Fair 2019
Integration 2.0
Fiction Short | Comedy | 7 Min. Have you ever gone into absurdities in order to be accepted in another culture? Our story will give you chills, provoke thoughts and reflections. Director: Alex Lai Writer: Aaron Wan DOP: André Kloer Screenings: CinemAsia Film Festival 2018 CinemAsia On Tour 2018 NATLAB Asian Film Festival Berlin – Hamburg Tong Tong Fair 2019
Hangul Blues
Fiction Short | Drama | 7 Min. When 28-year-old Petra receives a letter and a picture from her Korean birth mother she is determined to learn Korean, but that’s easier said than done. Director: Daan Vree Writer: Jung Sun Den Hollander DOP: DJ Yoon Screenings: CinemAsia Film Festival 2018 CinemAsia On Tour 2018 NATLAB Asian Film Festival Berlin – Hamburg … Read More
Hirofumi’s Suitcase
Fiction Short | Comedy | 7 Min. An introverted Japanese expat gives his all to express his love for his Dutch language instructor. What will it take to get the message across? Director: Natasja Pattipeilohy Writer: Raoul Groothuizen Screenings CinemAsia Film Festival 2018 CinemAsia on Tour 2018 NatLAB Tong Tong Fair 2019 Lift-Off Global Network Tokyo American Filmatic Arts Awards … Read More
Truth Will Out
Fiction Short | Drama | 7 Min. Hiromi (34) returns home to her Dutch boyfriend Tom (26) after a brief trip to visit her family in Japan.Their reunion seems happy at first, but the tension between the couple starts to grow. Although Tom doesn’t say it, Hiromi seems to know something is going on. Director: Michael Creutzburg DOP: DJ Yoon … Read More
FilmLAB Shorts 2017
Films under the guidance of film professionals. This year’s theme is LOVE. At the End of 2016 ambitious projects for this year’s FilmLAB were selected. Under the professional guidance of Dutch filmmaker Jimmy Tai and FilmLAB producers Judith Mulder and Daan Vree the participants were given the opportunity to let their cinematic concepts come to fruition. The films officially premiered … Read More
Love
Documentary Short | 13 Min. Enang is researching a family portrait taken in the former Dutch East Indies. His great-great-grand- mother is also shown on the photo, a woman from Aceh. His mother then tells him, this wasn’t the photograph they owned as a family. From the photo they owned his great-great-grandmother had been cut off. This sets off his … Read More
Dinnertime
Fiction Short | Comedy | 9 Min. Ricky and Emma are best friends. When Ricky is at Emma’s house playing, he is unpleasantly surprised when Emma’s mother doesn’t allow him to join them for dinner. Instead he has to wait on the couch. Both kids don’t really understand why this is the case and slowly realize that is is actually … Read More
Pricetag
Fiction Short | 10 Min. The 29-year-old Jeffrey Chen works as a shop assistant in a Chinese supermarket. His fiancé is the 26-year-old Annie Li, who comes from a traditional, wealthy Chinese family with strict parents. Struggling financially, Jeffrey does not have enough money to meet the demands of his parents-in-law. This film is inspired by stories the filmmaker sees … Read More
FilmLAB Shorts 2016
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