MIFF continues to champion the cinema of our neighbours to the north as we present newer films and filmmakers from countries as diverse as the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Singapore and South Korea. With bold new work from MIFF favourites Royston Tan, Hong Sang-soo, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Jia Zhang-ke, Asian cinema is stronger than ever in 2008.

Feature Films

	24 CITY (China, 112 min) "Mr. Jia is working at the border where fiction and nonfiction meet, which is where this fantastically surreal country itself seems to exist." - New York Times… For six decades Factory 420 in S… More >
	3 DAYS TO FOREVER (Indonesia, 113 min) "Holds up Indonesia like a jewel to the light, examining it for its beauty and flaws, and its mostly non-judgemental eye recalls the less paranoid moments of Easy Rider and its snapshots of 60s Ameri… More >
	881 (Singapore, 105 min) "If ABBA could sing Hokkien, they might have auditioned for Royston Tan's 881." - Hollywood Reporter… Set within the Singaporean song culture of getai - a series of exuberant concerts dominatin… More >
	ASHES OF TIME REDUX (Hong Kong, 93 min) "The film is Mr Wong's most abstract endeavor, a bold excursion into the realm of pure cinema." - New York Times… In ancient China, a vagabond swordsman earns his living by hiring others as ass… More >
	DRUMMER, THE (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, 115 min) An original melding of spiritualism and action starring Jaycee Chan, son of martial-arts legend Jackie Chan, rounded out with spirited drumming sequences.… When Sid (Chan), the son of a triad b… More >
	FLOWER IN THE POCKET (Malaysia, 97 min) “A film whose genuine humor and lack of pretension, not to mention palpable warmth, set it above the general run of new Malaysian cinema.” – Variety … On Mother’s Day in… More >
	FUJIAN BLUE (China, 91 min) “A headlong dive into the company of reckless Chinese youths.” – Variety… In the gritty hub that is China’s Fujian province, human cargo, illegal emigration and blackmai… More >
	I JUST DIDN'T DO IT (Japan, 143 min) “Recalls the intensity of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man.” – Variety … The writer–director of the original Japanese Shall We Dance?, Masayuki Suo, makes his retu… More >
	LAO AN (China, 88 min) Yang Lina’s documentary is a fascinating insight into the late-life trials and emotion of Beijing’s senior citizens.… At 90, Lao An shows no signs of slowing down – a passion… More >
	LITTLE MOTH (China, 99 min) A heartbreaking Dickens-like tale about the harsh realities of child exploitation that is both moving and ruthlessly unsentimental.… After the death of her mother, 11-year-old ‘Little Mot… More >
	NIGHT AND DAY (South Korea, 145 min) Korean expats spend lazy days in the city of love, in the latest offering from Hong Sang-soo (Woman on the Beach, MIFF 07).… Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin International Film … More >
	NIGHT TRAIN (China, 91 min) A chilling drama set in China’s inhospitable industrial western provinces.… After making a humorous debut with Uniform (MIFF 04), filmmaker Diao Yinan performs an about-face with this str… More >
	OLD FISH (China, 113 min) “I don’t think I’ve ever seen more tension-filled sequences of this sort.” – critic and historian David Bordwell… Affectionately called ‘Old Fish’ by t… More >
	PLOY (Thailand, 103 min) Every relationship needs its fantasies; some are more real than others.… Arriving back in Thailand after a decade abroad, Wit and his wife Dang check in to a five-star hotel downtown. As Dang s… More >
	RED AWN, THE (China, 101 min) “A simple, soulful film that stylistically recalls Italian neo-realist films such as The Bicycle Thief.” – Screen DailyWriter Cai Shangjun (Sunflower, MIFF 06) makes his directorial… More >
	SAD VACATION (Japan, 136 min) “A powerful tale of quasi-biblical cycles of sin, atonement and redemption… a work of pristine beauty.” – Hollywood Reporter … Sad Vacation concludes filmmaker Shinji A… More >
	SECRET SUNSHINE (Korea, 142 min) Lee Chang-dong’s (Oasis, MIFF 03) latest epic follows a young mother’s encounter with adversity and tragedy as a widow settling in a new town.… After losing her husband in a car acc… More >
	SLINGSHOT (Phillipines, 86 min) “A take-no-prisoners verite plunge into a Manila slum.” – Variety… A fast-paced swoop into the streets of Manila, Slingshot follows the lives of a group of tiradors – or… More >
	TRIANGLE (Hong Kong, China, 101 min) “The beginning, middle and end of Triangle are directed by three different directors… it is like tasting an exquisite dish with three different flavors.” – Pusan Film Festiv… More >
	USELESS (China, 81 min) “Clothes, a layer of substance in close contact with our skins, also have memories.” – filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke… Jia Zhang-ke (Still Life, MIFF 07) picks at the fabric of the te… More >
	WEST 32ND (USA, South Korea, 86 min) A gangland thriller set against the violence and corruption of New York’s Korea Town.John is a young American-born Korean attorney fresh from college and trying to prove himself. Taking on a pr… More >
	WONDERFUL TOWN (Thailand, 92 min) “An elegant combo of slow-burn romance and social realism… Wonderful Town reaches deeply into the hearts and minds of people struggling to rebuild themselves long after the physical shoc… More >
	XIAO JIA GOING HOME (France, 112 min) “Chinese films don’t usually depict real life, so they’re not used to my films.” – Jia Zhang-keFilmmaker Jia Zhang-ke’s journey home after winning the Golden Lion … More >