17-20 December 2017 Cinema Quattro Fontane Roma
Gives 18 Asian years to Rome film, music and meetings with authors and personalities of the Asian world, promoting and supporting the territory of Rome the spread of the Asian Cultural Expressions. The pivotal idea of building an original channel for communication and exchange between Rome and major Asian cities, this year will be at the base of the new bonds between feature films and documentaries largely unpublished in Italy.
Through the audiovisual language tool, Asian aims to intensify cultural knowledge, social and economic of Asia. At the next edition of the Cultural Association for Mnemosyne 17 years promoter of the event, He has chosen to transfer the experience accumulated over the years to the new company Join Cultural Initiatives, cooperative society for the promotion and distribution of film culture in Italy. An international jury of three judges, It will be called to work during the Festival for the award of Rome 2017.
The cultural offer of Asian caters to a wide audience and not necessarily specialist. Given its multifaceted, Historically, the festival attracts you
to film lovers and those wishing to make contact with Asian culture or deepen their knowledge. Each edition has managed to attract around 9.000 audience.
Program
Sunday 17 December
20:30 The Home by Asghar Yousefinezhad (Iran) 78′ A man died asking the family that his body be handed over to the medical college. To oppose this last wish is the only child and heir, who refuses to give the body to the college agents. Neighbors and relatives are trying in vain to convince her to respect the will of the father. A work shot entirely in one room, hand-held camera, reflecting on the consequences of a choice.
Monday 18 December
17:00 Love and Shukla by Siddhartha Jatla (India) 107′ 
A young rickshaw driver, poor Brahmin family, finally he marries. The family roof is now occupied by the family of him, to say the least intrusive. To find a moment of real intimacy the young man is forced to take his wife to a hotel by the hour ... dramatic Commerdia on the relationship between pursuit of individual happiness and cultural conventions.
19:00 Going home by Paolo Villaluna (Philippines) 124'A blind girl who talks to Jesus, a father who brings food in markets with his pedicab, a son addicted to petty crime, a daughter who sells cigarettes on the street corner: are the characters of this grotesque on the road. The pedicab trip of a family fleeing the poverty of the city: the promised land is the campaign, where putting on a farm and live in peace.
21:30 Free and Easy by Geng Jun (China) 98′ When a 
soap salesman arrives in a desolate city, in remote areas of China, a strange crime shakes the quiet life of the inhabitants. An investigation will lead grotesque strange outcomes tragicomic, with men and women busy blaming each other in an escalation of misunderstandings surreal. A compelling film and full of pathos, against the backdrop of a cold and desolate landscape.
Tuesday 19 December
17:00 Prison Sisters by Nima Sarvetsani (Sweden) 90′ The documentary takes us on the journey of two young women just released from a prison in Afghanistan. Sara is directed in Sweden, in uncle escape, who wants to kill her to save his honor. Najibeh instead it remains in Afghanistan where it will be stoned. Accompanied by the director, Sara will try to shed light on the truth. Two incredible stories about the terrible plight of women in Afghanistan.
19:00 Ya Omri by Hady Zaccak (Lebanon) 83′ Director 
It follows the notta Henriette when the older woman is preparing to make 104 years. The nephew testifies through the camera transformations and mutations of memory over time: from the near and distant history of emigration from Lebanon to Brazil, children, the loves and the suspended time. Ya Omri is a thoughtful journey led through memory, life and aging.
21:00 Happiness by SABU (Japan) 90′ A man comes down from the bus and arrives in town with a mysterious object: a helmet that is connected to the neural circuitry allows the wearer to relive the happiest moments of his existence. Soon the man and the object become attractions in a place where progress has not brought happiness. But behind all this lies a secret ...
Wednesday 20 December
17:00 Burma Storybook by Petr Lom (Burma) 81′ 
Documentary on Burma after the military dictatorship, focused on returning home after the captivity of his most famous poet in life: Maung Aung Pwint. The verses are mixed with images of social life and natural views and combine old and new generations in a reflection on the soul of a country.
18:30 Emma by Riri Riza (Indonesia) 77′ Athirah suffering a cheating husband in Indonesia '50s, where polygamy is legal. Despite the adversity, she will find within himself the strength to save it when it is found economically and socially distressed. A portrait of a woman who defies adversity of his time even by sacrificing herself for a supreme moral good: the family unit
20:00 White Chair by Reza Dormischian (Iran) 76′ A 
boy and girl in Christchurch (New Zeland) They have lost their families in the earthquake. The two live alone, both struggling with the mourning; It will be their meeting to ignite the rebirth of hope through love. With an amazing photographic montage, The director builds a mosaic of sounds and images that want to speak directly to the viewer's heart.
22:00 Pop Aye by Kirsten Tan (Singapore / Thailand) 102′ The title refers precisely to Popeye, or Popeye, whose musical refrein, whistling, is the medium that binds an architect middle-aged loser in love and mistreated at work and an elephant. Part of a trip home during which the man and the elephant will be saved each other's lives, with the police in hot pursuit, and fun characters as accomplices. A brilliant film, humanitarian and non-conformist.
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