Six Multi-awarded Chinese Films featured at The 12th Spring Film Festival
One of the major events for the celebration of the Chinese New Year 2018 is the 12th Spring Film Festival which will officially open on February 13 and run until Feb 18, 2018. It has been a tradition for the Ateneo De Manila University Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies to organize the film fest in order to promote Chinese language and culture
in mainstream Philippine society, particularly among young Filipinos. They believe that by doing so these young Filipinos may become bridges between the Philippines and China and foster a better relationship between the two countries and the two cultures.
Together
with Film Development Council of the Philippines, and Credit Suisse, with the
cooperation of Ateneo Celadon, and Shangri-La Plaza and Shang Cineplex, the 12th Spring Film Festival will feature six multi-awarded Chinese Films all of different genres.
Avid movie goers will have the opportunity to see the following movies for free:
OUR
SHINING DAYS (2017)
Director: WANG Ran
Artists: Lulu Xu, Yuchang Peng, Eason Chan, Chen Jing,
You Zha
Running Time: 1:40 minutes
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Awards: Best New Talent- Peng Yuchang
Nomination: 12th Chinese Young
Generation Film Forum
To win the heart of the
handsome leader of the Classical Orchestra, wacky sophomore student Jing (Xu
Lu) teams up with her male buddy You (Peng Yuchang). Together they form a Chinese music
ensemble along with a bunch of cosplaying outcast. It starts out as a
reluctant alliance among a group of misfit but slowly becomes a journey of
self-discovery, and ultimately a daring quest to revive what has long been
considered an ageing musical tradition. Despite all odds, Jing and You manage to
hold the band together and in the end proves that it’s not the appearance, but the heart
and will that shine and define you as a person.
What a Wonderful Family (2017)
Director: HUANG Lei
Artists: tars: Ni Yan, Lorene Ren, Daxun Wei
Running Time: 1:43 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
After being married for 50 years, the husband
asks his wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she
wants a divorce. Her divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
Their three children are thrown into a state of panic to hear this news of
separation, not to mention their own issues: the marriage crisis between the
eldest son (Huang Lei) and his wife (Sun Li), the domestic conflict between the
career daughter (Christina Hai) and her deadbeat husband (Wang Xun), and the
financial struggle between the youngest son (Wei Daxun) and his fiancée (Ren
Rongxuan). Amid the sudden tumult of life, each member of the family begins to
voice out their respective grievances.
WALKING
PAST THE FUTURE (2017)
Director: LI Ruijun
Artists: Yang Zishan, Yin Fang
Running Time: 2:09 minutes
Genre: Drama
Nomination: Festival de Cannes, Prize
of Un Certain Regard
A story of a daughter of aging migrant
workers living in the city who is coping with harsh realities whilst their dreams of
a better future are crumbling in an era of drastic changes in modern China. With a dim
hope of providing her family with a home of their own, Yaoting takes part in a
series of highly-paid medical experiments, with tragic consequences.
OFFICE
(2015)
Director: Johnnie TO
Artists: Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Tang
Wei
Running Time: 2:03
Genre: Musical, Drama
Awards:
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Art
Direction William Chang, Alfred Yau
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Original
Film Score Lo Tayu, Keith Chan Fai-young
52nd Golden Horse Awards Best Art
Direction William Chang, Alfred Yau
Billion-dollar Company Jones
& Sunn is going public and Chairman Ho Chung-ping (Chow Yun Fat) has promised
CEO Chang (Sylvia Chang), his mistress for more than 20 years,
to become a major shareholder of the company. As the IPO team enters the
company to audit its accounts, a series of inside stories start to be revealed. Meanwhile, Lee
Xiang (Wang Ziyi), an idealistic newcomer at Jones & Sunn, brings with him fresh ideas and youthful ambition. Within the neo-liberal market, the logic of intrigue rules,
complicated by entanglements of love-hate relationships, which weaves a power
play and ends in a pathos-laden tragedy inside the office.
MONSTER
HUNT (2015)
Director:
Raman HUI
Artists:
Wallace Chung, Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue, Wei Tang, Chen Yao, Yan Ni, BaoJianfeng, Yuexin Wang.
Running Time: 1:58 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Action
Box office US$385.28
million
Awards:
2015 CineAsia Awards Director of the
Year- Raman Hui
18th HuadingAwardsBest Chinese
Director- Raman Hui
12th Guangzhou Student Film Festival
Most Popular Actress- Bai Baihe
13th Changchun Film Festival Most
Popular Actress- Bai Baihe
In a fantasy world far, far away, monsters ruled the earth. Then human’s declared an all-out war in an attempt to seize
the land. Eventually the monsters were defeated and retreated into the dark mountains. Since then, monsters were forbidden to step into the
land again. The two races lived in their separate
worlds. While the human world seems peaceful, the monster
world is very chaotic as the dark lord is plotting to overthrow the current queen. To end the royal bloodline, dark lord orders the assassination of the
pregnant monster queen. The queen flees and takes refuge in a small village
in the human world. Monster
hunters from all over the world rushed to the village, including the female rookie Xiaonan (Bai Baihe)
who desperately tries to make her mark, to capture the
queen. During the pursuit, average young guy Tianyin (Jing Boran) is caught up
in the middle. Knowing she will soon be killed, the dying monster queen spills her egg
into Tianyin’s mouth in a hopeless attempt to save her heir. This made him the
bearer of the future monster king. Now, the two worlds want to capture him, thus both Tianyin and the newborn monster are in great danger.
As luck would have it, Xiaonan appears and saves the day. She offers to protect
the Tianyin who is carrying the monster with the conditions that they sell the newborn monster
for a good profit when it is born. Tianyin and Xiaonan work together for the welfare of both the human and monster races that now lies in their hands..
COLD WAR2 (2016)
Director: Longman Leung
Artists: Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung, Chow
Yun-fat, Charlie Young, Janice Man, Eddie Peng, Aarif Rahman, Tony Yang, Chang
Kuo-chu, Wu Yue, Fan Zhibo, Ma Yili, Bibi Zhou
Running Time: 1:50 minutes
Genre: Action
Box office US$115 million
Cold War was the codename for the
rescue operation of five hijacked police officers was deemed a partial success. The potent rescue led by Acting Police Commissioner
Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok) gains him promotion to the highest rank in the police
force, even when there were protests against, in the process Deputy Police Commissioner Waise Lee (Tony Leung Ka Fai) reputable career suffers. Joe Lee (Eddie Peng Yuyan), son of Waise and the sole suspect
of the conspiracy, is captured and taken into custody. Meanwhile the missing hi-tech police sprinter is still a mystery. Before the case is drawn to a close,
however, a bigger threat lies ahead of the newly-appointed Chief Police
Commissioner. His wife is taken captive in broad daylight and anonymous
kidnappers demanded that he personally releases and escorts Joe in exchange of
his wife's freedom. To save his wife is to put his career at stake, but he has no
other option. Though his wife eventually comes out unharmed, Joe flees and is
saved by a mysterious man. Sean realizes Joe does not act alone; a powerful
figure is behind every move and is always one step ahead. The judiciary
committee initiates an impeachment proceeding against Sean for his alleged
abuse of power. One of the jury is Osward Kan (Chow Yun Fat), an influential
senior counsel and independent member of the judicial council. He becomes the
key figure in determining Sean’s fate. No one can tell whether Oswald Kan is friend or
foe. Sean’s adversaries within the police force, in an attempt to bring down
his career, are desperate to get Osward on their side. Sean's enemies are no longer on the streets but in the political arena, and the real mastermind, who’s been lurking in
the dark all along, is bringing his master plan into play.
Please take note of the schedule found below guys:
Film
Schedule at Shangri-La Plaza Cineplex 4
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Date:
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Time:
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Film Title:
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Feb. 13
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7:00 PM
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Gala: Our Shining Days
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Tuesday
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Feb. 14
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2:00 PM
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Cold War2
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Wednesday
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4:30 PM
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What a Wonderful Family
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7:00 PM
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Office
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Feb. 15
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2:00 PM
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Cold War2
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Thursday
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4:30 PM
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Monster Hunt
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7:00 PM
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Walking Past the Future
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Feb. 16
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1:30 PM
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Walking Past the Future
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Friday
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4:30 PM
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Our Shining Days
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7:00 PM
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What a Wonderful Family
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Feb. 17
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2:00 PM
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What a Wonderful Family
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Saturday
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4:30 PM
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Monster Hunt
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7:00 PM
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Office
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Feb. 18
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1:30 PM
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Monster Hunt
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Sunday
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4:30 PM
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Office
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7:00 PM
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Our Shining Days
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You may also view, enjoy or participate in these other events at the Shangri-la in line with the Chinese New Year Celebrations:
February 13 to 18, Mall Hours:
The Ateneo Confucius Institute and Shangri-La Plaza
present Chinese Painting Exhibit
February 17 (Saturday) 2:00pm- 3:30PM:
Ateneo Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and
Shangri-La Plaza present: Chinese Music Concert: Royal Melodies.
February 18 (Sunday), 2:00-4:00PM:
Ateneo Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese and
Shangri-La Plaza present: Chinese Painting Workshop: “Chinese Painting on
Jeans” (materials are provided for free). Old Navy is the official sponsor of
jeans for this event.
This festival is brought to you by: Flexo Marketing Corporation,
Richprime Global Inc., Ateneo Confucius Institute, Auto Nation Group Inc.
Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry Inc., Old
Navy.
Media Sponsors: Chinatown TV, Inquirer.Net, Inquirer
Pop, Click the City, When in Manila, What’s Happening.PH, Philippine Primer,
Rappler, The Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin
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