Cinemasia 2022
by Leon_olsthoorn | created - 19 Apr 2022 | updated - 19 Apr 2022 | PublicAll movies of Cinemasia 2022 Amsterdam
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1. Aloners (2021)
91 min | Drama
A solitary woman re-evaluates her isolated existence after her neighbor dies alone in his apartment.
Director: Hong Seong-eun | Stars: Jung Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, Park Jeong-hak, Gong Seung-Yeon
Votes: 2,704
2. Anita (2021)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.
Director: Lok Man Leung | Stars: Louise Wong, Louis Koo, Fish Liew, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 1,206
3. Ascension (III) (2021)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
Director: Jessica Kingdon
Votes: 4,111
4. Bamboo Theatre (2019)
76 min | Documentary
This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan modern cities, Hong Kong preserves a unique ... See full summary »
Director: Cheung Cheuk
Votes: 58
5. Belle (2021)
PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 17,168
6. City of Lost Things (2020)
91 min | Animation, Drama
16-year-old teenager Leaf runs away from home, skipping classes and ending up in a peculiar place called City of Lost Things. There he meets Baggy, a 30-year-old plastic bag. Baggy never ... See full summary »
Director: Chih-yen Yee
Votes: 43
7. Dear Tenant (2020)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
Director: Yu-Chieh Cheng | Stars: Morning Tzu-Yi Mo, Shu-Fang Chen, Run-yin Bai, Chun-Yao Yao
Votes: 1,338
8. Hand Rolled Cigarette (2020)
101 min | Crime, Drama
A story of how a retired British-Chinese soldier and a marginalized young South Asian man face the plight of being abandoned by society.
Director: Kin-Long Chan | Stars: Ka-Tung Lam, Bipin Karma, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Wing-Kwok Chan
Votes: 987
9. Keep Rolling (II) (2020)
118 min | Documentary
One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a "star" for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui's tumultuous, forty-year... See full summary »
Director: Lim-Chung Man | Stars: Fruit Chan, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Ann Hui, Josephine Siao
Votes: 262
10. Kingmaker (2022)
123 min | Drama, History
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.
Director: Byun Sung-hyun | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Lee Sun-kyun, Jeon Bae-soo, Seo Eun-su
Votes: 776
11. Lan Yu (2001)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
Director: Stanley Kwan | Stars: Ye Liu, Jun Hu, He Du, Bin Li
Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.12M
12. Losmen Bu Broto (2021)
TV-14 | 109 min | Drama
Losmen Bu Broto is an inn managed by Bu Broto, Pak Broto and their children. However, a problem arises, worsening the conflict within the family.
Directors: Eddie Cahyono, Ifa Isfansyah | Stars: Maudy Koesnaedi, Mathias Muchus, Putri Marino, Maudy Ayunda
Votes: 276
13. Love After Love (2020)
144 min | Drama
The film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Sichun Ma, Feihong Yu, Eddie Peng, Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Votes: 631
14. Midnight Swan (2020)
124 min | Drama
Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a ... See full summary »
Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Misaki Hattori, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kaito Yoshimura
Votes: 669
15. Myanmar Diaries (2022)
70 min | Documentary
How does it feel to be forgotten by the world? After the military coup in 2021, these film diaries of young opposition activists in Myanmar use the cinema screen to communicate with the world in a different way than allowed TV news.
Director: The Myanmar Film Collective
Votes: 113
16. One Second Champion (2020)
98 min | Drama
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of ... See full summary »
Director: Sin-Hang Chiu | Stars: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Cheuk-Nam Cheng, Hung Cheuk-Lok, Justin Cheung
Votes: 546
17. Paranoia (I) (2021)
TV-14 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Dina runs away with her teenage daughter Laura after her abusive husband Gion gets imprisoned.
Director: Riri Riza | Stars: Nirina Zubir, Nicholas Saputra, Caitlin North Lewis, Lukman Sardi
Votes: 219
18. Ripples of Life (2021)
123 min | Drama
Follows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the crew, a bored local restaurant owner finds excitement to be the stand-in for the star.
Director: Wei Shujun | Stars: Zishan Yang, Miyi Huang, Yang Liu, Chunlei Kang
Votes: 217
19. Gong jiaoyuan de mimi (2021 TV Movie)
86 min | History, Romance
In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan's martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family's banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly ... See full summary »
Director: Zero Chou | Stars: Yuu Chen, Daphne Low, Sean Sun, Yu-Ting Hsu
Votes: 19
20. Snakehead (2021)
Unrated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chinese immigrant get caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.
Director: Evan Jackson Leong | Stars: Sung Kang, Perry Yung, Amy Tsang, Shuya Chang
Votes: 855
21. So Long, My Son (2019)
185 min | Drama
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Mei Yong, Xi Qi, Roy Wang
Votes: 5,286
22. The Calming (2020)
93 min | Drama
A filmmaker is constantly on the move after recently ending a relationship. As she travels alone between Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Japan, she observes and engages with her ever-changing environs while seeking an inner calm.
Director: Fang Song | Star: Xi Qi
Votes: 64
23. Till We Meet Again (2021)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ah-Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loved the most.
Director: Giddens Ko | Stars: Kai Ko, Vivian Sung, Gingle Wang, Umin Boya
Votes: 1,716
24. Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)
TV-MA | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.
Director: Edwin | Stars: Marthino Lio, Ladya Cheryl, Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha
Votes: 967
25. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 9,833
26. Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021)
105 min | Drama
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, in the Philippines, a young man is searching for a missing significant other as other storm approaches.
Director: Carlo Francisco Manatad | Stars: Charo Santos-Concio, Daniel Padilla, Rans Rifol, Nico Antonio
Votes: 151
27. White Building (2021)
90 min | Drama
Samnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
Director: Kavich Neang | Stars: Piseth Chhun, Hout Sithorn, Ok Sokha, Chinnaro Soem
Votes: 398
28. Yuni (2021)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Director: Kamila Andini | Stars: Arawinda Kirana, Asmara Abigail, Sekar Sari, Marissa Anita
Votes: 1,552
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