The 8th Spring Film Festival
Shangri-La Plaza Mall
January 24 - February 2, 2014
Chinese New Year is fast approaching, as we celebrate the coming of the year of the horse, let us celebrate with this year's 8th Spring Film Festival.
The Spring Festival is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Chinese-Filipino community. For the past eight years, the Ateneo de Manila University Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and the Ateneo Celadon have brought the joys and artistry of the culture of Chinese films to the Philippines through the annual Spring Film Festival.
Over
the years, we have extended our reach and have held the festival
simultaneously in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao, with the recent addition
of Ilo-Ilo and Cagayan de Oro to our list of festival destinations just
last year. On the 8th Spring Film Festival we will further expand our audience to Naga, Dagupan, and Baguio showing 8 Chinese films. See what are the Chinese films to show.
Film Screenings are FREE of Charge, but guests are limited to cinema seating capacity only.
Film Screenings are FREE of Charge, but guests are limited to cinema seating capacity only.
Snowfall in Taipei
May, a singer from mainland China, suddenly lost her voice and had
conflicts with Ah Lei, her producer and secret lover. In anger, she came to Old
Town of Jingtong where she met Xiao Mo, a warmhearted man. Xiao Mo helped May find
a dwelling place, and introduced her to work at a local restaurant. Thanks to
their constant contacts, they made a good impression with each other. May found
happiness and consolation from the old streets of the small town, and her voice
was getting better and better. However, May had left her heart at another
place. Gradually, Xiao Mo understood that when one deliberately disappears, one
wants to be looked for by others. Along with a sudden appearance of Jack, a
muckraking journalist, the situation began to develop towards the uncontrolled
direction.
City
Monkey
He Zhipeng is a senior student in high school who lives in a big old
Beijing hutong yard with his mother and grandmother. He loves parkour, an
extremely dangerous sport in most people’s eyes. With his good psychology and
physique, he becomes the star player of “City Monkey” parkour club. But his
mother strongly disapproves it and hopes he could focus only on his entrance
exams to university. Clashes of different concepts, rebellion of the youth, and
persistence to the ideal are unavoidable problems for them. What would the two
generations do?
Aftershock
Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twin
children are buried under the rubble of the devastating earthquake. The rescue
team explains to their mother, Li Yuanni that freeing either child will almost
certainly result in the death of the other. She is forced to make the most
difficult decision of her life and must choose between her children. Li Yuanni
has no idea that her decision is overheard by her daughter Fang Deng, the
female twin. Although she has been left behind as dead, the little girl
miraculously survives for several more days before being pulled clear by
another rescue team who believe that she is simply a corpse. She wakes up in
the pouring rain next to the dead body of her father.
Suffering from the
emotional shocks of the disaster and the painful memory of her mother's choice,
Fang Deng refuses to reveal her identity. She is adopted by a middle-aged
Chinese couple and years later moves to Canada to marry. Shadowed by the
traumatic experiences of the earthquake and devastated by her mother's decision
to abandon her, she continues to be emotionally withdrawn throughout her adult
years.
Where
is My Home
Mrs. Geng is a simple village mother who
raised two children on her own. Her son made his way to the city and offers to
have her come live with him and his family. Despite the improved material
conditions of the city, Mrs. Geng cannot help feeling isolated and lonely. It
takes some time for her children to understand how she feels, and they rebuild
their family’s affection.
The
Go-King and his Son
Liu Yishou, an amateur Go player, is called
by his friends “the king of Go”. Liu Yishou has been laid off quite a long time
ago and now, with no other skills to make a living, teaches Go in a humble
training course for children. Life has been hard, and his wife has decided to
divorce him. His young son, Xiaochuan, has chosen to stay with him through his
difficulties. On an unexpected occasion, Xiaochuan displayed an amazing talent
for Go, and his father vowed to support him to further develop his gift for the
game. They confronted challenges, but with courage, persistence and profound
love between father and son, they eventually arrived at the destination towards
which they were heading.
1911 Revolution
As the country enters the new century,
China is facing a crisis. Two warring factions have emerged, starvation amongst
the citizens is rampant and political reforms have made matters worse. The
seven year old Emperor and his mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), are
out of sync with people’s needs after 250 years of total power. As Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) arrives from his
studies on modern warfare in Japan, he finds himself picking up his sword to
lead a rebellion against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army.
Let's Fall in Love
Tan Momo, who showed his natural gift in
music in his childhood, entered the Conservatory of Music to learn to play
Guqin (seven-stringed plucked instrument) smoothly. His teacher placed great
hopes on him and his girlfriend Xia Fei had the greatest esteem for him. Upon
their graduation, Momo, Xia Fei and other young people who cherished dreams
finally walked out of the campus and began to experience the ups and downs in
real life. While in front of conflicts between their ideals and family
relation, love and morality, what would they choose…
Li Mi Conjecture
Due to the intervention of her parents,
taxi driver girl Li Mi had to break up with her long-term boyfriend, Fang Wen,
who had disappeared from her life yet seemed to remain connected. For four
years, Li Mi had continued to search for his whereabouts in a constant
tug-of-war between hope and despair. An eerie murder was witnessed, leading her
to a man nearly identical to her missing lover. Could he be the one she has
been looking for? Her life suddenly changes. Then come terrible yet pitiful
drug dealers, and irascible but highly duteous police detectives…Behind the
cascades of mysteries, compromises lie still between those who were once in
love.
Here are the schedules:
Jan. 24
12:00 pm - Thei-Go King and His son
2:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
7:00 pm - Aftershock - Gala night film
Jan. 25
12:15 pm - Where is my home
2:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
5:00 pm - Li Mi Conjecture
7:30 pm - Aftershock
Jan. 26
12:00 pm - Aftershock
2:45 pm - Thei-Go King and His Son
5:15 pm - 1911 Revolution
7:45 pm - Let's Fall in Love
Jan. 27
12:30 pm - Snowfall in Taipei
2:45 pm - City Monkey
4:45 pm - Where is my home?
7:30 pm - Aftershock
Jan. 28
1:00 pm - Li Mi Conjecture
3:30 pm - Let's Fall in love
5:30 pm - Where is My home?
7:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
Jan. 29
12:45 pm - Li Mi Conjecture
3:30 pm - Snow Fall in Taipei
5:45 pm - Aftershock
8:00 pm - Let's Fall in Love
Jan. 30
1:00 pm - City Monkey
3:00 pm - Thei-Go King and His Son
5:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
7:45 pm - Snowfall in Taipei
Jan. 31
12:30 pm - Aftershock
3:15 pm - City Monkey
5:15 pm - 1911 Revolution
7:45 pm - Where is my Home?
Feb. 1
12:30 pm - Li Mi Conjecture
2:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
5:00 pm - Snowfall in Taipei
7:30 pm - Aftershock
Feb. 2
12:45 pm - City Monkey
2:45 pm - Aftershock
5:30 pm - Let's Fall in Love
7:30 pm - 1911 Revolution
