Asian Film Archive

Celebrate the best of Singapore filmmaking this August with Singapore Shorts '22! Featuring a showcase from the 80s and another highlighting pioneering short filmmaker Rajendra Gour. 12 August - 4 September at Oldham Theatre. Learn more: bit.ly/SGShorts22

REBELS OF THE NEON GOD’s Chinese title refers to a precocious teenage deity from Chinese mythology—Nezha, whose spirit of defiance—reincarnated in the film’s protagonists. Watch Tsai Ming-liang's debut from 3 June @AFA_archive : asianfilmarchive.org/events-calenda…

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[COMING SOON] Experience the peak of 90s Hong Kong cinema with Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui in this madcap Johnnie To sci-fi action flick. The 4K restoration of THE HEROIC TRIO 東方三俠 (1993) screens at Oldham Theatre. Learn more: bit.ly/TheHeroicTrioA…

Professor Rosalind Galt (King's College, London) and Professor Gerald Sim (Florida Atlantic University) will be giving a talk on using archives in their research! The talk is free and will be held at Oldham Theatre on Saturday, 16 July 2pm. Learn more: asianfilmarchive.org/event-calendar…

Whether The Weather Is Fine (2021) is an off-beat portrait of a family post-Typhoon Haiyan. Norma, her son Miguel and his girlfriend Andrea attempt to reconstruct their belief in humanity, hope, and love. Screening 2 - 31 July at Oldham Theatre: bit.ly/WhethertheWeat…

RECIPROCAL is the brand-new programme teaming up with the Thai Film Archive to spotlight 16 women-oriented stories across Asia and beyond. Catch the films from 1 July - 7 August at Oldham Theatre. Get tickets: bit.ly/Reciprocal2022

@RealKav_P Hello, yes you may purchase copies of State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters at Oldham Theatre either on Wednesday, Friday or the weekend.

@AFA_archive Hello! I am interested in your publication "The State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters". Do you still have copies? Can I purchase one at the National Archives of Singapore? I have a friend passing through this weekend and I would love them to pick up a copy for me!

Tickets for 5 Films by Stanley Kwan are now LIVE! The Q&A sessions with director Stanley Kwan, they will be after the 17 June screening of Rouge and 19 June screening of Center Stage. Screenings are from 10-26 June at Oldham Theatre. Get Tickets: bit.ly/AFAticketing

[COMING SOON] 5 Films by Stanley Kwan will feature some of the new restorations from the acclaimed Hong Kong director's filmography. Screening 10-26 June at Oldham Theatre. Selected shows will be accompanied by post-screening Q&A Sessions. Learn more: bit.ly/StanleyKwanAFA

Panah Panahi makes his feature film debut with Hit The Road (2021). This road movie traces a chaotic family of five as they embark on a journey across the Iranian countryside. Hit the Road screens 14 May - 26 June 2022 at Oldham Theatre. Get tickets: bit.ly/HitTheRoadAFA

Retrospective: Mat Sentol showcases the full range of the Malay film legend. From Bond-esque spy capers, magic shows, vampires, pirates, vigilantes, witches and more, get swept up into the irreverent joy of Mat Sentol’s cinema. More info: bit.ly/MatSentol

“Just as in love, there is this illusion, this illusion that you will never be able to forget, the way I had the illusion, faced with Hiroshima, that I would never forget. Just as in love.” - HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959, dir. Alain Resnais)

[COMING SOON] For the first Retrospective of 2022, AFA presents the first such retrospective of the Malay comedian, actor, filmmaker and multi-hyphenate Mat Sentol. Retrospective: Mat Sentol screens 13 May - 5 June 2022 at Oldham Theatre. Learn more: bit.ly/MatSentol

“All this is as remote as China and as familiar as Hyde Park. Against this background of past splendour, in the avenues of this Mongol Versailles, one wonders about both past and future.” – Chris Marker in SUNDAY IN PEKING (1956)

SANS SOLEIL (1983, dir. Chris Marker) Part of Orienting Paradise: Western Projections of the East Learn more: bit.ly/OrientingParad…

more info on ORIENTING PARADISE: WESTERN PROJECTIONS OF THE EAST here: bit.ly/OrientingParad…

Sunday, 10 Apr - THE RIVER (1951, Jean Renoir) Shot on location in India, with assistance from Satyajit Ray, The River is Jean Renoir’s first technicolour film. An idyllic evocation of India, it is far removed from the political unrest in an India emerging from. colonial rule.

This week's Orienting Paradise screenings: Friday, 8 Apr - THE KING & I (1956, Walter Lang) British star Deborah Kerr plays the English governess engaged by Yul Brynner’s King Mongkut in this opulent musical loosely based on Anna Loenowens’ life at the 19th century Siam court.