Five Flavours Film Festival

Polish film festival

Five Flavours Film FestivalLocation| Warsaw, Poland

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Founded| 2007
Language| Polish
English
Website| piecsmakow.pl

Five Flavours Film Festival (Polish: Festiwal Filmowy Pięć Smaków) is an annual film festival held in Warsaw, Poland.[1] It is focused on the cinema of Southeast and East Asia. It commenced in 2007 as a Vietnamese film review and later expanded to include films from other Asian nations,[2] to become one of the most important events of its kind in Europe.[3][4] Among its guests were many revered Asian filmmakers, including Fruit Chan, Noboru Iguchi, Miwa Nishikawa, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Pema Tseden and Midi Z. The festival also engages in educational projects,[5] publishes books on Asian film and, since 2017, it has also started acting as a film distribution company, bringing selected Asian films to broader Polish audience.[6][7]

## New Asian Cinema competition

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### People's Jury Award

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The People's Jury is composed of non-professionals (such as bloggers and film students of all ages) interested in Asian cinema and culture. To participate, the volunteers apply by sending short essays or visual impressions on Asian film.[8] This criterion for jury selection is quite unique among film festivals worldwide.[9] There was no competitive section during the first five editions of the festival (2007–2011), thus, the first prize was awarded in 2012. The 2020 edition was conducted exclusively online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country

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2012 | P-047 | แต่เพียงผู้เดียว | Kongdej Jaturanrasamee |  Thailand
2013 | 36 |  | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit |  Thailand
2014 | Exit | 迴光奏鳴曲 | Chienn Hsiang |  Taiwan
2015 | 0.5 mm | 0.5ミリ | Momoko Ando |  Japan
2016 | Apocalypse Child |  | Mario Cornejo |  Philippines
2017 | Free and Easy | 轻松+愉快 | Geng Jun |  Hong Kong
2018 | Die Tomorrow | ดาย ทูมอร์โรว์ | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit |  Thailand
2019 | Balloon | 气球 | Pema Tseden |  China
2021 | Spring Tide | 春潮 | Yang Tian-yi |  China
2022 | Arnold is a Model Student | อานนเป็นนักเรียนตัวอย่าง | Sorayos Prapapan |  Thailand
2023 | A Wild Roomer | 괴인 | Lee Jeong-hong |  South Korea
2024 | Monisme |  | Riar Rizaldi |  Indonesia

### Netpac Jury Award

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Apart from the People's Jury, there was a separate jury during 2016 and 2017 editions of the festival. It was helmed by the NETPAC organization.[10] Their awards went to Tharlo  (Pema Tseden, China) in 2016 and Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Mouly Surya, Indonesia) in 2017.

## References

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1. ^ Kęczkowska, Beata (25 October 2010). "Zaczyna się festiwal kina azjatyckiego". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
2. ^ "About the festival". Five Flavours Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
3. ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (5 October 2019). "Meet the Film Festival: Five Flavours Asian Film Festival". asianmoviepulse.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019. "From the local, Warsaw-focused project, it has grown to a national rank, and nowadays is becoming more and more visible on an international scale, establishing itself as one of the most important European events entirely dedicated to Asian cinematographies."
4. ^ Wong, Silvia (22 November 2018). "'Die Tomorrow' wins top prize at Poland's Five Flavours Asian Film Festival". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 November 2019. "The festival has [...] expanded to become the biggest Asian film event in Central Europe."
5. ^ "Festival as a form of education". Five Flavours Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2019. "The project "Festival As a Form of Education" is carried out as a part of the Erasmus+ Programme, cooperation for innovations and the exchange of good practices, strategic partnership in adult education."
6. ^ "Meet the Film Festival: Five Flavours Asian Film Festival". asianmoviepulse.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
7. ^ "Pięć Smaków Kino Azji - dystrybucja". Five Flavours Official Website (in Polish). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
8. ^ "People's Jury". Five Flavours Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
9. ^ "Meet the Film Festival: Five Flavours Asian Film Festival". asianmoviepulse.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
10. ^ "NETPAC Award at the 10th Five Flavours". Five Flavours Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

## External links

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* Official Festival Website