In this beautiful spring, let’s talk about death. Yes, death.
Though we rarely put its name in our mouths, it follows closely behind our every mundane action, in the news, on our table, the edges of our bodies, as an inseparable part of life.
How do we encounter death?
In this year’s opening programme Songs of Mourning, Asian Movie Night presents four films that take us on a poetic journey into questions that art has been trying to grasp since the beginning of time, meditating on death, mourning and loss, or even healing, strength and joy, each in its own unique tune.
In the magical realist short
Together Apart (2019, CN), a woman finds her husband wandering around their house soon after his funeral. In the feature film
Ode to Nothing (2018, PH), we follow an embalmer and her unusual encounter with an older woman’s corpse. -
1287 (2014, JP) is a moving documentary that follows Kazuko as she comes to terms with her oncoming death and her thoughts on life, love, and money. Finally,
Jinpa (2018, CN) is a Tibetan-language film on a stoic truck driver and his fateful encounter with a goat and a hitchhiker on a morbid mission. The four selections encounter death in the face of diverse cultural contexts and narratives, going beyond the taboo.
The four films will be screened in Amsterdam’s Filmhuis Cavia on May 19th and 20th and in Arnhem at Focus Filmtheater on May 31st.
Join us after the screening of
-1287 in Amsterdam on May 20th, where there will be an after-talk with
Mourning School’s initiator Lucie Gottlieb, as well as in Arnhem on May 31st a talk with artist
G alongside films
Together Apart and
Ode to Nothing.
PROGRAM of CAVIA AMSTERDAMFriday 19.05.2023
20:30 Short introduction
20:05 Screening starts
21:20 End of Screening
Saturday 20.05.2023
20:30 Short introduction
20:05 Screening starts
21:20 End of Screening
TICKETS
€5,- / Cineville card free
It’s not possible to make reservations. Tickets can be bought at the bar half an hour before the film starts.
Filmhuis Cavia
PROGRAM of FOCUS ARNHEMWednesday 31.05.2023
19:00 Short introduction
19:05 Screening starts
20:20 End of event
TICKETS
€9.50 (Korting €7.50, Student €7.00)
Cineville card free
Focus Filmtheater