MON 8 SEPT
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




Films from Asia


6 pm



Winter is coming
Nazaryan Milena. Drama. 8 mins U Armenia
The children tell about the car trip with a smile. They remember how they played in the back seat, constantly stopping to eat and drink water, although they rarely ate - the game was much more interesting. Their stories are full of joy, and it seems like an ordinary trip, full of fun and adventure.
Gradually, new details begin to appear in their stories: how the adults became more serious with each stop, over time, it becomes clear that this was not just a trip. The children and their families were forced to leave their homeland because of the war.

Rock Berkut
Tamerlan Almanov Comedy, music 12 mins. 12A. Kazakhstan
Hyperactive Berkut discovers rock music and suddenly calms down. His mother gets him music lessons, but no teacher lasts—until eccentric guitarist Syrnik helps him find rhythm, purpose, and passion.

Old House
Huang Weipeng. 5 mins U China
Homesickness and Historical Culture / Recording and Experimentation.
An empty house, memories of three generations, one hundred years of solitude.

Bullet, Buddha, Bastille
XinCheng Song docudrama,narrative
14 mins 12 China
A Tibetan man, Bawu, returns to the pastoral area and unexpectedly encounters a friend who is about to move to the city and his long-lost younger brother. Memories of life in the pastoral area gradually resurface, with a sense of helpless sorrow permeating the vast wilderness.

Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting
Junsong Ling China 16 mins. 15
The short blends Chinese folklore with a universal fear, as desperate mother is pushed to the extremes and violent lengths to save the life of her sick son.

Chicken Broth Soup
Deniz Buyukkirh. Fiction. 19 mins. 12 Turkey
The doctor comes comes across unusual symptoms at the man said to have died of a heart attack when he examines the corpse. He decides to refer the body to forensic medicine. Thereupon the man’s wife confesses ; said she poisoned her husband, who constantly beat her. A big surprise awaits the doctor , who has to make a vital decision for the woman.

Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn
Chandradeep Das Drama, Romance, LGBTQIA+. 15 mins. 12 India
Love blossoms between two elderly women at an old age home while the specter of patriarchy looms large overhead.

BLUE PEACOCK
HongQuan Tian. Fiction Feature. 64 mins 15 China
In 1993, the young man met himself who lives in 2033, while on the run for fear of crime, he saw the good and evil of human nature after his talk with the old man. He suddenly woke up and embarked on the path of ascetic practice. He hoped that his practice just like the Legendary blue peacock which can eliminate the three poisons of …. Greed, Anger, and Ignorance, also can eliminate the three poisons in his body.

DIGGING TO SURVIVE
MOAAZ AHMED KHAN. DRAMA, PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. 20 mins 15 PAKISTAN.
A traumatized construction worker battles anxiety and haunting memories while striving
to support his family, confronting emotional collapse and fleeting hope in a powerful tale
of resilience and inner turmoil.

THE NIGHT BEGINS
ROMAN SINITSYN. Drugs/ Drama. Russia 10 mins 15
A YOUNG MAN’S CARELESS PURSUIT OF FUN ON A SUMMER NIGHT
OUT TAKES HIM ON A THRILLING JOURNEY FILLED WITH UNEXPECTED
TWISTS AND TURNS, LEADING TO GRAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT HE MUST ANSWER FOR.

SALT KNIGHT
YEONSO LEE 88 mins 12A. Drama. South Korea
AUTHOR JUYOUNG RECALLS THE MOMENT WHEN HE SAW THE DRAGON’S TOOTH –THE TRACES OF WAR. HIS MEMORY DEEPENS, AND HE VISITS NURI TO FIND TRACES OF HIS DEAD STUDENT. PEOPLE BEYOND TIME, ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF LOVE ALLOW US TO LIVE DESPITE THE TRACES OF FROZEN WOUNDS.

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