This year’s World Cinema Amsterdam Festival focuses on Brazil. But that doesn’t mean Asian cinema will go unnoticed. What to think of Indonesian filmmaker Edwin’s Postcards from the Zoo, or Ann Hui’s (Hong Kong) A Simple Life? Also some Iranian and Syrian films are featured.
The festival features no less than 48 films in 12 days, from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Besides indoor venues Rialto and De Balie, open air screenings will take place in the Vondelpark Open Air Theatre.
For more info, check out the website of World Cinema Amsterdam.
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