7th Spring Film Festival
Film junkie brethren, here's another fun film event you shouldn't miss - the 7th Spring Film Festival! Considered as one of the most famous festivals in the Chinese-Filipino community, this annual film event has brought the joys and artistry of Chinese films to our country for the past six years. This year, expect award-winning Chinese films to hit the big screen. These are Piano in a Factory, Storm Warriors, Golden Times, Jasmine Women, 2Become1, and Space Dream. Watch all of it for FREE! Just be at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall at least two (2) hours before the screening time on the scheduled movie dates to guarantee your seat.
Synopsis: Piano in a Factory
- A man goes to unusual heights to prove his love for his daughter in this family drama. Chen Guilin is a man who loves music and plays an accordion in an amateur band. He cannot support himself on what he makes as a musician, and his job in a steel mill isn't about to make him rich. His wife, Xiao Ju, returns home to file a formal divorce and sues for the custody of their daughter. To retain his daughter, he must give her a piano. Chen exhausts all means: borrowing money from his friends and even attempting to steal a piano, but all his attempts fail. Despite these challenges, Chen always maintains an optimistic outlook. Finally, he decides to produce a steel piano with his friends
- An epic battle is played out by warriors harnessing the power of the elements in this effects-laden fantasy /action drama Hong Kong film. The brave Lord Nameless is the leader of a band of heroic warriors. Lord Godless, his nemesis, captures Nameless in a daring raid, imprisons his soldiers and takes control of his land. As things look hopeless, three of Nameless's allies set out to free him: Cloud (Aaron Kwok), Wind (Ekin Cheng) and Chu Chu (Yan Tang). As Cloud absorbs what he's learned from Nameless and Wind is tutored in combat by Wicked, can they fend off Godless and his cronies?
- Fueling China's economic boom is the mass migration of workers from the countryside to cities. This leaves a special population of 58 million "left-behind children" in the care of their old, and mostly illiterate grandparents. What should have been carefree years for these children can only be characterized by weariness from studying and burdensome farm work. Teacher Fang and police officer Sun Dayang realize that the affections and instructions of parents during the early years are irreplaceable. Getting support from the local government, they set up a "Home for Left-Behind Children," which helps the kids from this population attain a healthy and loving environment in the hands of the community
- Starring Zhang Ziyi (House of Flying Daggers), Joan Chen and Jiang Wen, "Jasmine Women" tells the story of one family's struggle to overcome its tragic history, as each daughter repeats the mistakes of her mother. Director Hou Yong sets his film in the 1930's, 50's and 80's against the backdrop of an ever-changing Shanghai and tells the stories of Mo, Li and Hua, which when translated to English together means Jasmine Flower
- Bingo Leung, an advertising executive, has always lived a carefree life that includes guarding her turf in the office, dating, and gossiping with her three girlfriends. One day, she finds a lump in her left breast. Everything begins to fall apart as she tries to cope with the loss of femininity in a series of bittersweet events. With the help of a happy-go-lucky Doctor V and a shy but talented teenager Sing, Bingo begins to find new meanings in her turmoil and the will to face her own demons
- The son of a peasant family, Zhang Tiancong (Liu Zhibing) is a veteran member of the first generation of Chinese astronauts but, now in his 40s, has yet to be selected for a space mission. Meanwhile, his family, including his daughter and ace military pilot Siyu (Jiang Ruijia), continues to support his quickly fading dream. Tiancong's last shot is a mission is of exceptional importance; it involves docking spaceship Wentian I with a satellite to establish China's first manned orbital space station. Will Tiancong get picked to pilot Wentian I and finally realize his space dream? Or will he be stuck on backup duty again?
- Log on to and like the Spring Film Festival Facebook fanpage to view the screening schedules
- Rush to Shangri-La Plaza Mall at least two (2) hours before the screening time on the scheduled movie dates to guarantee your seat
- Watch and enjoy as many films as you can!
- February 1
- 2Become1 - 12:30PM
- Piano in a Factory - 3PM
- Storm Warriors - 5:30PM
- Jasmine Women - 8PM
- February 2
- Piano in a Factory - 12:30PM
- Space Dream - 3PM
- Golden Times - 5:30PM
- Storm Warriors - 8PM
- February 3
- Space Dream - 12:30PM
- 2Become1 - 3PM
- Jasmine Women - 5:30PM
- Piano in a Factory - 8PM
- February 4
- Storm Warriors - 12:30PM
- Golden Times - 3PM
- 2Become1 - 5:30PM
- Space Dream - 8PM
- February 5
- Golden Times - 12:30PM
- Jasmine Women - 8PM
- February 6
- Storm Warriors - 12:30PM
- 2Become1 - 3PM
- Piano in a Factory - 5:30PM
- Golden Times - 8PM
- February 7
- Jasmine Women - 12:30PM
- Golden Times - 3PM
- Space Dream - 5:30PM
- 2Become1 - 8PM
- February 8
- 2Become1 - 12:30PM
- Jasmine Women - 3PM
- Piano in a Factory - 5:30PM
- Space Dream - 8PM
- February 9
- Storm Warriors - 12:30PM
- Space Dream - 3PM
- 2Become1 - 5:30PM
- Golden Times - 8PM
- February 10
- Golden Times - 12:30PM
- Storm Warriors - 3PM
- Jasmine Women - 5:30PM
- Piano Factory - 8PM
- FREE Chinese Films (with English subtitle)
- Watch FREE films!
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