{"id":55772,"date":"2025-03-17T16:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/?p=55772"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:21:27","slug":"orient-express-casa-asia-in-beteve-apr-jun-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/orient-express-casa-asia-in-beteve-apr-jun-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ORIENT EXPRESS: CASA ASIA in BETEV\u00c9 Apr-Jun 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='hr av-av_hr-7bacd336e8c7b574fdeac16e430feaa5 hr-default  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8d8kcmm-5289d422df77cd8797d947fac341eb6d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m8d8kcmm-5289d422df77cd8797d947fac341eb6d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m8d8kcmm-5289d422df77cd8797d947fac341eb6d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m8d8kcmm-5289d422df77cd8797d947fac341eb6d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-55758 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-55758 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-1500x630.png\" alt='' title='Filipinas A LAB STORY 2'  height=\"630\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8d8l2ip-ab83fc97cf72fb5d13583da48aa387cd\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m8d8l2ip-ab83fc97cf72fb5d13583da48aa387cd{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m8d8l2ip-ab83fc97cf72fb5d13583da48aa387cd .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m8d8l2ip-ab83fc97cf72fb5d13583da48aa387cd .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m8d8l2ip-ab83fc97cf72fb5d13583da48aa387cd av-special-heading-h1 blockquote elegant-quote elegant-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><span class=\"heading-wrap\">ORIENT EXPRESS: CASA ASIA in BETEV\u00c9 Apr-Jun 2025<\/span><\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>This period goes from April 3rd to May 29th<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m8d8jqwm-55179a004d27ba885bd51ecc85bc9f9b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><\/h4>\n<h3>PROGRAMME<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, April 3rd, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Philippines<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>A Lab Story <\/i><\/b><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">| Carlo Obispo | 2024 | 150\u2019 | VOSE | Drama<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55758 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-1030x529.png 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-1536x788.png 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-1500x770.png 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2-705x362.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Filipinas-A-LAB-STORY-2.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Pinky, an Aeta teenager obsessed with reading romance books, is chosen by the nuns to study at Josephine Cojuangco Tech Voc High School. One day, her teacher, Mrs. Kristine, announces the upcoming agriculture trivia contest, in which there would be a \u201clab\u201d test. Pinky thinks she said a \u201clove\u201d test and volunteers to participate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Carlo Obispo<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, a Filipino director and screenwriter, is a very present figure at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. He graduated in Philosophy with a specialization in Artistic Communication from Saint Louis University and is the author of films such as Purok 7 (2013), Gasping for Air (2016) and Baseball Player (2022), with his most recent work being A Lab Story (2024).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, April 10th, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iran<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Pakol<\/i><\/b><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> | Navid Esmaeili | 2023 | 81\u2019 | VOSE | Drama\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55761 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iran-PAKOL-3-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Trapped in a dim, hopeless world, forty-something-year old Amir lives his dull, routine life day by day. He lost his mother a long time ago and has no one but a father in an asylum. He doesn\u2019t think of anything else \u2013 not even his fruitless love to an Afghan girl, Yasna, in the years of adolescence. One day, he hears about Yasna and tries to find some clues to locate her, but his inquiries show that he must keep looking for her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Born in 1986 in Tabriz, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Navid Esmaeili<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> has been actively working as an actor and director in theatre, cinema and in TV productions. Despite his childhood love for theatre and performance, he was always forbidden by his traditional family to pursue his love. When he was 17, he married Saeedeh Hamidi. Two years later, he decided to enter the world of cinema and go through academia until he, at last, graduated in Directing. Since then, he has worked with Hamidi as producer \/ production manager of his different projects. In 2021, Esmaeili made his debut feature film,<\/span> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Floor 1.5<\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">which has not yet been shown anywhere. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pakol <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is his second feature length film.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, April 17th, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nepal<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Red Suitcase<\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">| Fidel Devkota | 2023 | 87\u2019 | VOSE | Realism magic<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55764 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nepal-THE-RED-SUITCASE-1-705x396.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a remote mountain village of Nepal, the lives of a pickup truck driver and a migrant worker intertwine in a narrative that reflects the country\u2019s political and economic uncertainties. The driver sets out from the bustling Kathmandu airport on a mission to deliver a load and a mysterious red suitcase. Meanwhile, the migrant worker slowly makes his way towards the same village, facing loneliness and the challenges of the road. The film explores the personal stories of these two men: the driver, whose life is marked by Maoist violence and whose journey is based on the struggle for survival; and the migrant worker, whose constant walking symbolizes hope and perseverance in a world full of sacrifices and challenges. The revelation of the contents of their luggage is as surprising for those who receive it as for those who deliver it. With this magical road movie, Fidel Devkota proposes a powerful vindication of migrant workers and their living conditions, highlighting how migration, with all its experiences, unites people beyond geographical or cultural borders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fidel Devkota<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a representative of Nepalese independent cinema, and his films explore themes relevant to contemporary Nepalese society, especially the experiences of migrant workers and marginalized communities. His works combine social drama and emotional and thought-provoking narratives. He made his debut in fiction with The Red Suitcase (2024), which he presented at the Venice Film Festival, transporting the viewer to a world of magical realism, imbued with cultural references from his native Nepal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, April 24th, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Uzbekistan<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Abdulla Oripov <\/i><\/b><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">|Erkinov Muzaffarkhon | 2023 | 109\u2019 | VOSE | Drama<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55767 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-1030x436.png 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-1536x651.png 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-1500x635.png 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1-705x299.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uzbekistan-ABDULLA-ORIPOV-1.png 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The film tells the life story of the renowned poet Abdulla Oripov, considered both a phenomenon of 20th century Uzbek poetry and a national hero. Oripov wrote and lived according to the dictates of his heart and endured throughout his life the political games of the old regime fighting against the old political system with his poems and odes. The film portrays the suffering of the Uzbek intelligentsia throughout the 20th century until the country\u2019s independence. Finally, it amends the poet&#8217;s death in exile, returning him to his people one last time through the screen.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Erkinov Muzaffarkhon <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is a prominent Uzbek filmmaker, known for his work as a director, screenwriter and producer. His work focuses on historical and social drama, has received both national and international recognition. Muzaffarkhon has been praised for his ability to capture the essence of Uzbek identity. He is especially notable for the productions that deal with the lives of literary and historical figures, as in his latest film <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abdulla Oripov <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2024).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":55794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55772"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55886,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55772\/revisions\/55886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}