East Asia Film Festival Ireland 2025
The East Asia Film Festival Ireland (EAFFI) and the Irish Film Institute (IFI) have announced the programme of the 9th edition, which will take place this year from 20 to 23 March 2025.
EAFFI brings to audiences memories, collective stories and personal journeys of identity and culture, with themes of understanding, tolerance and hope, through works by writers and directors across East Asian cinema.
To discover Vietnamese cinema, the festival is presenting three rare classic films in digital 2K restorations from the Vietnam Film Institute (VFI), each film to be introduced by Ms Khuất Thi Thu Trang, Ngoc Khanh Cinema House at the VFI.
The festival is also welcoming two guests: Chinese writer-director, Lin Jianjie who will take part in a series of talks and screenings with his debut feature, Brief History of a Family (the festival’s opening night film) and Qiuyan Chen, founder and director of Queer China UK who will take part in a Q&A session following the screening of the documentary, Love Bound.