The opening at la Bassa will be Tiger Robbers, directed by Li Yu, a film full of magical realism with touches of humour for a very human story starring a tiger. It is a cross between Wes Anderson and Tim Burton in a blockbuster of the new Chinese cinema. Film d'auteur will also have its place with the European premiere of Wild Grass, by Xu Zhanxiong, the story of three young people looking for their future amid hopes and disappointments.
The Eight Hundred, by Guan Hu, is a war masterpiece that explains the siege of Shanghai by the Japanese in 1937. A historical fresco endowed with dreamlike poetry that will be seen in Spain for the first time and has become one of the most expensive films in the history of Chinese cinema. Hard-boiled cinema will be brought to you by Lau Ho-leung’s Caught in Time, which follows in the footsteps of a detective, in a film based on real events that captures the spirit of Hong Kong action cinema of the early 1990s. And looking back, the Fesnits will project restored Nezha conquers the Dragon King, the 1979 Chinese animated classic and one of the most popular fables in Chinese mythology, about the eternal struggle between good and evil and a child's learning through the obstacles of life.
The family cinema comes with two proposals to enjoy the mornings with Taoist Priest, by Ricky Lau, and Shaolin Pirates, by Dong Wei, two international premieres with vampire fighters, pirates, martial arts, and special effects.
And from Taiwan we will be able to enjoy Butterflies, a world premiere directed by Albert Ventura, a Catalan filmmaker based in Taipei who captures the anxiety of the new generations of the country.