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The traditional revival of films awarded at the International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul, at the Jean-François Jarrige auditorium of the Musée National des arts asiatiques Guimet in Paris, took place from 27 to 29 March 2025.

A large audience responded to the invitation of the Guimet Museum, Friends of Guimet and Fica Vesoul.

With the Afghan Director Soraya Akhlaqi and the Afghan actress Marina Gulbahari (crédit photo Fica)

Make the Asia and Vesoul cinemas known to the Parisian public, strengthen links with the Parisian partners in the world of culture, see again the many Parisian friends who came to Vesoul at the various editions of the Fica, try to find a distributor for award-winning films, maintaining relations with national and Asian institutions, these are the objectives achieved by this Parisian revival of Fica’s programming in the quintessential Asian cultural hub of the Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet in Paris.

Honorary Golden Cyclo (offered by the Agglomeration Community and the city of Vesoul): to M. Lee Yong-kwan, president of Biff, for his action in favour of the cinema (Korea) and Semih Kaplanoğlu, director, for all of his work (Turkey).

Cyclo D'Or (offered by the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), International Jury: President: M. Lee Yong-kwan, president of Biff (Korea), members: Mrs Emily J Hoe, president Sgiff (Singapore), Mr. Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, director (Kazakhstan), M. Mikhail Red, director (Philippines)

The Sales Girl by Sengedorj Janchivdorj (Mongolie) A unanimous decision from the International jury, The Sales Girl is warm, heartfelt and charming film showing a clear and confident hand of the director. The performances were strong, and the use of humour and music were particularly effective.

The Sales Girl

Grand Jury Award

Cold As Marble by Asif Rustamov (Azerbaïdjan) Expertly directed with haunting performances, this examination of our inescapable histories and realities is...

The mass waves of violent immigration towards Europe that have taken place during the last years, have made a lot of people, particularly in the West, realize that this is not exactly a new phenomenon. In 1979, after the Soviet attack on Afghanistan, millions of Afghans had to leave their country, and a lot of them went to Iran. Today, after 4 decades of life in Iran, the second and third generations have been born. Those people have never seen their home country, nor have they had the opportunity to live there. Moreover, they are not considered as citizens in Iran, perpetually living in-between, as the small sequences interspersed throughout Soraya Akhlaqi’s documentary, with a woman moving in circles with a suitcase in her hands, eloquently highlight.

“Roots in the Wind” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema

Soraya Akhlaqi, who has experienced the exact same situation, having...

Lee Yong-Kwan, president and co-founder of the prestigious Busan International Film Festival (South Korea), the Cannes of Asia, will be the president of the jury of the 29th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (February 28 – March 7, 2023)

The International Jury :

The 29th Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul will take place from February 28 to March 7, 2023. It will be chaired by Korean Lee Yong-kwan, co-founder and president of the prestigious Biff (Busan International Film Festival), the Cannes of Asia. He is a brilliant academic with many roles including president of the Busan Film Library.

The other members of the international jury are Emily Jane Hoe, director of the Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) and an advocate for Singaporean independent cinema, Southeast Asia and new voices from Asia;

Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Kazakh director, a regular at Fica, who came to Vesoul in 2002 to present In Paris, to receive in...

The 20th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) kicked off on Thursday night with a star-studded red carpet, fireworks and the world premiere of Indian film Zubaan.

Busan Mayor Suh Byung-su, who is also the festival’s organising committee chief, officially opened the festival’s 20th edition. “There have been many ups and downs, but despite that, because of all the hard work from people in the film industry, film fans and Busan citizens, the Busan festival hasn’t just become Asia’s major festival, but it’s on the way to becoming a world class film festival,” Suh said.

The ceremony was hosted by one of South Korea’s top actors Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer) and star of award-winning film Osama, Marina Golbahari. The Afghanistan actress became the second non-Korean in Biff’s history to host the ceremony after Chinese actress Tang Wei in 2012.

Following the opening ceremony, Mozez Singh’s Zubaan received its world premiere. Starring [link=nm...