{"id":27814,"date":"2020-01-18T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=27814"},"modified":"2020-01-20T13:11:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T05:11:41","slug":"14th-spring-film-festival-showcases-6-remarkable-chinese-films-this-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2020\/01\/18\/14th-spring-film-festival-showcases-6-remarkable-chinese-films-this-january\/","title":{"rendered":"14th Spring Film Festival Showcases 6 Remarkable Chinese Films This January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There have been quite a few film festivals featuring internationally produced films organized in the Philippines. Beyond local and Hollywood films, these screenings show that there is a whole lot of exciting movies being produced from places we are not that familiar with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With the recent global recognition of South Korean film<em> Parasite<\/em>, we should all know by now that subtitles must not keep us from appreciating foreign films. And from<strong> January 19<\/strong> to <strong>26, 2020<\/strong>, you will able to witness six Chinese films for free at the<strong> 14th Spring Film Festival<\/strong> happening at\u00a0<strong>Shangri-La Plaza<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Red Carpet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27815\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/01-Spring-Film-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/01-Spring-Film-Festival.jpg 679w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/01-Spring-Film-Festival-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the films you should definitely not miss!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Great Wall\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For those who are interested in action and monster films, <strong>The Great Wall<\/strong> is the perfect movie for you. The film revolves around European mercenaries who met a secret army that protects the Great Wall of China against the monstrous creatures.\u00a0Featuring Hollywood blockbuster star Matt Damon alongside Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe, the movie paints a fantastical epic portrait of ancient China.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27816\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/02-The-Great-Wall-647x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/02-The-Great-Wall-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/02-The-Great-Wall-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/02-The-Great-Wall-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/02-The-Great-Wall.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>The Monkey King 2<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The<strong> Monkey King 2<\/strong> is a Hong Kong-Chinese film tackling a Tang Priest who is appointed by Buddha to travel to the West and seek for sacred scriptures, only to accidentally free the Monkey King. Filled with surreal 3D effects and kooky human-animal hybrids, it\u2019s a fun look into Chinese fantasy film.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27817\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/03-Monkey-King-2-733x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/03-Monkey-King-2-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/03-Monkey-King-2-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/03-Monkey-King-2-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/03-Monkey-King-2.jpg 1503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Little Door Gods<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Little Door Gods<\/strong> is another animated film perfect for families. It follows a soup vendor\u2019s family as the business falls on hard times. To help them get back on track, spirit guardians come alive to grant them prosperity. But with modern technology, people don\u2019t believe in the guardians anymore, so the spirits set out to make people trust in their value again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27818\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/04-Little-Door-Gods.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/04-Little-Door-Gods.jpg 429w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/04-Little-Door-Gods-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Battle of Memories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Battle of Memories<\/strong> is a sci-fi movie on Jiang Feng, a writer who undergoes a procedure to erase his memories. Unfortunately, he encountered an accident, which makes him switch his restore card with the mind of a serial killer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27819\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/05-Battle-of-Memories-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/05-Battle-of-Memories-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/05-Battle-of-Memories-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/05-Battle-of-Memories-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/05-Battle-of-Memories.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Our Shining Days<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Our Shining Days<\/strong> is a fun musical comedy about high school students who want to revive a Chinese Orchestra ensemble. Along the way, they face challenges in competing nationally specifically people who choose Western classical music over\u00a0Chinese Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27820\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/06-Our-Shining-Days-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/06-Our-Shining-Days-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/06-Our-Shining-Days-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/06-Our-Shining-Days.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Jian Bing Man<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In superhero parody movie<strong> Jian Bing Man<\/strong>, a popular TV personality gets embroiled in a scandal that forces him to make his own movie with a tiny budget. He decides to adapt a script about an alien who arrives on earth and has several silly adventures as a superhero.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27821\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/07-Jian-Bing-Man.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/07-Jian-Bing-Man.jpg 428w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/07-Jian-Bing-Man-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The screening schedules are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, January 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Shining Days &#8211; 3:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Little Door Gods &#8211; 5:10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Monkey King 2 &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, January 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Great Wall &#8211; 2:55 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Jian Bing Man &#8211; 5:10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Monkey King 2 &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, January 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Little Door Gods &#8211; 3:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Our Shining Day &#8211; 5:20 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Battle of Memories &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, January 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jian Bing Man &#8211; 2:45 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Monkey King 2 &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Our Shining Days &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, January 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Shining Days &#8211; 2:50 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Battle of Memories &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Little Door Gods &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, January 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Monkey King 2 &#8211; 2:45 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Great Wall &#8211; 5:15 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Jian Bing Man &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, January 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle of Memories &#8211; 2:40 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Little Door Gods &#8211; 5:10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Our Shining Days &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday, January 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Shining Days &#8211; 3:00 P.M.<\/li>\n<li>Little Door Gods &#8211; 5:10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Monkey King 2 &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aside from the movie screening, there is so much more to look forward to at the festival\u00a0including a display of traditional Chinese paintings at the Confucius Institute Painting Exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a\u00a0special<strong> Chinese musical event<\/strong> by the Philippine Cultural College Chinese Orchestra and Wu Shu and Lion dance by Northern Rizal Yorklin School are taking place on <strong>January 25, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For art enthusiasts, appreciate and learn more about the fine craft of traditional Chinese art at the<strong> Chinese Painting Workshop<\/strong> <strong>by Art Association of the Philippines President Master Fidel M. Sarmiento<\/strong> and<strong> Vice President Roger Santos<\/strong> to be held on <strong>January 26 <\/strong>from<strong> 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This event was possible with the help of\u00a0<strong>Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies, the Embassy of People\u2019s Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines,<\/strong> and the <strong>Film Development Council of the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get to explore the vibrant culture of China through a vast array of exciting activities at the 14th Spring Film Festival!<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information and inquiries, visit the Shangri-La\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and or follow them on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">@shangrilaplazaofficial<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Details\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a014th Spring Film Festival<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Red Carpet, Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong City<br \/>\n<strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>January 19 to 26, 2020<br \/>\n<b>Ticket Information: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shangrila-plaza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">shangrila-plaza.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com\/shangrilaplazaofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source: Shangri-La Plaza press release<br \/>\nImages courtesy of Shangri-La Plaza<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From January 19 to 26, 2020, you will able to witness six Chinese films for free at the 14th Spring Film Festival happening at Shangri-La Plaza Red Carpet<\/p>\n<p>This New Year, the 14th Spring Film Festival will be happening at Shangri-La Plaza Red Carpet from January 19 to 26, 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,64,160,163],"tags":[10519,10518,10516,10517,1444],"class_list":["post-27814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival","category-film-festival","category-ortigas-mandaluyong","category-shangri-la-plaza","tag-14th-spring-film-festival-2020","tag-14th-spring-film-festival-in-ph","tag-14th-spring-film-festival-in-shangri-la-plaza","tag-14th-spring-film-festival-on-january","tag-spring-film-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27814"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27841,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27814\/revisions\/27841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}