Transnational Asian Film Festival — Fears, Tears, and Laughter
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Images Cinema (50 Spring St,, Williamstown, MA 01267, Williamstown MA)
Williams College brings the annual Transnational Asian Film Festival to Images Ciniema with free contemporary films.
By the Stream (Dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2024) – Hong Sang-soo’s 32nd feature film returns to a campus setting, revisiting themes and storytelling approaches he hasn’t explored in years. (Thursday, March 6 @ 7:30 PM, Images)
After a scandal breaks out among several students involved in the production of a skit, a lecturer at a South Korean women’s college brings in her uncle, a famous actor, to bring the work to fruition.
“This subtle comedy of actors, academics and dreams set to one side welcomes the director’s steadfast fans like a gentle but hesitant embrace.” — Variety
In Korean with English subtitltes
Her Story
In Director Yihui Shao’s new feminist comedy (2024)
Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with her ex-husband causing trouble.
Song Jia, Elane Zhong and Zeng Mumei star in a film exploring motherhood, friendship and romance, as Tiemei and her daughter navigate trauma, relationships and the absurdity and dangers of misogyny. (Saturday, March 8 @ 7:00 PM, Images)
All screenings are free and open to public @ Images
This program is co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Asian Studies Program at Williams College. The TAFF Committee (Charlie Smith ’25, Minxin Li ’25, Akiko Jindo ’25, Ben Floyd ’25, Sam Samuel ’26, Heidi Forbes ’27, Phoebe Pallesen ’27, and Prof. Man He) warmly invites you to join us for three powerful and thought-provoking films from across East Asia. Let’s come together in the first week of March to feel the fears, shed tears and burst into laughter.