The 10th edition of the BARCELONA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL – BAFF 2008- will open today, April 25th, with the screening of ASSEMBLY, by Feng Xiaogang. The BAFF -the only Asian film festival in Spain, and one of the most respected Asian film festivals in Europe- will run for 10 days and will offer you the best cinema produced in Asia in the last year.For this its 10th anniversary, our team has prepared a number of special events. Nine films will compete for the Golden Durian Award to the Best Film o...

BARCELONA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL came to an end on Sunday May 6th with an afternoon dedicated to three of the most important contemporary Asian filmmakers: Jia Zhangke (Still Life), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century) and Tsai Ming-lian (I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone). The previous evening, Saturday May 5th, the Festival’s closing was held at the Fòrum Park’s Movistar Space with the prize-giving ceremony and the screening of the Bollywood film Don, starring Shahrukh Khan. The B...

In the space of five years, the Barcelona Asian Film Festival-BAFF hasbecome a unique, pioneering festival of its kind in Spain. In addition,spectator numbers have risen from 3,000 to 10,000, a fact which, togetherwith the growing interest in the festival shown by the media, organisationsand institutions, has all served to increase expectations about BAFF in Asiancountries.This year, the 6th Barcelona Asian Film Festival / BAFF (which will runfor 9 days from 30th April to 7th May 2004) will be p...