Five Flavours Film Festival


Five Flavours Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Warsaw, Poland. It is focused on the cinema of Southeast and East Asia. It commenced in 2007 as a Vietnamese film review and later expanded to include films from other Asian nations, to become one of the most important events of its kind in Europe. Among its guests were many revered Asian filmmakers, including Fruit Chan, Noboru Iguchi, Miwa Nishikawa, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Pema Tseden and Midi Z. The festival also engages in educational projects, publishes books on Asian film and, since 2017, it has also started acting as a film distribution company, bringing selected Asian films to broader Polish audience.

New Asian Cinema competition

People's Jury Award

The People's Jury is composed of non-professionals interested in Asian cinema and culture. To participate, the volunteers apply by sending short essays or visual impressions on Asian film. This solution is quite unique among film festivals worldwide. There was no competitive section during the first five editions of the festival, thus the first prize was awarded in 2012.
YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorCountry
2012P-047แต่เพียงผู้เดียวKongdej JaturanrasameeThailand
201336Nawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand
2014Exit迴光奏鳴曲Chienn HsiangTaiwan
20150.5 mm0.5ミリMomoko AndoJapan
2016Apocalypse ChildMario CornejoPhilippines
2017Free and Easy轻松+愉快Geng JunHong Kong
2018Die Tomorrowดาย ทูมอร์โรว์Nawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand
2019BalloonPema TsedenChina

Netpac Jury Award

Apart from the People's Jury, there was a separate jury during 2016 and 2017 editions of the festival. It was helmed by the NETPAC organization. Their awards went to Tharlo in 2016 and Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts in 2017.