Shaw South Asian Feature Films

SUNDAYS 12:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. (R) SUNDAYS 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday September 27 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Ultimele Zile Ale Verii (Romanian, drama, 1974) This film studies the cowardly decisions made by people when it comes to love.
Sunday October 4 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Zaza (Russian, romantic comedy, 2009)   In this film that truly defines age as ‘just a number’, a successful young man falls in love with a middle-aged working class  woman.
Sunday October 11 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Der Schatz Des Kaisers (The Treasure of the Emperor) Part One (German, drama, )   This classic Austrian film is set in Vienna in the 1950s, and weaves a tale set hundreds of years ago.
Sunday October 18 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Secvente (Romanian, drama, 1982)   Passionate filmmakers of the 1980s have difficulties in finding solutions to the problems in their lives while on set.
Sunday October 25 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	9:00 p.m. Horsewoman in Caravan (Mandarin with English subtitles, documentary, 2003) In a remote mountainous area of Guangxi, the horse is the only means of reaching the outside world; for thousands of years indigenous women and their horses have carried cargo to earn a living, but the construction of roads has forced a change of lifestyle. 9:30 p.m. Life Among the People of Choni (Tibetan and Mandarin with English subtitles, documentary, 2009) This documentary follows in the footsteps of explorer Joseph Francis Rock whose 1928 article in National Geographic revealed the extraordinary beauty of Choni on the north-eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, a principality that is still rarely glimpsed by westerners.
Sunday November 1 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (English, various, 2008)   Shaw Multicultural Channel presents a showcase of the 2008 entries to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon.
Sunday November 8 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Der Schatz Des Kaisers (The Treasure of the Emperor) Part Two (German, drama, ) This classic Austrian film is set in Vienna in the 1950s, and weaves a tale set hundreds of years ago.
Sunday November 15 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Lovers (Russian, drama, 2008)   Set in the 1970s in the former USSR, this is the story of a son who sacrifices his own happiness in order to help his father, but finds that life is sometimes kind to those who help others.
Sunday November 22 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Departe de Tipperary (Romanian, drama, 1973)   A political drama that examines the unstoppable ascension of the Communist party at the end of the Second World War.
Sunday November 29 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	9:00 p.m. Talking About Abuse (Tagalog) (Tagalog, discussion, 2009 ) This special program from The People’s Law School provides information for anyone who may be affected by abuse in relationships, and will help Tagalog-speakers understand how Canadian law defines domestic violence and explain where people in B.C. can go to get help. 10:00 p.m. Talking About Abuse (Tamil) (Tamil, discussion, 2009 ) This special program from The People’s Law School provides information for anyone who may be affected by abuse in relationships, and will help Tamil-speakers understand how Canadian law defines domestic violence and explain where people in B.C. can go to get help.
Sunday December 6 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	I Want A Baby (Russian, comedy, 2008) A woman who wants a baby decides to use a sperm bank, and is shocked when the baby's father turns out to be her boss.
Sunday December 13 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	The Magic Flute (German, music) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s musical masterpiece offers a holiday experience for children of all ages.
Sunday December 20 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	Filantropica (Romanian, comedy, 2002)   A professor falls in love with a rather ‘sophisticated’ lady with expensive tastes, and must be prepared to do anything in order to fulfill his yearning.
Sunday December 27 9 pm - 11 pm Rebroadcast Monday 12 am	9:00 p.m. Hip Hop Storm (Mandarin with English subtitles, documentary, 2008)   This documentary follows two generations of hip-hop dancers in Taiwan: the founder of the first Taiwanese hip-hop group – now 34 – at the world break-dance contest in Paris, and a group of eight high school students who reunite after college entrance exams for one last hip-hop fling. 10:00 p.m. Game Dream (Cantonese with English subtitles, documentary, 2008) The harsh and hidden life of marginalized youth in contemporary urban China is revealed in this portrait of young kids from poor families who work day and night gaming in a virtual world.

 

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