About the programme

Rest & Relax presents 12 film screenings that delve, ebb, flow and toy with our desire to unwind from our lives. While we immerse ourselves in fiction to escape reality, these moving pictures often stubbornly reflect and return us to our grapplings in the real world through satire, comedy or glimmers of hope. From soothing mumblecore with Hong Sang-Soo, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Abbas Kiarostami, to coming-of-age vignettes, hallucinogenic daydreams and cosy Hayao Miyazaki adventures, enter tales and universes where languidity and playfulness seem the order of the day. However, more chaotic yearnings stir below the surface.

Alongside the slew of soul-searching in castles, resorts, libraries and zoos, are two experimental programmes that take our impulses one step further, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, inviting us to lose ourselves between the frames. After all, the term relax, Latin relaxare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + laxus ‘lax, loose’ suggests intensely letting loose. Let’s take relaxing seriously.

Rest & Relax runs from 7 – 29 September 2024 at Oldham Theatre.

Full programme

Certified Copy (Copie conforme) (2010, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
Happy Hour (ハッピーアワー) (2016, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan)
Blue Gate Crossing (藍色大門) (2002, Yee Chih-yen)
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城) (1979, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan) *4K RESTORATION*
White Days (2009, Lei Yuan Bin, Singapore)
Us and the Night (2024, Audrey Lam, Australia) *with post-screening online Q&A with filmmaker Audrey Lam*
Claire’s Camera (클레어의 카메라) (2017, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
A Traveller’s Needs (여행자의 필요) (2024, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
Postcards from the Zoo (Kebun Binatang) (2012, Edwin, Indonesia)
Triple Bill: People On Sunday (2020), Mangosteen (2022) and A Room with a Coconut View (2018) (Tulapop Saenjaroen, Thailand)
Double Bill: Come Here (2021, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand) and Lemongrass Girl (2021, Pom Bunsermvicha, Thailand)

Tickets are on sale now. 

Friends of AFA members, please read the membership guide on how to purchase your discounted tickets and redeem your complimentary tickets.

Oldham Theatre’s opening hours

For further assistance, please contact us at ticketing@asianfilmarchive.org 

Important Notice:

Do note that Oldham Theatre operates on a free seating arrangement. Doors will open 20 minutes before showtime so arrive early to choose a seat and avoid disrupting the screenings as AFA does not play ads and screenings will start promptly.

All patrons are encouraged to purchase your tickets online. If you choose to purchase tickets or merchandise at Oldham Theatre’s box office, cashless payment is preferred.

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T&Cs
Concession tickets apply to Students (Local & Overseas), Full-time National Servicemen (NSF), Senior Citizens (55 years and above) only.

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Upon confirmation of your order for Tickets, no exchange of Tickets will be made under any circumstances and Tickets are not transferable. No refund on Tickets will be made under any circumstances except due to cancellation of the event. The resale of Tickets at any price is prohibited.