In partnership with Big Ben Travel, Mongrel Media and The Glenbow Museum, Asian Heritage Foundation will screen two Asian films.

TOUCH – Vietnames/American (2011)

English _ Vietnamese with English Subtitles

Conoco Phillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum, 130 9th Ave SE
Saturday, May 12 – 7:00pm
The film will be followed by a Q_A with film director Minh Duc Nguyen.

Sponsored by Big Ben Travel.

This romance between a married car mechanic and a Vietnamese-American manicurist tells the story of love, loss and the importance of the human connection.

Winner of awards at the Boston International Film Festival, the Vietnamese International Film Festival and the Atlanta Asian Film Festival.

Tickets $5 per person, available at the door, and online at the bottom of this page.

This film is rated 14A – Suitable for viewing by persons 14 years of age or older. Persons under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Contains mature content.

POETRY – South Korea (2010)

Korean with English Subtitles
Conoco Phillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum, 130 9th Ave SE
Saturday, May 19 – 7:00pm

A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.

Winner of 2 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2 Cannes Film Festival Awards and more!
Tickets $5 per person, available at the door, and online at the bottom of this page.

This film is rated 14A.