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FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2009: LINE-UP & GUESTS

[if gte mso 9]> Normal/w:View 0/w:Zoom 21/w:HyphenationZone /w:Compatibility MicrosoftInternetExplorer4/w:BrowserLevel /w:WordDocument <![endif][if gte mso 10]> <![endif]The 11 th edition of the Far East Film Festival, will take place in Udine (Italy) between April 24 th and May 2 nd, 2009. There will be 56 titles from 9 Far East countries (China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore) and 35 guests who’ll do interviews and participate to the daily seminars. An impressive retrospective dedicated to Hong Kong director Ann Hui will propose over 10 hours of her TV works from the 70’s, which were never seen in the West before. There will also have a special section about Thai-Action movies, a workshop dedicated to intercontinental formation in cinema, and a live performance by the Japanese psych rock band Yura Yura Teikoku.

 

COMPETITION

 

CHINA

All About Women,TSUI Hark, 2008, comedy, Italian Premiere

Crazy Racer,NING Hao, 2009, black-comedy, European Premiere

Desires Of The Heart,MA Liwen, 2008, comedy, International Festival Premiere

The Equation Of Love And Death,CAO Baoping, 2008 , black-tragic-comedy-romance, Italian Premiere

If You Are The One,FENG Xiaogang, 2008, romantic-comedy, European Premiere

The Story Of The Closestool,XU Buming, 2008 , social-comedy, International Festival Premiere

 

SPECIAL SCREENING

Trouble Makers,CAO Baoping , 2006, black-comedy, Italian Premiere

 

HONG KONG

The Beast Stalker,Dante LAM,2008, action-noir, Italian Premiere

Connected,Benny CHAN, 2008, action, International Festival Premiere

Ip Man,Wilson YIP, 2008, martial-arts-biopic, International Festival Premiere

Tactical Unit: Comrades In Arms, LAW Wing-cheong, 2009, police-thriller, European Premiere

The Forbidden Legend-Sex & Chopsticks,Cash CHIN, 2008, sex-comedy, International Festival

Premiere

True Women For Sale,Herman YAU, 2008, - drama, European Premiere

 

INDONESIA

Chants Of Lotus,Nia DINATA, Upi, Lasja F. SUSATYO, Fatimah T. RONY, 2008, , European

Premiere

Fiction., Mouly SURYA, 2008, psycho-drama, European Premiere

The Forbidden Door,Joko ANWAR, 2009, HORROR DAY- psycho horror, Italian Premiere

Radit & Jani,Upi, 2008, youth-drama, European Premiere

The Rainbow Troops,Riri RIZA, 2008, melodrama, Italian Premiere

Takut: Faces Of Fear, Rako PRIJANTO, Riri RIZA, Ray NAYOAN, Robby ERTANTO, Raditya SIDHARTA,

“The MO Brothers” (Kimo STAMBOEL & Timothy TJAHJANTO), 2008, HORROR DAY, Italian Premiere

 JAPAN

Special Focus on NAKAMURA Yoshihiro

Fish Story,NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, apocalyptic-dramady, 2009, European Premiere

The Triumphant General Rouge,NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, 2009, medical-thriller, International Festival

Premiere

Climber's High, HARADA Masato, 2009, disaster- thriller, International Festival Premiere

Departures,TAKITA Yojiro, 2008, Academy Award-winning drama, Italian Premiere

Drop, SHINAGAWA Hiroshi, 2009, teen-gang-dramady, European Premiere

The Handsome Suit,HANABUSA Tsutomu, 2008, romantic-comedy, International Festival Premiere

Instant Swamp,MIKI Satoshi, 2009, deranged-comedy, World Premiere

K-20: Legend Of The Mask,SATO Shimako, 2008, action-fantasy, European Premiere

Lalapipo - A Lot Of People, MIYANO Masayuki, 2008, erotic- comedy, International Festival Premiere

Love Exposure,SONO Sion, 2009, cult-romantic-comedy, Italian Premiere

One Million Yen Girl,TANADA Yuki, 2008, youth-road-movie, Italian Premiere

Yatterman,MIIKE Takashi, superhero- fantasy ,European Premiere

 

Pink-movie

Love Master 3,TAJIRI Yuji, 2008, erotic-comedy, International Premiere

 

THE PHILIPPINES

Baler,Mark MEILY, 2008, historical-drama, International Festival Premiere

Caregiver, Chito S. ROÑO, 2008, social- drama, Italian Premiere

My Only Ü,Cathy GARCIA-MOLINA, 2008, romantic- comedy, International Festival Premiere

 

SINGAPORE

Rule

1,Kelvin TONG, 2008, HORROR DAY , Italian Premiere

 

SOUTH KOREA

The Accidental Gangster,YEO Kyun-dong, 2008, period-action-comedy-romance, International Festival

Premiere

Crush And Blush,LEE Kyoung-mi, 2008, black screwball comedy, Italian Premiere

A Frozen Flower,YOO Ha,2008, erotic-drama, Italian Premiere

The Good, The Bad, The Weird, KIM Jee-woon, 2008, eastern- western, Italian Premiere

Hello Schoolgirl,RYU Jang-ha, 2008, youth drama, International Festival Premiere

Life Is Cool,Equan CHOE, 2008, rotoscope-drama, International Festival Premiere

My Dear Enemy,LEE Yoon-ki,2008, drama, Italian Premiere

Rough Cut,JANG Hoon, 2008, gangster-movie, European Premiere

Scandal Makers,KANG Hyoung-chul, 2008, comedy, European Premiere

 

SPECIAL SCREENING

A Bloodthirsty Killer,LEE Yong-min, 1965, HORROR DAY, classic –horror

 

TAIWAN

Cape No. 7,WEI Te-sheng, 2008, comedy- romance, Italian Premiere

 

THAILAND

SPECIAL SECTION. KICKS OF FURY - NEW MUAY THAI FILMS

Chocolate,Prachya PINKAEW, 2008, female- action, Italian Premiere

Fireball,Thanakorn PONGSUWAN, 2009, sports- action, Italian Premiere

Somtum,Nontakorn TAWEESUK, 2008, action-comedy, International Festival Premiere

Ong Bak 2,Tony JAA and Panna RITTIKRAI, 2008, black-magic-action, European Premiere

4BIA,Yongyoot THONGKONGTOON, Paween PURIJITPANYA, Banjong PISANTHANAKUN, Parkpoom

WONGPOM, 2008, HORROR DAY, Italian Premiere

Best Of Times,Yongyoot THONGKONGTOON, 2009, comedy, International Festival Premiere

Coming Soon,Sophon SAKDAPHISIT, 2008, HORROR DAY, International Festival Premiere

Rahtree Reborn,Yuthlert SIPPAPAK, 2009, HORROR DAY, International Festival Premiere

 

Hong Kong Stories: The TV Works of Ann Hui

The Way We Are,Ann HUI, 2008, drama, European Premiere

TVB:Dragon, Tiger, Panther,1976

TVB: CID: Murder,1976

TVB:Social Worker: Boy,1976

TVB:Social Worker: Ah Sze,1976

ICAC:Homeward Bound,1977

ICAC:Steak Fee,1978

ICAC:Section 9,1977

ICAC:Black and White,1978

ICAC:A Man,1977

ICAC:Investigation,1977

RTHK:Below The Lion Rock: The Boy From Vietnam, 1978

RTHK:Below The Lion Rock: The Bridge, 1978

RTHK:Below The Lion Rock: The Road, 1978

 

FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENT

YURA YURA TEIKOKU, psychedelic rock band from Tokyo, European Premiere

 

GUESTS STARS

 

CHINA

CAO Baoping,director, The Equation Of Love And Death – Trouble Makers

XU Bumingdirector, The Story Of The Closestool

 

HONG KONG

CHEUNG Nick,actor , The Beast Stalker, Connected

HUI Ann,director ,Hong Kong Stories: TheTVWorks of Ann Hui

LAM Dante,director , The Beast Stalker

 

INDONESIA

Fachry ALBAR,actor , The Forbidden Door

Joko ANWAR,director and scriptwriter, The Forbidden Door, Fiction.

Haris Khaseli GUMELAR,music director, Fiction.

Lucky PERDANA,assistant producer , Radit & Jani

Achmad Zawawi SOELEIMAN,executive producer, Fiction.

Sapto SOETARJO,producer, Fiction.

Adiyanto SUMARDJONO,producer, Radit & Jani

Mouly SURYA,director and scriptwriter ,Fiction.

Marsha TIMOTHY,actress , The Forbidden Door

UPI ,director and scriptwriter , Chants Of Lotus, Radit & Jani

Mimin Aminah ZAWAWIexecutive producer, Fiction.

Rama WIRASMO,producer, Fiction.

 

JAPAN

ABE Shuji,producer, K-20: Legend Of The Mask

CHIBA Yoshinori,producer, Yatterman

MASE Yasuhiro,producer, Departures

OOKA Sadamu,producer, Love Master 3

SATO Shimako,director, K-20: Legend Of The Mask

SHIOTSUKI Takashi ,producer, Love Master 3

TAJIRI Yuji,director, Love Master 3

TANADA Yuki,director, Love Master 3

 

Yura Yura Teikoku, rock band

 

SOUTH KOREA

KANG Hyoung-chul,director, Scandal Makers

KIM Jee-woon ,director ,The Good, The Bad, The Weird

LEE An-na,producer, Scandal Makers

SUH Youngjoo, producer, My Dear Enemy

 

THAILAND

Yongyoot THONGKONGTOON,director and producer, Best Of Times, 4BIA, Coming Soon

Panna RITTIKRAI,director and scriptwriter, Ong Bak 2

Prachya PINKAEW,director, Chocolate

 

FESTIVALS

KIM Dong-ho,Pusan International Film Festival, Festival Director

Marco MÜLLER,Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia, Diretto

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