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• FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2009: LINE-UP & GUESTS

  Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 7:57PM / Event / Cinema / Members only
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  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, sex-worker- drama, European Premiere

   

  

  
  

  INDONESIA

  Chants Of Lotus,Nia DINATA, Upi, Lasja F. SUSATYO, Fatimah T. RONY, 2008, drama, 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 Buming director, The Story Of The Closestool

   

  HONG KONG

  CHEUNG Nick, actor , The Beast Stalker, Connected

  HUI Ann, director , Hong Kong Stories: The TV Works 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 ZAWAWI executive 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