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• SCREENINGS OF MY DOCUMENTARY AT THE VESOUL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL + 2010 LINE UP!

  Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 8:38PM / Event / Asian Cinema / Members only
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  I’m finishing up editing a 52-minute documentary called “FICA: Du Proche au Moyen Orient” (FICA: From the Near East to the Far East).  FICA stands for the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie (Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema), the oldest European Asian Cinema festival. 
  

  
  

  
  

  Opening ceremony of the 15th edition
  

  
  

  
  

  Indian music concert  feat. Paban das Baul
  

  
  

  
  

  Lebanese directors Milka Assaf & Joana Hadjithomas
  

  
  

  
  

  Director Zhou Hongbo & the students of Inalco (Oriental languages)
  

  
  

  The documentary, shot in February 2009 – 39 hours of footage in 8 days! - during the 15^th annual festival, will be screened twice (on Janury 29^th and February 1^st, 2010) at the 16^th festival.

  
  

  

  The French-Taiwanese connection
  

  
  

  

  Taiwanese pop-star Van Fan 范逸臣and some fans

  
  

  

  Presenting "Cape No. 7 海角七號"

   

  “FICA: Du Proche au Moyen Orient” will be screened in the documentary section along with seven others, but out of competition (which is logical) on Jan. 29th & Jan. 30th, 2010.

   

  

  Multi-ward winning iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria
  

  
  

  

  High School students Jury
  

  
  

  
  

  Party time
  

  
  

  The 16^th annual Vesoul Asian Film Festival begins January 26^th and ends February 2^nd, 2010. 80 movies will be screened! It opens with Wang Quan'an’s “Weaving Girl” 纺织姑娘” (2009) and closes with Cai Ning's “Season of the Horse” (2006).
  

  
  

  Check out the line-up below & Best wishes for 2010 to everyone!

   

  Competition - Feature Films

  China: COW鬥牛 - Guan Hu管虎

  
  

  Hong Kong: NIGHT AND FOG 天水圍的夜與霧 - Ann Hui 許鞍華

  
  

  Korea: ANIMAL TOWN애니멀 타운 - Jeon Kyu-Hwan전규환

  India: THE DAMNED RAIN (GABHRICHA PAUS) - Satish Manwar

  Indonesia: JAMILA AND THE PRESIDENT - Ratna Sarumpaet

  Iran: FRONTIER BLUES - Babak Jalali
  

  
  

  Philippines: THE PAWNSHOP (SANGLAAN) - Milo Sogueco 

  Taiwan: NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI不能沒有你 - Leon Dai戴立忍 

  Turkey: İNCIR ÇEKIRDEGI (DES VIES SANS VALEUR) - Selda Çiçek

  
  

  
  

  COMPETITION - DOCUMENTARIES

  Afghanistan - France : LE JOUEUR DE CERF VOLANT - Jean-Paul Mignot

  Cambodia - France : TOURS D’EXIL - Jenny Teng

  India: SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON - Faiza Ahmad Khan 
  

  
  

  Indonesia: EFFORTS FOR LOVE - Ani Ema Susanti

  WHAT’S THE POINT - Iwan Setiawan & Muhammad Ichsan

  Iran : 7 FEMMES - Sara Rastegar

  Taiwan : TIBET, TAIPEI - Wu Mi-sen

  Vietnam - France : LA VIE SOMBRE TROIS FOIS… - Xuân Lan Guyot

  DOCUMENTARY (OUT OF COMPETITION)

  France : FICA : DU PROCHE A L’EXTREME-ORIENT - Frédéric Ambroisine
  

  
  

  TRIBUTE TO ÖMER KAVUR

  1974 : YATIK EMINE - EMINE, COUCHE TOI LA 

  1978 : USUF ILE KENAN - LES GAMINS D’ISTANBUL

  1981 : KIRIK BIR ASK HIKAYESI - UNE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR AMER

  1981 : AH GÜZEL ISTANBUL - AH LA BELLE ISTANBUL 
  

  
  

  1982 : GÖL - LE LAC 

  1985 : KÖREBE – COLIN-MAILLARD

  1985 : AMANSIZ YOL (DESPERATE ROAD) - LA ROUTE DESESPEREE

  1987 : GECE YOLCULUGU – LE VOYAGE DE NUIT

  1987 : ANAYURT OTELI (MOTHERLAND HOTEL) – L’HOTEL DE LA MERE PATRIE  

  1991 : GIZLI YÜZ (THE SECRET FACE) - LE VISAGE SECRET 

  1995 : BULUSMA – RETROUVAILLES 

  1996 : AKREBIN YOLCULUGLU (CLOCK TOWER) – LA TOUR DE L’HORLOGE 

  2000 : MELEKLER EVI - LA MAISON DES ANGES

  
  

  2003 : KARSILASMA (ENCOUNTER) – LA RENCONTRE

  FOCUS ON TAIWAN CINEMA

   

  1956 : JOURNEY TO GUAN SHAN a.k.a. OVER THE ROLLING HILLS關山行  - Wen Yi易文

  1962 : PAST LOVE CONTINUED 舊情綿綿 – Shao Luo-hui邵羅輝

  1963 : OYSTER GIRL蚵女 - Lee Chia李嘉, Lee Hsing李行

  
  

  1976 : POSTERITY AND PERPLEXITY碧雲天 - Lee Hsing李行

  1983 : THAT DAY ON THE BEACH海灘的一天 - Edward Yang楊德昌

  1989 : CITY OF SADNESS悲情城市 - Hou Hsiao-hsien侯孝賢

  1991 : FIVE GIRLS AND A ROPE五個女子和 - Yeh Hung-wei葉鴻偉

  1995 : SUPER CITIZEN KO超級大國民 - Wan Jen萬仁

  1997 : MURMUR OF YOUTH 美麗在唱歌 - Lin Cheng-sheng林正盛

  2000 : YIYI一一 - Edward Yang楊德昌

  2000: HIDDEN WHISPER小百無禁忌 - Vivian Chang章蕙蘭

  
  

  2001 : BETELNUT BEAUTY愛你愛我 - Lin Cheng-sheng 林正盛

  2002 : BLUE GATE CROSSING 藍色大門 - Yee Chih-yen 易智言

  2003 : GOODBYE DRAGON INN 不散 - Tsai Ming-liang 蔡明亮

  2007 : LUST, CAUTION 色,戒 - Ang Lee  李安

  
  

  2007: SOUL OF A DEMON 蝴蝶 - Chang Tso-chi 張作驥

  2008 : PARKING 停車 - Chung Mong-hong 鍾孟宏

  2008: GOD MAN DOG   流浪神狗人 - Singing Chen 陳芯宜

  FRENCH-SPEAKING ASIA: VIETNAMESE INDIE FILMMAKERS

  BAN TOI – MON AMI - Trinh Le Van

  CHI DUNG - MADAME DONG - Dao Ba Son

  CHU BE « CU-LI » - LE PETIT COOLIE - Pham Nhue Giang

  HANOI CO CAU LONG BIEN – A HANOI, IL Y A LE PONT LONG BIEN - Pham Cuong

  KHOE MUON – CRYING FOR HIRE - Phuong Lan

  NGUOI O TRAN – THE HALF NAKED MAN - Phuong Lan

  LOVE MAN, LOVE WOMAN - Nguyen Trinh Thi

  
  

  FOCUS: MAN AND  NATURE

  Bhutan : MILAREPA: MAGICIAN, MURDERER, SAIN (LA VOIE DU BONHEUR) - Neten Chokling – 2006

  China : KEKEXILI (THE MOUNTAIN PATROL) 可可西里- Lu Chan 陸川– 2005

  
  

  China: MONGOLIAN PING PONG綠草地 - Ning Hao寧浩 – 2005

  China: SEASON OF THE HORSE季风中的马 – Cai Ning寧才- 2005

  China: STILL LIFE三峽好人 - Jia Zhang-ke賈樟柯- 2006

  Korea : DESERT DREAM (HYAZGAR)- Zhang Lu - 2007

  India : DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (ARANYER DIN RATRI ARANYER DIN RATRI ) - Satyajit Ray সত্যজিত রায় - 1970

  India : A RIVER CALLED TITASH (TITASH EKTI NADIR NAAM) - Ritwik Ghatak – 1973

  India : THE WARRIOR - Asif Kapadia - 2001
  

  
  

  Japan : THE NAKED ISLAND裸の島 - Kaneto Shindô新藤 兼人 - 1960

  Japan/Russia : DERSU UZALA Дерсу Узала - Akira Kurosawa黒澤 明 – 1975

  Kazakhstan : OULTOUGAN - Yedigué Bosylbaiev – 1990  

  Russia (Siberia) : URGA - Nikita Mikhalkov - 1991

  Turkmenistan : KARAKOUM 45° A L’OMBRE - Khojakuli Narliev – 1982

  Turkey : CLOUDS OF MAY (MAYIS SIKINTISI)  - Nuri Bilge Ceylan – 2000

  Vietnam : THE SAWYERS (NHUNG NGUOI THO XE) - Vuong Duc - 1998

  Vietnam : BUFFALO BOY (MUA LEN TRAU) - Nghiem Minh Nguyen Vô – 2003

  
  

  WESTERN VIEW OF ASIA

  UK : THE JUNGLE BOOK - Zoltan Korda – 1942

  
  

  Austria: ÜBER WASSER (ABOUT WATER) - Udo Maurer- 2007
  

  
  

  JAPANIMATION NIGHT

  Japan : EVANGELION1.0 YOU ARE(NOT) ALONE ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 序 - Hideaki Anno 庵野秀明 (2007)

  
  

  Japan: SWORD OF THE STRANGER ストレンヂア 無皇刃譚 - Masahiro Andō (2007)

   

  KIDS’ AFTERNOON

  China : LA BOUTIQUE DES PANDAS - Shen Zuwei, Zhou Keqin (1979)

  
  

  Japan : PANDA! GO PANDA!  パンダ・コパンダ - Isao Takahata 高畑 勲 (1972)

  
  

  Iran : MOOSHAK-E KAGHAZI (PAPER AIRPLANES) - Farhad Mehranfar (1997)

  16th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema ; Jan. 26th-Feb. 3rd, 2010 http://www.cinemas-asie.com/
  

  Frédéric Ambroisine (Jan. 16th, 2010)
  

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