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

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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 editionIndian music concert  feat. Paban das BaulLebanese directors Milka Assaf & Joana HadjithomasDirector 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 connectionTaiwanese pop-star Van Fan 范逸臣and some fansPresenting "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 JuryParty timeThe 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

:COW鬥牛- Guan Hu管虎

: NIGHT AND FOG天水圍的夜與霧- Ann Hui許鞍華

:ANIMAL TOWN애니멀타운- Jeon Kyu-Hwan전규환

:THE DAMNED RAIN (GABHRICHA PAUS)- Satish Manwar

:JAMILA AND THE PRESIDENT- Ratna Sarumpaet

:FRONTIER BLUES - Babak Jalali

:THE PAWNSHOP (SANGLAAN) - Milo Sogueco  

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

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

COMPETITION - DOCUMENTARIES

:LE JOUEUR DE CERF VOLANT- Jean-Paul Mignot

: TOURS D’EXIL- Jenny Teng

:SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON - Faiza Ahmad Khan 

: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 Rayসত্যজিত 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)