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"ASIA FILMFEST IN MUNICH" + "WELCOME TO ALIVE NOT DEAD 1" (RE-UP)

Monday, May 25, 2009 5:57AM / Video / Asian Cinema

I’m re-uploading some of my videos in a lower quality version on Dailymotion for those who have trouble reading the high quality versions on my website. I’m starting with the Asia Filmfest in Munich and Welcome to Alive Not Dead – part 1 videos. Enjoy...

ASIA FILMFEST IN MUNICH
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WELCOME TO ALIVE NOT DEAD part 1: FAKE BAND / REAL MOVIE
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Frédéric Ambroisine (May 24^th, 2009)

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VIDEO: BOLLYWOOD BEAUTY PRIYANKA CHOPRA (ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2009)

Saturday, May 9, 2009 9:23AM / Video / Asian Cinema

One day after the 3^rd Asian Film Awards, where Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, received the Nielsen Box Office Award for her outstanding contribution to Asian film industry, I had the chance to interview her. Watch the whole video in low resolution below.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA (ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2009)
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You can also watch it in high resolution on my website here: http://fredambroisine.com/videos/090509pchopra.htm

Frédéric Ambrtoisine (May 9^th, 2009)

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FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2009: MORE GUESTS (“THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD” & “THE FORBIDDEN DOOR”)

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 8:19PM / News / Asian Cinema

Korean director Kim Jee-woon arrived yesterday (April 28^th) at the Far East Film Festival.

Kim Jee-woon at the Far East Film DVD shop (April 28th, 2009)

He’ll talk during a panel about Korean Cinema moderated by Darcy Paquet on April 30^th at 6.15 pm, with also Kang Hyoung-chul (director of “Scandal Makers”), Lee An-na (producer of “Scandal Makers”), and Kim Dong-ho (president of the Pusan International Film Festival). Later at 8.00 pm, Kim Jee-woon will present his last eastern western movie, “The Good, The Bad, The Weird”.

Kim Jee-woonand Kim Dong-ho (April 28th, 2009)

Indonesian director Joko Anwar also arrived yesterday with Fachry Albar and Marsha Timothy, his actor and actress of “The Forbidden Door”, a psycho horror movie, which will be screened tonight, because today it’s the HORROR DAY of the Far East Film Festival (7 horror movies screened!)…

Joko Anwar, Fachry Albar & Marsha Timothy (April 28th, 2009)

Frédéric Ambroisine (April 29^th, 2009)

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SATO SHIMAKO (K-20): JAPANESE ACTION WOMAN DIRECTOR

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 8:07PM / News / Asian Cinema

On April 27^th, just before the screening of “K-20: The Legend of the Mask”, a “masked action movie” starring Takeshi Kaneshiro (“Red Cliff”) and Toru Nakamura (“2009 Lost Memories”)...

...Sabrina Baracetti, the president of the Far East Film Festival, introduced the film director Sato Shimako (who came on stage with her producer Abe Shuji), as the Japanese Kathrynn Bigelow, since she’s the first woman director to make such a big budget action movie in Japan.

Sato Shimako and Sabrina Baracetti (April 28th, 2009)

Luckily, I was asked by the German distribution company of “K-20” to shoot some DVD extra materials for them in Udine, so the day after the screening, I attended the official press conference with the director and producer of the movie.

But it was a group interview (and 45 minutes only instead of the usual 2 hours) and since I was one of the few English speakers, they gave the priority to the Italian press, and I could ask only a couple of questions at the end.

Sato Shimako and Abe Shuji (April 28th, 2009)

Hopefully, I had the chance to discuss with Sato Shimako later on, and she accepted to have a solo interview with me in the afternoon. And I finally got 45 more minutes with her in English. Yeah!

Frédéric Ambroisine (April 29^th, 2009)

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Born in Istres (France), Frederic Ambroisine studied mathematics, then filmmaking in Paris in his twenties...
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Born in Istres (France), Frederic Ambroisine studied mathematics, then filmmaking in Paris in his twenties. At the same time, he was also trained as a stuntman by the Figlarz Action crew (SCORPION, 36, BABYLON A.D., LARGO WINCH etc.). He started as a filmcritic in 2000 on the website DVDRAMA, which is now one of the most popular French daily e-magazines about movies and DVD. Since 2002, he also wrote in several French magazines specialized in Asian Cinema, including KUMITE, ASIA PULP, MAD ASIA and SCORE ASIA. At the end of 2003, Frederic started to work as a documentary director on the SHAW BROTHERS French DVD collection distributed by WILD SIDE FILMS. He interviewed hundreds of Hong Kong artists and did more than 60 short documentaries between 2004 and 2006 related to Shaw Brothers kung-fu classics, inlcluding THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN, THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN, COME DRINK WITH ME, KILLER CLANS, KING BOXER, THE 8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER etc. He also directed a few dozens of short documentaries about recent Hong Kong movies including the INFERNAL AFFAIRS trilogy, ONE NITE IN MONGKOK, P.T.U., DUMPLINGS, S.P.L., DOG BITE DOG... In 2006, he directed INSIDE HO YUK, his first 52-minute documentary (the other ones were 26 minutes or less). He’s now preparing his first musical documentary, ROCK 'N' ROLL GIRLS.
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Occupation: Director , Screenwriter , Magazine Editor
Age: 34
Gender: Male
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