16 Far East Film Festival
Sta per partire la sedicesima edizione del Far East Film Festival. Come sempre saremo lì a monitorare l'evento, a raccogliere materiali per il nostro portale e a festeggiare il decennale di Asian Feast. Per cronache in diretta da Udine seguiteci nei nostri canali FACEBOOK, TWITTER e nel nostro forum.
TUTTI I FILM
CHINA (6)
Beijing Love Story, CHEN Sicheng, romance, China 2014, European Premiere
Black Coal, Thin Ice, DIAO Yi’nan, noir, China 2014, Italian Premiere
Einstein and Einstein, CAO Baoping, contemporary drama, China 2013, Italian Premiere
Personal Tailor, FENG Xiaogang, moral comedy, China 2013, International Festival Premiere
Tiny Times 1, GUO Jingming, fashion romantic comedy, China 2013, European Premiere
To Live and Die in Ordos, NING Ying, civil drama, China 2013, Italian Premiere
HONG KONG (10)
3D Naked Ambition, LEE Kung-lok, arigato-sex-comedy, Hong Kong, 2014, International Premiere
Aberdeen, PANG Ho-cheung, contemporary drama, Hong Kong 2014, International Premiere
As the Light Goes Out, Derek KWOK, action drama, Hong Kong 2013, European Premiere
Firestorm, Alan YUEN, super action-police drama, Hong Kong 2013, European Premiere
From Vegas to Macau, WONG Jing, crime comedy, Hong Kong 2014, International Festival Premiere
Golden Chickensss, Matt CHOW, hilarious courtesan comedy, Hong Kong, 2014, International Festival Premiere
May We Chat, Philip YUNG, youth-drama, Hong Kong 2014, International Premiere
The Midnight After, Fruit CHAN, apocalyptic black comedy, Hong Kong 2014, Italian Premiere
HK Action-Focus on Dante Lam:
That Demon Within, Dante LAM, überdark thriller, Hong Kong 2014, Italian Premiere
Unbeatable, Dante LAM, action boxing drama, Hong Kong 2013, Italian Premiere
INDONESIA (2)
Brontosaurus Love, Fajar NUGROS, comedy, Indonesia 2013, International Festival Premiere
Surprise movie – TBA
JAPAN (11)
Be My Baby, Hitoshi ONE, love’n’ lies drama, Japan 2013, European Premiere
Bilocation, MARI Asato, psycho-thriller, Japan 2013, European Premiere
The Devil's Path, SHIRAISHI Kazuya, violent crime thriller, Japan 2013, European Premiere
The Eternal Zero, YAMAZAKI Takashi, war action melodrama, Japan 2013, International Festival Premiere
Girl's Blood, SAKAMOTO Koichi, all-chicks kick-ass contest, Japan 2014, International Festival Premiere
Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats, FUJITA Yosuke, surrealistic comedy, Japan 2014, International Premiere
Hello! Junichi, ISHII Katsuhito, KAWAGUCHI Kanoko, YOSHIOKA Atsushi, children comedy, Japan 2014, European Premiere
My Pretend Girlfriend, YAKUMO Saiji, romance, Japan 2014, World Premiere
The Snow White Murder Case, NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, web crime drama, Japan 2014 European Premiere
Tamako in Moratorium, YAMASHITA Nobuhiro, youth-dramedy, Japan 2013, Italian Premiere
Thermae Romae II, TAKEUCHI Hideki, peplum-fantasy, Japan 2014, International Festival Premiere
MALAYSIA (1)
The Journey, CHIU Keng Guan, road-movie, Malaysia 2014, European Premiere
THE PHILIPPINES (6)
Anita's Last Cha-cha, Sigrid Andrea P. BERNARDO, sapphic-drama, The Philippines 2013, European Premiere (in collaboration with Torino GLBT Film Festival)
Barber's Tales, Jun Robles LANA, heartfelt dramedy, The Philippines 2014, European Premiere
Shoot To Kill: Boy Golden, Chito S. ROÑO, pop-action-thriller, The Philippines 2013, International Festival Premiere
Dynamite Fishing, Chito S. ROÑO, political drama, The Philippines 2013, International Festival Premiere
If Only, Jerrold TAROG, contemporary romance, The Philippines 2013, European Premiere
Shift, Siege LEDESMA, metropolitan romantic comedy, The Philippines 2013, European Premiere
SOUTH KOREA (8)
The Attorney, YANG Woo-seok, legal drama, South Korea 2013, European Premiere
Broken, LEE Jung-ho, crime drama, South Korea 2014, International Festival Premiere
Cold Eyes, KIM Byung-seo, CHO Ui-seok, action thriller, South Korea 201, Italian Premiere
The Face Reader, HAN Jae-rim, period drama, South Korea 2013, European Premiere
Miss Granny, HWANG Dong-hyuk, fantastic comedy, South Korea 2014, International Festival Premiere
The Terror Live, KIM Byung-woo, suspense thriller, South Korea 2013, European Premiere
Venus Talk, KWON Chil-in, coral comedy-drama, South Korea 2013, International Festival Premiere
Very Ordinary Couple, ROH Deok, romance, South Korea 2013, Italian Premiere
TAIWAN (4)
Campus Confidential, LAI Chun-yu Donnie, college nerd comedy, Taiwan 2013, European Premiere
KANO, Umin BOYA, sport-drama, Taiwan 2014, European Premiere
Soul, CHUNG Mong-hong, psychodrama, Taiwan 2013, Italian Premiere
Sweet Alibis, LIEN Yi-Chi, crime comedy, Taiwan 2014, European Premiere
THAILAND (1)
Pee Mak, Banjong PISANTHANAKUN, period horror-comedy, Thailandia 2013, European Premiere
Festival sections
Documentari (4)
Boundless, Ferris LIN, documentary, Hong Kong 2013, European Premiere
Hello?! Orchestra, LEE Cheol-ha, documentary, South Korea 2013, Italian Premiere
The Road to Fame, HAO Wu, documentary, China 2013, Italian Premiere
The Search for Weng Weng, Andrew LEAVOLD, documentary, Australia-The Philippines 2013, European Premiere
Classici restaurati in 2k (In A New Hi-Definition Version) – (5)
Flame in the Valley, KIM Soo-young, drama, South Korea 1967 - 2013, European Premiere
Manila in the Claws of Light, Lino BROCKA, drama, The Philippines 1975 – 2013
Nobody's Child, Richard POH, melodrama, Hong Kong 1960 - 2013
People of the Slums, BAE Chang-ho, social drama, South Korea 1982 - 2013, European Premiere
Good Morning, OZU Yasujiro, comedy-drama, Japan 1959- 2014, European Premiere
HK Fresh Wave Shorts 2013
Fall, WONG Yee-lam
Guilty, WAN King-fai
Mrs. PONG, Ho Cheuk-tin
The Tide, YIM Sheung-man
WORLD PREMIERE = First public screening in the world
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PREMIERE = First festival screening in the world
EUROPEAN PREMIERE = First public screening in Europe
ITALIAN PREMIERE = First public screening in Italy
TUTTI GLI OSPITI:
CHINA
DIAO Yi'nan, director, Black Coal, Thin ice
HONG KONG
Pang-Ho CHEUNG, director & producer, Aberdeen
Subi LIANG, producer, Aberdeen
Fruit CHAN, director & producer, The Midnight After
Winnie TSANG, Executive Producer (The Midnight After + May We Chat)
Dante LAM, director, That Demon Whithin / Unbeatable
Candy LEUNG, producer, That Demon Whithin / Unbeatable
Matt CHOW, director, Golden Chickensss
Sandra NG, actress & producer, Golden Chickensss
Chapman TO, Actor, 3D Naked Ambition, Aberdeen, Golden Chickensss, From Vegas to Macau
CHAN Hing Kai, producer & scriptwriter, 3D Naked Ambition
LEE Kung Lok, director, 3D Naked Ambition
HO Miu Ki, scriptwriter, 3D Naked Ambition
Derek KWOK, director & actor, As The Light Goes Out – May We Chat, Aberdeen
Fresh Wave Short Film directors:
HO Cheuk-tin, Mrs. Pong
YIM Sheung-man, The Tide
WAN King-fai, Guilty
WONG Yee-Lam, Fall
JAPAN
OSHIMA Miyuki, actress, Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats
FUJITA Yosuke, director, Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats
ARAI Naoko, producer, Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats
Adam TOREL, producer, Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats
YAMAMOTO Masashi, producer, Be My Baby
GOTO Yumi, actress, Be My Baby
SHIBATA Chihiro, actress, Be My Baby
NIIKURA Kenta, actor, Be My Baby
UEDA Yuki, actor, Be My Baby
MATSUSHITA Sadaharu, actor, Be My Baby
ASATO Mari, director, Bilocation
TAKEUCHI Hideki, director, Thermae Romae II
INABA Naoto, producer, Thermae Romae II
YAKUMO Saiji, director, My Pretend Girlfriend
THE PHILIPPINES
Eugene DOMINGO, actress, Barber’s Tale
Jun Robles LANA, director, Barber’s Tale
Ferdy LAPUZ, producer, Barber’s Tale
Joenathann ALANDY, producer, Shift
Siege LEDESMA, director, Shift
Chito ROÑO, director, Shoot To Kill: Boy Golden, Dynamite Fishing
SOUTH KOREA
HAN Jae Rim, director, The Face Reader
LEE Cheol-ha, director, Hello?! Orchestra
CHO Ui-seok, director, Cold Eyes
Eugene LEE, producer, Cold Eyes
YANG Woo-suk, director, The Attorney
KIM Byung-woo, director, The Terror LIVE
CHUN Ryo-kyoung, producer, The Terror LIVE
KWON Chil-in, director, Venus Talk
ROH Deok, director, Very Ordinary Couple
THAILANDIA
Banjong PISANTHANAKUN, director, Pee Mak
Tra gli ospiti d’onore ci sarà mister Fruit Chan, il più indie dei registi from HK, e presenterà al pubblico il suo ultimo geniale lavoro cinematografico The Midnight After (il talk di approfondimento, poi, vedrà impegnato Marco Müller grande conoscitore del cinema di Fruit Chan). Un’eccentrica e assurda commedia horror-surreale che racconta, metaforicamente, la grande ossessione di Hong Kong per la “data di scadenza”. Ossessione connaturata alla sua paura di scomparire…
Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats non è solo uno dei numerosi gioielli dell’imminente Far East Film Festival di Udine(che condividerà la World Premiere con l’Okinawa International Movie Festival): è anche un titolo inevitabilmente destinato a… fare storia. La nuova commedia di Fujita Yosuke, infatti, è il primo film giapponese che vede coinvolta una cordata produttiva e distributiva internazionale. Una vera e propria family, come l’hanno definita nel Paese del Sol Levante, dove spicca un nome tutto italiano: quello della Tucker Film.
Una family che, includendo l’inglese Third Windows Films, la taiwanese Joint Entertainment e la tedesca Rapid Eye Movies, punta su un’impresa unica e speciale: «una cooperazione, non una semplice coproduzione» (sempre citando il fronte giapponese del progetto), capace di unire cinque diversi Paesi e cinque diverse visioni del cinema e dell’industria cinematografica.
In attesa dell’approdo al FEFF 16, dopo l’applaudito passaggio udinese di Fujita Yosuke al FEFF 10 con Fine, Totally Fine (un’altra bella commedia), Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats sarà presentato ai buyer di tutto il mondo martedì 25 marzo nel corso dell’Hong Kong Filmart Market: una vetrina con la V maiuscola per questo gioiellino profondamente nipponico e, al tempo stesso, ineditamente multigeografico.
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Nell’arco di un mese, il più famoso peplum fantasy nipponico traslocherà in Italia: stiamo parlando di Thermae Romae, ovviamente, che da giugno approderà nelle nostre migliori sale italiane grazie alla friulana Tucker Film, e stiamo anche parlando di Thermae Romae 2, l’attesissimo sequel, che il 3 maggio chiuderà in anteprima il FEFF 16! Proprio il grande festival udinese, due anni fa, aveva presentato il cult di Takeuchi Hideki, scatenando l’entusiasmo del popolo fareastiano, e adesso, appunto, quell’entusiasmo sta per essere pienamente ripagato…
