Bong, Jia and Côté form Vancouver's Asian jury

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Festival News

Three film directors — South Korea's BONG Joon-ho 봉준호, China's JIA Zhangke 賈樟柯 and Canada's Denis Côté — will form the jury of the Dragons & Tigers competition at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival (30 Sep — 15 Oct 2010).

The competition for first-time filmmakers includes titles from this year's Cannes (Don't Be Afraid, Bi! Bi, dung so (2010), Sandcastle 沙城 (2010)), Jeonju (Kimu: The Strange Dance 기이한 춤 : 기무 (2009)) and Pia (Icarus Under the Sun 白昼のイカロス (2010), Good Morning to the World! 世界グッドモーニング！！ (2010)) film festivals.

The eight competing films are among 43 features and 21 shorts that will screen in the festival's sidebar dedicated to East Asian cinema that ranges from blockbuster Aftershock 唐山大地震 (2010) to Cannes-winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ (2010).

Other highlights include The Fourth Portrait 第4張畫 (2010) from Taiwan, Cold Fish 冷たい熱帯魚 (2010) from Japan, The Dreamer Sang pemimpi (2009) from Indonesia and Merry-Go-Round 東風破 (2010) from Hong Kong.

 
DRAGON & TIGERS COMPETITION

• Don't Be Afraid, Bi!; dir. PHAN Dang Di [Vietnam]
• End of Animal 짐승의 끝 (2010); dir. JO Sung-hee 조성희 [South Korea]
• Good Morning to the World!!; dir. HIROHARA Satoru 廣原暁 [Japan]
• Icarus Under the Sun; dirs. ABE Saori 阿部綾織 & TAKAHASHI Nazuki 髙橋那月 [Japan]
• Insects in the Backyard อินเซ็กส์อินเดอะแบ็กยาร์ด (2010); dir. Tanwarin SUKKHAPISIT ธัญญ์วาริน สุขะพิสิษฐ์ [Thailand]
• Kimu; The Strange Dance; dir. PARK Dong-hyun 박동현 [South Korea]
• Rumination 反刍 (2010); dir. XU Ruotao 徐若濤 [China]
• Sandcastle; dir. BOO Junfeng 巫俊鋒 [Singapore]

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