NE Asia dominates Dragon & Tigers competition

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Festival News

Eight Asian films will compete in the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema competition at the 31st Vancouver International Film Festival (27 Sep — 12 Oct 2012).

Two of the films are world premieres, "philosophical puzzle" Moksha: The World or I, How Does that Work? 모크샤... 나는 혹은 세상은 어떻게 작동하는가 from South Korea and political satire Emperor Visits The Hell 唐皇游地府 from China.

Also included are two films from this year's Locarno Film Festival | Festival del film Locarno, Chinese family drama Memories Look at Me 記憶望著我 and Indonesian road movie Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses Vakansi yang janggal dan penyakit lainnya.

From South Korea are 3-D thriller A Fish 물고기 (2011) (from last year's Busan International Film Festival 부산국제영화제, showing in 2-D) and A Mere Life 벌거숭이 (pictured, from the recent Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival).

The selection is completed with two films from Japan, The Charm of Others 魅力の人間 and relationship drama Riko リコ. Both will first compete at this month's Pia Film Festival ぴあフィルムフェスティバル in Tokyo.

Three of the directors, NINOMIYA Ryutaro 二ノ宮隆太郎 (The Charm of Others), SONG Fang 宋方 (Memories Look at Me) and YUMIBA Aya 弓場絢 (Riko) have prominent acting roles in their own films.

Jury members Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues, Japanese director SHINOZAKI Makoto 篠崎誠 and US film academic Chuck STEPHENS will award a US$5,000 prize to the winning film on 4 Oct.

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