Unspoiled Brats and Fresh Wave define Udine

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Festival News

The 14th Far East Film Festival opens on 20 April with KANG Hyung-chul 강형철's Sunny 써니 (2011) from South Korea and closes on 28 April with Dante LAM 林超賢's The Viral Factor 逆戰 from Hong Kong. Kang will attend opening night.

Other guests flying in include Johnnie TO 杜琪峰 and PANG Ho-cheung 彭浩翔 from Hong Kong, ZHANG Yuan 張元 from China, Giddens 九把刀 from Taiwan, TAKEUCHI Hideki 武内英樹 and RENBUTSU Misako 蓮佛美沙子 from Japan, Effendee MAZLAN from Malaysia and Tanwarin SUKKHAPISIT ธัญญ์วาริน สุขะพิสิษฐ์ from Thailand.

The 9-day festival will screen 57 feature films, including 10 titles within the previously announced retrospective of 1970s South Korean cinema. Other highlights include a programme of independent shorts from Hong Kong's Fresh Wave festival, and Zhang Yuan's "Unspoiled Brats" photo exhibition, now retitled "Beijing Flickers".

Within a wide-ranging programme that tracks trends in recent Asian cinema, the festival also turns its attention to the recent box office turnarounds in Taiwan (You Are the Apple of My Eye 那些年，我們一起追的女孩。 (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克・巴萊 (2011)) and Hong Kong (Nightfall 大追捕, Love in the Buff 春嬌與志明), with several of the films' directors and writers in attendance.

This year's festival trailer, by Filipino film-maker Quark HENARES, stars Ramon Bautista from the director's Rakenrol (2011), which received its world premiere at last year's edition. Trailers in previous years have been directed by regular guests Pang Ho-cheung, from Hong Kong, and Joko ANWAR, from Indonesia.

 
FAR EAST FILM 2012 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

• The 33D Invader 蜜桃成熟時３３Ｄ (2011); dir. Cash CHIN 錢文錡 [Hong Kong]
• Afro Tanaka アフロ田中 (2011); dir. MATSUI Daigo 松居大悟 [Japan]
• Already Famous 一泡而紅 (2011); dir. Michelle CHONG 莊米雪 [Singapore]
• Blind 블라인드 (2011); dir. AHN Sang-hoon 안상훈 | 安相勳 [South Korea]
• The Bounty 懸紅; dir. Andrew FUNG 馮志強 [Hong Kong]
• The Cockfighters 鬥雞人 (2009); dir. JIN Rui 金瑞 [China]
• Dangerously Excited 나는 공무원이다 (2011); dir. KOO Ja-hong 구자홍 | 具滋弘 [South Korea]
• East Meets West 東成西就２０１１ (2011); dir. Jeff LAU 劉鎮偉 [China, Hong Kong]
• The Egoists 軽蔑 (2011); dir. HIROKI Ryuichi 廣木隆一 [Japan]
• The Front Line 고지전 (2011); dir. JANG Hoon 장훈 [South Korea]
• The Great Magician 大魔術師; dir. Derek YEE 爾冬陞 [China, Hong Kong]
• Hard Romanticker ハード・ロマンチッカー (2011); dir. GU Su-yeon グスーヨン [Japan]
• It Gets Better ไม่ได้ขอให้มารัก (2011); dir. Tanwarin SUKKHAPISIT [Thailand]
• Fart Kentut (2011); dir. Aria KUSUMADEWA [Indonesia]
• A Kick from Heaven Tendangan dari Langit (2011); dir. Hanung BRAMANTYO [Indonesia]
• Kora 轉山 (2011); dir. DU Jiayi 杜家毅 [China, Taiwan]
• Love 愛; dir. Doze NIU 鈕承澤 [China, Taiwan]
• Love in a Puff 志明與春嬌 (2010); dir. PANG Ho-cheung [Hong Kong]
• Love in the Buff; dir. PANG Ho-cheung [China, Hong Kong]
• Love Is Not Blind 失戀３３天 (2011); dir. TENG Huatao 滕華濤 [China]
• Love Strikes! モテキ (2011); dir. ONE Hitoshi 大根仁 [Japan]
• The Man Behind the Courtyard House 守望者：罪惡迷途 (2010); dir. FEI Xing 非行 [China]
• Mitsuko Delivers ハラがコレなんて (2011); dir. ISHII Yuya 石井裕也 [Japan]
• Moby Dick 모비딕 (2011); dir. PARK In-je 박인제 [South Korea]
• My Own Swordsman 武林外傳 (2011); dir. SHANG Jing 尚敬 [China]
• My Secret Partner 완벽한 파트너 (2011); dir. PARK Heon-su 박헌수 [South Korea]
• Nightfall; dir. Roy CHOW 周顯揚 [Hong Kong]
• Penny Pinchers 티끌모아 로맨스 (2011); dir. KIM Jeong-hwan 김정환 [South Korea]
• Punch 완득이 (2011); dir. LEE Han 이한 | 李翰 [South Korea]
• Rent-a-Cat レンタネコ (2011); dir. OGIGAMI Naoko 荻上直子 [Japan]
• Bunohan: Return to Murder Bunohan (2011); dir. Dain Iskandar SAID [Malaysia, US]
• River ＲＩＶＥＲ (2011); dir. HIROKI Ryuichi [Japan]
• Romancing in Thin Air 高海拔之戀Ⅱ; dir. Johnnie TO [China, Hong Kong]
• Silenced 도가니 (2011); dir. HWANG Dong-hyuk 황동혁 | 黄東赫 [South Korea]
• Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011); dir. Antoinette H. JADAONE [Philippines]
• Song of Silence 楊梅洲; dir. CHEN Zhuo 陳卓 [China]
• Songlap (2011); dirs. Effendee MAZLAN, Fariza AZLINA [Malaysia]
• Sukiyaki 極道メシ (2011); dir. MAEDA Tetsu 前田哲 [Japan]
• Sunny; dir. KANG Hyung-chul [South Korea]
• Thermae Romae テルマエ・ロマエ; dir. TAKEUCHI Hideki [Japan]
• Unbowed 부러진 화살 (2011); dir. CHUNG Ji-young 정지영 | 鄭智泳 [South Korea]
• The Viral Factor; dir. Dante LAM [China, Hong Kong]
• Vulgaria 低俗喜劇; dir. PANG Ho-cheung [Hong Kong]
• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale; dir. WEI Te-sheng 魏德聖 [Taiwan]
• The Woman in the Septic Tank Ang babae sa septic tank (2011); dir. Marlon N. RIVERA [Philippines]
• The Woodsman and the Rain キツツキと雨 (2011); dir. OKITA Shuichi 沖田修一 [Japan]
• You are the Apple of My Eye; dir. Giddens [Taiwan]

 
THE DARKEST DECADE: KOREAN FILMMAKERS IN THE 1970s

• A Bygone Romance 왕십리 (1976); dir. IM Kwon-taek 임권택 | 林權澤
• The Divine Bow 신궁 (1979); dir. IM Kwon-taek
• Flame 불꽃 (1975); dir. YU Hyun-mok 유현목
• The Flower Pot 화분 (1972); dir. HA Kil-jong 하길종
• Iodo 이어도 (1977); dir. KIM Ki-young 김기영 | 金綺泳
• Killer Butterfly 살인나비를 쫓는 여자 (1978); dir. KIM Ki-young
• Night Voyage 야행 (1977); dir. KIM Soo-young 김수용 | 金洙容
• Rainy Days 장마 (1979); dir. YU Hyun-mok
• Splendid Outing 화려한 외출 (1977); dir. KIM Su-yong
• Young-ja on the Loose 영자의 전성시대 (1975); dir. KIM Ho-seon 김호선

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