Presentata oggi al Visionario di Udine la line-up del Far East Film Festival 16. L’edizione 2014, che presenterà 60 titoli, si aprirà il 25 aprile con la prima internazionale di Aberdeen, nuovo capolavoro di Pang Ho-cheung, e si chiuderà il 3 maggio con il sequel di Thermae Romae, sempre in prima internazionale.
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ALL THE FILMS AT A GLANCE – LINE-UP 2014
Competition Section
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: Documentaries (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
Restored Classics 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