At the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu clinched the Golden Mulberry prize, the top honor at the festival’s audience awards.
Family drama Takano Tofu follows a father and daughter as they run a tofu shop in a small town, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. The title also won the Purple Mulberry Award, chosen by users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies.
Feff hosted a parallel online component through the MYmovies One platform, where Takano Tofu came in as the second most-streamed film after Korean film Alienoid.
Taking second prize at the audience awards was another Japanese film, Confetti, directed by Naoya Futjita. The coming-of-age film follows Yuki (played by Matsufuji Shion), who takes on female roles for his father’s traveling theater troupe. Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages by Nick Cheuk came in third.
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Family drama Takano Tofu follows a father and daughter as they run a tofu shop in a small town, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. The title also won the Purple Mulberry Award, chosen by users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies.
Feff hosted a parallel online component through the MYmovies One platform, where Takano Tofu came in as the second most-streamed film after Korean film Alienoid.
Taking second prize at the audience awards was another Japanese film, Confetti, directed by Naoya Futjita. The coming-of-age film follows Yuki (played by Matsufuji Shion), who takes on female roles for his father’s traveling theater troupe. Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages by Nick Cheuk came in third.
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- 5/3/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
On a big night for Japan, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu took home the top prize at the 26th Far East Film Festival (Feff), which concluded on Thursday night in the northern Italian city of Udine. The family drama, which stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso as a father and daughter who run a tofu store in a small town, won Feff’s coveted Golden Mulberry Audience Award. Takano Tofu also won the Purple Mulberry Award, which is selected by users of MYmovies, Italy’s leading film fan platform.
It was a one-two for Japan in the main audience awards, as Naoya Fujita’s youthful drama Confetti came second place. In third was the Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages, a devastating drama from Nick Cheuk who scored best director wins at the Asian Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards for the same film.
Feff’s Black Dragon...
It was a one-two for Japan in the main audience awards, as Naoya Fujita’s youthful drama Confetti came second place. In third was the Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages, a devastating drama from Nick Cheuk who scored best director wins at the Asian Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards for the same film.
Feff’s Black Dragon...
- 5/3/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” was Sunday evening named as the best picture at the Asian Film Awards.
The 17th edition of the prizes was held at the Xiqu Centre, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
While “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six each, including those in the best film category, the prizes on Sunday were much more evenly distributed. No title collected more than two prizes.
Outside, crowds failed to be muted by the March drizzle, though VIP guests were given escorts with purple umbrellas.
Filmmaker and industry attendance was also robust. Those spotted on the red carpet and pre-event cocktails included: Lee Yong Kwan (former chair of the Busan film festival), Tom Yoda, Udine festival heads Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan, Rina Damayanti, Hong Kong distributor Winnie Tsang,...
The 17th edition of the prizes was held at the Xiqu Centre, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
While “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six each, including those in the best film category, the prizes on Sunday were much more evenly distributed. No title collected more than two prizes.
Outside, crowds failed to be muted by the March drizzle, though VIP guests were given escorts with purple umbrellas.
Filmmaker and industry attendance was also robust. Those spotted on the red carpet and pre-event cocktails included: Lee Yong Kwan (former chair of the Busan film festival), Tom Yoda, Udine festival heads Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan, Rina Damayanti, Hong Kong distributor Winnie Tsang,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Social drama directed by Jin Ong picked up three prizes.
Social drama Abang Adik has become the first feature from Malaysia to win the Golden Mulberry at the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy.
The directorial debut feature of Jin Ong follows two undocumented men, played by Taiwan’s Wu Kang-Ren and Malaysia’s Jack Tan, one of whom is a deaf-mute and whose relationship is upset after an accident.
Ong attended the festival and collected the top prize as well as the White Mulberry for best debut feature and a further award voted by the festival’s Black Dragon season pass holders.
Social drama Abang Adik has become the first feature from Malaysia to win the Golden Mulberry at the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy.
The directorial debut feature of Jin Ong follows two undocumented men, played by Taiwan’s Wu Kang-Ren and Malaysia’s Jack Tan, one of whom is a deaf-mute and whose relationship is upset after an accident.
Ong attended the festival and collected the top prize as well as the White Mulberry for best debut feature and a further award voted by the festival’s Black Dragon season pass holders.
- 5/2/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Malaysian social drama “Abang Adik” was named best film and winner of the Golden Mulberry prize on Sunday at the Far East Film Festival in Italy’s Udine.
The film is a story of two undocumented and orphaned men, who may or may not be real brothers, but who lift each other up. The film’s director Jin Ong collected the White Mulberry prize for best debut feature and “Abang Adik” added a third prize decided by the festival’s season pass holders.
Second place on the podium went to South Korea with Chang Hang-jun’s “Rebound,” while third place went to “Yudo,” by Japan’s Suzuki Masayuki.
Other prizes included a Mulberry for best screenplay which went to “Day Off” by Taiwanese director Fu Tien-Yu and the prize from the readers of MYmovieswhich went to Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s Mongolian comedy “The Sales Girl.”
The previously-announced Golden Mulberry lifetime achievement...
The film is a story of two undocumented and orphaned men, who may or may not be real brothers, but who lift each other up. The film’s director Jin Ong collected the White Mulberry prize for best debut feature and “Abang Adik” added a third prize decided by the festival’s season pass holders.
Second place on the podium went to South Korea with Chang Hang-jun’s “Rebound,” while third place went to “Yudo,” by Japan’s Suzuki Masayuki.
Other prizes included a Mulberry for best screenplay which went to “Day Off” by Taiwanese director Fu Tien-Yu and the prize from the readers of MYmovieswhich went to Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s Mongolian comedy “The Sales Girl.”
The previously-announced Golden Mulberry lifetime achievement...
- 5/1/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The pioneering Far East Film Festival (Feff), held annually in the picturesque Northern Italian city of Udine, continued making history with its 25th-anniversary edition this year. At the closing ceremony on Sunday, Malaysian drama Abang Adik, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Jin Ong, achieved a clean sweep of the highest prizes, marking the first time that a film from the Southeast Asian nation took top honors at the specialty festival.
Abang Adik won Feff’s first-place Golden Mulberry audience award, as well as the Black Dragon critics’ prize and the White Mulberry Award for best first feature. Ong is a veteran figure of the Malaysian entertainment industry, having worked in the music business and film and TV production for many years (he’s produced well-received films like Shuttle Life, 2017; and Miss Andy, 2020; among others), but Abang Adik is his first film as a writer and director. The movie...
Abang Adik won Feff’s first-place Golden Mulberry audience award, as well as the Black Dragon critics’ prize and the White Mulberry Award for best first feature. Ong is a veteran figure of the Malaysian entertainment industry, having worked in the music business and film and TV production for many years (he’s produced well-received films like Shuttle Life, 2017; and Miss Andy, 2020; among others), but Abang Adik is his first film as a writer and director. The movie...
- 5/1/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Italy’s Far East Film Festival unveiled a power-packed lineup Wednesday for its 25th anniversary edition. The largest cinema event in Europe specializing in popular moviemaking from Asia, Feff will open April 21 with an inspired double bill, He Shuming’s hit Korea-Singapore co-production Ajoomma followed by first-time Taiwanese director Kai Ko’s black comedy Bad Education. And on April 29, the curtain will come down on the festival with the Italy premiere of legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest blockbuster, Full River Red. Between those dates, the festival will screen 78 Asian films from 14 countries, including nine world premieres.
The organizers of Feff, founded in 1999 in the picturesque northern Italian city of Udine by festival pioneers Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, say the 2023 selection “aims to showcase the immense complexity of Asia more than ever before.” The lineup indeed presents a compelling snapshot of a wildly diverse content’s commercial cinema in flux.
The organizers of Feff, founded in 1999 in the picturesque northern Italian city of Udine by festival pioneers Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, say the 2023 selection “aims to showcase the immense complexity of Asia more than ever before.” The lineup indeed presents a compelling snapshot of a wildly diverse content’s commercial cinema in flux.
- 4/6/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, is back in full force in 2023, celebrating its 25th anniversary edition from April 21–29.
A key component of the celebrations will be a focus on the Asian films of the 1980s. “We have never programmed these films, nor put together this kind of program before,” says Thomas Bertacche, the Feff’s co-head. “But these were the films and directors that inspired us to shape Udine into the festival that it is today.”
Pitching the historical lineup as “hidden treasures,” the selection is expected to include early works by Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Thailand’s Nonzee Nimibutr and South Korea’s Jan Sung-woo.
Roger Garcia, former executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, is set to curate a section on Leung Po-chi, the 83-year-old British-Hong Kong director who made the leap from commercials to TV and into film. Leung was at the...
A key component of the celebrations will be a focus on the Asian films of the 1980s. “We have never programmed these films, nor put together this kind of program before,” says Thomas Bertacche, the Feff’s co-head. “But these were the films and directors that inspired us to shape Udine into the festival that it is today.”
Pitching the historical lineup as “hidden treasures,” the selection is expected to include early works by Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Thailand’s Nonzee Nimibutr and South Korea’s Jan Sung-woo.
Roger Garcia, former executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, is set to curate a section on Leung Po-chi, the 83-year-old British-Hong Kong director who made the leap from commercials to TV and into film. Leung was at the...
- 3/13/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The much-decorated Japanese drama “Drive My Car” was named the best film Sunday at the Asian Film Awards, defeating hot favorite “Decision to Leave.”
Other notable awards went to Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda whose “Broker” debuted at Cannes, but which was largely shunned in his home country.
“Decision to Leave,” which started the evening with ten nominations, was nevertheless rewarded with three awards, best screenplay, best production design and best actress for China’s Tang Wei.
While nominations were geographically diverse, the awards on Sunday skewed heavily towards North East Asia –Japan, Korea and Greater China – to the total exclusion of films from India, Indonesia and The Philippines. Snubs included the exclusion of Indonesia’s “Autobiography” and Happy Salma, both of which have been widely lauded on the festival circuit.
The awards ceremony returned to Hong Kong after detours to Macau and Busan and a Covid hiatus in previous years.
Other notable awards went to Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda whose “Broker” debuted at Cannes, but which was largely shunned in his home country.
“Decision to Leave,” which started the evening with ten nominations, was nevertheless rewarded with three awards, best screenplay, best production design and best actress for China’s Tang Wei.
While nominations were geographically diverse, the awards on Sunday skewed heavily towards North East Asia –Japan, Korea and Greater China – to the total exclusion of films from India, Indonesia and The Philippines. Snubs included the exclusion of Indonesia’s “Autobiography” and Happy Salma, both of which have been widely lauded on the festival circuit.
The awards ceremony returned to Hong Kong after detours to Macau and Busan and a Covid hiatus in previous years.
- 3/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The 6th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) press conference was successfully held. The press conference announced a series of activities for this year’s festival, including the reveal of this year’s theme [New Take], Kim Dong-ho to chair MIFFest, the first collaboration with the BMW Shorties, TikTok Malaysia as the official partner of MIFFest, the renewed collaboration with the Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff), Malaysia’s renowned actor Mr. Bront Palarae as the festival’s ambassador for the fourth time, and more.
Kim Dong-ho to continue his timeless contribution for the industry by chairing Malaysia International Film Festival
Kim Dong-ho has confirmed to chair MIFFest for another year. The president and founder of MIFFest, Joanne Goh: “A man who revolutionized Korean Cinema, he has gained multiple international accolades for his achievements to both the film business and the cultural growth of the Republic of Korea because of his amazing dynamism,...
Kim Dong-ho to continue his timeless contribution for the industry by chairing Malaysia International Film Festival
Kim Dong-ho has confirmed to chair MIFFest for another year. The president and founder of MIFFest, Joanne Goh: “A man who revolutionized Korean Cinema, he has gained multiple international accolades for his achievements to both the film business and the cultural growth of the Republic of Korea because of his amazing dynamism,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary “Le Spectre de Boko Haram” won the Tiger Award, the top prize of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Friday. The film follows a group of children in the north of Cameroon, an area dominated by the terrorist organization Boko Haram. Raingou is from the area herself.
“When I received this unforgettable call, I started crying. I couldn’t believe it. This recognition means the world to me and my people,” Raingou said on a video message played during the awards ceremony.
The jury deemed Raingou’s feature debut “a story that centers on its filmmakers’ patient and honest gaze on the hovering presence of violence, seen through the eyes of innocents.”
The Tiger Award, which aims to “raise the profile of and reward up-and-coming international film talent,” is accompanied by a €40,000 cash prize, to be shared between the film’s director and producer. This year’s...
“When I received this unforgettable call, I started crying. I couldn’t believe it. This recognition means the world to me and my people,” Raingou said on a video message played during the awards ceremony.
The jury deemed Raingou’s feature debut “a story that centers on its filmmakers’ patient and honest gaze on the hovering presence of violence, seen through the eyes of innocents.”
The Tiger Award, which aims to “raise the profile of and reward up-and-coming international film talent,” is accompanied by a €40,000 cash prize, to be shared between the film’s director and producer. This year’s...
- 2/3/2023
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s ’Munnel’ and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan’s ‘New Strains’ also won awards.
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram has triumphed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking home the main prize, the €40,000 Tiger award, at the ceremony which unfolded tonight (February 3), held in-person for the first time since 2020.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Raingou’s debut feature is a documentary following a group of children living under the threat of terrorist organisation Boko Haram in the far north region of Cameroon – the region Raingou herself is from.
The winner was...
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram has triumphed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking home the main prize, the €40,000 Tiger award, at the ceremony which unfolded tonight (February 3), held in-person for the first time since 2020.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Raingou’s debut feature is a documentary following a group of children living under the threat of terrorist organisation Boko Haram in the far north region of Cameroon – the region Raingou herself is from.
The winner was...
- 2/3/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 16 films selected for its flagship Tiger Competition. Scroll down for the full list.
As always, the competition selection is a global affair, with features from Sweeden to Sri Lanka. The 2023 jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, plus two special jury awards. On the jury are: Alonso Díaz de la Vega, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon, Lav Diaz, and Sabrina Baracetti.
Running from January 25 to February 5, the fest is set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic. The event will open with Munch, an experimental feature biopic of the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Returning Home).
The honorary Robby Müller Award will go to French cinematographer Hélène Louvart. Louvart is best known for her work with Claire Denis, including the 1999 classic Beau Travail. Louvart has also worked with directors such as Wim Wenders,...
As always, the competition selection is a global affair, with features from Sweeden to Sri Lanka. The 2023 jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, plus two special jury awards. On the jury are: Alonso Díaz de la Vega, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon, Lav Diaz, and Sabrina Baracetti.
Running from January 25 to February 5, the fest is set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic. The event will open with Munch, an experimental feature biopic of the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Returning Home).
The honorary Robby Müller Award will go to French cinematographer Hélène Louvart. Louvart is best known for her work with Claire Denis, including the 1999 classic Beau Travail. Louvart has also worked with directors such as Wim Wenders,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will open on Jan. 25 with “Munch,” Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s take on the Norwegian artist behind “The Scream.”
“Bringing to life the inner world of such a complex character has been a very rewarding experience. We are thrilled to show audiences what inspired [Edvard] Munch and what kept his inner flame alive,” noted the helmer.
Produced by The Film Company and sold internationally by Viaplay Content Distribution, it will premiere in Norwegian cinemas on Jan. 27 and on Viaplay on March 24.
IFFR, set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic, will present 16 films in its flagship Tiger Competition. Jurors Sabrina Baracetti, Lav Diaz, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon and Alonso Díaz de la Vega will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each.
Ukraine’s Philip Sotnychenko “La Palisiada,” “New Strains” by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, and...
“Bringing to life the inner world of such a complex character has been a very rewarding experience. We are thrilled to show audiences what inspired [Edvard] Munch and what kept his inner flame alive,” noted the helmer.
Produced by The Film Company and sold internationally by Viaplay Content Distribution, it will premiere in Norwegian cinemas on Jan. 27 and on Viaplay on March 24.
IFFR, set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic, will present 16 films in its flagship Tiger Competition. Jurors Sabrina Baracetti, Lav Diaz, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon and Alonso Díaz de la Vega will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each.
Ukraine’s Philip Sotnychenko “La Palisiada,” “New Strains” by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, and...
- 12/19/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The India programme explores the socio-political development of the country over the past 30 years.
US producer Christine Vachon and Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz are among the competition jury members for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Joining Vachon and Diaz is the director of Udine Far East Film Festival Sabrina Baracetti, Neptune Frost director Anisia Uzeyman and Mexican film critic Alonso Díaz de la Vega.
The jury are responsible for choosing the winner of the Tiger Award worth €40,000 as well as the Special Jury Awards worth €10,000. The competition line-up will be announced later this month.
India in...
US producer Christine Vachon and Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz are among the competition jury members for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Joining Vachon and Diaz is the director of Udine Far East Film Festival Sabrina Baracetti, Neptune Frost director Anisia Uzeyman and Mexican film critic Alonso Díaz de la Vega.
The jury are responsible for choosing the winner of the Tiger Award worth €40,000 as well as the Special Jury Awards worth €10,000. The competition line-up will be announced later this month.
India in...
- 12/8/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled its competition juries for its 52nd edition. U.S. producer Christine Vachon, whose credits include “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Far From Heaven” and “Carol,” and Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz, who won Venice’s Golden Lion for “The Woman Who Left,” are among the Tiger Competition jurors. The first titles in the Short and Mid-Length strand have been revealed as well as a program that looks at the socio-political development of India over the past 30 years.
Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic said the announcements are “testament of the broadening and deepening of our program, from the delights of the Short and Mid-Length program, to a vital delve into contemporary India – surprising our audiences with great films that underline relevant and pressing issues.”
In the non-competitive short and mid-length work lineup is “Goodbye Words,” in which Finnish filmmaker Laura Rantanen reflects on the end of life through...
Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic said the announcements are “testament of the broadening and deepening of our program, from the delights of the Short and Mid-Length program, to a vital delve into contemporary India – surprising our audiences with great films that underline relevant and pressing issues.”
In the non-competitive short and mid-length work lineup is “Goodbye Words,” in which Finnish filmmaker Laura Rantanen reflects on the end of life through...
- 12/8/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Further film and series winners included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Malaysian director Chong Keat-aun’s Amah’s Miseries has claimed the grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) financing market in Taiwan, winning a 32,000 (NT1m) prize.
Further film and series winners at the market, which takes place during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
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Amah’s Miseries is produced by Wong Kew-soon from Malaysia, Gene Yao from Taiwan and Chow Wai-thong from Singapore, the same team behind Chong...
Malaysian director Chong Keat-aun’s Amah’s Miseries has claimed the grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) financing market in Taiwan, winning a 32,000 (NT1m) prize.
Further film and series winners at the market, which takes place during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Amah’s Miseries is produced by Wong Kew-soon from Malaysia, Gene Yao from Taiwan and Chow Wai-thong from Singapore, the same team behind Chong...
- 11/18/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Making Waves – Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema, a touring film programme to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hksar), will kick off during the 24th Far East Film Festival in Udine later this month. This unique cinematic extravaganza is presented by Create Hong Kong in partnership with the Far East Film Festival (Feff) and supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels. Running from 22 to 30 April at Udine’s Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine and Visionario cinema, it showcases a specially curated 13-film screening programme, focusing on new and emerging talents, and a virtual photographic exhibition that showcases the works of four unit photographers, each telling a unique story of Hong Kong cinema in a new artistic dimension and fascination.
Schemes in Antiques
“We started Far East Film Festival with a zero edition completely dedicated to Hong Kong films...
Schemes in Antiques
“We started Far East Film Festival with a zero edition completely dedicated to Hong Kong films...
- 4/12/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
M-Appeal has closed new deals on the drama from Chinese writer-director Li Ruijun.
Berlinale Competition title Return To Dust, written and directed by China’s Li Ruijun, has been sold to North America, Japan, Europe and Mena in a raft of deals by sales agency M-Appeal.
New York-based Film Movement has secured rights for North America and is planning a theatrical release in autumn or early winter 2022.
The relationship drama follows the unassuming Ma and Cao, played by Wu Renlin and Hai Qing respectively, who have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They overcome...
Berlinale Competition title Return To Dust, written and directed by China’s Li Ruijun, has been sold to North America, Japan, Europe and Mena in a raft of deals by sales agency M-Appeal.
New York-based Film Movement has secured rights for North America and is planning a theatrical release in autumn or early winter 2022.
The relationship drama follows the unassuming Ma and Cao, played by Wu Renlin and Hai Qing respectively, who have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They overcome...
- 4/6/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The Feff Campus – the Far East Film Festival journalism school – crosses the finish line of the eighth edition and continues to act as a bridge between East and West through its training. And here are the 10 young selected talents, 5 Asian and 5 European for the Feff 24:
– Zhu Zijiao (China)
– Eunha Lim (South Korea)
– Amarsanaa Battulga (Mongolia)
– Eunice Joyce B. Helera (Philippines)
– Jolie Fan Yuxuan (Singapore)
– Veronica Calienno (Italy)
– Greta Elettra Broms (Sweden)
– Harry Robinson (UK)
– Elizabeth Alpaidze (Georgia)
– Mariona Borrull Zapata.
“We are delighted to bring the Feff Campus back to Udine, live, after two years in which we had to operate via streaming – comments Sabrina Baracetti, president of the Feff – and we are equally happy to help these young people to realize their dreams, by pairing didactic and direct experience “.
Between seminars and workshops, the Fab 10 will experience Feff 24 from the inside under the guidance of Mathew Scott (historical...
– Zhu Zijiao (China)
– Eunha Lim (South Korea)
– Amarsanaa Battulga (Mongolia)
– Eunice Joyce B. Helera (Philippines)
– Jolie Fan Yuxuan (Singapore)
– Veronica Calienno (Italy)
– Greta Elettra Broms (Sweden)
– Harry Robinson (UK)
– Elizabeth Alpaidze (Georgia)
– Mariona Borrull Zapata.
“We are delighted to bring the Feff Campus back to Udine, live, after two years in which we had to operate via streaming – comments Sabrina Baracetti, president of the Feff – and we are equally happy to help these young people to realize their dreams, by pairing didactic and direct experience “.
Between seminars and workshops, the Fab 10 will experience Feff 24 from the inside under the guidance of Mathew Scott (historical...
- 4/5/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The 5th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is officially scheduled to take place from 10 to 15 July 2022, whereas the Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) ceremony will be held on 16 July 2022 at the Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur. After having a hybrid festival in the last edition due to pandemic, 5th MIFFest 2022 is returning as a physical event this year, to screen the selected films at theater and organize a series of on ground events. MIFFest is also happy to announce that the multi-award winnings Malaysian film star Bront Palarae will be on board this year to be the ambassador of the 5th MIFFest and Mgga. The 5th MIFFest and Mgga are glad to have Sunstrong Entertainment, a movie investment firm returning as the main sponsor for the second year.
The 5th MIFFest is pleased to collaborate with the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) for the festival partnership this year. Both...
The 5th MIFFest is pleased to collaborate with the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) for the festival partnership this year. Both...
- 2/11/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese film industry has produced dozens of directors that, over the decades, have been hailed by Japanese critics as masters but never became well-known abroad. Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro once got regularly named checked by foreign filmmakers visiting Japan; the locally renowned Naruse Mikio and Kinoshita Keisuke, far less often.
A similar situation has long prevailed with the so-called “4K” directors – Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kawase Naomi, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Kitano Takeshi – who have collectively garnered the lion’s share of major festival invitations and prizes for nearly two decades, leaving a younger generation of Japanese filmmakers in relative obscurity internationally. Now one has decisively broken through the “4K” barrier: Hamaguchi Ryusuke.
Hamaguchi was this week interviewed on stage at the Busan International Film Festival by Korean star director Bong Joon-ho, on hand at the festival’s opening ceremony and again trod the red carpet, Friday evening, at the Asian Film Awards.
A similar situation has long prevailed with the so-called “4K” directors – Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kawase Naomi, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Kitano Takeshi – who have collectively garnered the lion’s share of major festival invitations and prizes for nearly two decades, leaving a younger generation of Japanese filmmakers in relative obscurity internationally. Now one has decisively broken through the “4K” barrier: Hamaguchi Ryusuke.
Hamaguchi was this week interviewed on stage at the Busan International Film Festival by Korean star director Bong Joon-ho, on hand at the festival’s opening ceremony and again trod the red carpet, Friday evening, at the Asian Film Awards.
- 10/8/2021
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho was on hand to present an award to Im Kwon-taek as part of the Wednesday night opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival. The in-person event included many of the trappings of past ceremonies, but it was smaller due to reduced numbers and ongoing social distancing precautions.
Held at the huge open-sided Busan Cinema Center venue, proceedings kicked off with a lengthy parade of celebrities and dignitaries along an L-shaped red carpet that resembled an oversized fashion runway.
Ambassadors for Korean fashion brand Artistry were first up, setting the mood for a still glamorous event. They were followed by the directors and cast of selected Korean independent films, by an obviously delighted Japanese director Hamaguchi Ryusuke and three actors from his recent film “Drive My Car.” A smattering of overseas visitors included Sabrina Baracetti from the Udine festival of Asian films in Italy. The New...
Held at the huge open-sided Busan Cinema Center venue, proceedings kicked off with a lengthy parade of celebrities and dignitaries along an L-shaped red carpet that resembled an oversized fashion runway.
Ambassadors for Korean fashion brand Artistry were first up, setting the mood for a still glamorous event. They were followed by the directors and cast of selected Korean independent films, by an obviously delighted Japanese director Hamaguchi Ryusuke and three actors from his recent film “Drive My Car.” A smattering of overseas visitors included Sabrina Baracetti from the Udine festival of Asian films in Italy. The New...
- 10/7/2021
- by Rebecca Souw
- Variety Film + TV
After the 2020’s online Edition, this yer Udine Far East Film Festival will run a “hybrid” edition from 24th of June to the 2nd of July. Withe a public online press conference the Programme has been unveiled.
Festival’s directress Sabrina Baracetti has opened the press conference with a heartfelt mention to young producer and filmmaker Ma Aeint recently arrested and detained by the military regime in Myanmar. Far East Film Festival wants to add its voice to those of the others protesting and shouting out loudly for Ma Aeint’s freedom.
After a sincere tribute to the sponsors and the local authorities that have helped Feff since its start, Baracetti has revealed the line-up that includes 63 titles from 11 countries, 10 female directors, 6 world premiere, 11 international premiere, 22 European premiere and 21 Italian premieres. Zhang Yimou’s Chinese Spy Thriller “Cliff Walkers” will open the Festival on the 24th of June, while Herman Yau...
Festival’s directress Sabrina Baracetti has opened the press conference with a heartfelt mention to young producer and filmmaker Ma Aeint recently arrested and detained by the military regime in Myanmar. Far East Film Festival wants to add its voice to those of the others protesting and shouting out loudly for Ma Aeint’s freedom.
After a sincere tribute to the sponsors and the local authorities that have helped Feff since its start, Baracetti has revealed the line-up that includes 63 titles from 11 countries, 10 female directors, 6 world premiere, 11 international premiere, 22 European premiere and 21 Italian premieres. Zhang Yimou’s Chinese Spy Thriller “Cliff Walkers” will open the Festival on the 24th of June, while Herman Yau...
- 6/9/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The London East Asia Film Festival (Festival Director Hyejung Jeon) closed its 5th edition with acclaimed director Yonfan’s first film in a decade, an exquisite hand-painted portrait of late 1960s Hong Kong, No.7 Cherry Lane.
As a part of the Closing Gala, Leaff held the Award Ceremony for the Competition strand. This year, eight films were considered in competition including Beasts Clawing At Straws and I Weirdo as well as many other submissions.
Leaff’s Competition seeks out East Asia’s most talented emerging directors. The stellar jury included: Sabrina Baracetti of Udine Far East Film Festival, Paolo Bertolin of Venice International Film Festival and Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, Kiki Fung of Hong Kong International Film Festival and Ellen Y. D. Kim of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
Leaff announced the Taiwanese iPhone-shot romance, I Weirdo (Dir. Ming-Yi Liao) as the best film in Competition this year. Dir.
As a part of the Closing Gala, Leaff held the Award Ceremony for the Competition strand. This year, eight films were considered in competition including Beasts Clawing At Straws and I Weirdo as well as many other submissions.
Leaff’s Competition seeks out East Asia’s most talented emerging directors. The stellar jury included: Sabrina Baracetti of Udine Far East Film Festival, Paolo Bertolin of Venice International Film Festival and Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, Kiki Fung of Hong Kong International Film Festival and Ellen Y. D. Kim of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
Leaff announced the Taiwanese iPhone-shot romance, I Weirdo (Dir. Ming-Yi Liao) as the best film in Competition this year. Dir.
- 12/16/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff) celebrates its fifth edition in 2020. In keeping with the times, Leaff presents a unique approach to our programme between 10th and 13th December. Leaff 2020 opens with the gripping Korean box office hit, Beasts Clawing At Straws, directed by Kim Yong-hoon which was awarded the Special Jury Prize at Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year. The Festival closes the Official Selection with acclaimed director Yonfan’s first film in a decade, No.7 Cherry Lane, an exquisite animation painting the portrait of late 1960s Hong Kong.
The five titles in Official Selection are cinematic offerings from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. From Japan, Director Naomi Kawase’s latest feature True Mothers was selected at Cannes Film Festival, and will be screened as a UK premiere. From China, Director Derek Tsang’s powerful adaptation of Jiu Yuexi’s novel In His Youth, In Her Beauty,...
The five titles in Official Selection are cinematic offerings from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. From Japan, Director Naomi Kawase’s latest feature True Mothers was selected at Cannes Film Festival, and will be screened as a UK premiere. From China, Director Derek Tsang’s powerful adaptation of Jiu Yuexi’s novel In His Youth, In Her Beauty,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Virtual edition of the festival drew 3,000 accredited pass-holders from 45 countries.
Derek Tsang’s China-set youth drama Better Days won the top prize, the Golden Mulberry, at the conclusion of Italy’s Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, which took place as a virtual event (June 26-July 4).
The film, which also won eight prizes including best film at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, also won Feff’s Black Mulberry Award, selected by Shogun pass-holders.
Feff’s Silver Mulberry went to Malaysian director Layla Ji’s debut film Victim(s), while the Crystal Mulberry went to Taiwanese filmmaker Liao Ming-yi’s I-Weirdo,...
Derek Tsang’s China-set youth drama Better Days won the top prize, the Golden Mulberry, at the conclusion of Italy’s Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, which took place as a virtual event (June 26-July 4).
The film, which also won eight prizes including best film at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, also won Feff’s Black Mulberry Award, selected by Shogun pass-holders.
Feff’s Silver Mulberry went to Malaysian director Layla Ji’s debut film Victim(s), while the Crystal Mulberry went to Taiwanese filmmaker Liao Ming-yi’s I-Weirdo,...
- 7/6/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Derek Tsang’s youth drama “Better Days” was awarded the top prize, a Golden Mulberry, at the Festival of Far East Film in Udine, northern Italy. The festival was largely online, and the prizes selected by an audience which both viewed the films and voted electronically.
Some 25,000 votes were cast for the audience award, by 3,000 accredited pass holders in 45 countries. And “Better Days” also collected the Black Mulberry prize, voted on by Shogun or hard-core festival attendees.
Other prizes went to: Malaysian director Layla Ji’s debut film “Victim(s),” which had its world premiere at the festival; Taiwanese pop fairy tale “I WeirDo,” by Liao Ming-yi, which collected the Crystal Mulberry and Mymovies Purple Mulberry awards; and Lee Sang-geun’s South Korean action-comedy “Exit,” which was named as best first film and collected a White Mulberry award.
The festival had been planned as a conventional festival beginning in late April.
Some 25,000 votes were cast for the audience award, by 3,000 accredited pass holders in 45 countries. And “Better Days” also collected the Black Mulberry prize, voted on by Shogun or hard-core festival attendees.
Other prizes went to: Malaysian director Layla Ji’s debut film “Victim(s),” which had its world premiere at the festival; Taiwanese pop fairy tale “I WeirDo,” by Liao Ming-yi, which collected the Crystal Mulberry and Mymovies Purple Mulberry awards; and Lee Sang-geun’s South Korean action-comedy “Exit,” which was named as best first film and collected a White Mulberry award.
The festival had been planned as a conventional festival beginning in late April.
- 7/6/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As every year, with the usual online announcement, the Festival’s director Sabrina Baracetti, has launched the 22nd edition’s Programme of the Udine Far East Film Festival 2020. This year, Sabrina talks from her office instead of the beautiful Teatro Nuovo of Udine, in a Zoom call, but the enthusiasm is as strong as ever.
After the incredible success of the lockdown teaser Programme called “Io Resto a Casa” (I Stay at Home) the Festival will continue the partnership with the online streaming platform MyMovies.it, From the 8yh of June the accreditations will be available on the Official Website
Festival Director Sabrina Baracetti
But, let’s have a look at the titles. Here are some interesting numbers: 46 Films, of which 38 in competition (the audience will be able to vote), 8 Countries, 12 Firs-time directors, and 25% of directors are women.
All The Films At A Glance. Online Festival Line-up 2020 And Territorial Restrictions...
After the incredible success of the lockdown teaser Programme called “Io Resto a Casa” (I Stay at Home) the Festival will continue the partnership with the online streaming platform MyMovies.it, From the 8yh of June the accreditations will be available on the Official Website
Festival Director Sabrina Baracetti
But, let’s have a look at the titles. Here are some interesting numbers: 46 Films, of which 38 in competition (the audience will be able to vote), 8 Countries, 12 Firs-time directors, and 25% of directors are women.
All The Films At A Glance. Online Festival Line-up 2020 And Territorial Restrictions...
- 6/4/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The Far East Film Festival in Udine, one of the best-regarded specialty festivals on the calendar, is to postpone its upcoming edition. The festival is situated in North Eastern Italy where the coronavirus outbreak has recently struck hard.
The festival had been scheduled to run April 24 – May 2. Udine’s 22nd edition will now be held two months later, from June 26 to July 4.
Organizers made the announcement on Thursday. They said it was “a very hard decision to take,” given the amount of preparation that had already been undertaken. But they acknowledged that as Italy’s public health measures are being stepped up, they had little choice.
“Public health is the top priority,” said Far East fest co-founders Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche in a statement, adding that they were glad that Italian institutions behind the event, and also its main venue and hub the Teatro Nuovo, had supported the date change.
The festival had been scheduled to run April 24 – May 2. Udine’s 22nd edition will now be held two months later, from June 26 to July 4.
Organizers made the announcement on Thursday. They said it was “a very hard decision to take,” given the amount of preparation that had already been undertaken. But they acknowledged that as Italy’s public health measures are being stepped up, they had little choice.
“Public health is the top priority,” said Far East fest co-founders Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche in a statement, adding that they were glad that Italian institutions behind the event, and also its main venue and hub the Teatro Nuovo, had supported the date change.
- 2/27/2020
- by Patrick Frater and Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The festival will now take place from June 26 till July 4.
Far East Film Festival, the Asian cinema event based in Udine in northern Italy, has postponed its 2020 edition until June this year due to the spread of coronavirus in the region.
The festival will now take place from June 26 to July 4. It had been scheduled for April 24 to May 2.
Focus Asia, the festival’s Industry Days section, will move to June 29 to July 1, while the twelfth edition of the Asia-Europe co-production workshop Ties That Bind has been confirmed for June 28 to July 2, including its new section Far East In Progress.
Far East Film Festival, the Asian cinema event based in Udine in northern Italy, has postponed its 2020 edition until June this year due to the spread of coronavirus in the region.
The festival will now take place from June 26 to July 4. It had been scheduled for April 24 to May 2.
Focus Asia, the festival’s Industry Days section, will move to June 29 to July 1, while the twelfth edition of the Asia-Europe co-production workshop Ties That Bind has been confirmed for June 28 to July 2, including its new section Far East In Progress.
- 2/27/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The annual Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy is to add a works-in-progress section to its Focus Asia industry services for the first time this year.
The section will be curated by Marie-Pierre Valle, an executive with sales agency Wild Bunch. It will focus on Asian films in post-production, and those which are seeking selection at the big summer and autumn festivals including Locarno, Venice, Toronto, Busan and Tokyo.
The festival is widely considered to have one of the strongest Asian selections anywhere in the world. Its industry section is in its fourth year and already includes the All Genres Project Market and Get Ready for Cannes, a showcase which allows sales agents to present previews of their new line-ups. As its name suggests, the project market ranges from extreme genre cinema to auteur projects.
“An event like this, ten days before the opening of Cannes represents a very...
The section will be curated by Marie-Pierre Valle, an executive with sales agency Wild Bunch. It will focus on Asian films in post-production, and those which are seeking selection at the big summer and autumn festivals including Locarno, Venice, Toronto, Busan and Tokyo.
The festival is widely considered to have one of the strongest Asian selections anywhere in the world. Its industry section is in its fourth year and already includes the All Genres Project Market and Get Ready for Cannes, a showcase which allows sales agents to present previews of their new line-ups. As its name suggests, the project market ranges from extreme genre cinema to auteur projects.
“An event like this, ten days before the opening of Cannes represents a very...
- 2/13/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
White Mulberry award for first film went to Tanaka Seiji’s Japanese film Melancholic.
Oliver Chan’s debut feature Still Human, starring Anthony Wong, picked up both the top Audience Award and the Critics Award at the 21st Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) in North-eastern Italy.
The Hong Kong drama, featuring Wong as a paralysed construction worker and Crisel Consunji as his Filipina caretaker, had its director and co-stars onstage at the Teatro Nuovo – a familiar place for Wong who previously won a Golden Mulberry Award for Outstanding Achievement in Udine.
“We live on the other side of the...
Oliver Chan’s debut feature Still Human, starring Anthony Wong, picked up both the top Audience Award and the Critics Award at the 21st Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) in North-eastern Italy.
The Hong Kong drama, featuring Wong as a paralysed construction worker and Crisel Consunji as his Filipina caretaker, had its director and co-stars onstage at the Teatro Nuovo – a familiar place for Wong who previously won a Golden Mulberry Award for Outstanding Achievement in Udine.
“We live on the other side of the...
- 5/6/2019
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Sabrina Baracetti is the president of Far East Film Festival and artistic director since 1999. She is also a member of Cineteca del Friuli board of directors, commercial director at Tucker Film and President of the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche in Udine. She collaborates with magazines such as Il Ponte, Il Paese, Nekelodeon etc, and works in production, being the co-producer of films such as “Fukuchan of the Fuku Fuku Flats. She also collaborates with many festivals across the world, as juror or adviser, including Toronto International Film Festival, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and many others.
We speak with her about the history of the festival, the program selection, the different sections, Asian cinema and many other topics.
Why did you decide to start a festival about Asian cinema, and not any other region? What is the purpose of the festival?
In the 80s and 90s,...
We speak with her about the history of the festival, the program selection, the different sections, Asian cinema and many other topics.
Why did you decide to start a festival about Asian cinema, and not any other region? What is the purpose of the festival?
In the 80s and 90s,...
- 4/14/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“At the beginning of my career I wanted to be a good singer, but when I had the chance to act I understood that I was more adept at being an actress and that in the film industry I would have learned many more things”
And she indeed has learned a good deal since then. The wonderful Sylvia Chang, today an accomplished and well-established personality of the Asian and international film industry with more than 100 films since early 70’s as an actress, 15 titles as a director and more works as a scriptwriter and producer. Elegant and confident, she presented her latest directorial work in Udine and jokingly scolded Sabrina Baracetti (chairman of Far East Film Festival) for not inviting her before.
On the occasion of the film “Love Education” screening at Far East Film Festival, we speak with her about the concept of distance, writing realistic characters, Chinese Spaghetti and intergenerational exchanges.
And she indeed has learned a good deal since then. The wonderful Sylvia Chang, today an accomplished and well-established personality of the Asian and international film industry with more than 100 films since early 70’s as an actress, 15 titles as a director and more works as a scriptwriter and producer. Elegant and confident, she presented her latest directorial work in Udine and jokingly scolded Sabrina Baracetti (chairman of Far East Film Festival) for not inviting her before.
On the occasion of the film “Love Education” screening at Far East Film Festival, we speak with her about the concept of distance, writing realistic characters, Chinese Spaghetti and intergenerational exchanges.
- 4/11/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
With the Toronto International Film Festival wrapping up today, they’ve handed out their award winners. While our top picks will be arriving shortly, the big winner of the festival was Damien Chazelle‘s La La Land, which won the People’s Choice Awards, while Raoul Peck‘s I Am Not Your Negro won on the documentary side. Other winners include Free Fire in the Midnight Madness category and Jackie in the Platform section, which is in its second year.
Check out the full press release below.
The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of American filmmaker Abteen Bagheri (That B.E.A.T.), French filmmaker Eva Husson (Bang Gang), and Canadian filmmaker Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls).
Short Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
The Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Alexandre Dostie’s Mutants. The jury remarked, “Mutants...
Check out the full press release below.
The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of American filmmaker Abteen Bagheri (That B.E.A.T.), French filmmaker Eva Husson (Bang Gang), and Canadian filmmaker Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls).
Short Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
The Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Alexandre Dostie’s Mutants. The jury remarked, “Mutants...
- 9/18/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
- 8/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
- 8/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
First Focus Asia to include screenings, research panels and meetings.
Italy’s Udine Far East Film Festival, in partnership with Mia - the International Audiovisual Market in Rome, is launching Focus Asia as a market taking place April 27-29 during the fest.
Known for showcasing more mainstream and commercial Asian films than usually seen at most Western film festivals, the Udine Far East Film Festival is set to run its 18th edition from April 22-30.
The 1st Focus Asia will take place at the Cinema Visionario in Udine with screenings, research panels and individual meetings.
Udine head Sabrina Baracetti said: “The market for Asian cinema in Europe is very different now and we think the Asian sellers need a new platform in order to start being again effective and strong also in the West.
“That’s why now it is a good timing to go deeply in the film industry creating a venue [for] a new bridge for Asia...
Italy’s Udine Far East Film Festival, in partnership with Mia - the International Audiovisual Market in Rome, is launching Focus Asia as a market taking place April 27-29 during the fest.
Known for showcasing more mainstream and commercial Asian films than usually seen at most Western film festivals, the Udine Far East Film Festival is set to run its 18th edition from April 22-30.
The 1st Focus Asia will take place at the Cinema Visionario in Udine with screenings, research panels and individual meetings.
Udine head Sabrina Baracetti said: “The market for Asian cinema in Europe is very different now and we think the Asian sellers need a new platform in order to start being again effective and strong also in the West.
“That’s why now it is a good timing to go deeply in the film industry creating a venue [for] a new bridge for Asia...
- 3/15/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The Busan International Film Festival (Biff) continues to receive support from various film personalities and Film Festivals around the world.
Last week (Feb. 14th) at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) there was a special event held called “#ISupportBIff in Berlin”. There 150 cineastes show their support to the Biff. The gathering included people from the major film festivals such as Jeonju International Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Seoul International Women’s Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival, which inform the audience about the current state of the Biff.
The event also gather different film personalities such as
Alberto Barbera (Director of the Venice International Film Festival) Jérôme Paillard (Executive Director of Marché du Film, Cannes) Charles Tesson (Artistic Director of International Critics’ Week, Cannes) Edouard Waintrop (Artistic Director of The Directors’ Fortnight , Cannes) Thomas Hailer (Curator of the Berlin International Film Festival) Piers Handling (Director and...
Last week (Feb. 14th) at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) there was a special event held called “#ISupportBIff in Berlin”. There 150 cineastes show their support to the Biff. The gathering included people from the major film festivals such as Jeonju International Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Seoul International Women’s Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival, which inform the audience about the current state of the Biff.
The event also gather different film personalities such as
Alberto Barbera (Director of the Venice International Film Festival) Jérôme Paillard (Executive Director of Marché du Film, Cannes) Charles Tesson (Artistic Director of International Critics’ Week, Cannes) Edouard Waintrop (Artistic Director of The Directors’ Fortnight , Cannes) Thomas Hailer (Curator of the Berlin International Film Festival) Piers Handling (Director and...
- 2/22/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Also… Chris Carter reopens The X-Files and Sion Sono discusses his Fukushima-set sci-fi.
The all-woman jury at the 15th Nifff’s (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival) has awarded the festival’s main prize, the H.R. Giger “Narcisse” award for best picture, to Jeremy Saunier’s Green Room.
The jury led by Zoe Bell (Death Proof) called Saunier’s film “an unstoppable and irresistibly dark coming-of-age survival, and a punk rock killer machine of a story”.
With the Narcisse award, Saunier also wins a cash prize of 10,000 Swiss francs (approx $10,650) from the city of Neuchâtel.
Another of the festival’s main awards, the Méliès d’argent for best European feature, went to Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chickens.
Meanwhile, Nifff’s international critics’ award went to Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation.
The fast-growing film festival, which has a budget of €1.7m and is now one of the major movie events in Switzerland, reported more than...
The all-woman jury at the 15th Nifff’s (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival) has awarded the festival’s main prize, the H.R. Giger “Narcisse” award for best picture, to Jeremy Saunier’s Green Room.
The jury led by Zoe Bell (Death Proof) called Saunier’s film “an unstoppable and irresistibly dark coming-of-age survival, and a punk rock killer machine of a story”.
With the Narcisse award, Saunier also wins a cash prize of 10,000 Swiss francs (approx $10,650) from the city of Neuchâtel.
Another of the festival’s main awards, the Méliès d’argent for best European feature, went to Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chickens.
Meanwhile, Nifff’s international critics’ award went to Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation.
The fast-growing film festival, which has a budget of €1.7m and is now one of the major movie events in Switzerland, reported more than...
- 7/13/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Japan-uk-Italy-Taiwan-Germany co-production of Yosuke Fujita’s Fuku-chan Of FukuFuku Flats
UK-based Third Window Films has announced an unprecedented Japan-uk-Italy-Taiwan-Germany co-production of Fine, Totally Fine director Yosuke Fujita’s upcoming comedy, Fuku-chan Of FukuFuku Flats, with distribution deals in place.
Naoko Arai is credited as planner and producer, and the film is being produced by Keiko Fujimura of Japan’s TV Man Union and Adam Torel of Third Window Films.
It has attached co-producers Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertecche from Italy’s Tucker Films (they are also known as the heads of the Udine Far East Film Festival), James Liu of Taiwan’s Joint Entertainment and Stephan Holl of Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies.
They are all making equity investments and taking their respective territory’s rights.
The film stars popular Yoshimoto comedian Miyuki Oshima (GuGu The Cat, The Handsome Suit) as the main character Fuku-chan in what Torel describes as “a Tootsie-type of situation where a woman...
UK-based Third Window Films has announced an unprecedented Japan-uk-Italy-Taiwan-Germany co-production of Fine, Totally Fine director Yosuke Fujita’s upcoming comedy, Fuku-chan Of FukuFuku Flats, with distribution deals in place.
Naoko Arai is credited as planner and producer, and the film is being produced by Keiko Fujimura of Japan’s TV Man Union and Adam Torel of Third Window Films.
It has attached co-producers Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertecche from Italy’s Tucker Films (they are also known as the heads of the Udine Far East Film Festival), James Liu of Taiwan’s Joint Entertainment and Stephan Holl of Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies.
They are all making equity investments and taking their respective territory’s rights.
The film stars popular Yoshimoto comedian Miyuki Oshima (GuGu The Cat, The Handsome Suit) as the main character Fuku-chan in what Torel describes as “a Tootsie-type of situation where a woman...
- 10/22/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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