PRESS KIT FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 18 22nd-30th April 2016 Teatro Nuovo, Visionario Udine, Italy www.fareastfilm.com PLEASE DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASES FILM STILLS AND VIDEO MATERIAL FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.FAREASTFILM.COM IN THE PRESS SECTION Press Office/Far East Film Festival 18 Gianmatteo Pellizzari & Ippolita Nigris Cosattini +39/0432/299545 - +39/347/0950890 [email protected] - [email protected] International Press: Mathew Scott (HK) [email protected] 1 FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL: UNDER THE SIGN OF THE TIGER! Opening with the South Korean blockbuster The Tiger on Friday the 22nd of April and closing with the Hong Kong thriller The Bodyguard on Saturday the 30th with the presence of the legendary Sammo Hung. 72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) and over 100 events organized around the city. With an unmissable retrospective of Japanese science fiction and the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces. Two exceptional artists come together for the Festival trailer: director Johnnie To and composer Lim Giong. Press release of the 13th of April, 2016 For immediate release UDINE - For some it's a symbol of strength. For others, a symbol of freedom. Yet for many more (especially those who have read Emilio Salgari's swashbuckling novels) it's a symbol of resistance and rebellion. And for the Far East Film Festival it is above all a symbol of energy: the energy needed to realise a cultural initiative and the energy – along with the ability not to take yourself too seriously – to announce the fact. In any case, it's certainly no coincidence that the eighteenth edition will be held under the sign of the tiger. Or, to be precise, under the sign of The Tiger, Park Hoon-jung's moving blockbuster which will roar its way to its international premiere on Friday the 22nd of April! That alone would make for a memorable Opening Night, but Park's fierce South Korean tiger, thirsty for blood and justice, won't be roaring alone: one of the FEFF's oldest and dearest friends will be returning to the spotlights of the Teatro Nuovo. Who? A genius called Johnnie To, that's who! And the unforgettable winner of the very first Audience Award for A Hero Never Dies will have two tasks: as producer, to present to the public the gangster movie Trivisa, a sumptuous compendium of Milkyway's style (and happy twentieth anniversary guys, by the way!), and as director, to officially cut the ribbon with the festival trailer that bears his signature! Yes - the FEFF is coming of age, and to celebrate the event in style it's decided to give itself and its audience something truly priceless: 30 seconds of pure auteur beauty. 30 seconds where Johnnie makes his 'debut' in animated film (which, it goes without saying, is already a gift inside the gift) and where his vision meets the music of an extraordinary composer: Lim Giong (a gift inside the gift 2 inside the gift!), Cannes award winner for the soundtrack of The Assassin! What more could you want from opening night? Perhaps, for symmetry's sake, we ought to expect an equally memorable closing night too, so here's the closing night of the 30th of April for you: a date to put in your diary in fluorescent marker, because it's the night when Sammo Hung - the actor, director and action choreographer who over the decades has indelibly revolutionized cinema martial arts - will be taking the stage at the Far East Film Festival! After Joe Hisaishi and Jackie Chan, the two superstars who appeared in 2015, another legend will be collecting his Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement. Considered an icon at home and adored around the world, Sammo will be accompanying his film The Bodyguard (International Festival Premiere) to Udine, delighting fans and consolidating the international reputation of the FEFF, which grows with each passing year. But let's - briefly – allow the figures of this 18th edition speak for themselves: 72 films in the official selection, of which 50 in competition, from 10 geographic regions of Asia (5 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 8 Festival Premieres and 37 Italian premieres, of which 18 European premieres), over 100 events scattered throughout the centre of Udine (among which the inevitable Far East Cosplay Contest on the 24th of April) and more than 150 volunteers ready to roll up their sleeve and help out the staff of the Festival from the 22nd to the 30th of April. A full, diverse programme which also contains the FEFF Campus, the school of journalism for young European and Asian talent, and the international Ties That Bind workshop, which for years has been putting Western and Eastern producers in touch. And let's not forget about the pre-opening event: an extraordinary 21st of April with Constanza Macras's show The Ghosts (the umpteenth triumph of the Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia)! New for 2016 is Focus Asia, the business event which will be held at Udine's Cinema Visionario on the 27th, 28th and 29th of April and will see FEFF working together with MIA – the International Audiovisual Market of Rome (together with the Fondo Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia and DG Cinema - MIBACT). A first step towards reinforcing relations between Europe and Asia to offer buyers an overview of the most recent genre productions. Alongside a packed competition section, which will see the best Pan-Asian titles of the last season competing for the 2016 Audience Award (blockbusters, cult movies, outsider titles and auteur films, like the highly anticipated Three Stories of Love by Ryosuke Hashiguchi), there will be an infoscreening of the anthology film Ten Years, as well as once again parallel sections devoted to documentaries (don't miss The Lovers and the Despot, preview of Biografilm Festival), one dedicated to the Fresh Wave Festival (the young voices of Hong Kong), one dedicated to fear (a big comeback for Horror Day and the very first appearance on the Udine screen of the great Kurosawa Kiyoshi: a cruel journey into the darkness and the psyche titled Creepy!), and another dedicated to exhibitions (from the contemporary Japanese art of Paradoxa to the world of comics with Vincenzo Filosa's Viaggio a Tokyo). 3 This year, in addition to the obligatory tribute to the history of Asian cinema, which will touch upon Bruce Lee's yellow jumpsuit and offer up four absolute must-sees (the brand new restored 4K versions of Fist of Fury, The Big Boss, The Way of the Dragon and the Game of Death), the eye of the FEFF will also focus on the glories of Japanese science fiction in a retrospective of 10 films and a publication entitled Beyond Godzilla, both curated by expert Mark Schilling, which will have as guest of honour the legendary director Obayashi Nobuhiko! "Fans,” writes Mark Schilling, “have long considered Japan a science fiction cinematic superpower, especially as regards one specific sub-genre - movie monsters (kaiju eiga) – and one character: Godzilla. In fact, the Japanese science fiction films of the Fifties and Sixties, which were packed full of space rockets, UFOs and all kinds of exotic weapons and gadgets, may have been inspired by Hollywood's alien invasion films, but their unique style, their energy and their imagination have influenced not only Japanese animators and directors, but also their counterparts in the West." So all that remains is to make a date at the Teatro Nuovo, the historical home of the Far East Film Festival, and wait for Johnnie To's trailer to officially set the ball rolling. Which film will be the thunderbolt that stuns audiences this year? A debut with a capital 'd', like Yoon Ga-eun's The World of Us, or perhaps the amazing Ola Bola which shows us the world of Malaysian football? An intense romantic drama like Larry Yang's Mountain Cry? Or maybe Xu Zheng's unique road movie Lost in Hong Kong, which exploded at the box office in the former British colony? The funny and tragic story of redemption Mohican Comes Home by Okita Shuichi (with a surprising punk-hipster Matsuda Ryuhei)? Or could it be the world premiere of Hime-Anole, which, on the 25th of April, will bring Japanese teen idol Morita Go down the FEFF 18 red carpet (yes, it's all true, dear fans, it's all true!)? If you want to find out you'll just have to wait until the night of the 30 th of April - even though, as we all know, tigers aren't exactly the most patient of creatures! Press Office/Far East Film Festival 18 Gianmatteo Pellizzari & Ippolita Nigris Cosattini 0432/299545 - 347/0950890 [email protected] - [email protected] International Press Mathew Scott [email protected] For audiovisual content produced during the Festival: Video Press Office Kuva Comunicazione 345/1821517 - [email protected] 4 SAMMO HUNG a living legend comes to Udine! After last year’s sensational guests Joe Hisaishi and Jackie Chan, this year the Far East Film Festival will welcome another big name of Asian cinema: Sammo Hung, who will also be awarded the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement On the Closing Night of April 30th, all spotlights will be on Hung and his much awaited for European première action thriller “The Bodyguard”. UDINE – After last year’s sensational guests Joe Hisaishi and Jackie Chan, this year the Far East Film Festival will welcome another big name of Asian cinema: Sammo Hung, a Honk Kong legendary icon admired all over the world. He is an actor, film director and fight choreographer and over time has managed to revolutionize the perception of martial arts. On the Closing Night of April 30th, all spotlights will be on Hung and his action-thriller “The Bodyguard” which also sees him director of the film. FEFF 18 will pay homage to his extraordinary artistic career which started at the age of eleven, by awarding him the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement. His career has been marked by his costant efforts of experimenting and by his ability of fluidly changing genres. Other than the great Sammo Hung, other people that have been awarded the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement are Johnnie To, Kim Dong-ho, Michael Werner (of the Fortissimo film production company), Joe Hisaishi, Jackie Chan and Nansun Shi. The award has been created by Idea Prototipi®, a company located in the Friuli region which is leader in the metal production industry and which has also created the three “Mulberries” of the Audience Awards (which are assigned by FEFF’s audience to the Best Movies in the competion). Friend and adventure companion of Jackie Chan since he was at the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung has worked with some of the greatest actors in the film industry, from Bruce Lee to Yuen Biao, from Jet Li to Andy Lau and as for the western audience, he starred in the television series Martial Law and also starred in the cult tv series Walker Texas Ranger, starring Chuck Norris. FEFF will present the film The Bodyguard as a International Festival Première. It tells the story of a retired bodyguard who settles into a small village where China and Russia meet. There he meets and befriends a young girl whose life is threatened by her father’s connection with a local crime lord. The father is played by Andy Lau. When the young girl and her father disappear, the bodyguard will do everything in his power to save them. A perfectly judged mix of tension, growing adrenaline and great martial arts fight scenes together with a pinch of humour. These are the ingredients that make Sammo’s formula a succesful one and that have secured him a place in the pantheon of Asian cinema. I’ts impossibile to synthesize Sammo’s film history that goes from crime stories to slapstick commedies and from the wuxia genre to comic horror movies: it’s best to meet him in Udine and admire him live! 5 SAMMO BIO Sammo Hung was born in Hong Kong in 1952. He is one of Hong Kong’s leading film martial artists and has worked in all aspects including stuntman, martial arts choreographer, film director and producer (with his own company Boho Films). Over the years Sammo has astounded audiences with his agility and skills. Although two decades separates the restaurant action piece in Pedicab Driver (1989) and Ip Man 3 (2010), Sammo shows no sign of age or weakening of his creativity or skills in the later work. If anything, he seems even more spectacular in his “older” age. Sammo has referred to himself as a “jack of all acrobats,” and does not confime himself to any school or style of martial arts. His roles have been wide-ranging: historical characters, medium to the world of ghosts, contemporary comedies, and even faux-Hollywood big productions. Sammo is known as “Big Brother” but truly, together with Lau Kar-leung and Yuen Woo-ping, he is one of the fathers of Hong Kong martial arts cinema as we know it today. SAMMO QUOTES My mother, grandfather and grandmother were in Hong Kong for a number of years before I was born. My grandfather was a builder on film sets. My paternal grandfather (Hung Chung-ho) was a famous producer who once had his own studio at 41 Grampian Road (in Kowloon) but lost it all to horse-racing. I was just like any other kid but I didn’t like going to school and was a troublemaker who got into fights in the streets. I was living with my grandparents and one day a friend suggested that I learn Peking Opera and make a living as an actor. Bruce Lee had a big influence on me. He strengthened my nationalist spirit and also had an impact on the heroes and characters in my films. He had nothing to do with the influence of Wing Chun. Chang Cheh and Lau Kar-leung were doing films on Hung Kuen (southern style of kung fu) – I thought I could not be as good as Lau so I took a different path. It’s easy to film good-looking action films but it’s difficult to write a good action story. In the past the fighting was done for the sake of fighting and any story could attract the audience. But pure fighting can no longer attract our audience and they now have higher standards in drama. 6 ALL THE FILMS AT A GLANCE – LINE UP 2016 Competition Section CHINA (10) Chongqing Hot Pot, YANG Qing, crime-action- hipster noir, China 2016, European Premiere The Dead End, CAO Baoping, cop-loves-cop thriller, China 2015, European Premiere Destiny, ZHANG Wei, human drama, China 2016, World Premiere The Left Ear, Alec SU, youth drama, China 2015, European Premiere Lost in Hong Kong, XU Zheng, clash of cultures comedy, China 2015, International Festival Premiere The Master, XU Haofeng, elegant martial arts, China 2015, European Premiere Mojin: the Lost Legend, Wuershan, action-adventure-horror-and-more, China 2015, International Festival Premiere Mountain Cry, Larry YANG, tearjacker melodrama, China 2015, Italian Premiere Saving Mr. Wu, DING Sheng, movie world action-thriller, China 2015, International Festival Premiere Young Love Lost, XIANG Guoqiang, youth fantasy-romance, China 2015, European Premiere CHINA/HONG KONG (2) The Bodyguard, Sammo HUNG, martial arts drama, Hong Kong/China 2016, International Festival Premiere (Closing Movie) Ip Man 3 , Wilson YIP, martial artist biopic, Hong Kong/China 2015, International Festival Premiere HONG KONG (4) Keeper of Darkness , Nick CHEUNG, horror-thriller-comedy, Hong Kong 2015, European Premiere The Mobfathers, Herman YAU, triad action-drama, Hong Kong 2016, International Premiere Trivisa, Frank HUI, Jevons AU, Vicky WONG, goodfellas triad noir, Hong Kong 2016, Italian Premiere Weeds on Fire, CHAN Chi-fat, baseball drama, Hong Kong 2016, International Premiere JAPAN (11) Bakuman, ONE Hitoshi, mangaka action comedy, Japan 2015, European Premiere Creepy, KUROSAWA Kiyoshi, über-psycho-thriller, Japan 2016, Italian Premiere Flying Colours, DOI Nobuhiro, lost youth drama, Japan 2015, European Premiere The Inerasable, NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, psycho-horror with ghost, Japan 2016. European Premiere Hime-Anole, YOSHIDA Keisuike, pitiless thriller-drama, Japan 2016, World Premiere The Kodai Family, HIJIKATA Masato, telepathic love story, Japan 2016 World Premiere Lowlife Love, UCHIDA Eiji, movie-industry dramedy, Japan 2016, Italian Premiere Maniac Hero, TOYOSHIMA Keisuke, yuppie fantasy-action comedy, Japan 2016, World Premiere Mohican Comes Home, OKITA Shuichi, punk-hipster-redemption drama, Japan 2016, European Premiere Round Trip Heart, TANADA Yuki, anarchic road-movie romance, Japan 2015, Italian Premiere Three Stories of Love, HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke, redemption contemporary drama, Japan 2015, Italian Premiere MALAYSIA (1) Ola Bola, CHIU Keng Guan, soccer drama, Malaysia 2016, European Premiere SOUTH KOREA (14) Assassination, CHOI Dong-hoon, grand historical epic, South Korea 2015, Italian Premiere A Break Alone, CHO Jae-hyun, drama of jealousy, South Korea 2016, European Premiere The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo, ROH Deok, quirky media thriller, South Korea 2015, Italian Premiere Fatal Intuition, YUN Jun-hyung, grim psycho thriller, South Korea 2015, International Premiere Fourth Place, JUNG Ji-woo, sports drama, South Korea 2015, Italian Premiere Inside Men, WOO Min-ho, breathless thriller, South Korea 2015, International Festival Premiere 7 Making Family, CHO Jin-Mo, kid-on-the-road, South Korea 2016, International Premiere A Melody to Remember, LEE Han, Korean War drama, South Korea 2016, International Premiere The Priests, JANG Jae-hyun, exorcist psycho-horror, South Korea 2015, Italian Premiere The Silenced, LEE Hae-young, period all-female horror, South Korea 2015, European Premiere Sori: Voice from the Heart, LEE Ho-jae, R2-D2 drama, South Korea 2016, International Premiere The Tiger, PARK Hoon-jung, mountain-action epic, South Korea 2015, International Festival Premiere (Opening Movie) Wonderful Nightmare, KANG Hyo-jin, deal-with-the-devil comedy, South Korea 2015, European Premiere The World of Us, YOON Ga-eun, youth drama, South Korea 2016, Italian Premiere THE PHILIPPINES (2) Honor Thy Father, Erik MATTI, heist movie, The Philippines 2015, Italian Premiere Apocalypse Child, Mario CORNEJO, surf-peppered drama, The Philippines, International Premiere TAIWAN (2) Our Times, Frankie CHEN, comedy-romance, Taiwan 2015, European Premiere The Tag-Along, CHENG Wei-hao (Vic), contemporary horror, Taiwan, Italian Premiere THAILAND (3) Senior, Wisit SASANATIENG, fantasy-ghost-horror-comedy, Thailand 2015, International Festival Premiere The Forest, Paul SPURRIER, horror in the woods, Thailand, European Premiere Heart Attack, Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT, yuppie romance with flashy T-Shirts, Italian Premiere VIETNAM (1) Bitcoin Heist, Ham TRAN, mission: more than impossible, Vietnam 2016, International Premiere Out Of Competition BEYOND GODZILLA: ALTERNATIVE FUTURES AND FANTASIES IN JAPANESE CINEMA (10) Blue Christmas, OKAMOTO Kihachi, Japan 1978 Exchange Students, OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, Japan 1982 Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle, KANEKO Shusuke, Japan 1999 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, Japan 1983 HOUSE, OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, Japan 1977 Invasion of the Astro Monster, Honda Ishiro, Japan 1965 Latitude Zero, HONDA Ishiro, Japan 1969 Mysterians, HONDA Ishiro, Japan 1957 Matango, HONDA Ishiro, Japan 1963 School in the Crosshairs, OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, Japan 1981 DOCUMENTARIES (3) The Cambodian Space Project - Not Easy Rock'n'Roll, Marc EBERLE, Australia/UK, European Premiere The Lovers and the Despot, Ross ADAM, Robert CANNAN, UK, 2016, Italian Premiere (Biografilm Festival preview) Reach for the Sky, CHOI Woo-young, Steven DHOEDT, South Korea/Belgium, 2015, Italian Premiere INFO SCREENING (2) Ten Years, Jevons AU, Kiwi CHOW, KWOK Zune, NG Ka-leung, WONG Fei-pang, drama, Hong Kong 2015, European Premiere Fukushima A Nuclear Story, Matteo Gagliardi, documentary, Italy 2016 8 CHINA NOW (4) Cut Out the Eyes, XU Tong, documentary, China, 2014, Italian Premiere Double Act, DING Shiwei, China, short, 2013, Italian Premiere Egg and Stone, HUANG Ji, drama, China 2012, Italian Premiere Perfect Conjugal Bliss, ZHONG Su, short, China, 2014 FRESH WAVE SHORTS (3) Conditioned, CHAN Kam-hei, short, Hong Kong 2015, International Premiere And Afterwards, LAW Sin-yan, short, Hong Kong 2015, International Premiere Where's the Head?, LUI Mei-fung, short, Hong Kong 2015, International Premiere CLASSIC RESTORED (5) The Big Boss, LO Wei, martial arts, Hong Kong, 1971, 4K Restored Version International Premiere Fist of Fury, LO Wei, martial arts, Hong Kong, 1972, 4K Restored Version World Premiere Game of Death, Robert CLOUSE, Bruce LEE, Sammo HUNG, martial arts, Hong Kong/USA, 1978, 4K Restored Version International Premiere Of the Flesh, Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA, melodrama, The Philippines 1983, Restored Version Italian Premiere The Way of the Dragon, Bruce LEE, martial arts, Hong Kong 1972, 4K Restored Version International Premiere Total 72 WORLD PREMIERE FIRST SCREENING IN THE WORLD: 5 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE = First screening outside the country of origin: 10 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PREMIERE = First festival screening in the world: 8 EUROPEAN PREMIERE = First public screening in Europe: 18 ITALIAN PREMIERE = First public screening in Italy: 19 9 ALL THE FEFF STARS 2016 HONG KONG Johnnie TO, producer, Trivisa YAU Nai-hoi, producer, Trivisa Sammo HUNG, director, The Bodyguard Chapman TO, actor, The Mobfathers CHAN Chi-fat (Steve), director, Weeds on Fire CHINA CAO Baoping, director, The Dead End JIAO Mia, scriptwriter, The Dead End MAO Chuxiao, promotion manager, The Dead End ZOU Zhidi, film planner, The Dead End YE Jinjun, producer, The Dead End MENG Yuejuan, associate producer, The Dead End XU Jingyue, promoter, The Dead End LIU Aaron, executive producer, Young Love Lost WEI Yuan, producer, Young Love Lost GU Guoqing, president of China Film Promotion International, Young Love Lost Larry YANG, director, Mountain Cry Nick (Ziyi) WANG, actor, Mountain Cry LANG Yueting, actress, Mountain Cry ZHANG Wei, director, Destiny JAPAN TANADA Yuki, director, Round Trip Heart OKITA Shuichi, director, Mohican Comes Home MATSUDA Ryuhei, actor, Mohican Comes Home NAGATA Yoshihiro, producer, The Inerasable OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, director, YOSHIDA Keisuke, director, Hime-Anole GO Morita, actor, Hime-Anole UCHIDA Eiji, director, Lowlife Love SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, actor, Lowlife Love KAWAKAMI Nanami, actress, Lowlife Love KURIBAYASHI Riri, actress/Sexy J idol group, Lowlife Love Adam TOREL, producer, Lowlife Love Pio D’EMILIA, journalist, Fukushima: A Nuclear Story SAITOH Takumi, actor, The Kodai Family MITSUKA Megumi, producer, The Kodai Family ONE Hitoshi, director, Bakuman SOUTH KOREA YOON Ga-eun, director, The World Of Us CHO Jae-hyun, director, A Break Alone JUNG Ji-woo, director, Fourth Place YUN Jun-hyung, director, Fatal Intuition PARK Hoon-jung, director, The Tiger LEE Ho-jae, director, Sori: Voice From The Heart CHOI Dong-hoon, director, Assassination 10 CHOI Yongbae, director, Puchon Film Festival MALAYSIA Keng Guan CHIU, director, Ola Bola Najwa ABU BAKAR, producer, Ola Bola PHILIPPHINES Mario CORNEJO, director, Apocalypse Child Sid LUCERO, actor, Apocalypse Child Annicka DOLONIUS, actress, Apocalypse Child Monster JIMENEZ, producer, Apocalypse Child THAILAND Paul SPURRIER, director, The Forest, Jiriya SPURRIER, co-producer and assistant director, The Forest 11 FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL CONSULTANTS Anchalee CHAIWORAPORN Consultant for Thai selection Independent Writer and Researcher. She have started as a journalist for the Thailand Times and The Nation before moving to write for international publications including Variety, Cahiers du Cinema, and etc. She has been part of the jury for many prestigious festivals. Besides FEFF, she was a consultant also for Cannes Critic Week. Since 2002, she has received several grants to do research on cinemas in Japan, Korea, and ASEAN. Darcy PAQUET Consultant for Korean selection Film critic and journalist, Darcy is born in the Massachusetts but he has been living in Seoul since 1997. He is the founder and editor of the website “Koreanfilm.org” and the author of “New Korean Cinema”. In 2013 he also founded the Wildflower Film Awards Korea. He is a former correspondent for “Variety” and “Screen International”, he has written regular columns in “Cine21” and “Daum.net”, and is currently a contributor to the “South China Morning Post” in Hong Kong. He has also appeared as a supporting actor in several films. Maria BARBIERI Consultant for Chinese selection She is from Rome but she lives in Australia from many years. She spent many years in China working in the film business. In the 2000 she founded an agency that provides lineproduction and distribution consultancy services for foreign film and tv production companies in the greater China region. She currently runs an art-house cinema (established in 1947 in an iconic art-deco building) in the town of Murwillumbah, Australia. Maria RUGGIERI Consultant for Chinese selection Maria A. RUGGIERI is an Italian Sinologist specialized in Chinese Cinema and Cinema in China. She's been based in China since the late 90's as a student at Beijing Film Academy. Author of essays on Chinese Cinema raging from pre-1949 b&w silent films to most recent box office hits, she is program consultant and coordinator on Chinese Popular Cinema for Udine Far East Film Festival (since 2001) and correspondent for China territory of Festival del Film Locarno. Previously she was also correspondent for China territory of Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia (2006-2009). As project manager, she organized the first edition of New Italian Cinema Events - N.I.C.E. China and she worked at the production development of a Hong Kong/China docu-drama filmed in China and in Italy. Other projects include film retrospective organization, film translation and subtitling, and more recently a collaboration with Beijing International Film Festival as Program Consultant for Forward Future Section of the festival. Mark SCHILLING Consultant for Japanese selection Reporter, critic and author specializing in Japanese films and popular culture. He has been a regular film critic for "The Japan Times," since 1989, while covering the Japanese film industry for "Screen International" from 1990 to 2005 and for "Variety" from 2005 to the present. He has written and contributed to many books, including "The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture" (Weatherhill, 1997), "Contemporary Japanese Film" (Weatherhill, 1999), "The Yakuza Movie Book" (Stone Bridge Press, 2003), "No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema" (2007) and "Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Films of Shintoho” (2010). He has also served on many film juries, including the Japanese Eyes section of the Tokyo International Film Festival for three years running, and worked as a script advisor on Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai" (2003). Paolo BERTOLIN Consultant for Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore After leaving Italy, he has studied in Korea. As he’s an expert of Thai cinema, he is currently also Programme Advisor Asia Pacific for Doha Film Institute, Consultant for La Biennale di Venezia and Asia Pacific Delegate al Nyon Visions du Réel. 12 He currently cooperate with Beijing Film Festival as well. Stephen CREMIN advisor Together with Patrick Frater, in 2010 he has founded “Film Business Asia”, a Hong Kong-based English-language trade publication that reports on Asian cinema from a uniquely balanced perspective. Stephen also co-founded the London Pan-Asian Film Festival in 1998 and remains on the programming teams of the New York Asian Film Festival. He was previously “Screen International” Taipei correspondent. Tim YOUNGS Consultant for Hong Kong selection Tim Youngs is a writer and editor living in Hong Kong. He has written about Hong Kong movies for publications including Time, Film Comment, the International Film Guide and Cahiers du Cinema, as well as for the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Archive. Since joining Far East Film as Hong Kong consultant in its 2002 edition, he has contributed to Udine retrospectives including those on directors Chor Yuen, Patrick Lung Kong and Ann Hui. He has also served as a consultant for the Venice Film Festival. Max TESSIER Consultant for Philippine selection Max Tessier is a French film critic and historian, specializing in Japanese and Asian cinemas. A regular contributor to Osian's Cinemaya, Les Voix/France –Japan, and occasionally to Positif, Paris. He is the author of several books in French on Japanese films: ”Yasujiro Ozu 1903-1963”, “Le Cinéma japonais au présent 1959-1979”, “Cinéma et littérature au Japon de l'ère Meiji à nos jours”, “Images du cinéma japonais”, “Cinéma et littérature au Japon”. He has also became an expert of Philippine cinema and he is currently lives and works in The Philippines. Anderson LE Consultant for Documentary section Besides FEFF, he is the director of Programming at Hawaii International Film Festival and International films selector for the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL COORDINATORS EJ CHO Coordinator – Korean selection Currently, running People in Communications (PIC), a company specialized in consulting and promoting films for int’l and domestic festivals and markets as a managing director. Worked for KOFIC, several int’l film festivals including Busan (PPP) and Bucheon, and several companies including Korea Pictures, Finecut and United Pictures focusing international business. Gary MAK Coordinator – Hong Kong selection Director at Broadway Cinematheque HK & Beijing (of EDKO Films), Gary is one of the major veterans of Hong Kong cinema. He also advises the HK Arts Development Council for Film and Media Division. Thanks to his great expertise, he has been coordinator for FEFF for many years. Sanling CHANG Coordinator – Taiwan selection Ms. Miyuki Takamatsu and Ms. Hideko Saito Coordinators – Japanese selection 13 AND THE WINNER IS… 5 AWARDS THANKS TO IDEA PROTOTIPI® As per usual at Far East Film, the best movies are chosen by the audience. To be more precise, three awards go to the most beloved movies of the entire selection. No tricks whatsoever. The winners are the ones able, more than any other, to excite the audience, satisfy the longing for romanticism, thrill and action. Thanks to our renewed partnership with Idea Prototipi®, company in Basiliano (Udine) that combines metal work and high technology, this year as well FEFF 18 people’s choice awards will be statuettes in the shape of mulberries, common trees in the Friulian landscape, though originally from the East, chosen as the symbol of the meeting between Western and Eastern cultures. Ending the Far East Film 18 award list, the Gelso alla carriera (Lifetime Achievement Award), presented by the Festival committee to actors, directors or producers who during their career have distinguished themselves in the popular Asian cinema scene, and Gelso Nero (Black Mulberry),award presented by the jury of Black Dragon pass holders. The prizes are made by Idea Prototipi®, the leading company in metal-work, according to the following procedures: an actual tree from the Friulian countryside underwent scanning and then, thanks to a process called TiQu™, was turned into a three-dimensional model and finally made into an extraordinary artifact without any human intervention. The mulberries will be announced and awarded on Saturday April 30th during the award ceremony that will take place at Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine right after midnight and will wrap up Far East Film 18. 14 FOCUS ASIA A new Business platform where Far East meets Europe: in Udine from the 27th to the 29th April UDINE – The Udine Far East Film Festival, in partnership with MIA - The International Audiovisual Market in Rome and with the collaboration of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and DG Cinema – MIBACT, presents FOCUS ASIA. It is a first step in the direction of strengthening relations between Europe and Asia in the movie-genres cinema market and offering European buyers the opportunity of getting in-depth knowledge on new western film productions during FEFF in April. During its 18 years of activity, FEFF has managed to promote the Asian markets and give indepth information on its regulations and productive development policies. FEFF has managed to highlight the potentiality of these markets to the Europeans and create the foundations of a bilateral path: a kind of mutual exchange with the European Audiovisual industry as the center of attention. The aim of Focus Asia is to further develop these foundations towards the East, which has always been leader in the film genre production, in the medium to long term business perspective. MIA, which is an ANICA and APT brand and also a product of Fondazione Cinema of Rome, is a collective tool of internationalization that supports the Italian audiovisual industry (a market concerning the industry for the industry). Since 1999 the Udine Far East Film Festival has been the main melting pot for popular Asiatic cinema in Europe. The mutual cooperation between these two organizations has enabled to create this new business platform that plans to strengthen relations between the European and Far East film industries. TIES THAT BIND – an Asian/European Co-Production Workshop organized by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in partnership with EAVE has been sustaining the Far East Film Community in analyzing any possible market productivity penetration between Asia and Europe for 8 years. It is therefore in this scenario that the First Edition of FOCUS ASIA will create a platform where Eastern and European sales agents and buyers, film distributors, television broadcasters, VOD Platforms and Internet Player Companies have the opportunity to meet and do business together. The first edition of Focus Asia will be held at the Cinema Visionario in Udine during the Far East Film Festival, the 27th, 28th and 29th April and will include film screenings, research panels and individual meetings. 15 TIES THAT BIND announces its selection for 2016 We proudly announce the selection for the eighth edition of TIES THAT BIND! Out of over 40 applications from Europe and Asia, 10 producers with feature films in development have been selected to participate together with 5 additional European professionals wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia. TIES THAT BIND Asia/Europe Co-Production Workshop has become the reference for developing European-Asian coproductions. To name just some of the most recent success stories, Ties That Bind project Dog Days has premiered this year in Panorama section of the Berlinale 2016, Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories premiered in Berlinale competition 2015, Chi - Mr. Zhang Believes had its world premiere at Signs of Live section of the Festival del Film Locarno 2015, and Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere won Best Film at Venice Critics’ Week 2014. The first Ties That Bind workshop will take place in Udine (Italy) from April 26 – 30, 2016 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 22 - 30, 2016). The second workshop will be organized in Singapore during the Southeast Asian Film Financing Forum (SAFF), a project market held alongside ScreenSingapore (Dec 7 - 9, 2016), matching the best Southeast Asian projects and filmmakers with financiers, festivals, and co-producers from around the world while being the regional touchstone for media investment and industry trends. The TIES THAT BIND workshop will bring together 15 producers and other professionals from Europe and Asia to work on feature film projects in development. They will be working together throughout the year with leading experts from both continents on script development, pitching, co-production, financing, legal aspects, marketing, distribution and sales, and will meet with decision makers during both sessions, such as Meinolf Zurhorst (ZDF/ARTE, DE), Roger Garcia (Hong Kong International Film Festival, HK), Vincenzo Bugno (World Cinema Fund, DE), Iwana Chronis (Hubert Bals Fund, NL), Shanty Harmayn (Salto Film Company, ID), Elise Jalladeau (Charivari Films, FR), Sibylle Kurz (Pitching and Communication Skills, DE), Clare Downs (Script Consultant, UK), among others. The selected participants for TIES THAT BIND 2016 are: - Bożena Bogdziewicz, Kosmos Production, Poland - Angelica Cantisani, Filming Europe, Italy/Belgium - Stefano Centini, Hummingbird, Italy/Taiwan Project: The Sand in My Eyes, director: Chia-Hsin Liu - Samantha Faccio, Tucker Film, Italy Project: The Angel in the Wall, director: Lorenzo Bianchini - M. Raihan Halim, Papahan Films, Singapore Project: Prey, director: M. Raihan Halim - Uzma Hasan, Little House Productions, United Kingdom - Taro Imai, Harakiri Films, Japan Project: Marijuana Family, director: Yuki Kuwazuru - Mikkel Jersin, Snowglobe, Denmark Project: Jutlandia, director: Kasper Gaardsøe - Vanja Kaludjercic, Holland Film Meeting, Croatia/The Netherlands - Charles Lei, Thunder Communications, China Project: The Proving Ground, director: Jonathan Finnigan - Bradley Liew, Epicmedia Productions, Malaysia/Philippines Project: Motel Acacia, director: Bradley Liew - Marilyne Maia, Scope Pictures, France/Belgium - Pamela L. Reyes, PelikulaRed, Philippines Project: Lost Dahlias, director: Mikhail Red - Paul Ruven, Talent United Film & Tv, The Netherlands Project: Suddenly, director: Paul Ruven - Isilay Yanbas, Karlakum Film, Turkey Project: Clown is Down, Director: Esra Saydam 16 This year’s selection features a vast diversity of different subjects and genres: The Sand in My Eyes depicts a childhood of poverty, abuse and melodrama which fuels young Taiwanese girl Jo’s desire for freedom and fear of placing her trust in those closest to her. Raised in 1990s lower-class Taipei in a family of mixed fortunes, Jo is forced to reconcile with her memories when she and her sister have to send their mother to a retirement house. After two relationships and one marriage, Jo has come to terms with her fear of entrapment and has become a mother herself, but many of the old scars have yet to shed a light on her present life. The Sand in My Eyes will be produced by Stefano Centini (Hummingbird, Italy/Taiwan) and directed by Chia-Hsin Liu. The Angel in the Wall is the story of Pietro who under a threat of eviction hides himself inside his flat, ready for anything, except the cruel twist of fate that will force him to reassess his whole life. He builds a hiding place in the apartment's long hallway and stays hidden even while a desperate young mother and her almost-blind daughter move in. He spies on them, trying to maintain his detachment as their voices and habits grow increasingly familiar. Only when Pietro and the mother come face to face, he sees a long-repressed truth return, turning his world, and the meaning of the story, inside out. The Angel in the Wall will be produced by Samantha Faccio (Tucker Film, Italy) and directed by Lorenzo Bianchini. Prey is set in Singapore in 1859. Captain John Clarke, a soldier from the Royal British Army is tasked to investigate the killings of hundreds by a ferocious man-eating tiger known as the Beast of Siranjong. But after a brutal, bloody chess game of claws and bullets brought the good captain nowhere close to killing the beast, he will be forced to question himself if he is truly the hunter or the prey. Prey will be produced and directed by M. Raihan Halim (Papahan Films, Singapore). Marijuana Family tells a story of Miyajima who caused a car accident damaging his daughter’s face. He tries to start a marijuana business to pay for her surgery. He is guided to an undisclosed place by his associate Dibba to pick up as much marijuana as possible, but Dibba robs all marijuana. Miyajima tries to hang himself but his attempt fails. Losing everything he has once thought he gained for his family, he finally realizes the importance of his family itself. Marijuana Family will be produced by Taro Imai (Harakiri Films, Japan) and directed by Yuki Kuwazuru. Jutlandia takes place in 1950. Five years after World War II ended, Europe became involved in a conflict much farther from our shores, The Korean War, which set off the Danish personnel and legendary hospital ship “The Jutlandia” to Korea. On this perilous journey an inexperienced nurse and the neurotic medical student are put to the test of a lifetime as Jutlandia reaches Korean shores. Before long, the gravity of the situation becomes all too clear to the two idealists who are suddenly forced to take action and leave the ship to become part of the war. Jutlandia will be produced by Mikkel Jersin (Snowglobe, Denmark) and directed by Kasper Gaardsøe. The Proving Ground is based on true events. Fearing for the safety of her family, a Chinese agent, Zhen, is tasked to bring an international team of scientists to investigate a suspicious viral outbreak during the Chinese Civil war. Her first task is to recruit maverick Cambridge professor Joseph Needham. Zhen and Needham lead the team into the remote Changbai Mountains. Tensions rise as the deadly nature of the outbreak becomes apparent: it’s the result of illegal biological warfare. As the evidence becomes irrefutable, things turn deadly.The Proving Ground will be produced by Charles Lei (Thunder Communications, China) and directed by Jonathan Finnigan. Motel Acacia is a fantasy horror. In Southern Spain, a bed haunted by a mythical tree demon, resides in a sex motel owned by Filipino migrants where it feeds on men and copulates with women. The Bed is kept as a pet by the motel Janitor to satisfy his sexual fetishes until he falls in love with the new local Spanish cleaning lady who is drawn to the bed’s darkness. Motel Acacia will be produced and directed by Bradley Liew (Epicmedia Productions, Malaysia/Philippines). Another story inspired by true events is Lost Dahlias. In 1972, the infamous Black Dahlia murderer who escaped from America has been hiding in the Philippines for more than two decades. When martial law is declared by a tyrannical regime, people start to go missing and turn up dead. The Black Dahlia murderer soon learns that fulfilling his deadly 17 passion is much easier in an unstable society. Lost Dahlias will be produced by Pamela L. Reyes (PelikulaRed, Philippines) and directed by Mikhail Red. Suddenly tells a story of an aspiring Dutch actress Lisa Houben who suddenly gets her dream chance in a Japanese movie about Dejima. A few days before the start of the movie, she is suddenly diagnosed with cancer. She needs treatment immediately, but she decides to hide it from everybody and tries to pursue her dream. Suddenly will be produced and directed by Paul Ruven (Talent United Film & Tv, The Netherlands) and will star Stefanie Joosten as Lisa. Clown is Down is set up in a dark fictional city, where Emre, a teenage street performer, gets mysteriously murdered on the day of elections. With the hopes of shedding light on the genesis of this crime, a man and a woman from opposite social classes, but who equally loved Emre, spend a night of discussions to trace back to the final days of the victim. As they explore the circumstances leading to this tragedy, they come to terms with their own guilt, which unifies them on an unexpected level. Clown is Down will be produced by Isilay Yanbas (Karlakum Film, Turkey) and directed by Esra Saydam. Among the selected participants without project are: Bożena Bogdziewicz (Kosmos Production, Poland) is a film director/producer. She has worked as a producer for various international production companies, directed several short movies and two theatre plays. In 2015, Bożena joined forces with Ewa Turczańska (Kosmos) to write/direct/produce her first feature. They are developing different cinema projects together. Since 2016 Bozena works as an expert for Media Programme at EACEA. Angelica Cantisani (Filming Europe, Italy/Belgium) started working for Film Commission Torino Piemonte as an International Events and Projects Coordinator in 2008. From 2011 she works as Office Manager for Filming Europe, the Association of the European Film Commissions. The association counts 90 members from 30 European countries. Uzma Hasan (Little House Productions, United Kingdom) is a lead producer at Little House Productions. Her first feature The Infidel was released internationally, remade as a musical and in Hindi as Dharam Sankat Mein. She is in postproduction with Firstborn starring Antonia Thomas released by Metrodome Distribution. She works as a consultant for several international film funds. Vanja Kaludjercic (Holland Film Meeting, The Netherlands) is a festival programmer who worked for various film festivals, such as Motovun FF, Zagrebdox Pro, Animafest, Sarajevo FF, CPH:DOX and Cinéma du réel. In 2008, she joined Coproduction Office in acquisitions and managed projects markets in Paris and Les Arcs. She was recently appointed as Head of Holland Film Meeting. Marilyne Maia (Scope Pictures, France/Belgium) has worked for eight years in the French film distribution sector as a Sales Manager. She joined the SCOPE team in 2012 to select projects and to manage the line production of the company. She is specialized in business development with a focus on financial assistance and expertise on tax shelter. TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA). TIES THAT BIND is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, and Silver Media Group. For more information please contact: EAVE - Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: [email protected] FVG Audiovisual Fund – Alessandro Gropplero, International Relations: [email protected] www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu 18 FEFF 18 ready to welcome the next generation Second edition of Campus to host 10 young journalists from Europe and Asia As the 18th Far East Festival is preparing to roll out the red carpet for the stars of Asian cinema – among them none other than martial arts hero Sammo Hung – the festival is also set to welcome the next generation of young international journalists to the second edition of its FEFF Campus. A group of 10 aspiring journalists from Europe and Asia have been selected from around 150 applications for this year’s FEFF Campus which will see them become part of the FEFF family for the duration of the 22nd to the 30th April 2016 event – and learn skills that will help further their careers as writers. The FEFF Campus offers journalists aged 26 or under a unique opportunity to be fully hosted by the festival while engaging in a programme that includes seminars, interviews and workshops focusing on both the art of film and the art of writing. Among last year’s FEFF Campus graduates was journalist Gloria Cheung, who soon after returning to Hong Kong from Italy found employment with the prestigious Financial Times. “FEFF is indeed one of the best opportunities for any young journalist or writer who has a love for cinema,” says Cheung. “Last year at FEFF, I went to a Joe Hisaishi concert, saw Jackie Chan in the flesh, interviewed big shots in Asian cinema, and most importantly made new friends from all over the world who share the same passion for films. “The Campus programme provided professional guidance on film journalism from which I learnt a lot from the amazing mentors. It was a dream come true for me.” Such was the high standard of entrants and the enthusiasm for Asian cinema shown by applicants this year that the FEFF Campus has been expanded from last year’s eight to 10 participants for the 2016 edition. The successful candidates will be representing Italy (2), the United Kingdom, France, Spain, China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The FEFF Campus arranges a series of seminars focusing on various aspects of cinema writing and featuring veteran journalists and film industry professionals, as well as seminars on modern journalism in general. Campus members are also given the opportunity to meet, mingle with and interview leading players from Asian cinema today – and to embrace life in and around Udine. Sonia Kil, a Korean-based journalist and full-time freelance writer with the film trade industry bible Variety, is another graduate of the 2015 FEFF Campus “The FEFF Campus was an amazing experience,” says Kil. “I got to meet aspiring journalists from Asia and Europe, and had a chance to step outside my comfort zone to write different styles of film articles. The invaluable advice by the mentors still inspires me today at Variety. I highly recommend this program for anyone interested in writing about films and the industry.” FEFF Campus 2016 has the privilege to be supported by important European and Asian associations and organizations such as Europa Cinemas, the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club and the Singaporebased ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation). 19 TEATRO CONTATTO MEETS THE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL THE THEATRE ARTS OF THE EAST COMES FACE TO FACE WITH THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC ARTS OF THE EAST, FOR AN INTERNATIONAL EVENING THAT BRINGS TO A CLOSE THE SEASON AT CSS AND OPENS WITH A PREVIEW THIS YEAR’S VOYAGE WITH FEFF 18 The star of the evening is the unforgettable choreography created by Constanza Macras, one of the most remarkable figures in contemporary dance. Here, she presents The Ghosts, a work of total theatre. This piece creates a breath taking shortcircuit between dance, theatre, live music and circus: one of the arts China is most strongly associated with in the global imagination. A realm of balance and acrobatics that challenge the very laws of gravity. Macras’ vision of China is unique and non-conventional. Her interest has been captured by the lives and artistic careers of a number of Chinese acrobats who are reaching the end of their working lives. These are people who, at the age of just 25, are already being left behind and quickly forgotten by Chinese society. Ghosts, indeed, and characters that remind us of figures from Chinese mythology, the “hungry ghosts”, lost souls that have been forgotten by their descendants, destined to a barren existence in a lost realm. The Ghosts offers them a temporary return to life, once more making their stories and their art visible and thrilling. Udine, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni Da Udine/ Inauguration Far East Film Festival 18 April 21st h 9 pm. THE GHOSTS by CONSTANZA MACRAS | Dorky Park Choreography and Direction: Constanza Macras Dramaturgy: Carmen Mehnert By and with: Emil Bordas, Fernanda Farah, Daisy Phillips, Yi Liu, Juliana Neves, Huanhuan Zhang, Huimin Zhang, Xiaorui Pan, Lu Ge, Chico Mello, Wu Wei, Jiannan Chen. Lighting Design: Sergio de Carvalho Pessanha / Sound: Stephan Wöhrmann / Set Design: Janina Audick / Costume Design: Allie Saunders / Music: Chico Mello in collaboration with Wu Wei, Jiannan Chen, Fernanda Farah and Yi Liu A production Constanza Macras | DorkyPark and Goethe-Institut China in co-production with Tanz im August (DE), Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (DE), CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT) and Guangdong Dance Festival (CN) 20 PARADOXA – JAPANESE ART TODAY CURATED BY DENIS VIVA What is happening in contemporary Japanese art? What generation is emerging after the worldwide success of artists such as Murakami or Sugimoto? The Casa Cavazzini Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art presents, for the first time in Italy, a unique overview of current Japanese art. Made up of projects created specifically for the occasion, the exhibition involves five artists, almost all appearing in the country for the first time, and who all share at least two characteristics: they are all working after the great crisis of 2008 and during the decline of otaku culture in art, and each of them subverts the commonplace and the appearance of everyday objects through manipulations and effects of displacement. Manya Kato reveals the paradox of reality through the improper use of certain instruments, Yuuki Matsumura turns accident and defect into a transformation of the most trivial things, Takahiro Iwasaki produces tiny, fragile sculptures made of bristles, hair and fine fibres, Taro Izumi turns the high-end design products provided him by Calligaris into abstract sculptures and Taturo Atzu (aka Tatzu Nishi), with the support of Illy, presents an alienating piece of public art around one of the city’s most prestigious monuments. Casa Cavazzini – Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2016 April 17th – August 28th Mar/Tue – Dom/Sun 10.30 – 17.00 Mar/Tue – Dom/Sun 10.30 – 19.00 21 VIAGGIO A TOKYO, VINCENZO FILOSA CURATED BY CANICOLA Viaggio a Tokyo (Tokyo story) is a project developed by the Far East Film Festival and based around the graphic novel by Vincenzo Filosa, cartoonist and translator from Japanese. Trip to Tokyo recounts the journey of a naive Westerner to the capital of Japan – a surreal adventure in the footsteps of the great gekiga authors Tsuge Tadao and his brother Yoshiharu. A tribute to the heroes of manga, Viaggio a Tokyo is a fresh, personal look at the big city – a rickety diary in search of meaning in a life full of compromise and defeat. A dreamlike, grotesque story of the habits of the local and foreign inhabitants set among the red light districts, suicide forests, karaoke, kissaten manga, love hotels, Buddhist temples and jeans boutiques. A journey and a sentimental education in a big city and in the images of Japanese comics, where pop icons encounter less well-known authors. The exhibition presents one hundred original drawings, pencils, original gekiga books – the book’s sources of inspiration – and the author’s diary. The project is a collaboration between the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche and Bologna’s Canicola cultural association, famous for its publishing of contemporary comics. Opening: Friday the 22nd of April at 16.30. With a free sake-based drink offered by Gekkeikan Open from the 22nd of April during the opening hours of the cinema ticket office www.visionario.info www.fareastfilm.com www.canicola.net 22 UDINE, ITALY ASIA Far East Film Events 100 events right in the heart of the city! We want FEFF visitors to feel – as they should – right at home: that's the philosophy and approach of FEFF and of Far East Film Eventi. Over the years, we've created a network which runs through the fabric of Udine, involving the people responsible for looking after the city from a political, administrative and promotional standpoint in increasing numbers. A festival within a festival, invented and produced by Cec and Claimax, which brings together events which are now part of Udine's tradition and which connect the historical stronghold of the FEFF - the Teatro Nuovo - to all of Udine's Asian zones, which will be even more numerous this year thanks to the new FEFF OFF, a project which aims to take over the city, revealing it from the inside out and highlighting its lesser-known spaces. Thanks to the collaboration of FAI Udine delegation and Udineidea, shops and palazzos in the city centre will host Made in Asia events. Alongside these alternative spaces there is also our consolidated relationship with various locations around the city: Piazza San Giacomo will once again host the FEFF Market which, in the first weekend, will offer Asian products (FEFF Market - Made in Asia) and in the second will welcome designers and creatives (FEFF Market Art & Design). Piazza San Giacomo will also be home to other important events, such as the highly anticipated Far East Cosplay Contest, held on Sunday the 24th of April, whose first prize this year is a flight to Japan (offered by the HIS agency). As per tradition, Giorgia Cosplay will be the official presenter of the event. As well as Cosplay, this year will also see an entire day dedicated to gamers: the ex-Doretti Typography will host showcases of indie and retro video games, arcade cabinets, Wii U contests, workshops and lectures on game culture, and the day will conclude with a contest in the Piazza, with live commentary from the legendary Cjastrons from Radio Onde Furlane. Making what's on offer for 2016 even more appetising is a space totally dedicated to Asian cuisine: Far East Food, where visitors to FEFF can take a mouth-watering journey to the Far East. A food palace will be set up in Piazza XX Settembre offering tastings, meals, cocktails and talks, and guiding visitors' palates through the flavours of the Far East. Besides the attendance token to gain access to all non-free activities (cost for a single token: € 4; loyalty card: 5 tokens for € 15), the festival presents the second edition of Panino Gourmet Contest: 4 chefs competing (Massimiliano Sabinot from “Vitello d’Oro”, Andrea Zuccolo from “Caffè Tomaso”, Roberto Gruden from “Casa della Contadinanza”, Antonio Mereu from “Hostaria alla Tavernetta”) in creating a special Asian-Friulian recipe that will be judged by the audience; the contest will take place in partnership with Turismo del Vino FVG (red and white wine, from wineries participating in the event, will be served with the food). Once again, a rich calendar of events aimed not exclusively at film buffs but open to all: a crowd of people of all ages ready to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the party! 23 FEFF INFO Screening attendance is subject to purchasing tickets or passes. Passes are suitable for those who have a professional or cultural interest towards Asian cinema and would like to attend as much screenings as possible at a bargain price. Screenings start at 9.00 a.m. and end well into the night. There are two screenings in the morning, two in the afternoon, and two at night. TICKETS Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine Morning shows: € 5,00 a film. Afternoon shows (weekdays): € 5,00 a film (or € 8,00 for both movies) Afternoon shows (weekend and pre-bank holiday): € 8,00 a film (or € 12,00 for both movies) Night shows: € 8,00 a film (or € 12,00 for both movies) Midnight shows: € 5,00 You can also buy a daily ticket for € 18,00, that will allow you to attend all the shows scheduled on the issuing date. On sale at the ticket office of the Theatre Opening hours: April 21st h 6pm - 9pm April 22nd – h 9:30am l until the beginning of the last screening of the day from April 23rd 8.45 am until the beginning of the last screening of the day For information: +39-0432-248484 PASSES There are five types of accreditation available: • Red Panda • Red Panda Under 2016 • White Tiger • White Tiger Under 26 • Black Dragon During the on-line registration, it will be possible to select also a category, choosing between: • • • • Media Professional (reserved to the relevant professional categories) University (for students and professors) Cinephile (for passionate of Asian Cinema). It will be possible to register on-line and apply for an accreditation from 15th February to 14th April 2016. Underage people cannot apply for an accreditation. 24 RED PANDA / RED PANDA UNDER 26 It is valid for the entire Festival and grants access to 4 screenings* of your choice per day (until seating capacity) and to the afternoon panel discussions with the Asian guests. With the badge, you will receive the FEFF18 bag and two coupons, one for buying the 2016 catalogue at a special price and the other one valid for one of the collateral events offered by the Festival. The Red Panda Under 26 is available for all people under 26 years old. Red Panda price: - € 45,00 (Early Bird price, available from 15th February to 14th March 2016) - € 55,00 (from 15th March to 14th April 2016) - € 65,00 (price if you buy the accreditation during the festival) Red Panda Under 26 price: - € 35,00 (Early Bird price, available from 15th February to 14th March 2016) - € 45,00 (from 15th March to 14th April 2016) - € 55,00 (price if you buy the accreditation during the festival) *Information on how to access the Opening Movie scheduled on 22nd April will be available in April. WHITE TIGER / WHITE TIGER UNDER 26 It is valid for the entire Festival and grants access to all the screenings* (until seating capacity) and to the afternoon panel discussions with the Asian guests. With the badge, you will receive the FEFF18 bag and two coupons, one for buying the 2016 catalogue at a special price and the other one valid for one of the collateral events offered by the Festival. The White Tiger Under 26 is available for all people under 26 years old. White Tiger price: - € 70,00 (Early Bird price, available from 15th February to 14th March 2016) - € 80,00 (from 15th March to 14th April 2016) - € 90,00 (price if you buy the accreditation during the festival) White Tiger Under 26 price: - € 60,00 (Early Bird price, available from 15th February to 14th March 2016) - € 70,00 (from 15th March to 14th April 2016) - € 80,00 (price if you buy the accreditation during the festival) * Information on how to access the Opening Movie scheduled on 22nd April will be available in April. BLACK DRAGON It is valid for the entire festival and grants free access to all the screenings**, with a personal reserved seat of your choice, and to the afternoon panel discussions with the Asian guests of the festival. You will receive the badge to have access to the screenings and to the panel discussions, the FEFF18 bag and two coupons, one for buying the 2016 catalogue at a special price and the other one valid for one of the different activities offered by the festival. The minimum offer for the Black Dragon accreditation is €180,00. This type of accreditation should be considered as a real support to the Far East Film Festival to guarantee the future of the event. It will be 25 possible to register as Black Dragon from the 15th of February to the 14th of April 2016 and again during the festival, without any price increase. ** For the Opening Movie scheduled on 22nd April it will be necessary to confirm in advance your partaking (more information about the correct procedure will be available some days before the beginning of the festival). Note: Your BLACK DRAGON seat is reserved until the start of the official time of screening. Once the movie has started, the unoccupied seats can be assigned to other persons. GUEST RELATIONS OFFICE AND PASSES PURCHASE All guest related information and passes pick up and purchase are handled by the office on the first floor of the theater. Hours: April 21st from 2 pm to 7 pm; April 22nd from 12 pm to 22:30 pm; Saturday 23rd from 9 am to 8 pm. PRESS ROOM Media-accredited journalists can take advantage of the Press Room on the first floor of Teatro Nuovo. Computers, wi-fi connection and monitors are available. Open every day from Saturday April 25 th, 9 am > 7.30 pm. MEETINGS/PANELS All the stars attending the festival will meet the audience every day at 11.00 a.m. at the pressroom inside Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine. Languages: Italian and English. INFO POINT Right in the heart of Udine, an info point about the program and side events. Hours: 10:00 a.m. > 08:00 p.m. During the festival, there will be another info point inside Teatro Nuovo, hours: 9:00 a.m. > 12.00 a.m. HOSTING/ACCOMMODATION IN UDINE For all the info about accommodation in Udine during the Festival (hotels, B&B, affiliated restaurants, transportation and much more) please visit www.fareastfilm.com. SCREENINGS All the movies are in their own original language, with English and Italian subtitles. 26 FEFF18: FOLLOW US! Enthusiasts, experts, journalists exchange opinions, recommend events, shouting out how much they love Far East Film. Join our community and live with us, 24 hours a day, on our social networks, the excitement of popular Asian cinema. Follow us! fareastfilm.tumblr.com Pictures, videos, quotes, news, curiosities from FEFF 18 - Udine, Italy Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/UdineFarEastFilm With a tribe of 25.000 users, this is Far East Film Festival’s official page. All the news and calls are posted here, rumors spread and photos and trailers get shared. This page is a must. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/fareastfilm The secret behind our Live Tweeting? That’s easy: hashtag #FEFF18, to post comments on all the events, from screenings to shows, and to find new stuff, share and have fun. Flickr and Instagram: www.flickr.com/photos/fareastfilm & instagram.com/fareastfilm Photocalls and unforgettable hugs, star posing and stolen kisses: this and so much more in the photo album collecting all the Festival pictures, from its first edition till today. You Tube: www.youtube.com/user/visionariotube It’s the official channel with a “schedule” made of trailers and videos. Web site: www.fareastfilm.com Line-up, event program, basic information to have the best time during the 9 day Festival. Plus the archive with files of movies from previous editions and essays by our contributors. The official site is an encyclopedia that everyone should take a look at! http://events.fareastfilm.com A programme of 100 events and initiatives to allow you to join in the Far East Film party 27 LITTLE DICTIONARY OF FEFF 18 B for Bruce Lee World premiere: in all their fully restored 4K splendour, here are Fist of Fury, The Big Boss, Way of the Dragon and Game of Death! C for Cosplay Contest Seven years of history, seven years of competition - the only thing missing is you and your costume! Preregistration is open until the 17th of April (cosplay.fareastfilm.com). E for Events Not just cinema: more than 100 events dotted about the heart of the city! A real festival within the festival which explores all aspects of “Made in Asia”. F for the Far East Film Festival (FEFF to its friends) Since 1999, Europe's biggest gateway onto the cinema and popular culture of the Far East. What else? G for Grown Up Oh yes: the FEFF's an adult now! 18 years on the road - 18 years of hard work, passion and satisfaction! H for Horror Day To the delight of fans, one of the most beloved symbols of FEFF returns: a journey into the darkness which brought to Udine the premieres of cult titles such as The Ring and The Grudge. I for Info This is where you'll find everything - absolutely everything: www.fareastfilm.com J for Jackie Chan, Joe Hisaishi and Johnnie To Apart from being global superstars, what do the three “J”s of Asian cinema have in common? The fact that they've all appeared on the stage of the FEFF! And Johnnie will be back again this year... K for Kurosawa Kiyoshi For the first time, the pitch-black stylings of the father of J-horror: a terrifying journey into darkness and the psyche titled Creepy, only at the FEFF! L for Line-up The 2016 lineup will be unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday the 13 th of April. If you can't be there, don't panic – it'll be all over the media and the net in a matter of minutes! M for Morita Go His fans are already warming up: get ready, it's going to be crazy! M for Mulberry The symbol of the FEFF and of its vocation - the prizes that our visitors award the three best films in competition, and the awards that the Festival assigns to the greatest artists of Eastern cinema: See "S". N for Nine The number of Asian nations from which our films come this year. The door is still open for anyone else who wants to join in, though... O for Eighty 28 The number of films which will be appearing on the big screen of FEFF 18 in competition, restored versions and special showings. P for Passes You have until the 15th of April to register online from the comfort of your own home. See letter “I” R for Red Panda The new pass which joins the White Tiger and the Black Dragon! See “I”. S for Sammo Hung Does the actor, director and action choreographer who revolutionized cinema martial arts really need an introduction? And do we really need to say that he's going to be this year's super guest (and Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement winner)? T for Teen Idol After Kamenashi Kazuya, guess who's coming… Go to letter “M”. U for Udine Once upon a time it was known to all as “a little city 100 kilometres from Venice” - thankfully, those days are behind us now! V for Variety The international bible of showbiz has included the FEFF in its list of the 50 most important festivals in the world. W for Web www.fareastfilm.com facebook.com/UdineFarEastFilm twitter.com/fareastfilm instagram.com/fareastfilm fareastfilm.tumblr.com W for When? From the 22nd to the 30th of April. 2016, obviously. W for Where? In Udine. At the Teatro Nuovo and the Cinema Visionario, to be precise. X for XXL FEFF is no fan of dieting, so the Festival gets bigger every year! The latest innovation is Focus Asia: a section of the market which will bring distributors and manufacturers from around the world to Udine, creating a film business marketplace. Y for Yip Man (Ip Man, for the cinema) Highly-anticipated by fans, the third and unmissable episode in the saga dedicated to the legendary martial arts maestro. Z for Zone del FEFF Practically all of Udine will be turned into an outpost of Asia, and there's not enough room here for the complete map! See “I”. 29
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