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SCREEN INTERNATIONAL AT FILMART/HAF/HKIFF | TUESDAY MARCH 18 2008
Guo Yuezhou, Zoke Culture
The Assembly
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WHAT’S ON
SEMINARS AND EVENTS FOR TUESDAY 18
SCREENINGS, PAGE 16
10.00-12.00
Seminar on Digital Distribution: Business
Models and Rights Management in the New
World Order
Venue: Hall 1 (stage), Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Speakers: David Chung, IT operations
head, Cyberport, Hong Kong; Gaurav
Dhillon, CEO, Jaman.com, US; Lee
Yong-hoon, CEO, Lumix Media, Korea;
Li Feng, president/CEO, Net Movies,
China; Ross Pollack, senior VP, Sony
Pictures Television International, Hong
Kong; Richard Yelen, VP/managing
director, KyLinTV, US.
Moderator: Michael Gubbins, editor, Screen
International
What makes this topic interesting in Asia
is that countries such as China, Korea and
Japan are racing ahead on broadband and
new-media developments. This conference
will examine digital distribution of filmed
entertainment to the internet, mobiles
and other handheld devices and whether
widening audiences through new media will
change the economics of the business and
the nature of content. Effective business
models and rights management will also be
discussed.
10.00-18.00
TV World International Programme
Screening
Venue: Meeting room 403, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
12.00
Forbidden Kingdom press conference
Venue: Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, grand
ballroom
12.00-14.00
HAF Luncheon sponsored by UK Film
Council/UK Trade and Investment
Venue: Port Café, Hong Kong Convention
& Exhibition Centre
Open to: HAF badge holders and by
invitation only
18.45-20.50
HKIFF opening film ‘Soul Of A Demon’
Venue: Theatre 2, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Open to: Ticket holders only
17.45-20.15
HKIFF opening film: ‘Kabei — Our Mother’
Venue: Theatre 1, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Open to: Ticket holders and by invitation only
One of the more highly anticipated films from Japan this year is
director Yoji Yamada’s Kabei — Our Mother. Set in Tokyo in
1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami family suddenly changes
12.30-13.30
Luncheon cocktail sponsored by TIFF and
TIFFCOM
Venue: Theatre foyer, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Open to: By invitation only
13.30-16.00
Japanese Premiere of Chesuto
Venue: Theatre 2, Hong Kong Convention
& Exhibition Centre
Open to: By invitation only
14.00-15.00
The Stormriders II Press Conference
Venue: Hall 1 (stage), Hong Kong
when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a
Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically to maintain the
household and bring up her two daughters with the support of
Shigeru’s sister Hisako and Shigeru’s ex-student Yamazaki, but
her husband does not return. The Second World War breaks out
but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain
the family with her love.
Convention & Exhibition Centre
14.00-16.00
Seminar on CEPA: Updates on the Guangdong
Film Market
Venue: Hall 1 (event room), Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Speakers: Cai Xinmu, general manager,
Shenzhen Film Distribution and Screening,
China; Liu Zhuokeng, deputy director,
Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Radio, Film
and Television, China; Xu Binbiao, general
manager, Guangdong Zhujiang Cinema
Circuit, China; Yang Jian, vice general
manager, China Film Shenzhen, China.
Moderator: Wellington Fung, secretary
general, Hong Kong Film Development
Council
Following the recent liberalisation of policy
allowing Hong Kong-produced films to be
distributed in Guangdong province without
any quota restrictions, this seminar will look
at business opportunities in Hong Kong.
15.00
Malaysia Pavilion cocktail reception
Venue: Malaysia Pavilion stand IP-14
16.00-17.00
Taiwan Cinema Press Conference
Venue: Hall 1 (stage), Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
16.30-18.00
Seminar: Cool Japan Content by TIFFCOM
Venue: Hall 1 (event room), Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
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Speakers: Jessica Chen, general manager,
Khan Entertainment, Taiwan; Bey
Logan, vice-president, The Weinstein
Company, US; Fumiko Nagata, film
and programming division manager, NTV,
Japan; Yasushi Nozawa, deputy director
for media and content industry division,
METI, Japan; Tom Yoda, chairman,
TIFFCOM, Japan.
Moderator: Noriko Takahashi,
manager for Asian Film, Hexagon Pictures,
Japan
17.00-19.00
Sundream@HK Filmart cocktail reception
Venue: Meeting room 201, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Open to: By invitation only
20.15-21.30
HKIFF Grand Opening Ceremony
Venue: Convention foyer, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Open to: By invitation only
20.15-21.30 (cocktail reception)
21.00-21.30 (opening ceremony)
20.45-22.45
French Premiere of ‘Shall We Kiss?’
Venue: Theatre 1, Hong Kong Convention
& Exhibition Centre
Open to: Ticket holders only
23.00-LATE
French Night Party
Venue: Watermark, Shop L, Central Pier 7
(Star Ferry)
Open to: By invitation only
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SCREENINGS
MARKET SCREENINGS FOR TUESDAY 18
9.30
Digital Magic’s 2008 Digital Film Work
Sampler
(Hong Kong) Digital Magic/Organizer. 15
mins.
The latest digital film-making technology.
Theatre 1, HKCEC
In Love We Trust
See box, right
Manuela And Manuel
(Spain) Latido Films. 94 mins.
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
10.00
The Big Bad Swim
(US) Echo Bridge Entertainment. Drama,
93 mins. Dir: Ishai Setton. Key cast: Paget
Brewster, Ricky Ullman, Jess Weixler.
An adult swim class sets the stage for this
charming comedy-drama about love, loss,
and second chances. Three strangers find
themselves in deep water as they learn life
isn’t always about diving right in — it is
about getting your feet wet once in a while.
Meeting Room 408, HKCEC
Chiko
(Ger) The Match Factory. 88mins
Meeting Room 603, HKCEC
Son Of A Lion
(Austria) Fortissimo Films. Drama, 92 mins.
Dir: Benjamin Gilmour. Key cast: Niaz
Khan Shinwari, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad,
Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi.
In the tribal areas of the North West Frontier
Province of Pakistan, a widowed gun-maker
expects his only son to follow in his footsteps.
But Niaz doesn’t want to follow in his father’s
footsteps. He wants to go to school.
Theatre 2, HKCEC
Sleep Dealer
(US) Fortissimo Films. Drama. Dir: Alex
Rivera. Key cast: Luis Fernando Pena,
Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas.
Set in a near-future, militarised world
marked by closed borders, virtual labour and
a global digital network that joins minds and
experiences, three strangers risk their lives
to connect with each other and break the
barriers of technology.
Meeting Room 404, HKCEC
This Darling Life
(Hong Kong) Golden Scene Company. Dir:
Angie Chan.
A documentary about dogs and their human
friends, and humans and their canine friends.
It opens with the director’s feelings towards
the slow, tortuous sickness and eventual
death of her dog Baby, her companion of 16
years.
Agnes b. Cinema! Hong Kong Arts Centre
Where Is Winky’s Horse
(Netherlands) Delphis Films. Children’s,
80 mins. Dir: Mischa Kamp. Key cast:
Ebbie Tam, Saint Nicholas, Aaron Wan.
Winky Wong is the happiest girl in the
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9.30
In Love We Trust
(China) Films Distribution. Drama,
115 mins. Dir: Wang Xiaoshuai. Key
Cast: Liu Weiwei, Zhang Jiayu, Yu Nan.
A divorced couple try to save their
world because she gets to take care of Saint
Nicholas’ horse, Amerigo; only it is not as
easy as she first thought.
Meeting Room 405, HKCEC
11.30
I’ve Loved You So Long
(France) UGC. 117 mins.
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
Once Upon A Time In Corea
(S Korea) Mirovision Inc. Action, 111 mins.
Dir: Jeong Yong-ki. Key cast: Park Yongwoo, Lee Bo-young.
It is the 1940s and the Japanese stationed in
Chosun have been searching for ‘The Light
of the East’ diamond. After several years,
the head of the Japanese military succeeds in
finding it.
Meeting Room 401, HKCEC
12.00
A Secret
(France) Showgate Inc. 110 mins. Dir:
Tomoyuki Takamoto. Key cast: Etsushi
Toyokawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Yukiyoshi
Ozawa.
Meeting Room 404, HKCEC
The Chasing World
(Japan) Phantom Film Co. Horror,
98 mins. Dir: Shibata Issey. Key cast:
daughter — who is suffering from blood
cancer — by having another child. But
they have both remarried.
Meeting Room 401, HKCEC
Ishida Takuya, Tanimura Mitsuki, Daito
Shunsuke.
Sato Tsubasa is a high-school student and a
street-tough maverick. One day he is caught
by his old friend Sato Hiroshi who is now a
leader of rival gang. When Tsubasa thinks
this is the end, he suddenly vanishes into
thin air.
Meeting Room 405, HKCEC
The End Of Year
(China) China Film Promotion
International. 100mins
Meeting Room 603, HKCEC
Fatal Move
(HK) Arclight Films International
Meeting Room 604, HKCEC
Fine, Totally Fine
(Japan) Stylejam. 110 mins. Dir: Fujita
Yosuke. Key cast: Arakawa Yoshiyoshi,
Kimura Yoshino, Okada Yoshinori.
A group of twenty somethings struggle with
responsibility and expectation as they mature
into fully-fledged adults in this oddball
romantic comedy. A bookstore slacker
obsessed with horror, his insecure brother
and a clumsy hospital worker/artist navigate
modern Tokyo while trying to break out of
its rigid confines.
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
Rec
(Spain) Filmax International. Horror, 85
mins. Dir: Jaume Balaguer, Paco Plaza.
Key Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza,
Jorge Yamam.
A team of local TV reporters is following a
squad of firemen on duty for the night. The
footage is live and their task is to report on
the life of these professionals, which includes
their work, long waits and situations of
extreme risk.
Agnes b. Cinema! Hong Kong Arts Centre
13.30
Crazy Waiting
(S Korea) Cinema Service. Romantic
drama, 108 mins. Dir: Ryu Seung-jin. Key
cast: Son Tae-young, Jang Geun-seok,
Danny Ahn.
In South Korea, all men in their early
twenties must serve two years of mandatory
military service. Many young couples ask
themselves: “Do we stay together or break
up?”
Meeting Room 401, HKCEC
13.45
Amour Legende
(Taiwan) Creative Century Entertainment
Co. Romantic drama, 118 mins. Dir: Mi-sen
Wu. Key cast: Yousuke Kubozuka, Rachel
Ngan.
There are two important women in Oshima’s
life: April and May; and they are both his
favourite seasons.
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
14.00
Besieged City
(Hong Kong) Mei Ah Development. 96
TODAY
Fine, Totally Fine
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mins. Dir: Lawrence Lau. Key cast: Tang
Tak-po, Wong Hau-yan, Wong Yat-ho.
A young man in a coma is under arrest for
murder. As his older brother delves into the
past year of his brother’s life, he discovers that
numbness and cowardice can have murderous
consequences.
Agnes b. Cinema! Hong Kong Arts Centre
Guilty
(France) Rezo Films. Drama, 107 mins. Dir:
Laetitia Masson. Key cast: Helene Fillieres,
Jeremie Renier, Amira Casar.
When the dead body of Mr Kaplan is found
with a kitchen knife in his back, all eyes turn
to the maid. When the widow reveals that
her departed husband was incapable of giving
her children, all eyes turn to the widow.
Beneath this passionate crime, a modern
day detective will discover that temptation,
devotion, remorse and desire are the best fuels
for murderous love.
Meeting Room 406, HKCEC
15.45
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
(Japan) Happinet Corporation.
137 mins. Dir: Iguchi Nami. Key
cast: Yoshihiro Nagata, Toshikazu
Nishigaya.
Yuri enters into a playful but deep
relationship with Mirume, and in the
course of it forces his lovesick friend
En to confront her own feelings.
Agnes b. Cinema! Hong Kong Arts
Centre
The Investigation Game
(Japan) Showgate. 117 mins.
Child homicides occur in Kawasaki city. The
serial killer, who calls himself ‘Badman’, sends
a threatening letter to a TV station.
Meeting Room 404, HKCEC
Kids
(Japan) Avex Marketing Inc, Toei. Drama,
109 mins. Dir: Tatsuya Ogishima.
A moving tale of a young man named Asato,
with the ability to heal people’s wounds and
scars by transferring them to his own body.
Meeting Room 603, HKCEC
Radio Dayz
(Hong Kong) Golden Network Asia. 111
mins.
Meeting Room 405, HKCEC
Tonight I’ll Sleep At Yours
(France) StudioCanal. Romantic drama, 84
mins. Dir: Olivier Baroux. Key cast: JeanPaul Rouve, Melanie Doutey, Kad Merad.
Alex loves Laetitia. Laetitia is 30. She is
beautiful, funny, sparkling, radiant and she
loves Alex. She even adores Jacques, Alex’s
best friend and publisher. She’s the light and
love of Alex’s life, the mother of his future
children, his reason for living, but Alex
prefers her to keep her own place.
Meeting Room 408, HKCEC
Where In The World
(US) Wild Bunch
Meeting Room 604, HKCEC
14.30
The Sun Also Rises
(Hong Kong) Emperor Motion Pictures.
99 mins.
Theatre 1, HKCEC
15.30
Erma’s Wedding
(China) China Film Promotion
International. 92 mins
Meeting Room 401, HKCEC
15.45
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
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16.00
A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures
(UK) Wild Bunch. 89 mins.
Meeting Room 604, HKCEC
Ba:bo
(S Kor) Cineclick Asia. Drama. 100mins
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
Cafe Isobe
(Japan) Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc.
Drama, 113 mins. Dir: Keisuke Yoshida.
Key cast: Hiroyuki Miyasako, Riisa Naka,
Kumiko Aso.
Since his divorce eight years ago, Yujiro,
a middle-aged plumber who seems to be
the paragon of insignificance, lives with his
teenage daughter Sakiko. With the sudden
death of his father, Yujiro inherits a fortune.
Quitting his job, he opens a coffee shop.
Meeting Room 603, HKCEC
The Killer
(France) UGC. 92 mins.
Meeting Room 404, HKCEC
My New Partner
(S Korea) KM Culture. Action, 110 mins.
Dir: Kim Jong-hyun. Key cast: Ahn Sungki, Jo Han-sun.
Young-jun, a police academy graduate, is
a lieutenant working for the interior affairs
bureau; he is intelligent but heartless. Now he
must join an investigation team whose chief
is Min-ho, his father whom Young-jun hates
more than anyone.
Meeting Room 405, HKCEC
Two Lives Plus One
(France) Rezo Films. Romantic drama,
90 mins. Dir: Idit Cebulat. Key cast:
Emmanuelle Devos, Gerard Darmon.
Meeting Room 406, HKCEC
The Wall Passer
(Taiwan) Creative Century Entertainment
Co. Romantic drama, 108 mins. Dir: Hung
Hung. Key cast: Chang Yung-chen, Lee
Chia-ying, Lu Chia-hsin.
In the near future. Tye, a teenager, moves
with his parents to Real City. When he
visits a museum, Tye meets a cute employee,
NoNo. Tye secretly falls in love with her.
After NoNo disappears, Tye uses a magic
stone to pass through walls to search for her.
Meeting Room 408, HKCEC
16.15
Kung Fu Dunk
(Hong Kong) Emperor Motion Pictures.
99 mins.
Theatre 2, HKCEC
17.30
Four Little Shaolin Kung Fu Star
(China) China Film Promotion
International. 85 mins
Meeting Room 401, HKCEC
18.00
Cold Blood
(France) Wide Management. Drama,
85 mins. Dir: Sylvie Verheyde. Key cast:
Benjamin Biolay, Laura Smet, Stomy Bugsy.
Meeting Room 404, HKCEC
Henry Poole Is Here
(US) Overture Films. Drama, 101 mins.
Dir: Mark Pellington. Key cast: Luke
Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza.
A routine doctor’s visit turns Henry Poole’s
seemingly perfect life upside down, causing
him to spend his remaining days in solitude.
But the discovery of a few miracles restores
his faith in life.
Meeting Room 405, HKCEC
Love, First
(S Kor) Fine Cut. 111mins
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
Unfailing
(France) Wide Management. Action, 90
mins. Dir: Davy Sihali. Key cast: Frank
Truong, Emilie de la Perriere, Pier Gaudin.
A secret criminal organisation, headed by
Mr Takamura, arranges a tournament to find
the perfect killer.
Meeting Room 406, HKCEC
18.15
Fast Track — No Limits
(Germany) Andactiondistribution. Action,
96 mins. Dir: Axel Sand. Key cast: Erin
Cahill, Andrew Walker, Alexia Barlier.
The explosive combination of youth,
passion, sex and intrigue with the action of
urban car racing.
Meeting Room 603, HKCEC
20.15
Handle Me With Care
(Thai) Hong Kong Asia Screenings.
119mins
Meeting Room 601, HKCEC
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