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FAR EAST
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18
22nd-30th April 2016
Teatro Nuovo, Visionario
Udine, Italy
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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
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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).
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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:
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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)
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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
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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
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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!
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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:
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Red Panda
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Red Panda Under 2016
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White Tiger
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White Tiger Under 26
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Black Dragon
During the on-line registration, it will be possible to select also a category, choosing between:
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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”.
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