È stata annunciata martedì 10 aprile, in conferenza stampa al Visionario di Udine la Line-Up della 14a edizione del Far East Film Festival (Udine, dal 20 al 28 aprile 2012).

58 titoli (più 5 cortometraggi) provenienti da Cina (6), Hong Kong (10), Taiwan (3), Giappone (10), Corea del Sud (10), Thailandia (1), Malesia (2), Indonesia (2), Filippine (2) e Singapore (1) in programma al Teatro Nuovo “Giovanni da Udine” e al Visionario. In evidenza: 2 anteprime mondiali – il giapponese “Thermae Romae” di TAKEUCHI Hideki e l’hongkonghese “The Bounty” di FUNG Chih-chiang -, 10 pellicole giapponesi (arricchite da un corto sulla tragedia di Fukushima firmato da uno degli autori più importanti della scena nipponica, HIROKI Ryuichi) e, per la prima volta in Europa, 4 corto/mediometraggi del Festival Fresh Wave di Hong Kong che Johnnie To dirige per conto dell’Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Si aggiungono il film campione d’incassi in Asia, il taiwanese “You Are the Apple of My Eye” di Giddens e, in anteprima europea, il violentissimo e stilizzato film giapponese “Hard Romanticker” di GU Su-yeon. La 14a edizione segna inoltre un grande ritorno delle celebrities a cominciare da Johnnie TO a cui il Festival consegnerà il Gelso d’Oro alla Carriera e l’eccentrico PANG Ho-cheung che presenterà l’atteso “Vulgaria”.

La retrospettiva, The Darkest Decade, con 10 titoli quasi del tutto invisibili in Occidente, è dedicata ai registi coreani degli anni Settanta, coloro che nel “Decennio Oscuro”, nonostante la forte censura e il dirigismo produttivo del generale Park Chung Hee, hanno saputo creare dei capolavori rimasti nascosti.

Punta di diamante della selezione saranno inoltre il coreano “Sunny” di Kang Hyoung-chul, il film d’apertura in anteprima nazionale, venerdì 20 aprile, toccante ballata corale sull’amicizia femminile, e “The Viral Factor” firmato dal re dell’action movie Dante Lam che farà rimanere con il fiato sospeso gli spettatori del “Giovanni da Udine” durante la Closing night del 28 aprile!

All the films at a Glance:

CHINA
The Cockfighters, JIN Rui, China 2012, drama, International Festival Premiere
Love Is Not Blind, TENG Huatao, China 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere
The Man Behind the Courtyard House, China 2011, FEI Xing, thriller – horror, Italian Premiere
My Own Swordsman, SHANG Jing, China 2011, martial arts-action-comedy, China 2011, International Festival Premiere
One Mile Above – a.k.a. Kora, DU Jiayi, China 2011, road movie, European Premiere
Song of Silence, CHEN Zhuo, China 2012, drama, European Premiere

HONG KONG
The 33D Invader, Cash CHIN, Hong Kong 2011, erotic-sci-fi, International Festival Premiere
The Bounty, FUNG Chih-chiang, Hong Kong 2012, quirky comedy, World Premiere
East Meets West 2011, Jeff LAU, Hong Kong 2011, visionary comedy, International Festival Premiere
The Great Magician, Derek YEE, Hong Kong 2012, black-magic comedy, Italian Premiere
Love in a Puff, PANG Ho-cheung, Hong Kong 2010, smoking/no smoking comedy, Info Screening
Love in the Buff, PANG Ho-cheung, Hong Kong 2012, comedy-romance, International Festival Premiere
Nightfall, Roy CHOW, Hong Kong 2012, thriller, International Festival Premiere
Romancing in Thin Air, Johnnie TO, Hong Kong 2012, drama, European Premiere
The Viral Factor, Dante LAM, Hong Kong 2012, action-thriller, International Festival Premiere
Vulgaria, PANG Ho-cheung, Hong Kong 2012, vulgar comedy, European Premiere

Fresh Wave Focus (shorts)
The Decisive Moment, WONG Wai-kit, Hong Kong 2010
1+1, Mo LAI, Hong Kong 2010
July 1st, an Unhappy Birthday, LI Miao, Hong Kong 2011
Sew, LI Yin-fung, Hong Kong 2011

TAIWAN
Love, Doze NIU, Taiwan 2012, comedy-romace, Italian Premiere
Warriors of the Rainbow, WEI Te-sheng, action-epic, Taiwan 2011
You Are the Apple of My Eye, Giddens, youth-comedy, European Premiere

SOUTH KOREA
Blind, AHN Sang-hoon, South Korea 2011, thriller, European Premiere
Dangerously Excited, KOO Ja-hong, South Korea 2011, bass-guitar-comedy-drama, European Premiere
The Front Line, JANG Hun, South Korea 2011, war-drama, Italian Premiere
Moby Dick, PARK In-jae, South Korea, crime-thriller, International Festival Premiere
My Secret Partner, PARK Hun-soo, South Korea 2011, erotic comedy, International Festival Premiere
Penny Pinchers, KIM Jeong-hwan, South Korea 2011, comedy-romance, European Premiere
Punch, LEE Han, South Korea 2011, drama, Italian Premiere
Silenced, HWANG Dong-hyuk, South Korea 2011, courtroom-drama, European Premiere
Sunny, KANG Hyung-chul, South Korea 2011, comedy-drama, Italian Premiere
Unbowed, CHUNG Ji-young, South Korea 2012, courtroom drama, European Premiere

JAPAN
Afro Tanaka, MATSUI Daigo, Japan 2012, youth comedy, International Festival Premiere
The Egoists, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2011, drama, European Premiere
Hard Romanticker, GU Su-yeon, Japan 2011, violent-youth-drama, European Premiere
Love Strikes!, ONE Hitoshi, Japan 2011, romantic-comedy, International Festival Premiere
Mitsuko Delivers, ISHII Yuya, Japan 2011, youth drama-comedy, Italian Premiere
Rent-a-Cat, OGIGAMI Naoko, Japan 2012, gently comic drama, Italian Premiere
River, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2012, drama, European Premiere
Sukiyaki, MAEDA Tetsu, Japan 2011, comedy-drama, International Festival Premiere
The Future of Children in Fukushima, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2011, short, European Premiere
Thermae Romae, TAKEUCHI Hideki, Japan 2012, time travel comedy-drama, World Premiere
The Woodsman and the Rain, OKITA Shuichi, Japan 2011, comedy-drama, Italian Premiere

THE PHILIPPINES
Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay, Antoinette H. JADAONE, The Philippines 2011, comedy mockumentary, International Festival Premiere
The Woman in the Septik Tank, Marlon RIVERA, The Philippines 2011, comedy, Italian Premiere

THAILAND
It Gets Better, Tanwarin SUKKHAPISIT, Thailand 2011, drama-romance, European Premiere

INDONESIA
Kentut, Aria KUSUMADEWA, Indonesia 2011, comedy, International Festival Premiere
A Kick from Heaven, Hanung BRAMANTYO, Indonesia 2011, football-drama, International Festival Premiere

SINGAPORE
Already Famous, Michelle CHONG, Singapore 2011, comedy, International Festival Premiere

MALAYSIA
Return to Murder, Dain Iskandar SAID, Malaysia 2012, action-drama, Italian Premiere
Songlap, Effendee MAZLAN, Fariza AZLINA ISAHAK, Malaysia 2011, drama, International Festival Premiere

THE DARKEST DECADE: KOREAN FILMMAKERS IN THE 1970S. IL DECENNIO OSCURO. I REGISTI COREANI NEGLI ANNI SETTANTA

The Divine Bow, IM Kwon-taek, 1979, shamanist drama
Flame, YU Hyun-mok, 1975, colonial/war drama
Iodo, KIM Ki-young, 1977, island drama
Night Journey, KIM Soo-yong, 1977, erotic drama
Pollen, HA Kil-chong, 1972, political allegory
Rainy Days, YU Hyun-mok, 1979, Korean War film
Splendid Outing KIM Soo-yong, 1978, island drama
Wang Sib Ri, My Hometown, IM Kwon-taek, 1976, nostalgic gangster drama
A Woman Chasing a Killer Butterfly, KIM Ki-young, 1978, hallucinatory fantasy
Youngja’s Heyday, Kim Ho-sun, 1975, eccentric romance

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