Far East Film Festival, il programma della 24ª edizione

Il meglio delle cinematografie dell’estremo Oriente a Udine dal 22 al 30 aprile 2022

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Dopo un’edizione completamente digitale, quella del 2020, e un’edizione condivisa tra il pubblico dello streaming e quello del Visionario nel 2021, il Far East Film Festival riprende quest’anno la sua conformazione classica tornando in scena al Teatro Nuovo di Udine dal 22 al 30 aprile.

72 opere da 15 Paesi (42 in competizione, 30 out of competition), 13 anteprime mondiali, di nuovo in presenza, ma con l’offerta di 28 titoli anche online. È quanto offerto dal programma della 24esima edizione del più grande showcase europeo della cinematografia asiatica, presentato nel capoluogo friulano da Sabrina Baracetti, presidente del Cec, Centro espressioni cinematografiche, organizzatore della manifestazione. “Questa edizione gioca sul tema delle connessioni – ha spiegato Baracetti – fisiche ed elettroniche, geografiche ed emotive”. Connessioni richiamate, tra l’altro, dallo stesso poster del festival realizzato da Roberto Rosolin.

Il festival sarà aperto venerdì 22 aprile da una coproduzione italo-cinese,The Italian Recipe, diretto dalla regista Hou Zuxi. Descritto come un “Vacanze Romane” in salsa cinese, il film è una love story ambientata a Roma e che segue le vicende di Mandy, una ragazza che vive in Italia e che, in virtù di una serie di imprevisti, incontrerà Peng un ragazzo che deve prendere parte a un reality.

Tra gli appuntamenti di questa 24esima edizione, il Premio alla Carriera al celebre attore, regista e artista giapponese Takeshi Kitano, che a Udine riceverà il Gelso d’oro, e la presenza di Stephy Tang, “movie star” di Hong Kong, che accompagnerà sul palco del festival i film Twelve Days e Table for Six.

Questo il programma dei 42 film in competizione

CINA (7)

Hi, Mom JIA Ling, (mamma mia time-travelling), China 2021, European Premiere

I Am What I AmSUN Haipeng, (animated action with lion dance), China 2021, European Premiere

The Italian RecipeHOU Zuxin, (“Roman Holiday” with Chinese flavors), China/It/Ger 2022, World Premiere

Manchurian Tiger – GENG Jun, (black comedy), China 2022, International Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

Nice View – WEN Muye, (post-neorealism and China dream drama), China 2022, International Premiere

Return to Dust – LI Ruijun, (rural love story), China 2022, Italian Premiere

Too Cool to Kill, XING Wenxiong, (“F for fake, A for acting”), China 2022, International Festival Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

HONG KONG (8)

Caught in Time, LAU Ho-leung, (cop chases robber), HK/Mainland China 2021, Italian Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

Far Far Away, Amos WHY, (metropolitan HK love connections), HK 2021, European Premiere

The First Girl I Loved, Candy NG, YEUNG Chiu-hoi, (girlhood love drama), HK 2021, Italian Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE (EXCEPT ASIA)

Legendary in Action!, Justin CHEUNG, LI Ho, (improbable wuxia hero), HK 2022, World Premiere

Schemes in Antiques, Derek KWOK, (twisted adventure-mystery blockbuster), HK/ Mainland China 2021, International Festival Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

Table for Six, Sunny CHAN, (family reunion with a bang), HK 2022, World Premiere

Tales from the Occult, Fruit CHAN, FUNG Chih-chiang, Wesley HOI, (rekindling HK horror), HK 2022, European Premiere

Twelve Days, Aubrey LAM, (Is there joy in marriage?), HK 2021, International Premiere

GIAPPONE (8)

Just Remembering, MATSUI Daigo, (“Night on Earth” in Tokyo), Japan 2021, European Premiere

Love Nonetheless, JOJO Hideo, (love in modern day Japan), Japan 2022, International Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

Missing, KATAYAMA Shinzo, (serial killer thriller + black comic vibe), Japan 2021, European Premiere

My Small Land, KAWAWADA Emma, (“gaijin” youth drama), Japan 2022, Italian Premiere

Noise, HIROKI Ryuichi, (crime in the island of figs), Japan 2022, International Festival Premiere – ONLINE EUROPE ONLY

One Day, You Will Reach the Sea, NAKAGAWA Ryutaro, (intense drama about loss), Japan 2022, International Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

Popran, UEDA Shinichiro, (“private parts”– missing panic comedy), Japan 2022, European Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY [GALA]

What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?, MIKI Satoshi, (kaiju disposal and political satire), Japan 2022, European Premiere

MALESIA (2)

The Assistant, Adrian TEH, (Dr Jekyll in KL underworld), Malaysia 2022, World Premiere

The Devil’s Deception, Kabir BHATIA, (the shadow of horror), Malaysia 2022, World Premiere

FILIPPINE (3)

Leonor Will Never Die, Martika Ramirez (ESCOBAR, a love letter to cinema), The Philippines 2022, Italian Premiere, – ONLINE ITALY ONLY [GALA]

Rabid, Erik MATTI, (horror in the pandemic year), The Philippines 2021, International Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

Reroute, Lawrence A. FAJARDO, (fatal detour sex thriller), The Philippines 2022, International Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

SUD COREA (10)

The Apartment with Two Women, KIM Se-in, (the cruel intimacy of family), South Korea 2021, Italian Premiere

Confession, YOON Jong-seok, (a secret inside a mystery), South Korea 2022, Italian Premiere

Hostage: Missing Celebrity, PIL Gam-sung, (art-imitating-life thriller), South Korea 2021, Italian Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

The Killer, CHOI Jae-hoon, (don’t make the hitman angry), South Korea 2022, World Premiere

Kingmaker, BYUN Sung-hyun, (the cruel game of politics), South Korea 2022, European Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY

Miracle: Letters to the President, LEE Jang-hoon, (dreamy fairy tale), South Korea 2021, International Festival Premiere

Perhaps Love, CHO Eun-ji, (a comedy of tangled romance), South Korea 2021, International Festival Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

Special Delivery, PARK Dae-min, (a female “Baby Driver” in Korea), South Korea 2022, Italian Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

Thunderbird, LEE Jae-won, (a long and desperate night), South Korea 2022, World Premiere

Tomb of the River, YOON Young-bin, (gangster war for resorts), South Korea 2021, International Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE [GALA]

TAIWAN (2)

Incantation, Kevin KO, (folk horror), Taiwan 2022, International Premiere

Mama Boy, Arvin CHEN, (the puppy and the maitresse), Taiwan 2022, World Premiere

THAILANDIA (2)

Cracked, Surapong PLOENSANG, (haunted painting horror story), Thailand 2022, International Festival Premiere – ONLINE WORLDWIDE

One for the Road, Baz POONPIRIYA, (super cool road movie with memories & cocktails), Thailand 2021, European Premiere – ONLINE ITALY ONLY