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25th Far East Film Festival – Programme 2023

We present the list of films that will be screened at the Far East Film Festival (Italy) which will take place from April 21 – 29, 2023 in Udine, Italy. *Some of the films will be available online only for people in Italy*

Opening Films
Ajoomma
by HE Shuming – Singapore, Korea | 2022
Bad Education by Kai KO – Taiwan | 2023

Closing Film
Full River Red
by ZHANG Yimou – China | 2023 World Premiere

Competition Section
A Guilty Conscience
by Jack NG – Hong Kong | 2023
A Light Never Goes Out by Anastasia TSANG – Hong Kong | 2022
Abang Adik by Jin ONG – Malaysia | 2023
Coast Guard Malaysia: Ops Helang by Pitt HANIF – Malaysia | 2023
Day Off by FU Tien-yu – Taiwan | 2023
December by Anshul CHAUHAN – Japan | 2022
Deleter by Mikhail RED – The Philippines | 2022
Ditto by SEO Eun-young – South Korea | 2022
Egoist by MATSUNAGA Daishi- Japan | 2022
Everyphone Everywhere by Amos WHY – Hong Kong | 2023 World Premiere
Gaga by Laha MEBOW – Taiwan | 2022
Hachiko by XU Ang – China | 2023 World Premiere
Hidden Blade by CHENG Er – China | 2023
Home Coming by RAO Xiaozhi – China | 2022
In My Mother’s Skin by Kenneth DAGATAN – The Philippines | 2023
Killing Romance by LEE Won-suk – South Korea | 2023 World Premiere
Lost Love by KA Sing-fung – Hong Kong | 2022
Mad Fate by Soi CHEANG – Hong Kong | 2023
Marry My Dead Body by CHENG Wei-hao – Taiwan | 2023
Phantom by LEE Hae-young – South Korea | 2023
Phases of the Moon by HIROKI Ryuichi – Japan | 2022
Rebound by CHANG Hang-jun – South Korea | 2023 World Premiere
Satan’s Slave: Communion by Joko ANWAR – Indonesia | 2022
She is Me, I Am Her by NAKAMURA Mayu – Japan | 2022
Sri Asih by UPI – Indonesia | 2022
Techno Brothers by WATANABE Hirobumi – Japan | 2023 World Premiere
The Abandoned by TSENG Ying-ting – Taiwan | 2022
The Legend & Butterfly by OTOMO Keishi – Japan | 2023
The Night Owl by AN Tae-jin – South Korea | 2022
The Other Child by KIM Jin-young – South Korea | 2022
The Sales Girl by Janchivdorj SENGEDORJ – Mongolia | 2022
The Sunny Side of the Street by LAU Kok-rui – Hong Kong | 2022
The Wild by KIM Bong-han – South Korea | 2023 World Premiere
Untold Herstory by Zero CHOU – Taiwan | 2022
Vital Sign by CHEUK Wan-chi – Hong Kong | 2023
Where Is the Lie? by Quark HENARES – The Philippines | 2023
Where the Wind Blows by Philip YUNG – Hong Kong | 2022
You & Me & Me by Wanwaew and Waewwan HONGVIVATANA – Thailand | 2023
Your Lovely Smile by LIM Kah Wai – Japan | 2022
Yudo by SUZUKI Masayuki – Japan | 2023

Out of Competition
JOHNNIE WITHOUT A GUN – TRIBUTE TO JOHNNIE TO
Life Without
Principle by Johnnie TO – Hong Kong | 2011
Office by Johnnie TO – Hong Kong | 2015
Sparrow by Johnnie TO – Hong Kong | 2008

TRIBUTE TO BAISHO CHIEKO
Plan 75
by HAYAKAWA Chie – Japan | 2023
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp by YAMADA Yoji – Japan | 1969
Where Spring Comes Late by YAMADA Yoji – Japan | 1970

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Convenience Store
by MIKI Satoshi – Japan | 2022
Emergency Declaration by HAN Jae-rim – South Korea | 2022
Way of Life by WATANABE Hirobumi – Japan | 2023 World Premiere
You’ve Got a Friend by HIROKI Ryuichi – Japan | 2022

DOCUMENTARIES
AUM: the Cult at the End of the World
by Ben BRAUN, Chiaki YANAGIMOTO – USA | 2023
Kaidan, Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts by Yves MONTMAYEUR – France | 2023 World Premiere
Jiseok by KIM Young-jo – South Korea | 2022

RESTORED CLASSICS
Nomad
(Director’s Cut) by Patrick TAM – Hong Kong 1982/restored 2023

Retrospective
2/Duo by SUWA Nobuhiro – Japan | 1997
800 Two-Lap Runners by HIROKI Ryuichi – Japan | 1994
Bloody Morning by Li Shaohong – China 1992/restored 2023
Cure by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi – Japan 1997/restored 2023
Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters by Nonzee NIMIBUTR – Thailand | 1997
Dust in the Wind by HOU Hsiao-hsien – Taiwan 1986/restored 2010
Dust of Angels by HSU Hsiao-ming – Taiwan 1992/2K restored 2021
Flowers in the City Jail by Mario O’HARA – The Philippines 1984/2K restored 2019
Painting Soul by HUANG Shuqin – China 1994/4K restored
A Moment of Romance by Benny CHAN – Hong Kong | 1990/restored 2022
A Separated Woman by Chito S. ROÑO – The Philippines 1994/2K restored 2018
Swallowtail Butterfly by SHUNJI Iwai – Japan 1996
A Hot Roof by LEE Min-yong – South Korea | 1995
Trio by PARK Chan-wook – South Korea |1997
Teenage Fugitive by CHANG Pei-cheng – Taiwan 1984/restored 2022

Tribute to JANG Sun-woo
Lies
by JANG Sun-woo – South Korea | 1999
The Road to the Racetracks by JANG Sun-woo – South Korea | 1991
To You, From Me by JANG Sun-woo – South Korea | 1994

Tribute to Po-Chih LEONG
Hong Kong 1941
by Po-Chih LEONG – Hong Kong | 1984
The Island by Po-Chih LEONG – Hong Kong | 1985
Ping Pong by Po-Chih LEONG – UK | 1986

You can download the catalogue HERE

For more information, please visit: https://www.fareastfilm.com/

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