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  • South Korean trio sweeps Far East Asian awards in Italy

    South Korean trio sweeps Far East Asian awards in Italy

    NEW DELHI: South Korea swept the main awards at the 17th Far East Film Festival in Italy over the weekend.

     

    The Festival was held in Udine from 24 April to 2 May. The results were announced after midnight following a closing gala screening of The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D.

     

    With an average score of 4.44/5 from the audience, J.K. Youn’s Ode to My Father was the most popular film. The drama traces the remarkable globetrotting journey of a man who made immense sacrifices for his family.

     

    The runner-up awards went to Lee Won-suk’s The Royal Tailor and E J-Yong’s My Brilliant Life. Lee won the audience award two years ago with his debut film, How to Use Guys with Secret Tips (2013).

     

    Royal Tailor also won the My Movies Audience Award, voted by users of the Italian film website.

     

    Youn, E and Lee are former guests of the festival. Youn attended with Sex is Zero (2002); E has been a regular guest since An Affair (1998) at the event’s first edition; Lee has attended the event with both his films.

     

    With an average score of 4.15/5.00, Sotho Kulikar’s The Last Reel won the Black Dragon Award, chosen by the festival’s die-hard supporters who purchase premium passes. It is the first Cambodian film to have screened at the event.

     

    The festival also handed awards to Joe Hisaishi, Jackie Chan and Nansun Shi at this year’s edition.

     

    Hisaishi conducted a concert of his music on the eve of the festival. Shi attended last night’s closing film and held an on-stage talk with Marco Muller.

  • Jackie Chan film to be highlight of Far East Film Festival in Italy

    Jackie Chan film to be highlight of Far East Film Festival in Italy

    NEW DELHI: Legendary martial arts exponent Jackie Chan’s movie will be the opening film at the 17th Far East Film Festival in Udine in Italy.

     

    The event opens with the international festival premiere of Dragon Blade. The period epic about exiled Chinese soldiers partnering with Roman soldiers to protect China’s borders also stars John Cusack and Adrien Brody along with Chan.

     

    The Festival will be held from 24 April to 2 May and will screen around seventy feature films from eleven countries. The festival will see six world premieres, 13 international premieres, 25 European premiers and 14 Italian premieres.

     

    A highlight will be a live concert by Joe Hisaishi, the composer best known for his soundtracks to films by Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano, a day before the formal opening.

     

    The festival’s closing film is Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, a period action-adventure in which Communist soldiers infiltrate and raid a bandit group’s mountain base. It stars Zhang Hanyu, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Lin Gengxin. The festival will screen the 2D version of the film.

     

    Five other films will have their international festival premiere in Italy namely Parasyte: Part 1 from Japan, Miss Granny from China and gangster epic Gangnam Blues 1970 from South Korea, romance thriller My Ordinary Love Story and palace drama The Royal Tailor.

     

    This year’s films include Hong Kong thriller Helios, Chinese romance The Old Cinderella, Japanese boxing drama 100 Yen Love and Yubari award-winning comedy Make Room.

     

    Other films include China road movie The Continent, Vietnamese horror Hollow and Cambodian youth drama The Last Reel. It is the first time that a Cambodian film will be screened at the Italian festival.

     

    The programme includes a six-film retrospective dedicated to Hong Kong martial arts films from the 1970s and 1980s. The festival will also screen two restored classics, China’s Two Stage Sisters (1964) and samurai dramatic The Tragedy of Bushido (1960) from Japan.