adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon — in his dreams! In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the Lost City of Paititi. Meeting RoomN111-N112, HKCEC
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LOVE ON-AIR (Korea) Romance, 120mins. Showbox/ Mediaplex. Dir: Kwon Chil-in. Key cast: Lee Min-jung, Lee Jung-jin Jin-ah, the former leader of once-popular
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BEST OF THE BEST FROM HKAFS —TRIBUTE TO JOHN SINARWI (Hong Kong) Animation 60mins. Hong Kong Animation Filmmaker Society Showcases the selected and award-winning works by the members of the Hong Kong Animation Filmmaker Society. Meeting RoomN211-N212, HKCEC
BYE BYE BLONDIE (France) Drama, 98mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Virginie Despentes. Key cast: Emmanuelle Beart, Beatrice Dalle, Soko Gloria is 40. With no job and no fixed address, she spends her time boozing in her local bar. Frances is also 40. Back in the 1980s, Gloria and Frances met in a psychiatric hospital and ran away together. Back then they
girl band Purple, hosts a radio show called Wonderful Radio. When the producer of the programme is sacked over low ratings, a new guy fills his shoes. Meeting RoomN109-N110, HKCEC
loved each other the way you love at 16: intense, wild. Sex, drugs and punk rock. Then life pushed them apart. Frances left Gloria — her first true love, her first broken heart. Now, 20 years later, their paths are about to cross again. Meeting RoomN104-N105, HKCEC
FIRST KISS (Thailand) Romance, 104mins. Five Star Production Co. Dir: Kirati Nakintanon. Key cast: Khanungnij Jaksamithanont, Thakrit Hamannopjit, Tin Chokkamolkij Sa, 25 and single, meets Best, a grade-12 student on a bus. Fate plays tricks on them when, minutes after they meet, they kiss for the first time on that bus when they both stick out their heads to watch a roadside accident. Best is now determined to win Sa’s heart, despite his
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inexperience and the age difference. Meeting RoomN206-N207, HKCEC
LOVE IN THE BUFF (Hong Kong) Romance, 111mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Pang Ho Cheung. Key cast: Miriam Yeung, Shawn Yu When two ex-lovers from Hong Kong cross paths in Beijing, they realise they still have feelings for each other and start orchestrating trysts and assignations behind their partners’ backs. Theatre 1, HKCEC
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NIGHT #1 (Canada) Drama, 91mins. Wide Management. Dir: Anne Emond. Key cast: Catherine De Lean, Dimitri Storoge A bold and intimate study of a one-night stand. Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. Meeting RoomN204-N205, HKCEC
NINE-MILE FRAGRANCE (China) Romance, 98mins. Film Nine-Mile Fragrance. Dir: Wang Xing Jun. Key cast: Yu
Na, Shi Xiao Hong A romantic but sentimental love story in Qiang and Tibetan villages in western China after the ‘5.12’ Wenchuan Earthquake. Meeting RoomN202-N203, HKCEC
OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB (Japan) Comedy, Drama, 104mins. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS). Dir: Hang Chul. Key cast: Haruna Kawaguchi, Yusuke Yamamoto, Shunsuke Daito Meeting RoomN101B, HKCEC
RYUJIN MABUYER THE MOVIE (Japan) Action/ Adventure, 96mins. Mabuyer Planning. Dir: Tomoki Sano. Key cast: Shintaro Yamada, Issa, Judy Sachiko Fukumoto A live-action superhero TV series that has aired in Okinawa Island prefecture since 2008, makes its big- screen debut Meeting RoomN209-N210, HKCEC
TAD, THE LOST EXPLORER (Spain) Animation, 89mins. Studiocanal. Dir: Enrique Gato Tad is a celebrity archeologist and
UFO IN HER EYES (China) Drama, 110mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Xiaolu Guo. Key cast: Shi Ke, Udo Kier One very hot afternoon, the life of an anonymous Chinese village woman abruptly changes when she believes that she has just witnessed a UFO flying through the sky. The village chief takes advantage of this unexpected event to boost the poverty-stricken local economy. Meeting RoomN102-N103, HKCEC
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RED TEARS (Japan) Action/ Adventure, Horror/ Suspense, 87mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Takanori Tsujimoto. Key cast: Natsuki Kato, Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuaki Kurata A serial killer leaves behind a trail of headless bodies. Meeting RoomN101A, HKCEC
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TWISTED (Singapore) Comedy, Horror/Suspense, 94mins. mm2 Entertainment Pte. Dir: Chai Yee Wei. Key cast: Mark Lee, Zhu Mi Mi, Linda Liao Is it karma, or just bad luck? The story revolves around a drug dealer who jailed a young girl, a pair of con men who want to turn over a new leaf, and four cabin-crew members whose lives were turned upside down over a fateful night of drugs and drink. This is a story of individuals with fates intertwined and how their paths clash. A series of twisted events that is both a study on cause
and effect, and how our actions affect the people around us. Theatre 2, HKCEC
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(Serbia) Drama, 102mins. Wide Management. Dir: Maja Milos. Key cast: Isidora Simijonovic, Katarina Pesic, Sonja Janicic Jasna is a beautiful girl in her mid-teens, leading the crude life of the post-war generation in Serbia. With a terminally ill father and dispirited mother, she is disillusioned and angry with everyone and everything, including herself. Having a huge crush on a boy from school, she goes on a spree of sex, drugs and partying, constantly filming on her mobile phone. In that very harsh environment, love and tenderness emerge. Meeting RoomN204-N205, HKCEC
GIRLS FOR KEEPS (Japan) Drama, 124mins. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television,. (TBS). Dir: Yoshihiro Fukagawa. Key cast: Karina, Kumiko Aso, Michiko Kichise Yukiko, Seiko, Yoko and Takako live in different worlds. Meeting RoomN101B, HKCEC
GO! BOYS’ SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB (Japan) Comedy, Drama, 85mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Tsutomu Hanabusa Meeting RoomN104-N105, HKCEC
LOVE IS NOT BLIND (China) Comedy, Romance, 110mins. Edko Films Limited. Dir: Teng Huatao. Key cast: Wen Zhang, Bai Baihe Suddenly dumped by her boyfriend of seven years, Xiaoxian doesn’t think she can go on until her sassy, but jaded, co-worker forces her to realise how little she understands about love. Meeting RoomN102-N103, HKCEC
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