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Entertainment Co. Dir: Albert JK Huang. Key cast: Chiang Ting, Tender Huang Meeting Room N204-N205, HKCEC
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2359 (Singapore) Horror/ Suspense, 78mins. mm2 Entertainment Pte. Dir: Gilbert Chan. Key cast: Mark Lee, Henley Hii, Josh Lai A rumour about a spirit of a mad woman haunts the soldiers stationed on an island. Theatre 2, HKCEC
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60 YEARS OF HONG KONG ANIMATION (Hong Kong) Animation 60mins. Hong Kong Animation Filmmaker Society The best moments in Hong Kong animation history. Meeting Room N211-N212, HKCEC
NEWACTION EXPRESS SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS – 1+1 (Hong Kong) Drama, 30mins. Hong Kong Arts Centre. Dir: Lai Yan Chi A multi-layered story told in a natural and simple manner. A story about a grandpa and his granddaughter whose home will be demolished by the government to construct a railway route through their village. Meeting Room N206-N207, HKCEC
NEWACTION EXPRESS SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS – 20 DOLLARS (Hong Kong) Action/ Adventure, Drama, Horror/Suspense, Organised Crime, 15mins. Hong Kong Arts Centre. Dir: Lam See Chit In a market in Hong Kong, fresh fruits mix with prostitution, gambling, drug addiction and gangs. Meeting Room N206-N207, HKCEC
NEWACTION EXPRESS SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS – PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
(Hong Kong) Action/ Adventure, Animation, Horror/Suspense, Organised Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, 5mins. Hong Kong Arts Centre. Dir: Ho Ka Ho Meeting Room N206-N207, HKCEC
NEWACTION EXPRESS SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS – SINWORLD (Hong Kong) Action/ Adventure, Drama, Horror/Suspense, Organised Crime, 17mins. Hong Kong Arts Centre. Dir: Lee Siu Lung Story based on a terrifying true event in Hong Kong. An adolescent decides to save his mother and sister by killing them. The murderer is unexpectedly calm with no regrets, and claims the world has too many sinners. Similar cases have happened all around the world. Meeting Room N206-N207, HKCEC
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JUMP! ASHIN (Taiwan) 127mins. Dir: Lin Yu-hsien Agnes b. CINEMA! Hong Kong Arts Centre
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ECLAIR (Japan) Drama, 105mins. Prism Co. Dir: Akio Kondo. Key cast: Hajime Yoshii, Ayumi Ishida, Saori During World War Two, there were few sweets in Japan. This is a story of an orphan who survived the difficult time, encouraged by kindhearted people and the memory of sweets. Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC
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MISSION INDIA (Germany) Action/ Adventure, 90mins. Action Concept. Dir: Sebastian Vigg. Key cast: Wolke Hegenbarth, Henning Baum, Michael Lott Sarah. a geologist, has found a place in India for herself, a little village in the jungle. There she builds a well for the locals. Her paradise is in danger
when the well dries up and German entrepreneur Oskar moves in. Meeting Room N109-N110, HKCEC
NO LIAR, NO CRY (China) Comedy, Drama, Horror/Suspense, 89mins. Index Entertainment. Dir: Xu Chuanhai. Key cast: Wugang, Cherrie Ying, Viann Meeting Room N202-N203, HKCEC
OLD TIME PHOTO STUDIO (Taiwan) Drama, 90mins. Creative Century Entertainment Co. Dir: Chu Chia-Lin. Key cast: Jo’elle Lu, Pace Wu, Serena Fang After the death of their father, the three Shen sisters face a difficult choice: should they sell their father’s beloved old photo studio, or should they keep the last connection to their father’s memory? Meeting Room N204-N205, HKCEC
OVER MY DEAD BODY (Korea) Comedy, 120mins. CJ Entertainment. Dir: Woo Sun-ho. Key cast: Lee Beom-soo, Ryoo Seung- bum, Kim Ok-vin When greedy CEO Kim is found dead, two wrongfully fired employees steal his body. But the body isn’t Kim’s but that of a man who faked his death to hide from loan sharks. In the meantime, Steven hunts for the body to recover a microchip planted in it. Meeting Room N111-N112, HKCEC
PETALING STREET WARRIORS (Malaysia) Action/ Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, 108mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: James Lee, Sampson Yuen. Key cast: Mark Lee, Yann Yann Yeo, Chris Tong Set in Petaling Street in 1908, this is the story of a hokkien mee seller who finds himself entangled in
deadly battles with skilled fighters. He must refrain from consummating his marriage in order to master the Virgin Kung Fu skills and overcome his opponents. Theatre 2, HKCEC
TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB (Japan) Action/ Adventure, Drama 97mins. Picture Department Co. Dir: Yosuke Okuda. Key cast: Nao Omori, Ken Mitsuishi, Asami Usuta Protagonist Katsutoshi leaves town after a fight at work and seeks refuge at a salon run by his Tokyo- based friend Seikichi, called Tokyo Playboy Club. Meanwhile Eriko, the girlfriend of a waiter at the salon, finds herself forced to work there as a hostess after he gets into trouble. One day Katsutoshi brawls with a lowly neighborhood gangster, beating him to a pulp. The incident causes him, Seikichi and Eriko to become embroiled in an even graver situation. Meeting Room N101A, HKCEC
THE VIRAL FACTOR (Hong Kong, China) Action/Adventure, Drama, 122mins. Emperor Motion Pictures. Dir: Dante Lam. Key cast: Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse, Peng Lin A mission to escort a witness from Jordan to the Netherlands leaves International Security Affairs agent Jon with a bullet lodged in his brain, his fiancée and fellow agent Rita dead and their traitorous colleague Sean absconded with their witness. While contemplating leaving the force, Jon finds out his father and brother are still alive, and his brother is working as a mercenary for Sean — who has evil plans. Meeting Room N201A, HKCEC
WU YI: THE SMALLEST BABY PANDA INTHEWORLD (Japan) Documentary 80mins. Asmik Ace Entertainment. Dir:
Masayuki Shiohama In Chengu, China, there is a huge research base for giant panda breeding, and many panda babies are born and raised there every year. But it was a little different in 2006. One of the baby pandas born that season weighed only 51 grams, about a third of the average panda baby weight. This panda, the smallest ever born in Chengu, was named Wu Yi (51 in Chinese). This documentary chronicles the first six years of Wu Yi’s life. Meeting Room N211-N212, HKCEC
ZOMBIE 108 (Taiwan) Horror/ Suspense, 90mins. Film Asia Ent Group Co. Dir: Joe Chien. Key cast: Yvonne Yao, Morris Rong, Tai Bo A city abandoned by God. The first Chinese genre movie to combine the apocalypse and zombies. Meeting Room N209-N210, HKCEC
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PRIVATE SCREENING Meeting Room N206-207, HKCEC
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BLIND MAN (France) Action/ Adventure, 90mins. Europacorp. Dir: Xavier Palud. Key cast: Jacques Gamblin, Lambert Wilson A beautiful woman is escorted home late at night by her bodyguard. When she is alone, a shadowy figure emerges from the darkness and strangles her. The investigation into the murder is led by veteran detective Lassalle, a loner who is intrigued by a blind piano tuner whose prints are all over the apartment. But his alibi checks out and his disability makes him an unlikely murderer. Theatre 1, HKCEC
NEXTAFTER 3.11: THE CHALLENGE OF A DENTIST (Japan) Documentary 25mins. Omgact Entertainment. Dir:
Yuriko Ikeda. Key cast: Dr Uchikoshi Documentary about a dentist who assisted victims cut off from public relief in the wake of the tsunami that devastated the Sanriku region of Iwate prefecture. Meeting Room N104-N105, HKCEC
THE SOUL OF BREAD (Taiwan) Comedy, 114mins. Double Edge Entertainment. Dir: Kao Pin-Chuan, Lin Chun- Yan. Key cast: Michelle Chen A love triangle between a handsome young baker and a local bread maker. Meeting Room N201B, HKCEC
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SOS JAPAN —A YEAR AFTER LONG HARD ROAD TO RECOVERY (Japan) Documentary 52mins. Omgact Entertainment Documentary focusing on how Japan has recovered one year after the massive earthquake on March 11, 2011. Meeting Room N104-N105, HKCEC
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CHOUNG FUN BOY – WONDERFUL JOURNEY IN CHINA (Hong Kong) Action/ Adventure, Animation, Children’s, Comedy, 15mins. Bubble Mon Licensing & Media Group/Bubble Mon Licensing (Int’l) Co. Dir: Wilson Lee Cheong Fun Boy (Rice Roll Boy) enters the famed Academy of Chinese Cooking School with dreams of becoming a world-renowned chef. Meeting Room N211-N212, HKCEC
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A GENTLE RAIN FALLS FOR FUKUSHIMA (Japan) Children’s 94mins. Gold View Co. Dir: Atsushi Kokatsu. Key cast: Kosuke Toyohara, Chieko Matsubara, Jurina Meeting Room N104-N105, HKCEC
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