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Meeting Room N111-N112, HKCEC


PETALING STREET WARRIORS (Malaysia) Action/ Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, 108mins. All Rights Entertainment Theatre 2, HKCEC


RED TEARS (Japan) Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, 87mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Takanori Tsujimoto. Key cast: Natsuki Kato, Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuaki Kurata Meeting Room N101A, HKCEC


15:30


NIGHTFALL (Hong Kong) Horror/ Suspense, 106mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Chow Hin Yeung. Key cast: Nick Cheung, Simon Yam, Janice Man When a Hong Kong celebrity is found brutally murdered, hardheaded detective Lam is called in. As Lam zeroes in on a killer from the past, the murder appears to be a straightforward case of revenge. But the more Lam pursues his suspect, the deeper he falls into a web of lies. Just as Lam believes he has everything figured out, he will discover there is a fine line between love and hate. Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC


WHERE WAS THE LIFE COMES FROM? (China) Animation, Documentary, 15mins. Beijing Yuancheng Zhongshi Media Advertising Commercial Co. Dir: Liang Han Sen Meeting Room N202-N203, HKCEC


16:00


FIRE IN HELL (Korea) Drama, 104mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Lee SangWoo. Key cast: Won TaeHee, Cha Seoung Min, Kim Hun Buddhist monk Jiwul is kicked out of the temple as his inappropriate relationship with a believer is uncovered. While Jiwul goes from house to house begging for alms, he meets


Yeon-su, who is drinking alone in a restaurant. Meeting Room N102-N103, HKCEC


THE HOWLING REBORN (US) Action/ Adventure, Romance, 92mins. Moonstone Entertainment. Dir: Joe Nimziki. Key cast: Lindsey Shaw, Landon Liboiron, Ivana Milicevic On the eve of his high- school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past — that he is about to become a werewolf. Now, in an effort to fight destiny and save their love as well as their lives, they must battle not only Will’s growing blood lust but an army of fearsome beasts bent on killing. Meeting Room N111-N112, HKCEC


KRYPTONITE! (Italy) Comedy, 98mins. Rai Trade. Dir: Ivan Cotroneo. Key cast: Valeria Golino, Luca Zingaretti, Cristinana Capotondi Naples 1973. Peppino Sansone, nine, comes from a large, chaotic family and has an older cousin, Gennaro, who thinks he is Superman. When Gennaro dies, Peppino’s imagination rewrites reality and brings him back to life, as though his cousin really were the superhero he said he was. Meeting Room N206-N207, HKCEC


LOVE IS ALWAYS AROUND (China) Drama, 96mins. Beijing Genius Movie & Culture Co. Dir: Lu Hong Jun. Key cast: Kan Jin Ming, Yang Ning Meeting Room N202-N203, HKCEC


THE OUTRAGE (Thailand) 107mins. Asian Film Awards. Dir: ML Pantewanop Devakula Agnes b. CINEMA! Hong Kong Arts Centre


SHE (Thailand) Drama n 20 Screen International at Filmart March 21, 2012


90mins. Studio Ari Co. Dir: Sarunya Noithai. Key cast: Penpakn Sirikul, Ann Siriwan Baker, Apassaporn Saengthong Bua, a successful businesswoman recently diagnosed with cancer, leaves her family behind to reside by the sea, where she befriends June, an independent female photographer. Meanwhile, the lives of Da and Bee, two mismatched youngsters, clash upon meeting each other, as they all embark on a journey of emotional and sexual discovery. Meeting Room N209-N210, HKCEC


THE SPIU KID (Taiwan) Drama, Horror/ Suspense, Romance 95mins. Double Edge Entertainment. Dir: Joe C Lee. Key cast: Blue Lan, Nikki Hsieh Meeting Room N204-N205, HKCEC


16:15


BLOOD FROM A STONE (France) Documentary, 98mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Jacques Maillot. Key cast: Daniel Auteuil Widower Georges Pierret runs his shipyard like it’s his lifeline. When he learns that his credit is going to be cut off, everything hangs in the balance. He’s forced to lay off a number of workers who immediately go on strike and occupy the factory. A last ditch attempt to secure an investor in Russia leads to a meeting with a young interpreter — a meeting that gives Georges the courage to risk a new beginning. Meeting Room N109-N110, HKCEC


THE ENEMY (Serbia) War, 109mins. Insomnia World Sales. Dir: Dejan Zecevic. Key cast: Aleksandar Stokkovic, Vuk Kostic, Tihomir Stanic Bosnia, 1995, the seventh day of peace: an engineering unit is removing mines from the border between the two sides who until recently, were at war. Each of the soldiers is burdened by experiences from the frontline; each is facing


his fears in his own way. Meeting Room N104-N105, HKCEC


KAMIHATE STORE (Japan) Drama, 105mins. Open Sesame Co. Dir: Tatsuya Yamamoto. Key cast: Keiko Takahashi, Susumu Terajima Chiyo is an elderly woman who runs the rundown general store in a remote town. Sometimes, apparent strangers stop by to buy a bread roll and a bottle of milk. But they never show up to take the bus back to town. Near the store, there is a cliff where people jump off. Chiyo says nothing to these customers. This is the story of Chiyo, who has seen people off and is about to step forward after the long winter. Meeting Room N211-N212, HKCEC


USHIJIMA THE LOAN SHARK (Japan) Action/ Adventure 130mins. SDP. Dir: Masatoshi Yamaguchi. Key cast: Takayuki Yamada, Kento Hayashi, Yuko Oshima Meeting Room N101A, HKCEC


17:30


JOYFUL REUNION (Taiwan, China) Drama, 107mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Tsao Jui Yuan. Key cast: Ahleh Chang, Huo Siyan, Lan Zheng Long Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC


17:45


ONE TREE THREE LIVES (Hong Kong) Documentary, 97mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Angie Chen An intimate film about novelist Hualing Nieh Engle, who has been a major influence on generations of writers in the Chinese Diaspora, and beyond. Meeting Room N111-N112, HKCEC


18:45


WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH (US/Malaysia) Action/ Adventure, Animation, Sci-fi, Fantasy, 82mins. Epic Pictures Group. Dir: Joe Pearson. Key cast:


Peter Wingfield, Elizabeth Gracen, Jim Byrnes Meeting Room N101A, HKCEC


19:45


ABOUT THE PINK SKY (Japan) Drama, 113mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Keiichi Kobayashi. Key cast: Ai Ikeda, Ena Koshino, Reiko Fujiwara High-school student Izumi Kawashima, whose daily routine is rating newspaper articles, finds a wallet containing a large sum of cash. Instead of returning the wallet to its owner, Izumi decides to lend a substantial portion of the money to a middle- aged male acquaintance. She eventually returns the wallet to its owner, a wealthy high-school boy named Koki, who notices the missing money. As recompense, he asks Izumi to do something for his friend — to create a newspaper that brings happiness to its readers. Meeting Room N111-N112, HKCEC


20:00


10+10 (Taiwan) Drama, 120mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wang Shau-Di, Wang Tung, Chu Yen-Ping, Ho Wi-Ding A project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. Twenty directors are invited to make a five- minute short film each on the theme of the uniqueness of Taiwan, but allowed total freedom in all other aspects. Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC


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THURSDAY 22 09:30


ROBO-G (Japan) Comedy 111mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart Dir:. Key cast: Three flunky employees of Kimura Electric — Kobayashi, Ota and


Nagai — are ordered by the company president to develop a bipedal robot to promote the firm in an upcoming Robot Expo. But just one week before the big event, the robot in production, “New Shiokaze”, is smashed to pieces. Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC


SONG OF SILENCE (China) Drama, Romance, 117mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Chen Zhuo. Key cast: Li Qiang, Yin Yaning, Wu Bingbin Meeting Room N101A, HKCEC


09:45


LEGEND OF A RABBIT (China) Animation, 85mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Sun Li Jun. Key cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, Rebecca Black, Claire Geare Theatre 1, HKCEC


10:00


GO! BOYS’ SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB (Japan) Comedy, Drama, 85mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Tsutomu Hanabusa. Key cast: Aoi Nakamura, Sosuke Ikematsu, Keisuke Tomita Meeting Room N104-N105, HKCEC


FROM SEOUL TO VARANASI (Korea) Drama, 98mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Jeon Kyu-hwan. Key cast: Yoon Dong-hwan Human drama about a married couple in times of love, betrayal and terror. Meeting Room N109-N110, HKCEC


HERE, THEN (China) Drama, 86mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Mao Mao. Key cast: Huang Tang Yijia, Li Ziqian, Wang Yizheng Meeting Room N102-N103, HKCEC


11:30


VULGARIA (Hong Kong) Comedy, 90mins. HKIFF Industry Screenings @ Filmart. Dir: Pang Ho Cheung. Key cast: Chapman To, Ronald


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