PART II (from 20 Sep to 26 Oct)
Feature films (60
more than 60 mins)
(Trainspotting)
James McAvoy
Irvine Welsh
2014
Additional Screening 11 October 2014 (Sat) 5pm
MCL
(MCL Telford Cinema)
FILTH
(
Director
2013
Jon S. Baird
98’ James McAvoy
UK
Main Cast
James McAvoy Jamie Bell
HD digital format
In English with Chinese subtitles)
Michael Fassbender
(Shame) James McAvoy
(Trainspotting) James McAvoy Bruce
Jim Broadbent
Irvine Welsh
2014 Bruce Robertson
Bruce Bruce
Bruce Based on the acclaimed novel by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is? The tragic, hilarious and memorable answers unfold in FILTH... * Best Actor (James McAvoy), British Independent Film Awards 2013 * Breakthrough British Filmmaker (Jon S. Baird), London Critics Circle Film Awards 2014 * Best Actor (James McAvoy), Empire Awards (UK) 2014
2014 + Director’s Cut of Best Student Short Film of Golden Harvest Awards 2014 + Amazing new film (*
Mr. Lee Chun-hong will attend the screening.)
No Choice For Red Spider Lily
20 September 2014 (Sat) 2:30pm* MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (
Director: 1
Lee Chun-hong 1
including 1 feature & 1 short
HD digital format nochoice 2007
12
Taiwan 94’
nochoice (
In Mandarin with Chinese & English subtitles) Director’s Cut) (2014 68’)
20
nochoice After Years, your brother will explain to others like this: "My sister committed suicide at age 20." December 20th in 2007, sky was clear. You passed through the day just like how it should be before. Getting things into order, leaving words about yourself. You cleaned up everything: throwing stuffs should have been thrown, returning things belonged to others. Then, you walked into a random hardware store. With the way you chose, like a ritual to be completed, you left this world seemed no longer memorizable. In an exceptionally plain and ordinary daily life, all of the relationships and affairs kept decomposing then moldering. For the first time and so near, death, I saw how it looks like. The short film version of “nochoice” obtained the Best Student Short Film of the 36th Golden Harvest Awards & Short Film Festival this year. This Director’s Cut is much more powerful. RED SPIDER LILY (2014 26’)
(P.111) "Don't die! I begged you!!" I said. "But, Why?" (Why you? How can you stop me? What kind of means do you have to hold me back?) "La-Zhi, listen to me! I tell you a story." I said. "OK." She nodded and said Luo Yijun’s SENT COMPASSION (P.111)
A Up-and-coming filmmaker of Japan independent scene (* Mr. Yoshimasa Jimbo will attend the screening.) I’M TEN, THEN I’LL CATCH ELEVEN
21 September 2014 (Sun) 2:30pm* (
Director
Yoshimasa Jimbo
STAR Cinema Japan 2014 76’
HD digital format
In Japanese with English subtitles) Shogo
Toru Shogo
Shogo An elementary school boy, Shogo, is into catching insects and collecting them. His father Toru is touched by the reincarnation philosophy of India and Bhutan, and tells Shogo that he doesn't want to collect insects anymore. Seeing adults' different views of life and death, Shogo wonders what death is all about. * Audience Award, the 20th Kinder Film Fest Kyoto 2014 * In Competition, 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival * Osaka Asian Film Festival 2014
For Cat Lovers DANCING CAT
21 September 2014 (Sun) 4:30pm STAR Cinema (
Director Yun Ki-hyoung
South Korea
2011 76’
HD digital format
In Korean with English subtitles) Lee Yong-han Bessie
Blossem
Yun Ki-hyoung
Bye Kitty, and Thank You Lee Yong-han Darth Snooze Sweetness
Thundercat
Poet LEE Yong-han became enthralled by stray cats living in his neighborhood. Cats like to stay in their territory so he could see them often and as he recorded their daily lives in pictures, he gave them names such as ’Bessie’ and ‘Blossom’. The pictures were published in a book entitled ‘Bye Kitty, and Thank You’. Yun Ki-hyoung is a commercial film director. He stumbled across the book by LEE Yong-han in the library and became interested in stray cats. There are a lot of stray cats in his neighborhood. He capture their lives on film. Giving them names like ‘Darth Snooze’, ‘Sweetness’ and ‘Thundercat’ and giving them food and water, he felt a change in himself. * The 21st Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2012 * The 11th Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival 2011
First Korean film received Grand Jury Prize in Sundance Film Festival JISEUL
12 October 2014 (Sun) 5pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (
Director O Muel
South Korea 2012 109’ DCP
In Korean with English subtitles) 1 O Muel
4.3 1954
9
1948
The first Korean film received the Grand Jury Prize in Sundance Film Festival. JISEUL, the fourth film by Jeju director O Muel, is based on the true story of the Jeju 4.3 Incident. The Incident was sparked when the American military regime incited social strife and subsequent conflicts that lasted until September 1954. Almost 30,000 people are estimated to have been killed –most of them civilians. In 1948, as the government issued the communists’ eviction to the Jeju Island, the military invaded a calm and peaceful village. Running away from the army, townsfolk hid into the cave. They try to hide to survive but there seems to be no hope in the dark cave. As time goes by, people suffer from severe cold and hunger while staying in the cave. One day, it still seems that nothing has changed. A man who worries about his pigs tries to get back home to feed them but the rest stop him. With nothing but frustration, rifts develop as people debate if they should move to the higher mountain or just stay in the cave. * Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), Sundance Film Festival 2013 * NETPAC Award, Directors Award by Director's Guild of Korea, Citizen Reviewers’ Award & CGV Movie Collage Award, the 17th Busan International Film Festival 2012 * The Golden Cyclo Award, the 19th Vesoul International of Asian Cinema 2013 * Jury Special Mention, the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival 2013 * Jury Special Prize, Tripoli International Film Festival 2013
15 Debut feature of Wei Te-shen, with a new digital version from the original master tape ABOUT JULY (15
15th anniversary special screening)
5 October (Sun) 2:30pm MCL (MCL Kornhill Cinema) (
Director
Wei Te-shen
Taiwan 1999 72’
digital format
In Mandarin & Taiwanese with Chinese subtitles) InDPanda
15
…… In this hot and rainy July, everything in the life of Cheng-jia has a great change. His father passed away, leaving behind his family a huge debt. Cheng-jia has to work in the casino. He wonders it may be good for him to be a gangster but he could not learn anything properly. Those so-called brothers do not treat him as a family member. Because of the tradition, the family have to put the coffin of in the dinning hall for more than a month, as if no one knows father has died… * Busan International Film Festival * Golden Horse Film Festival * Vancouver International Film Festival
11 Debut feature of Ning Hao, with a new digital version from the original master tape 10th anniversary special screening)
INCENSE (10
5 October (Sun) 4pm (
Director
Ning Hao
MCL China 2003 98’
(MCL Kornhill Cinema) digital format
In Putonghua with Chinese & English subtitles) 2004
InDPanda
InDPanda
20 ──
An unassuming monk in a tiny rural village is devastated to discover that his modest temple's only Buddha statue is broken. When the world seems to conspire against restoring his treasure, desperation causes him to try anything to get some cash, even if it means abandoning the principles he holds dearest. With an authentic feeling for the tragicomic everyday struggles of people living on the margins of China's fast-paced economic and social transformation, INCENSE's darkly comic morality tale surprises at every turn. * Grand Prize, the 4th Tokyo Filmex Festival 2003 * Golden Prize (Asian Digital Films), the 28th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2004 * In competition, the 56th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland 2003
Pink Film From the largest Pink Films company of Japan Latest News (* Okura Pictures The representative of Okura Pictures will attend the screening.)
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Okura Pictures Beside the highlight programmes of pink films by Mr. Sato Hisayasu, we bring you two new pink films. Okura Pictures is the largest pink film company in Japan. They shoot films in 35mm print and do the post-production and screening in digital format. They also have their own cinema. The one in Ueno with panda to be the mascot. This is the first time Okura Pictures work together with overseas film festival. Hope you enjoy this interesting programme.
Ueno Pink Film Cinema
11 October 2014 (Sat) 2:30pm* MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (
Okura Pictures
(123’
2
Curated with Okura Pictures) including 2 feature
digital format
Japan)
A CALL GIRL’S DOUBLE LIFE (
Director: Yutaka Ikejima
Nagi
2012 61’30
In Japanese with English subtitles)
Maki
Nagi, a call girl picked up Maki, a boy on the street. She fell in love with him and they started living together. One day, he found out her real occupation as a call girl and which affected their relationship. However, they truly love each other, they have become close again. YUI HATANO’S HELP ME OUT, PLEASE! (
Director: Kazuyoshi Sekine 2013 61’30
Motoki
In Japanese with English subtitles) Mako
Mako
Mako Motoki Mr. Motoki, a middle age business man likes Mako, the young bar hostess, even though he is married. One day the hostess consulted him about being stalked by her separated husband. He stood up and tried to help her. He was hit by the stalker hard but his strong love to her eventually saved her from his attack.
40 40 Touring around 40 Taiwan bookstores with 40 shorts Short Films by Hou Chi-jan: POETRIES FROM THE BOOKSTORES
4 October 2014 (Sat) 4:30pm (
STAR Cinema
Curated with Dreamland Productions)
(
Director
Hou Chi-jan
Taiwan 2014 140’
40
including 40 shorts
In Mandarin with Chinese & English subtitles) 1
X 40
X 40 40
40 40
21
40 1920s
ROOM A Zeelandia Travel & Books 1567
“A documentary of 40 vintage bookstores X 40 bookstore owners’ attitude toward life” Hou Chi-jan, our good old friend who focus on the dynamic of modern society, turned his sight on long-established bookstores of Taiwan. Hou used characterized images and cinematic narrative to film a documentary of 40 bookstores. Moreover, he conducted an in-depth exploration on the life philosophy of 40 bookstore owners, in order to record the diversities of present-day bookstores. To grasp the beauty of the bookstores itself and the life pursuit of bookstore owners, the documentary featured 40 short films to highlight the atmosphere of book reading of Taiwan in the twenty-first century. Perhaps printed books are to fade out in the modern era, however, through the documentary, the elegancy of the lives of the bookstore owners will continue to shine for another century and centuries to come.
6 people, 1 room, 1 night, 1 game, a postpornographic experiment HAEPPCHENWEISE (BIT BY BIT)
18 October (Sat) 2:30pm MCL (MCL Kornhill Cinema) (
Director Maike Brochhaus
Germany 2013 72’
HD digital format
In German with English subtitles)
HAEPPCHENWEISE (BIT BY BIT), a postpornographic experiment. Six people, one room, one night, one game, a lot of sensuality and much to discover. A film that shows how bodies and minds might meet when allowed to. Get involved within a stimulating experiment, somewhere between aesthetic statement and real venture, between pornographic art and the attempt to reposition sexuality within dialogue and actions. * Berlin Porn Film Festival 2013
Fantastic Romancing Love Animation CLOSING Programme 3 THE SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW
26 October 2014 (Sun) 2:30pm (
Director Chang Hyung-yun
MCL South Korea
2014
(MCL Telford Cinema) 81’ DCP
In Korean with English subtitles) Il-ho
KITSAT
Kyung-chun
Eun-jin Kyung-chun Il-ho Il-ho, the satellite 'KITSAT-1', is launched into space. She observes Earth for a long time and curious about human heart. Kyung-chun, an aspiring musician, is heartbroken when his girl-friend Eun-jin broke up with him. He turns into a milk cow by dark magic. One day, Kyung-chun is attacked by the Incinerator. Il-ho falls from space and becomes human by magical forces. * The 4th Zabaikalsky International Film Festival of Russia 2014
In-competition animations of Berlinale and others Love’s Great Adventure
27 September 2014 (Sat) 2:30pm (86’
6
MCL
including 6 shorts
(MCL Telford Cinema)
HD digital format)
COLORISE (
Director: Lee Dae-han
South Korea
2013
7’30
No dialogue)
Jin-ga Kamkam Jin-ga and Mr. Slow wanted to change the night to day since they wanted to keep playing. Then 'kamkam' has appeared and chase them.
LEMONADE TALE (
Director: Vallo Toomla
Estonia
2013 9’
No dialogue)
Holger Holger …… Little Holger goes shopping together with his mom. Holger wants some soda and lemonade, but Mom refuses to buy it. Unhappy Holger still takes a bottle off the shelf and.... gets sucked into the lemonade bottle! nd * The 22 Animamundi – International Animation Festival of Brazil 2014 th * The 11 IndieLisboa – Lisbon International Independent Film Festival 2014
ANIMAL FRIENDS (
Director: Eva Lindstrom
Sweden
2013
36’30
In Swedish with English subtitles)
──
Lage ANIMAL FRIENDS including three short stories. The three parts are connected by the same theme – the main characters assertion of their own way. In A BIRD DAY, we follow the children's adventurous walk away from home, from light morning to dark night. In I'M RUNNING AWAY, a bored sheep runs away from the herd. In MY FRIEND LAGE, we meet the owl Lage, who left his home in the dark woods to become a city dweller. th * Generation Kplus, the 64 Berlinale 2014 th * SICAF – the 17 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival 2013 * BFI London Film Festival 2013
EMILIE (
Director: Olivier Pesch
7
Emilie
Belgium
2013
17’
In English without suntitles)
Marcel
Marcel
Emilie
Emilie
Emilie, 7 year-old curious little girl, and his father Marcel, a scientist very busy by his latest invention, live in a small house located at the entrance of a dump. Emilie fulfills the absence of his father by making some sculptures using garbage. One day, while she’s looking for her cuddy toy, she makes a rather unexpected encounter: very original monkeys! * First Prize (Animation Section), Pentedattilo Short Film Festival 2013 * Best Animation, Children International Film Festival in India 2013
CORRIDA (
Director: Janis Cimmermanis
Latvia
2012 7’
No dialogue)
In the main arena of the capital of Spain, Madrid, goes on the bull fight. But at that time the Toreador is nor so successful as usual and must run away to save his life. Finding safe place from angry beast, Toreador uses his mobile phone to call for help. The phone call has been received by “Rescue Team”. th * Young Jury Award & People’s Choice Award, the 10 Sancy Film Festival for Young People 2012 nd * The 62 Berlinale 2012
Vasa (
VASA
Director: Janis Cimmermanis
Latvia
2013 8’30
No dialogue)
Vasa …… The great museum of Stockholm in Sweden exhibits the famous sailing boat "Vasa". Several Japanese tourists, guided by a tour guide are walking around it. Suddenly museum guard is horrified to see that a large rat is sitting in the hole! After unsuccessful tries to get rats away, guards are ought to look for help. They are calling “Rescue Team”… th * Generation Kplus, the 64 Berlinale 2014
Annecy In-competition animations of Annecy and others (* Mr. Mak Siu-fung, the filmmaker of DISPOSITION will attend the screening.) Not For Children Animations
27 September 2014 (Sat) 4:30pm* (90’
7
MCL
including 7 shorts
(MCL Telford Cinema)
HD digital format)
TORTURING (
Director: Rebecca Blocher
Germany 2013 4’
In German with English subtitles)
Etta Streicher Based on the poem of the same name by Etta Streicher. It is concerned with not speaking out, keeping your feet still or actually biting the bullet and achieving inner freedom. th * Audience Award, the 46 Young Collection Bremen 2013 * Melbourne International Animation Festival 2014
AN ADVENTUROUS AFTERNOON (
Director: Ines Christine Geisser
Kirsten Carina Geisser
Germany 2013
6’
No dialogue)
Giant Fox William Honda Actually Giant Fox & William Honda just want to enjoy a coffee together, but the afternoon is getting more adventurous than they thought. * Award of Excellence Winners, Canada International Film Festival 2014 * Jury Award for a Graduation Film, Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2014
DEEP SHIT (
Director: Martin Draax
The Netherlands
Brides of Mayhem
2012
10’30
In English without subtitles)
punk rock
A musical comedy in which two prominent members of the punk rock band ʻBrides of Mayhemʼ use the help of the devil to be successful, but thereby be thwarted by the jealous singer of a rival band. * KLIK! Animation Film Festival 2012 * The Netherlands Film Festival 2012
PAPA (
Director: Girlin Bassovskaja
Estonia
2014 16’30
No dialogue)
Mother tries to keep together a family that is falling to pieces. It is nearly an impossible task if the other side is not making an equal effort.
THE COLD HEART (
Director: Hannes Rall
Germany 2013
29’
In German with English subtitles)
19 The Black Forest in the 19th century: A young and poor charcoal-burner desperately wants to become rich. He trades his warm heart for a cold stone with the evil spirit of the forest. A cautionary tale based on a darkly romantic German fairy tale. * Award for Best Animation, LIIFE – Long Island International Film Expo 2013 th * Gold Remiaward, WORLDFEST – the 47 Houston International Film Fesstival 2014
PLUG & PLAY (
Director: Michael Frei
Switzerland
2013
6’
In English with English subtitles)
Anthropoid creatures with plugs in place of heads are up to mischief. Instead of abandoning oneself to the dictates of the raised finger, they soon submit to themselves. But the fingers also finger around. Is it love? * Animated Encounters UWE European Talent Award, Encounters International Short Film Festival 2013 * Jury Special Prize, Puchon International Student Animation Festival 2013 * Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2013 * Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013
DISPOSITION (
Director: M
Mak Siu Fung
Hong Kong
2014 18’
No dialogue) M
M ……Hunter M put his life at risk and in ultimate danger, to kill the monsters in the snow mountain. It leads him into a contradictory choice, which he has to make the decision… * World Premiere
3D The first 3D animated opera in stop-motion of Estonia (3D) (3D) LISA LIMONE AND MAROC ORANGE, A RAPID LOVE STORY
18 October 2014 (Sat) 5pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) Ticket Price HK$90 (
Director Mait Laas
Estonia 2013 72’ DCP In Italian, French, English & Estonian with English subtitles)
InDPanda
3D
3D
3D Immigration, Love and Music! LISA LIMONE AND MAROC ORANGE, A RAPID LOVE STORY is the first 3D animated opera in stop-motion of Estonia. Orange boy Maroc is a refugee. He dreams about freedom. Lemon girl Lisa collects seashells and dreams about love. Lisa’s father is a businessman, owner of a ketchup factory and tomato plantation. He loves money. And so the opera begins… Here we have the fruitier version of ROMEO AND JULIET - a 3D animated operatic extravaganza. * The 38th Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2014 * The 17th Holland Animation Film Festival 2014
6 6 winning and in-competition short films CLOSING Programme 2
Unforgettable BERLINALE
25 October 2014 (Sat) 4:30pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (112’
6
including 6 shorts
HD digital format)
Mike (
Dir
Petros Silvertros
UK 2014
7‘
MIKE In English without subtitles)
Mike
Jack
Mike Jack Mike, a sulky teenager has to do a boring job - to take his little brother Jack to the hairdresser. Waiting for him in the car, Mike starts to get worried when Jack takes too long to return so he decides to go and look for him. th * Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus, the 64 Berlinale 2014／* Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2014
UNDRESS ME (
Dir
Victor Lindgren
Sweden
2013 15’
In Swedish with English subtitles)
Mikaela Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar she meets a guy who goes home with her. In her home, sexual objectification becomes a 'playing doctors' situation, each person wanting the other to take the first step towards sex. A film about our notions of masculinity and femininity, and how we come into existence through the way others see us. rd * Teddy Award, the 63 Berlinale 2013／* Queer Lisboa – Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2013
THE INNOCENTS Dir 8
Oskar Sulowski
Jakub
Helena
Germany 2013 Helena
36’
Milan
In German with English subtitles Helena
Milan
Helena
Milan Jakub …… Eight-year-old Jakub lives alone with his mother, Helena. Helena met Milan, who is a drug dealer. After his arrest, she works for him as a courier. Following his release, she imagines a happy family and a real home. Now, Milan looks after Jakub. But then one of Milan’s clients turns up at the flat. The situation soon escalates... th * The 64 Berlinale 2014
Emo (
Dir
Neil Triffett
Australia
2013
16’
Trinity
EMO (THE MUSICAL)
In English without subtitles)
Ethan
Trinity Trinity
When Ethan, an Emo kid who hates almost everything, falls in love with Trinity, a good Christian girl with a passion for life and her Lord Jesus Christ, will they be able to live happily ever after? th * Special Mention, Generation 14plus, the 64 Berlinale 2014 * Best Comedy, Best Score & the Craft Award, St. Kilda Film Festival 2014／* Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014
SON (
Dir
Kristoffer Kiorboe
Danmark
2013
August 13
20’
In Danish with English subtitles) August
August
13 year old August, his mother is devastated by the recent divorce from the father, and refuses to let August keep the puppy his father gave him for his birthday. It hurts August to see his mother in pain and he feels responsible for her, but he loves the puppy nearly as much as he misses his father. th * Special Mention, The Special Prize, Generation 14plus, the 64 Berlinale 2014
PERSON TO PERSON (
Dir
Benny
Dustin Guy Defa
USA
2014
18’
In English without subtitles) Benny
Benny Benny Waking up the morning after having a party, Benny discovers a stranger passed out on his floor. When she wakes up, he gently tries to figure out who she is and when she’s going to leave. But as the hours pass by and the young woman won’t leave, Benny’s patience begins to wear thin. The closer she tries to get to him, the more he just wants her to disappear. th * DAAD Short Film Prize, International Short Film Jury, the 64 Berlinale 2014 * Special Jury Recognition, SXSW Film Festival 2014／* Sundance Film Festival 2014
(BabyJohn) Amazing stories, especially highlight A MEMORY with the starring of BabyJohn and Wong Kwong-leung (* Glenmark C. Doromal Mr. Glenmark C. Doromal, the filmmaker of THE INFINITE SUN will attend the screening.) The Games Of Memory
12 October 2014 (Sun) 2:30pm* STAR Cinema (110’
6
including 6 shorts
HD digital format)
FRAGMENTS OF SWEET MEMORIES (
Director: Ku Hye-sun
South Korea
2012
9’
In Korean with English subtitles)
A man reminisces about the happiest moment in his life time. th * The 8 Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2012 th * In Competiition, the 6 Seoul Senior Film Festival 2013
DINO (
Director: Edward Gunawan
Indonesia
2013 15’
In Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles) 90
Linda
Paul
Jimmy
Set in the late 90’s, successful door-to-door encyclopedia seller Linda finds her livelihood threatened with the advent of the Internet and computers. Despite encouragement from her friend Paul, she struggles to adapt to the new technology. As a single mother, she also feels she is losing her son Jimmy when he develops an interest in computers. * Best Short Film, Europe on Screen Film Festival of Jakarta 2013 * Best Short Film, Piala Maya of Indonesia 2013 * Nominee for Best Short Film, Festival Film Indonesia 2013
SYNDROMEDA (
Director: Patrik Eklund
Sweden
2013
21’30
In Swedish with English subtitles)
Leif Patrik Eklund
InDPanda
Leif wakes up on the road, naked and bloody, with no memory of what has happened. No one believes him when he claims to have been abducted by aliens. With this film, sporting lots of humour, good acting and good-looking special effects, Patrik Eklund has virtually created a new genre. * In Competition, Sundance Film Festival 2014 * Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013
TILL DEATH LOVE US APART (
Director:
Goh Ying-sheng
2013 14’30
Singapore
In Mandarin with Chinese & English subtitles)
Destiny brings together Yu Ren and Chu Xuan, who are both on the rooftop committing suicide. A small conflict leads to the failure of their attempt. They eventually made a pact to die together. What will destiny bring them as they go on a journey of life and death?
A MEMORY (
Director:
Ren Xia
Hong Kong
2013
17’
In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles) (
)
(
)
The son (BabyJohn) wins a prize for his illustration work and plans to use the money to re-furnish the house. The father (Wong Kwong-leung) is happy and very proud of his own way of teaching his son. In the mess of packing up, the son finds the turtle has disappeared. The father and son turn over the house but cannot find it. They decide to go out for searching. th * Best Screenwriter and Best Director (in the Final Round First Class Award), the 9 Tech-ex Cup International University Student Video Contest of China 2014
THE INFINITE SUN (
Director: Glenmark C. Doromal
Philippines
2013 33’
In Cebuano with English subtitles) 1997
Chester
Madison
Chester
Madison Set in 1997, Chester remains in-love and waits for Madison, the girl he grew up with, after being separated for four years without communication. In a conversation with a date, he still has high hopes, as high and infinite as the sun, believing they will m eet again. * Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Production Design & Best Musical Score, Mindanao Film Festival 2013 * Best Actress & Best Production Design, Nabunturan Film Festival 2013
Especially highlight: TORN (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival) & BORDER PATROL (Winner of Student OSCAR) The Emptiness Of Strangers
19 October 2014 (Sun) 5pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (110’
6
including 6 shorts
HD digital format)
REEL (
Director: Jens Choong
Robert
Victor
Sweden
2013
15
13’
In Swedish with English subtitles)
Victor
Robert and Victor are 15 years old and best friends. Tomorrow Victor will move from his hometown. They drag around, and does antics. Slowly, we understand that it's more than friendship between them. Evocative, and with fine acting, this film explores the emotional and sexual boundaries. * Outfest – Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival 2014 * In Competition, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2014
THE COMEDIAN (
Director: Brendan Donoghue Brett
Australia
2014
15’
In English without subtitles)
Brett
The story of struggling stand-up comedian Brett. Set within the underground comedy scene of Sydney Australia Brett hits bottom and while he's down there he has an uplifting and beautiful experience that helps him to move forward with his life. * Outstanding Fictional Film. Short. Sweet, FilmFest of USA 2014 * Richmond International Film Festival 2014
TORN (
Directors: Elmar Imanov
Engin Kundag
Azerbaijan
Germany 2014 22’
In Azerbaijani with English subtitles) ── Two lives, two worlds: a man and a child. A kid who wants to be friends with the neighbouring children. A man who has a date with a woman on a roof. The world of adults and the world of children. They are related but they are torn. * Director’s Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2014 th * The 67 Locarno Film Festival 2014
MORE THAN JUST STRANGERS (
Director:
Lester Chow Chun-ming
Hong Kong
2014
29’30
In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles) (
)
One day, Hung (Tang Wai-kit), a factory manager in Mainland China, has received the news of his wife applying for a divorce. Only Hung and his son are left in the family as his wife is away. The two are no more than strangers even though they live
under the same roof. They need to get used to live with each other all over again.
FULL TIME (
Director: Mark Gill
UK
2013
15’30
In English with Engish subtitles) Michael
Michael From the filmmaker of THE VOORMAN PROBLEM, nominee for OSCAR Best Short Film (Live Action). Michael, a successful photographer in London. He returns to his childhood home in the north of England to accompany his father to see his beloved football team. Michael struggles through the game as a bored spectator whilst his father is both irritable and irritating. He soon realises that his father’s bad-tempered quirks could be the signs of something graver. * Nominee for Best Drama, Best Direction & Best Screenplay, Corona Fastnet International Film Festival 2013 * BFI London Film Festival 2013
BORDER PATROL (
Director: Peter Baumann
Germany 2014
15’
In German with English subtitles)
Carl Franz Franz Carl, a young eager border cop is anxious to finish work so he can watch the big football match against Austria. Getting annoyed with his partner, Franz, his plans are thwarted by the discovery of a suicide victim in the woods just near the Austrian border. The wily Franz sets about instructing Carl in making the body the Austrians’ problem. st * Bronze Award, the 41 Student Academy Awards (Student OSCAR) 2014 * Best Director, RTS – Royal Television Society Student Television Award of UK 2013 * Best Screenplay, Watersprite 2014 – The Cambridge International Student Film Festival 2014
Best shorts of the hit Asian website (* Charlene Yiu Mr. Javior Chew & Miss Cecilia Ang, the filmmakers of PURPLE LIGHT and the producer, Miss Charlene Yiu, will attend the screening.) Remarkable Stories Of Asia
28 September 2014 (Sun) 4:30pm* (
Viddsee
(97’
4
STAR Cinema
Curated with Viddsee) including 4 shorts
HD digital format
Viddsee
Singapore) Viddsee InDPanda
InDPanda Viddsee is an online media platform who believes in making the best Asian films accessible and great stories to be shared. Built and designed by engineers and filmmakers, Viddsee enables users to easily discover, watch and share stories from Asia on their desktop and mobile devices. The two co-founders of Viddsee are good friends of InDPanda. Their directed short films were screened in InDPanda before. With their recommendation, we bring you four Asian short films with different topics and styles.
TAYA (
Director: Adi Bontuyan
Philippines
2013 9’
In Filipino with English subtitles)
12 A 12 year-old boy learns to play traditional Filipino games through a new set of friends, who will show him that life and their games have many things in common. * Special Jury Prize & Audience Choice Award, Cinemalaya 2013
PIZZA (
Director:
Dick Chua
Malaysia
2014 30’
In Cantonese with English subtitles)
An adaptation of a true story of a kidnapping case that took place many years ago. A desperate single father whose three-year-old son is kidnapped and subsequently found murdered in cold blood.
PURPLE LIGHT (
Directors:
Javior Chew
Cecilia Ang
Singapore
2013 24’
In English with Chinese & English subtitles)
A story of love, brotherhood and the expression of oneself. A commonly sung song; a commonly said phrase. "With my rifle and my buddy and me" But when the feelings become real, are you able to handle it? PURPLE LIGHT is inspired by a true account. It is about no form of love should bear a label. * Nominee for Singapore Short Film Awards * Fridae Short Takes
SUNFLOWER (
Director:
Quek Shio-chuan
Malaysia
2014
34’
In Mandarin & Cantonese with English subtitles)
A girl lives with her grandmother. She has a dream of becoming a well-known makeup artist. However, most of the time, there’ll be a huge difference between dreams and reality. One day, she finally lands a job only to find that it’s not make up for the living.
Winner of Audience Awards of major Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals CLOSING Programme 1 93
THE RUGBY PLAYER
25 October 2014 (Sat) 2:30pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (
Director Scott Garcheff
USA 2013 80’
HD digital format
In English without subtitles)
Mark Bingham
93
Alice Hoagland Mark
93 LGBT
THE RUGBY PLAYER is an uplifting and stereotype-shattering documentary that tells the story of a mother, a son, and what it takes to be a hero. The film explores the lives of Mark Bingham, one of the passengers of United Flight 93 on 9/11, and his mother, Alice Hoagland, a former United Airlines flight attendant. THE RUGBY PLAYER is an intimate portrait of how a son’s heroism can inspire a nation, and how a mother’s love can turn profound loss into unshakable resolve. Utilizing footage shot by Bingham himself, this timely film provides keen insights for the national debates on LGBT rights, marriage equality and gay athletes in sports. * HBO Audience Award for Best Documentary, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2013 * Audience Award for Best Documentary, Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2013 * Audience Award for Best Documentary, Image Out Rochester 2013 * Celebration of Courage Award, Kansas City LGBT Film Festival 2013
Love without boundary, love of instinct 6
1
Secret Garden of SGB
20 September 2014 (Sat) 5pm MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (98’
6
including 6 shorts
HD digital format)
WITHOUT A MOM (
Director: Branden Blinn
USA
2012 13’
In English without subtitles) ──
Two parents, one son, and one problem. A young man’s painful reaction to a surprise breakup by his girlfriend causes tension between the two men who have raised him since birth, bringing doubts and fears over their decision to raise a boy without a mom.
ELECTRIC INDIGO (
Director: Jean-Julien Collette
Belgium
France
2013 24’
In French with English subtitles) Indigo
Ruben
Tony
…… Indigo, a girl with a rather unusual route, growing up in a family with two heterosexual fathers, Rubén, the Spaniard, and Tony, the American, united in the bonds of a non-carnal marriage, who had decided to raise their daughter together, born to a surrogate mother. But when she decides to get back Indigo, things get more complicated... th * Best Short, the 18 Madrid International LGBT Film Festival th * Belgian Television Award & Audience Award, the 16 Brussels International Short Film Festival
ACT OF INSTINCT ( Jorge
Director: Paulo de Tarso Disca
Brazil 2013
14’30 Tom
In Portuguese with English subtitles) Tom
Erica
Jorge has broken his marriage and is taking care of his little girl. He meets Tom at the pool of his building and tells him that he is tired of women. The beautiful neighbor Erica arrives to change everything. th * The 29 Torino GLBT Film Festival 2014
RUE DES ROSES (
Director: Patrick Fabre
France
Mehdi
9
2012
15’
In French with English subtitles)
Alison
Axel
Axel Alison It’s Father’s day and Mehdi is impatient to see his nine year old daughter, Alison. He is also a little anxious, for Mehdi has started living with his male lover, Axel. Would Axel’s offering of a pretty dress be enough to win Alison’s acceptance? th * The 29 Torino GLBT Film Festival 2014 * Inside Out – Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2013
TOEING THE LINE (
Director: Branden Blinn Zach
USA
2013 17’30
In English without subtitles)
Lamar
… … … A riveting exploration of the ambiguity of male sexual desire, as Zach and Lamar, two guys, jock friends from high school years before, re-encounter each other during a meet and greet at a local café. They’ve done everything together… well almost everything until today when that line that won’t be crossed suddenly is crossed. * Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013
A LA CARTE (
Director: Branden Blinn
USA
2013 13’30
In English without subtitles) ──
An unusual and amusing blind date between a middle aged couple - it is their first experience of this kind - and a gay male prostitute. Embarrassment and a sense of the ridiculous seem to prevail due to the evident difference in age. But sex can sometimes be considered just as a game, a simple appetite. Or not? th * The 29 Torino GLBT Film Festival 2014
Bryan Singer
Kim-Jho Gwang-soo
Lasse Nielsen Love is adventure. Highlighting short producing by Bryan Singer; new film directing by Kim-Jho Gwang-soo; the sweetest love story of a young boy directed by Lasse Nielson (*
Lasse Nielsen
Gerald Herman
Mr. Lasse Nielsen, the filmmaker of HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Mr. Gerald Herman, the producer of the film, will attend the screening.) Boys’ Love Adventure
19 October 2014 (Sun) 2:30pm* MCL (MCL Telford Cinema) (101’
4
including 4 shorts
HD digital format)
A DIARY ABOUT DESIRE (
Director:
Adam Tseng
Taiwan
2014
20’
In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles)
In a person's life, the first original desire begins at home, and it often looks like some kind of love, but the appearance varies, but is changing with time. The film explored my own desires. It also expressed my desire and love, including the conflicts and complex side of heart and desire. * World Premiere
ONE NIGHT (
Director: Kim-Jho Gwang-soo
Geun-ho
20
South Korea
2013
35’ Yong-woo
In Korean with English subtitles) Sang-woo
gay
Geun-ho
Jun After taking the College Entrance Exam, Geun-ho, a 20 year old gay man, goes to the gay bar with his friends Yong-woo and Sang-soo. He meets Jun at there by chance and recklessly follows him to Seoul to spend the night at his place. th * The 29 Torino GLBT Film Festival 2014
RONNY (
RONNY & I
Director: Guy Shalem
USA
2014
21’
In English without subtitles) Adam
iPhone 5
Bryan Singer
Ronny Jane Lynch
20 A brilliant and touching short film, completely shot on an iPhone 5. The story follows childhood best friends Adam and Ronny on a weekend getaway after the former has been dumped by his girlfriend. It is executive-produced by Bryan Singer (X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST) and Emmy-winning GLEE star Jane Lynch. The tale mirrors a secret the filmmaker has harboured for two decades. * Outfest – Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival 2014
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (
Director: Lasse Nielsen
YOU ARE NOT ALONE(1978)
Danmark
2013 24’30 14
Thomas
In Danish with English subtitles) 15
Thomas New film from the director of YOU ARE NOT ALONE (1978). Life can be frustrating for Thomas, a 14-year-old boy in Denmark a country where the age of consent is 15. His birthday might be right around the corner, but his handsome neighbour is making it seem like forever! * Frameline 37 – San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival 2013