A film festival is an organized,extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues,usually in a single city or region. Increasingly,film festivals show some films outdoors.
Johnnie To Kei-fung is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Popular in his native Hong Kong,To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific,To has made films in a variety of genres,though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies,which have earned him critical respect and a cult following,which includes American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films,many short films,and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous awards at festivals. In 1994,Tsai won the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice International Film Festival for the film Vive L'Amour.
The Adelaide Film Festival is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide,South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003,since 2013 AFF has been held in October. Subject to funding,the festival has staged full or briefer events in alternating years;some form of event has taken place every year since 2015. From 2022 it takes place annually. It has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content,with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) established to fund investment in Australian films.
Fantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on niche,low budget movies in various genres,from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August,by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival.
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF),formerly the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF),held annually in Haeundae-gu,Busan,South Korea,is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival,held from 13 to 21 September 1996,was also the first international film festival in Korea.
Royston Tan is a Singaporean filmmaker and actor.
The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is an annual film festival hosted in Leeds,West Yorkshire. It is the largest film festival in England outside of London. Founded in 1987,it is held in November in various venues throughout Leeds,including Hyde Park Picture House and Cottage Road Cinema. In 2022,the festival showed 140 films from 78 countries,shorts and features,both commercial and independent.
Tala Hadid is a film director and producer. She is also a photographer. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis,The Smithsonian National Museum,The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.,L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and other locations.
The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy to recognise the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.
Binger Filmlab,formerly the Maurits Binger Film Institute,is an Amsterdam-based international feature-film and documentary development centre where screenwriters,directors,producers and script editors from around the world can be coached and supported by mentors and advisors.
Perfect Life is a 2008 Chinese-Hong Kong film by Emily Tang and produced by director Jia Zhangke and his company,Xstream Pictures. The film mixes elements of dramatic fiction and documentary film.
All About Love is a 2010 Hong Kong film directed and produced by Ann Hui. Based on a true story,the plot concerns two bisexual women who had been lovers in the past and meet again years later in a counseling session for expectant mothers. Hui said in an interview that initially "There were no investors" for the film because the subject of same-sex relationships was banned in China,and the Hong Kong film industry relied on the Chinese market.
The Beijing International Film Festival,abbreviated BJIFF,is a film festival in Beijing,China. Founded in 2011,along with the Shanghai International Film Festival,it is one of China's two biggest film festivals.
The Osaka Asian Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Osaka City,Osaka Prefecture,Japan in March. The festival began in 2005 and currently introduces Asian films.
The Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF),officially as "Pingyao Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon International Film Festival",is a film festival held in Pingyao,Shanxi,China. It was launched in October 2017 by Jia Zhangke,a Chinese film director,screenwriter and leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema and prestigious festival director Marco Müller. The festival's goal is to bring attention to works done by young,lesser known directors in the Chinese film industry,as well as to encourage communication and cooperation between Chinese and international filmmakers,mainly showing films from Asia,Eastern Europe,Latin America,and Africa.
A Land Imagined is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production,the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.
The 27th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 5 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan,South Korea till October 14. This year,the festival restarted events and program sections which were not conducted due to COVID-19 for last 2 years. The festival opened with Iranian film Scent of the Wind by director Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh,Jeon Yeo-been with Ryu Jun-yeol were master of ceremonies for the opening ceremony.
Stonewalling is a 2022 Japanese independent drama film written and directed by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka. Although shot in China,the film is classified as a Japanese production. It is the third and final film in a trilogy that includes Egg and Stone (2012) and The Foolish Bird (2017),films which depict young womanhood in contemporary China. The film stars Yao Honggui,who also appeared in the first two films,as a young Chinese woman struggling with an unexpected pregnancy.
Sons is a 2024 psychological thriller co-written and directed by Gustav Möller. The film starring Sidse Babett Knudsen and Sebastian Bull is about an idealistic prison officer Eva Hansen,who faces the dilemma of her life when a young man she knows from before is transferred to her prison.
