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16th Busan International Film Festival
The 16th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 14, 2011 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by actresses Uhm Ji-won and Ye Ji-won, making it the first year to be hosted by two women. The 16th BIFF also marks the first year for Lee Yong-kwan as the festival director after the retirement of its founding director, Kim Dong-ho and is also the first to take place at the Busan Cinema Center which was opened on September 29, 2011. A total of 307 films from 70 countries were invited to participate in the festival, with 86 world premieres and 39 international premieres. The event had a total audience of 196,177. Program :† World Premiere :†† International Premiere Opening Film Gala Presentation A Window on Asian Cinema New Currents Korean Cinema Today - Panorama Korean Cinema Today - Vision Korean Cinema Retrospective Kim Kee-duk, On the Front Line of Korean Genre Films World Cinema Flash Forward Wide Angle Korean Short Film C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always (2011 Film)
''Always'' (; lit. ''Only You'') is a 2011 South Korean drama film directed by Song Il-gon. Starring So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo in the lead roles, it is about a romance between an ex-boxer who has closed his heart to the world and a telemarketer who remains spirited despite slowly going blind. It was released in theaters on October 20, 2011. In South Korea, the film had a total of 1,027,614 admissions nationwide. With online tickets selling out a 2,000-seat outdoor movie theater in a record seven seconds, ''Always'' was the opening film of the 2011 Busan International Film Festival. Cast * So Ji-sub as Jang Cheol-min / Jang Marcelino * Han Hyo-joo as Ha Jung-hwa * Yun Jong-hwa as Min Tae-sik * Kang Shin-il as Choi (boxing gym manager) * Park Chul-min as Coach Bang * Jo Sung-ha as section chief Choi * Jin Goo as pottery store owner * Oh Kwang-rok as Park Chang-soo (man wanted by loan sharks) * Shin Cheol-jin as Elder in rehab * Kim Jeong-hak as team leader Ma * Kim Mi-kyung as Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Without Principle (film)
''Life Without Principle'' is a 2011 Hong Kong crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To and starring Lau Ching-wan, Richie Jen and Denise Ho. This film was screened in competition at the 68th Venice Film Festival on 9 September 2011. The North America distribution rights was purchased by Indomina Group shortly after the Festival. The deal was made between Indomina and the film's sales agent Media Asia Group. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Cast *Lau Ching-wan as Panther (三腳豹) *Richie Jen as Senior Inspector Cheung Ching-fong (張正方) *Denise Ho as Teresa Chan *Myolie Wu as Connie *Lo Hoi-pang as Chung Yuen (鍾原) * So Hang-suen as Cheng Siu-kuen (鄭小娟) *Philip Keung as Dragon (凸眼龍) * Cheung Siu-fai as Ng Yiu-wah (吳耀華) *Felix Wong as Sam (火爆森) * Wong Chi-yin as Sergeant Lee Chi-man (李致文) *Stephanie Che as Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternity (2010 Thai Film)
''Eternity'' ( th, ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย) is a 2010 Thai erotic romantic drama film by Pantewanop Tewakol. It is based on Malai Choopiniji's novel, which was earlier adapted to film in 1957 by Rattana Pestonji. The film stars Ananda Everingham and Laila Boonyasak as the doomed lovers Sangmong, and his uncle's wife, Yupadee, respectively. The film won five awards, including Best Actor and Best Picture, and gained seven nominations in the Thailand Film Awards. Plot The story begins with a young man visiting a village in Burma. One night, a beautiful woman comes into his bedroom and attempts to seduce him. She suddenly leaves, frightened by the sounds of screams coming from outside. The next day, the young man asks Thip, Ni Han's right-hand man, about the screams. Thip then tells him the story of Yupadee and Sangmong, Ni Han's former wife and nephew. Sangmong's parents died when he was very young. He was raised by Ni Han, who loved him as a son. Sangmong receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Is My Profession
''Death Is My Business'' ( fa, Marg kasb va kare man ast) is a 2011 Iranian drama film directed by Amir Hossein Saghafi. Cast * Pejman Bazeghi Pejman Bazeghi ( fa, پژمان بازغی; born 10 August 1974) is an Iranian actor. Biography Bazeghi was born on August 10, 1974 in Tehran, Iran to an ethnic Persian family. He is the second child of a family of five, with an origin from th ... * Amir Aghai * Kamran Tafti * Maryam Boubani * Mahchehreh Khalili * Akbar Sangi * Meysam Ghanizadeh * Sonia Espahram References External links * 2011 films 2011 drama films 2010s Persian-language films 2011 directorial debut films Iranian drama films {{Iran-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in Tehran. His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named ''For Him'' (16mm camera) and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His 1999 first feature, ''The Child and The Soldier'', has won several national and international awards, including the ”Golden Butterfly” at the 1999 Isfahan International Children and Youth Film Festival, Iran and the "Montgolfiere d'Argent” at the Festival of 3 Continents, Nantes, France, in 2000, as well as the "Golden Shoe" at the "Children and Teenagers Film Festival" in Zelin, Croatia, in 2001. ''The Child and The Soldier'', was released in France in 2001. In 2000, his second feature, ''Under the Moonlight'', dealing with social and rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cube Of Sugar
''A Cube of Sugar'' ( fa, یک حبه قند, or ) is a 2011 Iranian drama film directed by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi. It had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival on 8 October 2011. On 24 September 2012, the film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. However, on the same day, the head of Iran's government-controlled cinema agency called for a boycott of the Oscars due to a video on YouTube titled '' Innocence of Muslims'' that originated in the United States. Reuters reported that Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini had confirmed that Iran would boycott. Plot The film features two concurrent stories: the main plot centering on Pasandideh, and a subplot focusing on Hormoz. The main plot chronicles a day of life in a very traditional Iranian family. Pasandideh, the youngest girl in the family, lives with her mother, her old uncle, and aunt. They live in an old house in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Chao (director)
Wang Chao (; born January 21, 1964 in Nanjing) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered part of the loosely defined "sixth generation." Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kaige, working with the elder director on epics like '' Farewell My Concubine'' and ''The Emperor and the Assassin''. At the same time, he began to write fiction including several short stories and novellas, one of which would later go on to serve sa the basis of Wang's directorial debut, '' The Orphan of Anyang''. With ''Orphan'', Wang Chao would begin what was the first film of a trilogy of films based on modern life in China. He completed the trilogy with 2004's ''Day and Night'' and 2006's '' Luxury Car''. His 2014 film '' Fantasia'' was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival The 67th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2014. New Zealand film director Jane Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurvinder Singh
Gurvinder Singh is an Indian film director. He is best known for his Punjabi language films ''Anhe Ghore Da Daan'', and Chauthi Koot ( The Fourth Direction) which premiered at Venice and Cannes Film Festival respectively. Gurvinder is an alumnus of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune from where he studied film-making and graduated in 2001. He travelled extensively through Punjab between 2002 and 2006, living and traveling with folk itinerants, documenting folk ballads and oral narratives. It led to his first documentary 'Pala'. He continued to make short experimental works and documenting arts/artists for the next few years. In 2005 he was invited by avant-garde Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul to be his teaching assistant for a master-class at FTII, which led to a close association with the filmmaker who became his mentor. He translated and published a book of conversations of Udayan Vajpeyi with Mani Kaul, titled 'Uncloven Space'. His latest film is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alms For A Blind Horse
''Anhe Ghore Da Daan'' ( eng, Alms for a Blind Horse) is a 2011 Indian Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film directed by Gurvinder Singh. It is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Gurdial Singh. It portrays the plight and problems of farmers in Punjab, India, rural working class, as well as the landlords. The film won National Film Awards, National Awards for National Film Award for Best Direction, Best Direction, National Film Award for Best Cinematography, Cinematography and National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi, Best Feature Film in Punjabi at the 59th National Film Awards of India. The film was shot in and around Bathinda city in Feb-March 2011. Cast *Samuel John as Melu, the rickshaw puller *Mal Singh as Father *Sarbjeet Kaur as Dayalo *Emmanuel Singh as Bhupi *Kul Sidhu, Kulvinder Kaur as Ballo, Melu's wife *Lakha Singh as Lakha *Gurvinder Makhna as Dulla *Dharminder Kaur as Mother Plot The film is set in a village in the outskirts of Bathinda cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China. Like others in this generation, and in contrast with earlier Chinese filmmakers who produced mostly historical drama, Wang proposed a “new urban Chinese cinema hathas been mainly concerned with bearing witness of a fast- paced transforming China and producing a localized critique of globalization.” Many of Wang's works are known for their sensitive portrayal of teens and youths, most notable in films such as '' Beijing Bicycle'', '' So Close to Paradise'', '' Drifters'', and ''Shanghai Dreams''. His 2008 film '' In Love We Trust'' was an exception as it portrays marital strains. In 2010 Wang was appointed a ''chevalier'' of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He also served as a member of the jury of the BigScreen Italia Film Festival 2006, held in Kunming, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 Flowers
''11 Flowers'' () is a 2011 film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China. Like others in this gene ... centered on a boy named Wang Han who loses his white shirt which shows that he is his school's best gymnast. The loss of the shirt is to take on greater metaphorical meaning as the film progresses which is inspired by the director's own experience as a youth during the cultural revolution and the more general confusion of childhood. External links'11 Flowers': A Revolutionary Childhood by Mark Jenkins (NPR)* * 2011 films Films set in the 1970s 2010s coming-of-age drama films Films directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Chinese coming-of-age films 2011 drama films {{2010s-China-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Ji-young
Chung Ji-young (born November 19, 1946) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Among his most well-known films are '' North Korean Partisan in South Korea'' (1990), ''White Badge'' (1992), ''Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid'' (1994), ''Unbowed'' (2012) and ''National Security'' (2012). Career Chung Ji-young honed his directing skills by working as an assistant director to legendary filmmaker Kim Soo-yong. Chung, whose feature debut was an erotic mystery, ''The Mist Whispers Like a Woman'' (1982), also directed about 20 episodes of the MBC single-episode anthology drama series ''Best Theater''. He spent the majority of the 1980s directing melodramatic fare before moving on to more politically-charged works following the end of the Chun Doo-hwan administration. During his heyday, Chung helmed some of the most hard-hitting and socially conscious films of the 1980s and 1990s such as '' North Korean Partisan in South Korea'' (1990), ''White Badge'' (1992), and ''Life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |