IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Taiwan<br />
The Most Distant Course<br />
/ Zui Yao Yuan De Ju Li<br />
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 114 mins, Mandarin Chinese<br />
Director<br />
Lin Jing-Jie<br />
Screenplay<br />
Lin Jing-Jie<br />
Cinematography<br />
Yang Wei-Han, Song Wen-Zhong<br />
Editor<br />
Chen Xiao-Dong<br />
Music<br />
Zheng Jie-Ren<br />
Cast<br />
Kwai Lun-Mei (Ruoyun), Mo Zi-Yi (Xiao Tang), Jiz Xiao-<br />
Guo (Ah Tsai)<br />
Art<br />
Wu Ruo-Yun<br />
Sound<br />
Tang Xiang-Zhu<br />
Production<br />
Qixia <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
World Sales<br />
Joint Entertainment <strong>International</strong> Inc.<br />
421-6f, Guang Fu South Road<br />
Taipei, Taiwan 11074<br />
T: 886 2 2720 6007X19<br />
F: 886 2 2758 8516<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
Reykjavik, Durban, Asian <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>-Rome (Best Director),<br />
Karlovy Vary, Kosmorama, Venice (Critics Week Award)<br />
A heartbroken sound technician can't get over the girl who leaves him without a word.<br />
He collects sounds on tape and sends them to her. A girl named Ryo-yun who is involved<br />
with a married man keeps receiving the tapes by accident. Temptation leads her to track<br />
down to the sender as well as the sound that's echoing in her head. A recently divorced<br />
psychiatrist embarks on a soul searching journey and meets the sound technician. Will<br />
these three lonely souls eventually find the place that is the closest to their hearts?<br />
Lin Jing-Jie, born in 1967 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been exploring different art media<br />
in writing, filmmaking and theatrical directing. All <strong>of</strong> his narrative films and<br />
documentaries show a very unique and powerful visual style. Street Survivor received<br />
the Best Taiwanese <strong>Film</strong> Award at the Taipei Golden Horse <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>. Furthermore,<br />
The Most Distant Course was selected as the opening <strong>Film</strong> at the 2007 Taipei<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> and earned the Jury's Mention in the <strong>International</strong><br />
th<br />
Competition. At the 64 Venice <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, The Most Distant Course<br />
won the <strong>International</strong> Critics' Week Award.<br />
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