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market<br />
14:00<br />
love on-Air<br />
(Korea) Romance,<br />
120mins. Showbox/<br />
Mediaplex. Dir: Kwon<br />
Chil-in. Key cast: Lee<br />
Min-jung, Lee Jung-jin<br />
Jin-ah, the former<br />
leader of once-popular<br />
14:00<br />
Best of the Best from<br />
hKAfs — triBute to<br />
John sinArwi<br />
(Hong Kong) Animation<br />
60mins. Hong Kong<br />
Animation Filmmaker<br />
Society<br />
Showcases the selected<br />
and award-winning<br />
works by the members<br />
of the Hong Kong<br />
Animation Filmmaker<br />
Society.<br />
meeting room n211-n212,<br />
hKCeC<br />
Bye Bye Blondie<br />
(France) Drama, 98mins.<br />
Wild Bunch. Dir:<br />
Virginie Despentes. Key<br />
cast: Emmanuelle Beart,<br />
Beatrice Dalle, Soko<br />
Gloria is 40. With no job<br />
and no fixed address, she<br />
spends her time boozing<br />
in her local bar. Frances<br />
is also 40. Back in the<br />
1980s, Gloria and Frances<br />
met in a psychiatric<br />
hospital and ran away<br />
together. Back then they<br />
n 20 Screen International at Filmart March 19, 2012<br />
girl band Purple, hosts<br />
a radio show called<br />
Wonderful Radio. When<br />
the producer of the<br />
programme is sacked<br />
over low ratings, a new<br />
guy fills his shoes.<br />
meeting room n109-n110,<br />
hKCeC<br />
loved each other the way<br />
you love at 16: intense,<br />
wild. Sex, drugs and punk<br />
rock. Then life pushed<br />
them apart. Frances left<br />
Gloria — her first true<br />
love, her first broken heart.<br />
Now, 20 years later, their<br />
paths are about to cross<br />
again.<br />
meeting room n104-n105,<br />
hKCeC<br />
first Kiss<br />
(Thailand) Romance,<br />
104mins. Five Star<br />
Production Co. Dir:<br />
Kirati Nakintanon.<br />
Key cast: Khanungnij<br />
Jaksamithanont, Thakrit<br />
Hamannopjit, Tin<br />
Chokkamolkij<br />
Sa, 25 and single, meets<br />
Best, a grade-12 student<br />
on a bus. Fate plays tricks<br />
on them when, minutes<br />
after they meet, they kiss<br />
for the first time on that<br />
bus when they both stick<br />
out their heads to watch<br />
a roadside accident. Best<br />
is now determined to win<br />
Sa’s heart, despite his<br />
inexperience and the age<br />
difference.<br />
meeting room n206-n207,<br />
hKCeC<br />
love in the Buff<br />
(Hong Kong) Romance,<br />
111mins. HKIFF Industry<br />
Screenings @ Filmart.<br />
Dir: Pang Ho Cheung.<br />
Key cast: Miriam Yeung,<br />
Shawn Yu<br />
When two ex-lovers from<br />
Hong Kong cross paths<br />
in Beijing, they realise<br />
they still have feelings<br />
for each other and start<br />
orchestrating trysts and<br />
assignations behind their<br />
partners’ backs.<br />
theatre 1, hKCeC<br />
love on-Air<br />
see box, above<br />
night #1<br />
(Canada) Drama, 91mins.<br />
Wide Management.<br />
Dir: Anne Emond. Key<br />
cast: Catherine De Lean,<br />
Dimitri Storoge<br />
A bold and intimate study<br />
of a one-night stand.<br />
Clara and Nikolai meet<br />
at a sweat-soaked rave<br />
and end their night at his<br />
apartment.<br />
meeting room n204-n205,<br />
hKCeC<br />
nine-mile frAgrAnCe<br />
(China) Romance,<br />
98mins. Film Nine-Mile<br />
Fragrance. Dir: Wang<br />
Xing Jun. Key cast: Yu<br />
Na, Shi Xiao Hong<br />
A romantic but<br />
sentimental love story<br />
in Qiang and Tibetan<br />
villages in western China<br />
after the ‘5.12’ Wenchuan<br />
Earthquake.<br />
meeting room n202-n203,<br />
hKCeC<br />
ourAn high sChool<br />
host CluB<br />
(Japan) Comedy,<br />
Drama, 104mins. Tokyo<br />
Broadcasting System<br />
Television (TBS).<br />
Dir: Hang Chul. Key<br />
cast: Haruna Kawaguchi,<br />
Yusuke Yamamoto,<br />
Shunsuke Daito<br />
meeting room n101B, hKCeC<br />
ryuJin mABuyer the<br />
movie<br />
(Japan) Action/<br />
Adventure, 96mins.<br />
Mabuyer Planning.<br />
Dir: Tomoki Sano.<br />
Key cast: Shintaro<br />
Yamada, Issa, Judy<br />
Sachiko Fukumoto<br />
A live-action superhero<br />
TV series that has aired in<br />
Okinawa Island prefecture<br />
since 2008, makes its bigscreen<br />
debut<br />
meeting room n209-n210,<br />
hKCeC<br />
tAd, the lost explorer<br />
(Spain) Animation,<br />
89mins. Studiocanal.<br />
Dir: Enrique Gato<br />
Tad is a celebrity<br />
archeologist and<br />
adventurer just like his<br />
hero Max Mordon — in<br />
his dreams! In reality, Tad<br />
is a Chicago construction<br />
worker. One day, however,<br />
he is mistaken for a real<br />
professor and takes his<br />
place on a flight to Peru<br />
in search of the Lost City<br />
of Paititi.<br />
meeting room n111-n112,<br />
hKCeC<br />
ufo in her eyes<br />
(China) Drama, 110mins.<br />
HKIFF Industry<br />
Screenings @ Filmart.<br />
Dir: Xiaolu Guo.<br />
Key cast: Shi Ke, Udo<br />
Kier<br />
One very hot afternoon,<br />
the life of an anonymous<br />
Chinese village woman<br />
abruptly changes when<br />
she believes that she<br />
has just witnessed a<br />
UFO flying through the<br />
sky. The village chief<br />
takes advantage of this<br />
unexpected event to boost<br />
the poverty-stricken local<br />
economy.<br />
meeting room n102-n103,<br />
hKCeC<br />
14:30<br />
red teArs<br />
(Japan) Action/<br />
Adventure, Horror/<br />
Suspense, 87mins. All<br />
Rights Entertainment.<br />
Dir: Takanori Tsujimoto.<br />
Key cast: Natsuki Kato,<br />
Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuaki<br />
Kurata<br />
A serial killer leaves<br />
behind a trail of headless<br />
bodies.<br />
meeting room n101A, hKCeC<br />
15:00<br />
twisted<br />
(Singapore) Comedy,<br />
Horror/Suspense,<br />
94mins. mm2<br />
Entertainment Pte.<br />
Dir: Chai Yee Wei.<br />
Key cast: Mark Lee, Zhu<br />
Mi Mi, Linda Liao<br />
Is it karma, or just bad<br />
luck? The story revolves<br />
around a drug dealer<br />
who jailed a young girl,<br />
a pair of con men who<br />
want to turn over a new<br />
leaf, and four cabin-crew<br />
members whose lives were<br />
turned upside down over<br />
a fateful night of drugs<br />
and drink. This is a story<br />
of individuals with fates<br />
intertwined and how<br />
their paths clash. A series<br />
of twisted events that is<br />
both a study on cause<br />
and effect, and how our<br />
actions affect the people<br />
around us.<br />
theatre 2, hKCeC<br />
16:00<br />
Clip<br />
(Serbia) Drama, 102mins.<br />
Wide Management. Dir:<br />
Maja Milos. Key cast:<br />
Isidora Simijonovic,<br />
Katarina Pesic, Sonja<br />
Janicic<br />
Jasna is a beautiful girl in<br />
her mid-teens, leading the<br />
crude life of the post-war<br />
generation in Serbia. With<br />
a terminally ill father<br />
and dispirited mother,<br />
she is disillusioned and<br />
angry with everyone and<br />
everything, including<br />
herself. Having a huge<br />
crush on a boy from<br />
school, she goes on a spree<br />
of sex, drugs and partying,<br />
constantly filming on<br />
her mobile phone. In that<br />
very harsh environment,<br />
love and tenderness<br />
emerge.<br />
meeting room n204-n205,<br />
hKCeC<br />
girls for Keeps<br />
(Japan) Drama, 124mins.<br />
Tokyo Broadcasting<br />
System Television,.<br />
(TBS). Dir: Yoshihiro<br />
Fukagawa. Key cast:<br />
Karina, Kumiko Aso,<br />
Michiko Kichise<br />
Yukiko, Seiko, Yoko and<br />
Takako live in different<br />
worlds.<br />
meeting room n101B, hKCeC<br />
go! Boys’ sChool drAmA<br />
CluB<br />
(Japan) Comedy, Drama,<br />
85mins. HKIFF Industry<br />
Screenings @ Filmart.<br />
Dir: Tsutomu Hanabusa<br />
meeting room n104-n105,<br />
hKCeC<br />
love is not Blind<br />
(China) Comedy,<br />
Romance, 110mins. Edko<br />
Films Limited. Dir: Teng<br />
Huatao. Key cast: Wen<br />
Zhang, Bai Baihe<br />
Suddenly dumped by her<br />
boyfriend of seven years,<br />
Xiaoxian doesn’t think<br />
she can go on until her<br />
sassy, but jaded, co-worker<br />
forces her to realise how<br />
little she understands<br />
about love.<br />
meeting room n102-n103,<br />
hKCeC<br />
mAydAy 3dnA<br />
(Taiwan) Drama;
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