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23rd New York Asian Film Festival
The 23rd New York Asian Film Festival was held in New York on 12 July with World Premiere of South Korean film ''Victory'' by Park Beom-su, who attended the screening in person. In the 23rd edition 94 titles were screened in person. The film selection featured both contemporary and timeless titles from various Asian countries, as well as beyond, showcasing nine world premieres, 12 international premieres, and 38 North American premieres. Films from various genres from China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and beyond were screened. In Star Asia Awards category, Asian stars were honoured with various awards such as: Nicholas Tse a Hong Kong actor, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and TV chef with Screen International Star Asia Award; Zhang Jianian (Tai Bo), Hong Kong and Taiwan film actor, with Screen International Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award; Lee Hye-ri, a South Korean actress, singer, and televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walled In
''Walled In'' is a Canadian-made 2007 horror film, horror-thriller film, thriller directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film is based on the best-selling French novel ''Les Emmurés'' by Serge Brussolo. It is Paquet-Brenner's English-language film debut. Plot Film opens with a little girl, Julie (Sophi Knight), wakes up to find herself in a small concealed room, confused at what is happening. When the room starts filling with cement from all corners, the girl cries for her father, but the cement only continues to rise, and eventually she is buried alive through the film opens with a grim discovery: sixteen bodies are found entombed within the walls of the building where Julie met her tragic fate. 15 years later Samantha "Sam" Walczak (Mischa Barton) is a recent engineering graduate. At her graduation party, her father, the owner of a demolition company, gives her a gift: a job supervising the dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
