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26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), an international film festival held in Bucheon, South Korea, began on 7 July 2022 with the slogan 'Stay Strange'. A non-competitive international film festival with a competitive section, opened with film ''Men'' by Alex Garland. This year the festival resumed its offline events after two years, which were curtailed due to COVID-19. The opening ceremony was hosted by Park Byung-eun and Han Sun-hwa, with the red carpet event held during the festival after 2 years. In addition face-to-face interaction between directors, actors, producers, and other people in the film industry and the audience also took place. The festival featured 268 films from 49 countries, and closed with ''New Normal'', a Korean film by Jeong Beom-sik on July 17. 92,353 people participated in the festival in 11 days. ''You Won't Be Alone'' by Goran Stolevski won 'Best of Bucheon award', whereas Christian Tafdrup of Denmark won 'Best Director Choice' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Won't Be Alone
''You Won't Be Alone'' is a 2022 horror film written and directed by Goran Stolevski in his directorial debut. It stars Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Félix Maritaud, Carloto Cotta, and Noomi Rapace. in the movie, a naive peasant girl in 19th century Macedonia is taken from a sheltered life of solitude, turned into a shapeshifter by a witch, then abandoned. As the mute girl explores a world above ground for the first time, she learns about humanity, loss and love - but the witch is jealously watching, and her anger may tear the girl's world apart once more. An international co-production of Australia, the United Kingdom, and Serbia, it premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition on 22 January 2022. The film was theatrically released on 1 April 2022 in the United States by Focus Features, via Universal Pictures. Plot In 19th century Macedonia, Maria - a "Wolf-Eateress", or witch, with a horrible burned appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Kyung-gu
Sol Kyung-gu (born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Public Enemy (2002 film), Public Enemy'' film series, ''Peppermint Candy'', ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'', ''Silmido (film), Silmido'', ''Hope (2013 film), Hope'' and ''The Merciless (film), The Merciless''. Career Sol was born in Seocheon on May 1, 1968, and studied Theater and Film at Hanyang University (Class of '86). Upon his graduation in 1994, he appeared in numerous theatrical productions, such as the hit Korean adaptation of the German rock musical ''Linie 1, Subway Line 1'', and productions of Sam Shepard's ''True West (play), True West'' and A. R. Gurney's ''Love Letters (play), Love Letters''. In the mid-1990s, Sol began taking on minor roles in feature films, but it was not until 1999 that he made his breakthrough, with major roles in ''The Bird That Stops in the Air'', ''Rainbow Trout'', and ''Peppermint Candy'' in which he played a suicidal man devastated by the two-decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad God
''Mad God'' is a 2021 stop-motion adult animated experimental horror film written, produced, and directed by Phil Tippett. Completed in 2021, the film was produced over a period of thirty years. It was released on streaming service Shudder on June 16, 2022. Plot A tall figure shrouded in a jacket and gas mask, credited as the assassin, descends into a ruined, hellish world via a diving bell. In his possession, the assassin has a map and a suitcase. Traveling through the underworld, the assassin encounters many creatures mercilessly preyed upon by larger monsters. Eventually, he reaches a city which is home to an army of faceless drones apparently ruled by a monstrosity with filthy teeth and seared flesh who speaks in baby babble. Deep within the city's bowels, the assassin discovers a mountain of suitcases just like his own. The assassin opens his suitcase revealing a timed bomb, which he places and prepares to set off. He fails to notice a creeping monster behind him, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuya Shiraishi
is a Japanese filmmaker. Works Film TV series References External links * Japanese film directors Japanese television directors Living people 1974 births People from Hokkaido People from Asahikawa {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Kun-jae
Jang Kun-jae (born November 26, 1977) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Jang debuted with ''Eighteen'' (2010) which won the grand prize win as part of the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival's Dragons and Tigers Award. His second feature ''Sleepless Night'' (2013) picked up JJ-Star Award (Grand Prize) and JIFF Audience Award (Korean Film Competition) at the Jeonju International Film Festival#13th Jeonju International Film Festival (2012), 2012 Jeonju International Film Festival. His third feature ''A Midsummer's Fantasia'' (2015) received several nominations, including Best Director (Narrative Films) and Best Screenplay at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards. Personal life Jang studied cinematography at the Korean Academy of Film Arts and received an M.F.A. in Film & Image Production from Chung-Ang University. In 2009, he and producer-cum-wife Kim Woo-ri founded the independent film production company Mocushura and has produced films including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbird (2022 Film)
''Thunderbird'' () is a 2022 South Korean crime action film directed by Lee Jae-won, starring Seo Hyun-woo, Lee Myeong-ro, and Lee Seol. It had its world premiere at the 24th Far East Film Festival on April 27, 2022 and was released theatrically on September 21, 2022 in South Korea. Synopsis Tae-min calls his elder brother Tae-gyun, a taxi driver asking for help. He wants him to get his car 'Thunderbird' back, which was pawned alongwith lot of money that he won from gambling. Now Tae-gyun urgently needs money, Tae-min, a gambling addict is deep in a debt, and Mi-young, Tae-min's girlfriend, a former casino dealer, all go out to get the car back. But nothing goes according to their plan. Towards the end of the night, Tae-gyun decides to ditch them and get the money all alone. Cast * Seo Hyun-woo as Tae-gyun * Lee Seol as Mi-young * Lee Myeong-ro as Tae-min * Park Seung-tae as Ok-sun * Kim Gyu-baek as Jun-mo * Choi Euna as In-suk * Ahn Il-kwon as Ki-chul Release It had its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Buožytė
Kristina Buožytė (; born October 9, 1982) is a Lithuanian film director, screenwriter and producer. In her early films she focused on women, explored their inner world and depicted them using fantasy elements. Her science fiction film '' Vanishing Waves'' (original title ''Aurora'') is described as a hypnotic, sensual sci-fi experience and sexually explicit sci-fi tale which was rewarded with 22 international awards in Europe and North America. Her and Bruno Samper’s latest science fiction bio-fantasy ''Vesper'' is described as melancholic fairytale. Career Kristina Buožytė was born in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Since her adolescence she admired fantasy literature and attended theatre classes at Klaipeda Youth Theatre wanting to become an actress or a theatre director. In 2001 Buožytė entered Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, but there was no course for theatre directing at that time, so she started studying Film and TV directing instead and got immersed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Casanova
Eduardo Casanova (born 24 March 1991) is a Spanish actor and filmmaker, popularly known in Spain for his role as Fidel in the sitcom ''Aída'' (2005–2014). Biography He was born in Madrid on 24 March 1991. In 2005, age 14, he joined the cast of ''Aída'', aired on Telecinco and which was a spin-off of ''7 vidas''. Casanova played the role of Fidel, an openly gay teenager (described as the "first gay boy in Spanish TV"), earning him great popularity in Spain. After ten seasons, ''Aída'' ended in 2014 and Casanova then advanced his interest on film direction, while also starring in a number of productions. In 2015, he joined the cast of ', aired on Cuatro, playing Chencho, a rich customer of the 'Gym Tony'. In 2017, after directing short films, Casanova presented his debut feature film: '' Skins''. In 2022, he participated in ''Drag Race Españas Season 2 as a guest judge. His sophomore feature, ''Piety Piety is a virtue which may include religious devotion or spirituality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piety (film)
''Piety'', also known as ( es, La piedad, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish-Argentine film directed and written by Eduardo Casanova which stars Ángela Molina and Manel Llunell as Libertad and Mateo in a toxic mother-son relationship. It has been variously billed as a drama, "mother-son horror", and black comedy. It displays camp elements. Plot In Spain, teenager Mateo and his mother Libertad live together in a lavish, pink apartment. Mateo is increasingly aware of his mother's overbearing behavior, such as refusing to ever get separated in public, always sleeping together and answering for him when asked questions. After Mateo tries to flee during Libertad's hospital checkup, she purposely injures Mateo's toenail when trimming him back at home. When she is sleeping, Mateo tries to run away, but experiences a severe headache and collapses on the street. After being rescued by Libertad, Mateo is diagnosed with a malignant glioblastoma, and although brain surgery removes the tumor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Beom-sik , concept from Neo-Confucian philosophy
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Jeong (the Revised Romanization spelling of ) may refer to: *Jeong (surname) * Jung (Korean given name) *Qing (concept) In Chinese philosophy, ''qing'' () is a concept translated variously as "emotion", "feeling", "sentiment", or "passion". In Confucianism In Confucian thought, ''qing'' is interpreted as the behavioural quality of a person given their context, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Don-ku (director)
Lee Don-ku (born February 10, 1984) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote and directed ''Fatal'' (2013) and ''Entangled'' (2014). Career Lee Don-ku, then a high school student, made his acting debut in 2001 in the leading role of Cheol-min in hip-hop dance movie ''Turn It Up''. He majored in Theater at Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts, and after college, gained further acting experience in Seoul's Daehangno theater district by starring in stage plays such as ''Hohwanmama'' and ''Grandfather's Case''. But when Lee's graduation short film ''I Solve Everything Whatever'' (also known as ''We Will Do Your Favor'') won the Audience Award at the Indie Boom Online Independent Film Festival in 2006, he switched his focus to directing. He subsequently directed the shorts ''Life of Dog'' and ''Help'' (both in 2009), while working for Cube Entertainment as head of their media division. To finance his feature directorial debut, Lee then worked as a bathhouse at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitges Film Festival
The Sitges Film Festival ( ca, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, links=no) is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Spain, specialized in fantasy and horror films, of which it is considered one of the world's foremost international festivals. Established in 1968, the festival takes place every year, usually in early October. The 55th edition of the festival will be held from October 6 to 16, 2022. This year, in the 22nd edition of the Awards 15 film schools and universities around Catalonia, which have submitted a total of 32 audiovisual works, will also participate. Venues The main venue of the Sitges Film Festival is the Auditori (Auditorium), located in the Hotel Melià Sitges (in the Port d'Aiguadolç area), which has a capacity of 1,384 seats. As of 2020, other venues are: Cine El Retiro (El Retiro Cinema), Cine Prado (Prado Cinema), Brigadoon - L'escorxador (a beautiful modernista building), Tramuntana (another cinema hall in Hotel Melià), Platj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
