Vesoul Festival Unveils Lineup of Asian Films – Global Bulletin
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema has unveiled its 85-title lineup for the edition that starts later this month (February 28 to March 7, 2023).
Elements include a 10-film competition section, a 10-film documentary film section, a tribute to the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu; a thematic section “Asian Diaspora Cinema” offering a panorama of works by directors from Asian countries living in exile; and a Philippines cinema sidebar.
Fiction films in competition include: Azerbaijan’s “Cold as Marble,” by Asif Rustamov; China’s “In Our Prime,” by Liu Yulin; Korea’s “A Letter from Kyoto,” by Kim Min-ju; India’s: “Behind Veils,” by Praveen Morshhale; Iran’s “No End,” by Nader Saievar; Mongolia’s “The Sales Girl,” by Sengedorj Janchivdorj; The Philippines’s “Feast,” by Brillante Mendoza; Singapore’s “#LookAtMe,” by Ken Kwek; and Vietnam’s “Memento Mori: Earth,” by Marcus Vu Manh Cuong.
The president of the jury is Lee Yong-kwan, president of the Busan film festival. The tribute to Kaplanoglu will see the entirety of his feature film work presented, including “Hasan’s Promises” and 2010 Berlin Golden Bear winner “Honey.” The Philippine cinema sidebar aims to highlight recently-restored works of such veterans as Lamberto Avellana, Mario O’Hara, Ishmael Bernal, Mike de Leon, Kidlat Tahimik or young talents like Sheron Dayoc, Mikhail Red, Zig Dulay.Netflix will next month air “Ariyoshi Assists,” a comedy-variety series that marks the first time that Nippon TV has produced a show exclusively for a global streamer which will not air nor stream on Nippon TV.
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