The Deauville festival of Asian film (7-11 March) will feature a 10-film competition and retrospectives dedicated to Japan’s Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Thailand’s Pen-ek Ratanaruang.<\/p>\n
The festival, in its 14th edition, sees its competition populated by a selection of festival favourite titles from China, Iran, Japan. It also packs an out of competition section with others Ratanaruang’s Headshot and Hirokazu Kore’eda’s I Wish.<\/p>\n
The Kurosawa retrospective includes Cure, Seance, Pulse, Bright Future and Tokyo Sonata. The Ratanaruang retrospective includes his Monrak Transistor, Invisible Waves and Ploy.<\/p>\n
Deauville festival of Asian film \u2013 2012 competition
\n11 Flowers, dir. Wang Xiaoshuai (China)
\nBaby Factory (Bahay Bata) dir. Eduardo Roy Jr. (Philippines)
\nBeautiful Miss Jin, dir. Jang Hee-chul (South Korea)
\nDeath Is My Profession, dir. Amir Hossein Saghafi (Iran)
\nHimizu, dir. Sono Sion (Japan)
\nI Carried You Home, dir. Tongpong Chantarangkul (Thailand)
\nMourning, dir. Morteza Farshbaf (Iran)
\nNoor, dir. Cagla Zenciri & Guillaume Giovanetti (Pakistan & France)
\nScabbard Samurai (pictured), dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
\nThe Sun-Beaten Path, dir. Sonthar Gyal (China)<\/p>\n
Out of competition
\nHeadshot, dir. Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand\/France)
\nPink, dir. Jeon Soo-il (South Korea)
\nI Wish, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)<\/p>\n
By Patrick Frater
\nSun, 12 February 2012, 07:00 AM (HKT)
\nFestival News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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