Asian films at the 2007 Toronto Int'l Film Festival

by **Brian Thibodeau** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:13 pm

This is only partial so far as the complete film list isn't available, but here's a few titles playing the Toronto Film Festival in September. I'll try to add more as they become available. These first three are from the Midnight Madness program, run by Colin Geddes, an occasional poster here:

FLASH POINT (Hong Kong, Wilson Yip)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1445221386

VEXILLE (Japan, Animated, Fumihiko Sori)
from the folks behind that CG APPLESEED movie a couple years back...
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1454291386

DAINIPPONJIN (Japan, Hitoshi Matsumoto)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1502161386

Other Midnight Madness titles (two remain unannounced):
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/midnightmadness/

MID ROAD GANG (Thailand, Pantham Thongsang and Somkiat Vithuranich)
Shown as part of the Sprockets Family Zone fest.
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1204481345

by **Brian Thibodeau** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:12 am

Newly added to Midnight Madness:

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (Japan, Takashi Miike)
http://www.tiff07.ca/blogs/blog/default ... g=3&id=125
(scroll down)

Sounds like a typically bizarro Miike concoction, although the inclusion of yet another Tarantino "acting" appearance has moved it off my viewing list, but as always, YMMV

Mind you, it does have a theme song that references the cool original title track from Sergio Corbucci's DJANGO, so that's kinda cool.

Official site:
http://www.sonypictures.jp/movies/sukiy ... erndjango/

Trailer:
http://latefilm.com/sukiyaki-western-django-trailer

by **Brian Thibodeau** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:20 pm

Found an interesting doc that will apparently be playing the upcoming festival. Typically, the fest website doesn't have it listed yet:

HOLLYWOOD CHINESE (USA, Arthur Dong)
http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.or ... tail/?i=54
http://www.deepfocusproductions.com/pag ... _CHP1.html

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by **Brian Thibodeau** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:43 pm

Full list is up:
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmsearch.aspx

Some Asian titles I noticed. No additional info at the site yet, so no links, but in case anyone's in the area:

All That Rises (Japan; Daïchi Saïto)
The Anthem (Thailand; Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Beyond the Years (Korea; Im Kwon-taek)
Blood Brothers (China, Alexi Tan)
DAINIPPONJIN (Japan; Hitoshi Matsumoto)

Death In The Land of Encantos (Phillipines; Lav Diaz)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1612361386

The Exodus (Hong Kong; Pang Ho-cheung) this sounds COOL!
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1758571386

Fengming, A Chinese Memoir (China??; Wang Bing)
Flash Point (Hong Kong; Wilson Yip)

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song (special Talking With Pictures Presentation intro'd by Nancy Kwan and Dong Bin)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1103381386

Glory to the Filmmaker! (Kantoku Banzai! Japan; Takeshi Kitano)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1104421386

Happiness (Korea; Hur Jin-ho)

Help Me Eros (Taiwan; Lee Kang Sheng)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1109061386

Hollywood Chinese (USA; Arthur Dong)

Home Song Stories (Australia; Tony Ayres)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1653201344

Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)

Mad Detective (Hong Kong; Johnnie To, Wai Ka-fai)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1749291386

M (Korea; Lee Myung-Se)
Mid Road Gang (Thailand; Pantham Thongsang, Somkiat Vithuranich)
The Mourning Forest (Japan?? Naomi Kawase)
Munyurangabo (Korea??? Lee Isaac Chung)

Phillipines Science (Phillipines; Auraeous Solito)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1553341386

Ping Pong Playa' (USA; Jessica Yu)
Please Vote For Me (??; Weijun Chen)

Ploy (Thailand; Pen-ek Ratanaruang)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1139281386

Pool (??; Chris Chong Chan Fui)
The Princess of Nebraska (USA; Wayne Wang)
Sad Vacation (Japan; Shinji Aoyama)

Secret Sunshine (Korea; Lee Chang-dong)
http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/ ... 1201301386

Smile (Canada; Julia Kwan; short film) Nice timing after I just watched Eve & The Firehorse!
Sukiyaki Western Django (Japan; Takashi Miike)
The Sun Also Rises (Wen Jiang)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (USA; Wayne Wang)
Useless (China??; Jia Zhang-Ke)
Vexille (Japan; Fumihiko Sori)
Le Voyage du ballon rouge/Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

and

To Each His Own Cinema (contains contributions from Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Tsai Ming-liang, Takeshi Kitano, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chen Kaige, among others)

by **dleedlee** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:34 pm

Please Vote For Me won the top award when it played here earlier this year at a documentary film festival. It's about a school boy's campaign for a school election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01706.html
http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/pl ... te-for-me/

by **Brian Thibodeau** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:05 am

Added a few more titles I'd overlooked to the previous post, plus links to the write-ups on some of the one's I'm hoping to see. I'll ad links for the others as time permits.

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Asian films at the 2007 Toronto Int'l Film Festival

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