At the 26th Far East Film Festival today the spotlight is on the awarding of the Golden Mulberry to the Taiwanese producer Chiu Fu-sheng, curator of the restoration of 5 masterpieces of Far Eastern cinema: The Mission by Johnnie To, Vivere! and Red Lanterns by Zhang Yimou, The Master Puppeteer and City of Sorrow by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
Far East Film will present the world premiere on May 2 of the versions restored by Chiu Fu-sheng of Red Lanterns and Vivere! by Zhang Yimou, the Chinese filmmaker who will be in Udine on the same day to receive the Golden Mulberry for Lifetime Achievement. After the handover ceremony to the Taiwanese producer, the screening of Old Fox by Hsiao Ya-chuan will follow this evening. (Taiwan) and Exuma by Jang Jae-hyun (South Korea).
Among other events, an episode of Bambù Talks which will delve into the topic of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Two stories, two models with Stefano Pelaggi, author of The Suspended Island, and Ilaria Maria Sala (connecting from Hong Kong), author of The Eclipse of Hong Kong.
Tomorrow the journey of Feff n.26 across the map of Asia and cinematographic genres will begin in Taiwan with the collective work Tales of Taipei, where all the declinations of the word “love” are explored, and will continue in the Philippines with Rookie, where the The word “love” is the common thread that connects sport, adolescence and LGBT+ issues. Followed by Japan, with the super The Yin Yang Master 0, Hong Kong with Fly Me to the Moon, the world premiere of Peg O’ My Heart by Hong Kong director Nick Cheung, and the long-awaited (Ab)normal Desire by Japanese director Kishi Yoshiyuki.
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