The Vicious Kind 
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Only Comedy
/ Drama
35mm/94min/Color/USA/2009
Director:
Lee Toland Krieger
Starring:
-Adam Scott
("Knocked Up", "Step Brothers", "The Aviator")
-Brittany Snow
("Hairspray", "The Pacifier", "Finding Amanda")
-Alex Frost ("Drillbit
Taylor", "Stop-Loss ")
-J.K. Simmons ("Spider-Man" franchise,
"Juno", "Jennifer's Body", "Up in the Air")
Film Festival:
-Independent
Spirit Awards 2010
Nominated - Best Screenplay, Lee Toland
Krieger
Nominated - Best Male Lead, Adam Scott
-Sundance
Film Festival 2009
Official Selection
-Strasbourg International Film Festival 2009
Winner - Best Actor, Adam Scott
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Review:
"Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera." - Frank
Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
"The Vicious Kind upends the heavily
tread dysfunctional family drama in ways that are unique, surprising and memorable."
- Gary
Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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PATIENT X
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at FILMART 2010
18:15 on 23 March
at HKCEC Meeting Room N204-205
Thriller
35mm/90min/Color/Philippines/2009
Director:
Yam Laranas ("The Echo", "Sigaw")
Starring:
-Richard Gutierrez
-Cristine Reyes
-TJ Trinidad
-Miriam Quiambao
-Nanding Josef
Some patients don't go home. Some patients don't die. |
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JU-JITU VS KARATE
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Action
Digital/87min/Color/Japan/2010
Director:
Hiroki Asai
Starring:
-Ryohei Sakai ("Kingdom Hearts II")
-Yasuaki Kurata ("Blood:
The Last Vampire", "Shinjuku Incident", "Fist of Legend")
Who is the
winner? |
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ICE
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Animation
35mm/103min/Color/Japan/2008
Director:
Makoto Kobayashi ("Mobile Suit Gandamm ZZ ",
"Giant Robo ")
Yesterday, Today, and no future...
The mega-hit
neo-futureistic animation that captures the hearts of Japanese audience.
Official Selection:
-Pusan International Film Festival
2008
-Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2008
-Chicago International
Film Festival 2008 |
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Chocolate Underground
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Animation
35mm/87min/Color/Japan/2009
Director:
Takayuki Hamana
Production Company :
-Production I.G. ("Ghost in the Shell ", "The Sky Crowlers")
-Trans Arts ("Idaten Jump ", "The Price of Tennis")
Based
on the English novel "Bootleg" by Alex Shearer
From
the production company of "Ghost in the Shell", PRODUCTION I.G.
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Dai-Chan
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Animation
35mm/80min/Color/Japan/2007
Original
Novel:
"Dai-Chan" written by Akari Hoshi 
Director:
Yoko Yamamoto
Heart
- Warming. Beautifully illustrated story of the love of family
Selected by the Ministry of Education in Japan |
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Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
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Horror/Action
HD/85min/Color/Japan/2009
Director:
Yoshihiro Nishimura ("Tokyo Gore Police") & Naoyuki Tomomatsu ("Zombie
Self-Defense Force")
Starring:
Yukie Kawamura ("A
Slit-Mouthed Woman 2")
Eihi Shiina ("Tokyo Gore Police", "Audition")
Here begins a deadly combat between Vampire Girl and Franken Girl in
the name of love.
From the director of "Tokyo Gore
Police"
Official
Selection:
-Fantasia
Festival 2009
Winner of Guru Prize for Most Energetic
Film
-NY
Asian Film Festival 2009
Winner of Audience Award
-Sainte Mazime International
Horror Film Festival
Winner of Prix de Bronze
Winner
of Meilleur Film
-Toronto
After Dark 2009
-Puchon Fantastic Film Festival 2009
-Sitges
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Review:
"A gleefully
deranged Asian splatter version of High School Musical" - Dennis Dermody, PAPER
magazine
"You should have a smile on your face peering through
that slack jaw" - Dr.
Cole Abaius, Fantastic Fest 09
"...something quite new and
exciting for horror cinema" - Ben
Austwick, FRIGHTFEST 09
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The Harimaya Bridge
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Drama
35mm/120min/Color/Japan, USA, Korea/2009
Director:
Aaron Woolfolk
Starring:
-Ben Guillory ("The Color Purple", "Maid to Order")
-Saki Takaoka
("A Long Walk" / Best Picture - Montreal World Film Festival, 2006)
-Misa Shimizu ("The Eel" / Palm d'Or - Cannes Film Festival, 1997)
-Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon" movies, "Dreamgirls")
After the sudden
death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim
some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left
behind. Will
be released theatricall in US, Spring 2010
Official Selection:
-Hawaii International Film Festival 2009
-San Diego Asian Film Festival 2009
-Cancun International Film Festival 2009
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Review:
"...ultimately moving tale...impressively polished..." -Wade Major, boxoffice.com
gIt is a unique, complex, consciousness-raising accomplishment.h -Kevin Thomas, LA Times
g...its heartfelt message ultimately wins the day.h -Tom Long, Detroit News
"The Harimaya Bridge is an intriguing surprise " - Jason Sanders, Hawaii International Film Festival
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Cobalt Blue
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Drama
35mm/119min/Color/Japan/2009
Director:
Yosuke Nakagawa ("Starlit High Noon", "Blue
Fish")
Starring:
-Masami Nagasawa ("Crying Out Love,
in the Center of the World", "Godzilla" series)
-Kuranosuke Sasaki
("Sanjuro", "20th Century Boy")
If I didn't fall in love with him...
If I weren't born on this island...
Official Selection:
-Shanghai International Film Festival 2009
-Hawaii International Film Festival
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