Udine Takes 15 from Korea

 

 

The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which takes place in Udine in Northeast Italy, is set to open with a screening of PARK Hoon-jung’s Colonial Era hunting drama The Tiger. The film, which stars CHOI Min-shik, will be introduced by director PARK when the festival begins on April 22nd. In total, 15 Korean films will screen in Udine.

 

Among the films having their international premieres at FEFF will be YUN Jun-hyeong’s revenge thriller FATAL INTUITION, WOO Min-ho’s Inside Men, which recently won the Best Actor prize at the Asian Film Awards for star LEE Byung-hun, CHO Jin-Mo’s Korea-China co-production Making Family, LEE Han’s Korean War drama A Melody to Remember, LEE Ho-jae’s sci-fi drama SORI: Voice from the Heart and opening film The Tiger.

 

 
Films with European premieres include actor CHO Jae-hyun’s directing debut A Break Alone, LEE Hae-young’s Colonial Era horror-thriller The Silenced and KANG Hyo-jin’s family dramedy Wonderful Nightmare.

 

Also screening will be CHOI Dong-hoon’s period hitman action-thriller Assassination, ROH Deok’s media thriller The Exclusive : Beat the Devil's Tattoo, JUNG Ji-woo’s sports drama Fourth Place, JANG Jae-hyun's exorcism thriller The Priests, YOON Ga-eun’s child-led drama The World of Us, which recently debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Korea-Belgium co-produced documentary Reach For The SKY by CHOI Woo-young and Steven Dhoedt.

 

Director guests this year supporting their films include YOON Ga-eun, CHO Jae-hyun, JUNG Ji-woo, YUN Jun-hyeong, LEE Ho-jae and CHOI Dong-hoon, as well as Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) director CHOI Yong-bae.

 

Udine will close on April 30th with a screening of Sammo HUNG’s China-HK film The Bodyguard. Last year, all three of FEFF’s audience awards were taken by Korean films, JK YOUN’s Ode to My Father, LEE Won-suk’s The Royal Tailor and E J-yong’s My Brilliant Life.

Related People

• KANG Hyo-jin
• ROH Deok
• PARK Hoon-jung
• JK YOUN
• YUN Jun-hyeong
• LEE Byung-hun
• E J-yong
• LEE Han
• LEE Hae-young
• LEE Ho-jae
• JANG Jae-hyun
• JUNG Ji-woo
• CHO Jae-hyun
• CHOI Dong-hoon
• CHOI Min-shik
• CHOI Yong-bae
• WOO Min-ho
• CHO Jin-mo
• YOON Ga-eun
• LEE Won-suk
• CHOI Woo-young

Related Films

• My Brilliant Life 2014
• Ode to My Father 2014
• The Silenced 2015
• Wonderful Nightmare 2015
• The Tiger 2015
• Fourth Place 2016
• The Priests 2015
• The Exclusive : Beat the Devil's Tattoo 2015
• The Royal Tailor 2014
• Assassination 2015
• Inside Men 2015
• A Break Alone 2016
• The World of Us 2016
• Reach For The SKY 2015
• FATAL INTUITION 2015
• SORI: Voice from the Heart 2016
• A Melody to Remember 2016

Related Company

• Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN) http://www.bifan.kr/