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Cannes Lineup from Flash Forward Entertainment

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Flash Forward Entertainment is attending the Cannes Market from May 14th to 23rd.  and located at Taiwan Cinema Booth (Palais Stand 25.01.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLASH FORWARD ENTERTAINMENT

2019 Cannes Lineup

 

14-23 May @ Palais Stand 25.01, Taiwan Cinema Booth 

 

 

 

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A DECISION

Market Premiere Screening - May 15th (Wed.) 12:00 Gray 5

 

Documentary/Medical | Taiwan

2019 | 71 minutes | Chinese

Director: Maso CHEN

 

Following his award winning THE SILENT TEACHER, Taiwanese filmmaker Maso CHEN delivers another gut wrenching medical documentary.

 

Wei-wei is about to pull the plug on his bedridden mother, but when the time comes, he found out that he was adopted. Should Wei-wei let go of the woman who've never given up on him?

 

 

 

 

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A FIRST FAREWELL

 

Drama/Children | China

2018 | 88 minutes | Uyghur/Mandarin

Director: WANG Lina

 

2019 Berlin International Film Festival -The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film

2018 Tokyo International Film Festival - Asian Future Best Film 

 

2019 Hong Kong Int'l Film Festival - Firebird Best Film Award

 

"That Wang wanted to craft a cinematic tribute to her hometown is especially evident in A First Farewell’s wide, crisp, eye-catching visuals." - Screen

 

The directorial debut from Xinjiang's Lina Wang is a poem to her hometown, portraying a Muslim farm boy's relationship with his deaf-mute mother, his friendship with his sweetheart girl, and his parting from them. The first international Uyghur film from Xinjiang, China by a homegrown female director. 

The first international Uyghur film from Xinjiang, China by a home grown female director.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LOVE TALK

 

Documentary | Taiwan

2018 | 86min/54min | Chinese

Director: SHEN Ko-shang

 

2009 CNEX Chinese Doc Forum - First Prize

2018 Xining FIRST Film Festival - Official Selection

 

Incredibly funny, it's an unorthodox marriage story with a unique style. When Couples start talking, they can't stop, especially in front of a camera.

 

 

 

 

 

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SUBURBAN BIRDS

 

Drama | China

2018 | 113 minutes | Chinese

Director: QIU Sheng

 

2018 Locarno International Film Festival – Filmmakers of the Present Competition

2018 Xining FIRST International Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature

2019 New Directors/New Films 

 

"Entrancing. ’Stand by Me' meets Kafka's 'The Castle.'" - Hollywood Reporter

"stylish and seductively inscrutable" - Variety

 

Territory: World except Taiwan, China and USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stop Motion Animation/Women | China

2018 | 95 minutes | No dialogue

Director/Screenwriter/Animator/DOP/Editor: ZHOU Shengwei

 

2018 Shanghai International Film Festival – Main Competition

2018 L'Étrange Festival

2019 Taipei Film Festival

 

Spending six years of making the film alone, the first timer ZHOU Shengwei pays the tribute to Jan Švankmajer by using daily garbage to make the first Chinese post-modern stop motion animation feature, a timely MeToo fable about a high-heel's revenge.

 

 

 

 

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LOOKING FOR KAFKA

 

Drama/Romance/Crime | Taiwan

2018 | 94 minutes | Chinese

Director: Jade Y. CHEN

 

2018 Shanghai International Film Festival – Asian New Talent Competition

 

A romantic comedy road movie about ex-girlfriend, French beauty, missing Kafka and a Taiwanese God who can't tell you the fortune.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CARO MIO BEN (MY DEAR BELOVED)

 

Documentary/Coming-of-age/Disabled | China/Singapore

2017 | 118min | Chinese

Director: SU Qing, Mina CHEN

 

2018 Xining FIRST International Film Festival - Competition

2017 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

 

In the vein of Être et avoir (To Be and to Have), the highly praised observing French documentary selected by 2002 Cannes Film Festival, My Dear Beloved brings the wonders of coming-of-age through silence and darkness.

 

 

 

 

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AN IMPOSSIBLY SMALL OBJECT

 

Drama | Taiwan/Netherlands/Croatia

2018 | 100min | Chinese/English/Dutch

Director: David VERBEEK

 

2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam – Big Screen Awards Competition

2018 Shanghai International Film Festival – Refreshing Chinese Cinema

2018 Rome Film Festival

2018 DC Chinese Film Festival – Best Film

 

Cannes nominated David Verbeek brings you the new time-travel enigma and intimacy between Taipei and Amsterdam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FIND MY WAY HOME

 

Adventure/Children/Animal | China

2018 | 91min | Chinese

Director: Peng Li

 

16 months of shooting, a labrador's incredible 200-km journey to find the way home, full of laugh and tears.

 

 

 

 

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MAMA PINGPONG SOCIAL CLUB

 

Short/Fantasy | Taiwan

2018 | 25min | Chinese

Director: CHUANG Shiang-An

 

2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Bucheon Choice Competition

2018 DC Chinese Film Festival - Best Short Film

 

Now you have the permission to enter the club, but leave your daughter out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBRARY TITLES

 

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4 feature films about Myanmar by Midi Z

 

Midi Z is a Myanmar born Taiwan based filmmaker. His films have been screened in Berlinale, Tribeca, Rotterdam, etc., all with rave reviews. THE ROAD TO MANDALAY premiered at Venice Film Festival, in which it was awarded the Fedeora Award for Best Film. As the most celebrated filmmaker from the region, Midi Z brings you to the modern Myanmar through his intimate, heartbreaking and yet humorous style.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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