UDINE Far East Film Festival
UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL, April 24th - May 2nd , 2009 -11° Edition -Premieres, Discoveries, Tributes, Retros
The World's Largest Showcase of Popular Asian Cinema
Far East Film Festival 11 is approaching!
Join the official Far East Film 11 group, and you'llsoon be receiving exciting previews about the biggest Festival dedicated toAsian Cinema in Europe.
The Festival programme will shortly be available on
both Facebook and our website (www.fareastfilm.com) and we promise you'll find
it full of tempting choices!
The11th edition of Far East Film Festival will take place from April 24th
to May 2nd, in our beautiful city of Udine, Italy, at our two
venues, the "Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine" and the "Cinema Visionario"
situated in the very heart of the city.
During nine full days of screenings, Far East Filmoffers you the chance to watch the most successful recent cinematographicreleases from Eastern Asia, and stages rare retrospectives. It gives the public
a much appreciated chance to approach the famous artists, by holding each
afternoon a themed discussion panel on current issues in Asian cinema.
In the pleasant, informal, and relaxing Festivalatmosphere, the newest feature films from the Far East(China, Hong Kong,Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and
Malyasia) are presented along with tributes and focuses on specific artists,linking today's cinema with the past, digging up memories from the gloriousfilm-making history of those countries, mostly still unseen and unknown in
Italy and Europe.
Sinceits conception almost 11 years ago, Far East Film has grown continually and it
can now count on the regular presence of more than 50 thousand spectators, many
of them coming from all over the world, from the United States to the Czech
Republic. We screen more than 60 films each year (mostly International or
European festival premieres) meaning that Udine Far East Film boasts the widest
selection of Asian feature films in the world.
Not only this, but FEFF brings the city of Udine tolife with special events organised, parties and concerts held around the cityfor the Festival's duration.
More information about Far East Film will be available
in the next 10 days. Don't wait, join our group and be part of the biggest Asian
Film Festival in Europe!
UDINE FAREAST FESTIVAL
