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Cannes Lineup from Flash Forward Entertainment
Flash Forward Entertainment is attending the Cannes Market from May 14th to 23rd. and located at Taiwan Cinema Booth (Palais Stand 25.01.)
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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
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Documentary/Medical | Taiwan
2019 | 71 minutes | Chinese
Director: Maso CHEN
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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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Drama/Children | China
2018 | 88 minutes | Uyghur/Mandarin
Director: WANG Lina
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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
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"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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Documentary | Taiwan
2018 | 86min/54min | Chinese
Director: SHEN Ko-shang
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2009 CNEX Chinese Doc Forum - First Prize
2018 Xining FIRST Film Festival - Official Selection
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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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Drama | China
2018 | 113 minutes | Chinese
Director: QIU Sheng
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2018 Locarno International Film Festival – Filmmakers of the Present Competition
2018 Xining FIRST International Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature
2019 New Directors/New Films
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"Entrancing. ’Stand by Me' meets Kafka's 'The Castle.'" - Hollywood Reporter
"stylish and seductively inscrutable" - Variety
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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
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2018 Shanghai International Film Festival – Main Competition
2018 L'Étrange Festival
2019 Taipei Film Festival
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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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Drama/Romance/Crime | Taiwan
2018 | 94 minutes | Chinese
Director: Jade Y. CHEN
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2018 Shanghai International Film Festival – Asian New Talent Competition
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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)
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Documentary/Coming-of-age/Disabled | China/Singapore
2017 | 118min | Chinese
Director: SU Qing, Mina CHEN
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2018 Xining FIRST International Film Festival - Competition
2017 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
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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
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Drama | Taiwan/Netherlands/Croatia
2018 | 100min | Chinese/English/Dutch
Director: David VERBEEK
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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
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Cannes nominated David Verbeek brings you the new time-travel enigma and intimacy between Taipei and Amsterdam.
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Adventure/Children/Animal | China
2018 | 91min | Chinese
Director: Peng Li
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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
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Short/Fantasy | Taiwan
2018 | 25min | Chinese
Director: CHUANG Shiang-An
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2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Bucheon Choice Competition
2018 DC Chinese Film Festival - Best Short Film
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Now you have the permission to enter the club, but leave your daughter out.
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4 feature films about Myanmar by Midi Z
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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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