David Verbeek

David Verbeek is a Dutch director. He has studied film, photography and philosophy at the New School University in New York, and film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy, where he graduated in 2005. During his studies he completed his first feature, Beat (2004), which was selected for IFFR. After…

Atang De la Rama

Atang de la Rama, was a singer and bodabil performer who became the first Filipina film actress. She was active from 1919 to 1956. By the age of 7, she was already starring in Spanish zarzuelas such as Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina. At the age of 15, she starred in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid,…

Liang Ming

Born in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Enrolled at the Communication University of China in 2002, majoring in performance arts in the Department of Director Performance. Cast in the movie, "Spring Fever", directed by Lou Ye (included in the Main Competition section, at the 62nd Cannes…

Sawai Takako

Sawai Takako is a Japanese actress born in Osaka. Her sister is the actress Sawai Keiko. She worked at the Yajima Satoko office, and belongs to the Takarai Project. In 1964, when she was in the third year of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo with her sister who entered the entertainment world.…

Wang Chao

Wang Chao is a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer born in Nanjing China. Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kai Ge, working with the elder director on epics like Farewell My Concubine and The Emperor and the Assassin. At the same time,…

Wang Zhong Jun

Wang Zhong Jun is a Chinese billionaire businessman, film producer, and art collector. Wang and his brother Wang Zhonglei founded the Chinese entertainment company Huayi Brothers Media. He was born into a family in the military. Wang bought Vincent Van Gogh's 1890 painting Still Life, Vase with Daisies…

Joei Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, nicknamed Joei, is an independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer born in Bangkok to a Thai-Chinese family. His parents were both physicians and worked in a hospital in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Apichatpong attended Khon Kaen University and received a bachelor's…

Nakata Hideo

Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring (1998), Ring 2 (1999), and Dark Water (2002). Several of these were remade in America as The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2005), and The Ring Two. Nakata was scheduled to make his…

Hong Sang Soo

Hong Sang Soo began his film career at Chung-Ang University in South Korea, before moving to the United States where he received his bachelor's degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts and his master's degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hong made his official directorial…

Karry Wang

Wang Jun Kai (English name: Karry), born in Chongqing, is a Chinese singer, dancer, actor, model, and leader of the Chinese boy group TFBOYS. Karry graduated from Beijing Film Academy. In 2010, at the age of 11, Karry was chosen as a trainee under times Fengjun Entertainment. He trained as the first…

Wind and Clouds

During the Imjin War, Japan's Toyotomi sends a spy to Korea to obtain a plan for the turtle ship, but a young Korean man Do-un captures the spy and takes it over. Doun went to Japan and was only looking for an opportunity…

Flowers Over the Country

Juri-Kim, a Korean Hawaiian, was wounded during the war as a UN force in the Korean War. While wandering on her limbs, a woman named Young-ok saves and heals him... Juri-Kim returned to Hawaii and left a will to her…

Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty

The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and gets involved with in all sorts of un-emperor-like activities. (Source: Letterboxd)

Call of Lobster

Yung Fu, a middle-aged man struggling with his failing lobster business, seizes an unexpected opportunity when he hears about North Korea's lobster farming troubles. He writes a letter to Kim Jong Un, expressing his…

The Boss

7.2

From the colonial period to the Park Chung Hee military regime this drama covers many crucial events of Korean history from the view of a gang of beggars. The story is about real-life figure Kim Ch'un Sam, a South…

The Slave Hunters

8.0

Chuno follows the story of Lee Dae Gil, a man of high birth, whose family was ruined when Won Ki Yoon, a slave, burnt down his house and escaped with his sister, Un Nyun, who was in love with Dae Gil. Driven by his…

Dear X

8.1

Baek A Jin grew up enduring domestic violence, forcing her to hide her emotions and survive by reading and manipulating others. Outwardly, she appears generous and kind, but when her ambitions are threatened, her darker…

Mercy for None

8.3

Nam Gi Jun was once a key member of the Bongsan Gang, led by Koo Bong San. He fought through bloody turf wars, helping the gang rise to power. But everything changed when his younger brother, Nam Gi Seok, joined their…

The King's Affection

8.3

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows twins born to the Crown Princess Consort, who orders the death of the daughter due to superstition. To save her, the baby girl is secretly sent away. Years later, Dam…

The WONDERfools

8.5

Set against the backdrop of 1999, when widespread doomsday fears gripped the public, the story follows the unexpected rise of unlikely heroes in Haeseong City. Eun Chae Ni, a spirited and unpredictable young woman…