Yuan Yuan

Yuan Yuan is a screenwriter and director. She is currently an Ang Lee Scholar at New York University as an MFA candidate in writing and directing. Her fascination with movies started when she joined the Chinese film translation group YDY in school. She translated hundreds of movies and series for Chinese…

Aekaphong Saransate

Aekaphong is an independent filmmaker. He grew up from Songkhla, a quiet province nearby the beach located in the South of Thailand. He graduated from Chulalongkorn university, major in film and still photography. He started his career as a director and editor of television documentary. In 2015, Aekaphong’s…

Chen Xue

Chen Xue, born 1970, is a key figure in the development of a queer literature in Taiwan. Since 1995, she has produced 10 novels and short story collections. Her 2009 novel The Possessed was nominated for three Taiwanese literary prize. Her story "Butterfly"/《蝴蝶》, was made into a film by Hong…

Mo Yan

Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He is best known to Western readers for his 1987 novel Red Sorghum Clan, of which the Red Sorghum and Sorghum Wine volumes were later adapted for the film Red Sorghum. In 2012, Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel…

Bu Fei Yan

Xin Xiao Juan, known also with her pen name Bu Fei Yan, is a Chinese female writer known for her wuxia novels. Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, she studied at the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1999, awarded with a master's degree in ancient Chinese literature in 2006 and a Doctor's degree…

Susumu Hani

Tokyo native Susumu Hani was one of the earlier directors involved in what later became known as "Nuberu Bagu" ('nouvelle vogue' or 'new wave') cinema of Japan. He unusually begun work outside the Japanese studio system and was employed by Iwanami Eiga, the film unit of a publishing company, before…

Sawada Kan

Sawada Kan is a Japanese composer and arranger born on April 9, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. His desire to be a composer came from listening to Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies in junior high school. Sawada studied composition and orchestration at Tokyo College of Music. He won the 2nd prize in the composition…

Ishihara Shintaro

Ishihara Shintaro was a Japanese politician and writer who was Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of right-leaning Japan Restoration Party, Ishihara is one of the most prominent conservative right-wing politicians in modern Japanese politics. His arts career included a prize-winning…

Lav Diaz

Lavrente Indico Diaz is a Filipino filmmaker known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record. Although he had been making films since the late 1990s, Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the…

Lorna Tolentino

A Filipina actress, host, executive producer and widow of actor Rudy Fernandez. As a child star, she used the screen name, Giselle in the movie of the same title with Chiquito playing her adoptive father. As an adult actress, Seven Stars productions re-launched her in Miss Dulce Amor, Ina (popular novel…

The Exorcists of Tha Rae

7.4

In Thailand's largest Catholic village, Tha Rae, a demon returns after forty years, possessing a former priest and spreading terror. Traditional exorcism fails, forcing a by-the-book priest and a rogue shaman to join…

Kaseifu wa Mita! 2015

7.4

The treasure of the company Teikoku Shinju, a natural pearl called the ‘Golden Star’ is stolen. The ‘Golden Star’ is said to be expensive enough to buy a New York skyscraper. The theft is made public and Teikoku…

Working Mom Parenting Daddy

7.5

In Korea, many married couples have dual incomes while raising kids. Affluent couples have the luxury of hiring nannies and pricey SAT consultants for their college-bound children while poor and lower middle class…

The Young Master

7.5

The school attended by Dragon (Chan) and his brother, Tiger (Wei Pei), is entered against a rival school in a Lion Dance competition. The school needs to win the prize money to remain open, but their star performer,…

K.O.3an Guo 2017

7.5

While testing out the interdimensional traveling gear, the representatives from KO One accidentally repeated the same mistake their predecessor made: They crushed Liu Bei with a boulder. In order to maintain Silver…

Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw

7.5

Francine is starting to feel the toll of stardom. Her popularity and hectic schedule hinders her from enjoying a normal life. Meanwhile, because he felt cheated of his prize in a "Date with a Star" promo where he supposedly…

Mga Lihim ni Urduja

7.5

It follows the story of Gem, a career-driven rookie cop, and Crystal, a budding entrepreneur and jewelry designer. They were assigned to work in a special law enforcement operation to recover priceless heritage jewelries.…

Setoutsumi

7.4

The story revolves around Kansai-area high school boys Seto and Utsumi, particularly their completely normal but comedic chats after school. The manga was nominated for the 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader…

The Pawnshop No. 8

7.4

The legend has it that if you can locate Pawnshop No. 8, it will honor any request you may have, as long as you are willing to pay for the price. It accepts valuable jewelry or house deed. It also gladly accepts your…

Fixer

7.5

Shitara Kyoichi, a mysterious fixer who resolves issues beyond the reach of law and police, has just finished serving his prison sentence. When a car carrying the prime minister crashes off a cliff, the driver is suspected…