The 7 Asian works appearing at Cannes this year are quite diverse in theme, genre and style of expression.
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With the participation of star Zhang Ziyi, She’s Got No Name is a film based on an unsolved murder case in China.
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Shanghai Blues (or Shanghai Blues) (1984) is a film set in Shanghai in the 1940s by Hong Kong director and producer Tsui Hark.
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Seven Samurai (1954) – one of the most iconic works of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa will be screened at this year’s Cannes Classics section.
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Director and screenwriter Jia Zhangke – one of China’s most famous independent filmmakers – is another Asian nominee at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. At this year’s festival, Jia Zhangke will bring a work that brings
Caught by the Tides is created by AI technology and scenes shot using 16mm to 5D film.
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Located in the Un Certain Regard category (a category to recognize young talents and encourage new, bolder works) of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Viet and Nam is a film about a gentle, fleeting love affair.
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Payal Kapadia – female director from Mumbai, India and owner of the Golden Eye award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, will return to compete at this year’s festival with All We Imagine as Light.
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Director Trinh Bao Thuy – winner of the Best Director award at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards will bring his latest work titled Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In to the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In belongs to the action and dramatic genre, telling the story of a refugee seeking refuge in Kowloon City – a place that used to be a crowded residential area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong since the end of the century.
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