South Korea
And Us (working title)
Although her boyfriend died a few months ago, Mi-soo still calls his mobile out of habit. When Ha-won, a fashion model trying to fulfil a dying friend’s wish from Japan, accidentally answers one of these calls, the two decide to take a journey into each others’ lives.
Australia
Summer Coda
A romantic drama about the story of Heidi, who meets Michael while returning home to a family she’s never known, and embarks on an unexpected adventure discovering that their secrets and lives are better shared.
Blame
Thriller about a group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth comes out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
China/Hong-Kong
37
A corporate executive mother and her child involuntarily venture to a small town at the end of the earth, meet a granny artist and 37 overactive and talented children, their lives are about to change.
Jianyu Jianghu
A female assassin retires after killing a monk she had fallen in love with, and marries an ordinary postman, hoping to lead a peaceful family life. But the postman is actually the son of an official she might had killed, and their past soon catch up with them…
Japan
Outrage
Takeshi Kitano returns to the yakuza genre that made him internationally famous. Beat Takeshi (Kitano’s acting persona) stars as Otomo, the leader of a low-level gang who’s always called on to take care of dirty work while the higher ups keep their hands clean. An assignment to reign in a rival gang’s operations becomes a battle to survive rife with power struggles, betrayals and outbursts of violence.
Alien Vs Ninja
A band of ninjas do battle with aliens who crash land in Japan centuries ago. With action direction by Yuji Shimomura and Kensuke Sonomura. The inaugural film in Nikkatsu’s new Sushi Typhoon label.
Asia-Pacific
Production News
Jae-young Kwak joins Meng's Piano as producer
The Korean film-maker will work with Zhang Meng on his next project, The Piano In A Factory.
Ausfilm approves London co-production forum
Australian and UK film bodies ro encourage co-productions through two-day event in London.
New Zealand
Hopes and Dreams
Gazza Snell is mad about karting – as are his teenage boys Marc and Ed.When the boyscollide on the track, their mother’s worst nightmare come true and the family is tornapart. But perhapsmiracles can happen.
Tracker
Arjan, a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War, lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama, a Maori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier. What should be a simple job for Arjan, a master tracker, turns into a gripping and dangerous game of cat and mouse.
