It is the largest panorama of Asian film in the world, and it starts April 22 and runs through April 29.

The opening film: "A World Without Thieve"s, by Feng Xiaogang, China, stars mainland China’s Ge You, Hong Kong’s Andy Lau, and Taiwan’s René Liu Ruo-ying. Mystery, comedy, action adventure, spiritual odyssey, romance--all rolled into one film by China's box office master Feng Xiaogang! The film involves a train ride with a Buddhist temple painter and a band of thieves. The love story between Andy Lau and René Liu promises great on screen chemistry.

In addition to newer films from Asia are several classics including "Rusty Knife" and "Red Quay" by MASUDA Toshio from Japan, featured in the THE WORLD OF NIKKATSU ACTION section.

Also featured at the festival are photographs by Jupiter Wong on Hong Kong film production.

The festival also features "Horror Day" on April 27th including the anticipated preview of the collective work Tales of Terror (eight shortfilms by seven different directors), and the screening of Feng Shui from Philippines, Art of the Devil from Thailand, One Missed Call 2 from Japan, R-Point from Korea, Suffocation from China, and Pontianak - Scent of the Tuber Rose from Malaysia.

COMPETITION:

CHINA
A Letter from an Unkonwn Woman, XU Jinglei, 2004
Peacock, GU Changwei, China 2005
A World Without Thieves, FENG Xiaogang, Cina-Hong Kong, 2004
Last Level, WANG Jing, 2004
White Gardenia, JIANG Lifen, 2005
Suffocation, ZHANG Bingjian, 2005

THAILANDIA
Pattaya Maniac, Yuhtlert SIPPAPAK, 2004
Born to Fight, Panna Ritthikrai, 2004
Zee-Oui – The Man Eater, Buranee Rachaiboon and Nida Sudasna, 2004
Art of the Devil, Thanit Jitnukul, 2004

SOUTH KOREA
Arahan, RYU Seung-wan, 2004
Someone Special, JANG Jin, 2004
A Family, LEE Joeng-chul, 2004
Everybody Has Secrets, CHANG Hyun-soo,
To Catch a Virgin Ghost, Shin Jung-won, 2004
R-Point, KONG Soo-chang, 2004
Some, CHANG Youn-hyun, 2004
Road, BAE Chang-ho, 2004
Flying Boys, BYUN Young-joo
Green Chair, PARK Chul-soo, 2005

JAPAN
Kamikaze Girls, TETSUYA Nakashima, 2004
Tales of Terror, AA.VV., 2004
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World, YUKISADA Isao, 2004
Lady Joker, HIRAYAMA Hideyuki, 2004
Lorelei: The Witch of The Pacific Ocean, HIGUCHI Shinji, 2005
One Missed Call 2, TSUKAMOTO Renpei, 2005
We Shall Overcome Some Day, KAZUYUKI Izutzu, 2005
Ichigo Chips, SHUN Nakahara and TSUTOMU Takahashi, 2005

PHILIPPINES
Mr Suave, Joyce BERNAL, 2003
Feng Shui, Chito S. ROÑO, 2004
Pasiyam, Erik MATTI, 2004

MALESIA
Pontianak - Scent of the Tuber Rose, Shuhaimi BABA, 2004

HONG KONG
Love Battlefield, CHEANG Pou-soi, 2004
Beyond Our Ken, PANG Ho-cheung, 2004
Yesterday Once More, Johnnie TO, 2004
One Nite in Mongkok, Derek YEE, 2004
Mcdull, Prince De La Bun, TOE Yuen, 2004
Explosive City, Sam LEONG, 2004
Crazy N' The City, James YUEN, 2005
Hidden Heroes, Joe MA/CHEANG Pou-soi, 2004



Festival to include the presence of the following:

CHINA

FENG Xiaogang, Director
GU Changwei, Director and Cinematographer
XU Jinglei, Director and actress
ZHANG Bingjian, Director
WANG Jing, Director
CHEN Daming, director
LIU Yanping, Beijing Film Studio
PAN Song, China Film Group

HONG KONG

Soi CHEANG, Director
PANG Ho-cheung, Director
Jupiter WONG, photographer
Winnie FU, Hong Kong Film Archive
Frederick TSUI, Media Asia Group

JAPAN

MASUDA Toshio, Director
SHISHIDO Jo, Actor
HIGUCHI Shinji, Director
FUKUI Harutoshi, Writer
USUI Hirotsugu, Producer Fuji TV
TAMRA Masaki, Cinematographer
NOBUSAWA Yasue, Nikkatsu Corporation

PHILIPPINES

Joyce BERNAL, Director
Chito ROÑO, Director

SOUTH KOREA

BYUN Young-joo, Director
PARK Chul-soo, Director
KIM Hyung-koo, Cinematographer
KIM Dong-ho, Director of Pusan International Film Festival

Moira Sullivan, Nordic Correspondent