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Asian presence at the 53rd SITGES Film Festival

We present the list of Asian films that will be screened at the 53rd SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia which will run On Site and Online from October 8th – 18th, 2020.

About the festival:
SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world.

This year the festival will present twenty seven Asian films (21 feature films + 6 short films).

Animation Section:
Beauty Water by Cho Kyung-hun – Korea | 2020 – 85 minutes *
Hello World by Tomohiko Ito – Japan | 2019 – 97 minutes
Lupin III: The First by Takashi Yamazaki – Japan | 2019 – 93 minutes
Seven Days War by Yuta Murano – Japan | 2019 – 88 minutes

Brigadoon Section:
76 Horror Bookstore: Tin of Fear by David Chuang, Hung Tze-peng – Taiwan | 2020 – 97 minutes *
Brother of Darkness by Billy Chung – Hong Kong | 1994 – 90 minutes
Bruce Le’s Greatest Revenge by To Man-bo – Taiwan | 1978 – 84 minutes
Brucen Lee Fights Back From The Grave by Lee Doo-young – South Korea | 1976 – 97 minutes
Ebola Syndrome by Herman Yau – Hong Kong | 1996 – 98 minutes
Enter the Game of Death by Lam Kwok-Cheung, Choe U-Hyeong – South Korea | 1978 – 86 minutes
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger by Lee Tso-nam – Taiwan, Hong Kong | 1976 – 78 minutes
Love To Kill by Billy Chung – Hong Kong | 1993 – 87 minutes
Roar by Ryo Katayama – Japan | 2019 – 99 minutes
The Clones of Bruce Lee by Joseph Kong, Nam Ki-nam – South Korea | 1980 – 90 minutes
The Dragon Lives Again by Law Kei – Hong Kong, Indonesia | 1997 – 95 minutes

Midnight X-Treme Section:
Get the Hell Out! by Wang I-Fan – Taiwan | 2020 – 96 minutes *
Monster Seafood Wars by Minoru Kawasaki – Japan | 2020 – 84 minutes *

Official Competition:
Peninsula by Yeon Sang-ho – South Korea | 2020 – 116 minutes

Official Short Competition:
Bubbles by Haonan Wang – China | 2020 – 14 minutes *
RPG by Chun Han Shih – Taiwan | 2019 – 30 minutes *
Temple of Devilbuster by Wang I-Fan – Taiwan | 2020 – 24 minutes *
Unzo by Roh Jin – South Korea | 2020 – 18 minutes*
The Luggage by Yifen Tsai – Taiwan | 2020 – 30 minutes*

Official Short Specials
Raze of the Cyborg by Young-H Lee – Taiwan | 2020 – 25 minutes *

Fantastic Panorama:
Impetigore by Joko Anwar – Indonesia | 2019 – 107 minutes *
Spiritywalker by Yoon Jae-Keun – South Korea | 2020 – 108 minutes

Sitges Classics
Fist of Fury
by Wei Lo – Hong Kong | 1972 – 106 minutes

* – The film will be available Online

For more information about the films and the programme please visit the official website of the festival here: https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng

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