International festival of the cinemas of Asia

The international festival of the cinemas of Asia of Vesoul was created in 1995. The purpose of it is to present films of all the continent of Asia, of the Close relation to Far East.

Each year, it presents 70 films which are declined in six sections:

Faces of the Cinemas of Asia Contemporains which makes it possible to discover the most recent films in first international, European or French,
a section set of themes whose topic changes each year,
One or more homages or glances on the cinematography of a country,
a section Jeune Public
a Documentaires section.

17 films are in competition (feature-length films of fiction and documentary).

Several prices are decreed: The Cyclo gold and the Grand Prix of the Jury by an international jury, the price Emile Guimet by the jury of the Museum Guimet of Paris, the Price Langues' O by the jury INALCO, Price NETPAC (Network for the promotion off Asian Cinema) by a jury NETPAC, the Price of the Young Juries by a jury made up of young spectators and the Price of the public.

Extremely of its thirteen editions, this festival, carried by a voluntary team around Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, was acquired a particular reputation among the cinematographic festivals. The user-friendliness and the heat of the reception vésulien that it is in the rooms of the " Majestic" , with the theater Edwige Feuillère or with the " Bambouseraie" surprise to the largest realizers come from the Middle East or the Far East.

Programming 2007

Section “Faces of the contemporary cinemas of Asia”:

Competition feature-length films:

China: Bliss , of Sheng Zhimin (first Frenchwoman)
South Korea: Inner Circle Line , of Cho Eun-hee (first Frenchwoman)
HongKong: My Mother Has Belly Dancer , of Ching Po Wong and Kung lok Lee (first Frenchwoman)
India: Barbed , of Bappaditya Bandopadhyay (first Frenchwoman)
Iran: Good-bye the life , of Ensieh Shah-Hosseini (first Frenchwoman)
Iran: One has friday afternoon , of Mona Zandi Haghighi (first Frenchwoman)
Israel: Out off sight , of Daniel Syrkin (new)
Ouzbékistan: Chashma , of Yolkin Tuytchiev (first Frenchwoman)
Turkey: Of times and the winds , Reha Erdem (new)

special Meetings “Japanimation”:

Japan: Paprika , of Satoshi Kon
Japan: Origin , of Keiichi Sugiyama

Section set of themes “Prohibited and Taboos”:

Bangladesh: the Bird of clay , Tareque Masud
China: the Orphan of Anyang , Wang Chao
Korea: unknown Address , of Kim Ki-duk
India: Matrubhoomi, a world without women , of Manish Jha
India: Toilets , of Deepa Mehta
Iran: One day more , Babak Payami
Iran: the Secrecy of Baran , Majid Majidi
Iran: bitter Sleep , of Mohsen Amiryoussefi
Iraq: Fraud, or the Valley of the drums , Hiner Saleem
Israel: You will walk on water of Eytan Fox
Japan: Taboo , of Nagisa Ōshima
Japan: Maborosi , of Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Japan: Women of the night , Kenji Mizoguchi
Kazakhstan: the Needle , of Rachid Nougmanov (new)
Palestine: Thirst , of Abu Wael Tawfik (new)
Filipino: The Blossoming off Maximo Oliveros , of Aureos Solito (before first)
Syria: Passion (film, 2004 , of Mohammad Malas
Tadjikistan: the Season of yellow grass , Mayram Yussupova (new)
Taiwan: Sweet Degeneration , of Flax Cheng-sheng

the glance of the Westerner on Asia:

Germany: Massaker , of Monika Borgman

Homage to Wu Tianming its involved:

Like realizer:

Life (new)
the Old well (new)
the wild River
the King of the masks
C.E.O (first Frenchwoman)

As producer:

the Business of the black gun , Huang Jianxin
the Robber of horses , Tian Zhuangzhuang
red Sorghum , of Zhang Yimou

Homage to Shohei Imamura:

1967 : the Evaporation of the man
1970: History of Japan according to war told by a hostess of bar
1971: While following these soldiers who did not return: Malaysia (new)
1971: While following these soldiers who did not return: Thailand (new)
1973: the rough one returns to the native land (new)
1973: Of the ladies which go to far (new)
1983: the Ballade of Narayama
1989: black Rain
1996: the Eel
1998: Doctor Akagi
2000: Of tepid water under a red bridge

India, 1947-2007: 60 years of independence:

1947-1957 : 1957: Mother India , of Mehboob Khan
1957-1967: 1959: Flowers of paper , Guru Dutt
1967-1977: 1976: Bhumika , of Shyam Benegal
1977-1987: 1981: Delivery , of Satyajit Ray
1987-1997: 1991: the Heritage , of Ismail Merchant (new)
1997-2007: 2005: Chokher Bali , of Rituparno Ghosh

Section “Young Public”:

China: Three monks , of Hu Jinqing, Te Wei and Ah Da
India: the Small Painter of the Rajasthan , Rajkumar Bhan
Japan: Nausicaä of the valley of the wind , Hayao Miyazaki

Documentary:

In competition:

Bangladesh: the Water of the devil , Amirul Arham (new)
China - France: Made in Clouded , of Jean-Yves Cauchard (first world)
India - France: Around the river , of Arnaud Mandagaran (first world)
India: Bagher Bachcha , of Bishnu Dev. Halder (first international)
Lebanon: Good to sell , of Dima Al-Joundi (new)
Nepal: Dance hall Kathmandu , of Sangita Shrersthova (first European)
Ouzbékistan: The First Stop , of Chukhrat Makhmudov (first Frenchwoman)
Syria: the share of the cake , of Hauled Mohamed (new)

Except competition:

Israel: the Time of the prisoners , Shimon Dotan (new)

Prize list 2007

Cyclo of gold of honor to Wu Tianming for the whole of its work.
International jury

Cyclo of gold to Out off sight of Daniel Syrkin
Grand Prix of the Jury to One has friday afternoon Mona Zandi Haghighi
Special mention with Chashma of Yolkin Tuytchiev

Prix of the Jury Netpac to Barbelés of Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Prix Emile Guimet with Of times and winds of Reha Erdem
Prix Langues' O with Out off sight of Daniel Syrkin

Price of the public

Feature-length film of fiction to Good-bye the life of Ensieh Shah-Hosseini
documentary film with Good to sell Dima Al-Joundi

Prix of the young juries with Made in Clouded Jean-Yves Cauchard
Very favorites

Guimet' with My mother has belly dancer Lee Kung Lok and Wong Ching Po

Langues' O with One has friday afternoon Mona Zandi Haghighi