Night Flight Night Flight   The flight of shorts never ends after the night falls. The special midnight screening of AISFF, ‘Night Flight’ screens a collection of selected films from special programs. This will be a rare opportunity to meet various films from 6 special programs.       La Barbichette France / 2002 / 7min / DV _ DVD / Color / Fiction / 12 Asian Premiere Director: Kim CHAPIRON French uprising filmmaker. With Romain Gavras, he made ‘Kourtrajme’ in 1995, and presented [Kourtrajme Collection] with DV works which has been invited to innumerous festivals around the world. In 2006, his first feature film, [Sheitan] with Vincent Cassel will be introduced to over 25 countries all over the world. "Je te tiens par la barbichette" is a popular game among kids. But what happens when three bored adult brothers start playing it in the living room? It hurts bad! The most beloved one among the Kourtrajme collections, it shows the director’s talent and sense, whose first feature, will be introduced to the worldwide audience in 2006       Fluent Dysphasia Ireland / 2004 / 16min / 35mm / Color / Fiction / G Asian Premiere Director: Daniel O’HARA Worked as a freelance television director. After attending at the BBC's drama directing courses in 2002, he made his debut short film, [My Name Is Yu Ming] in 2003 and has won 18 awards at festivals around the world. In 2004, with his award-winning cast and crew, he directed his second short, "Fluent Dysphasia", and has won four awards to date. It will appear soon at film festivals in Palm Springs, Cardiff, St.Louis, Raindance in London, Taipei, Kerry and Milwaukee. Murphy doesn’t have a lot to say to his fifteen-year-old daughter, Jane. When he wakes one day, mysteriously speaking perfect Irish – which he never could before - and having forgotten how to speak English, he looks for help wherever he can get it. There’s nothing funny about fluent dysphasia…       Tarubi L’Arabe Strait 2 France / 2001 / 30min / DV _ DVD / Color / Fiction / 15 Asian Premiere Director: Kim CHAPIRON French uprising filmmaker. With Romain Gavras, he made ‘Kourtrajme’ in 1995, and presented [Kourtrajme Collection] with DV works which has been invited to innumerous festivals around the world. In 2006, his first feature film, [Sheitan] with Vincent Cassel will be introduced to over 25 countries all over the world. In the city Paris, an absurd and funny story of Arabic French youngster is unfolded with exciting soundtracks.       City Paradise UK / 2004 / 6min / Digi Beta / Color / Animation / G Asian Premiere Director: Gaelle DENIS Born in France and educated there until 2000. Moved to London to study for an MA in animation direction at the Royal College of Art. Part of that course involved a 4 month period at the Kyoto University of Arts in Japan. Her won the prize for best European animation from Cinanima Espihno in Nov 2002 and a BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film in 2003, as well as numerous other international film festival awards. London is a big city, and for those new to it, it can sometimes seem quite scary. But Tomoko, who arrives from Japan to learn English, accidentally discovers a mysterious, secret city underground, inhabited by friendly little aliens and beautiful blossoms. After she's found it, everything changes...       The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Australia / 2004 / 26min / Beta SP / Color / Animation / G Asian Premiere Director: Anthony LUCAS Animation Director. “Jasper Morello” marks his 15th short animation. His films have been in competition at Cannes, BAFTA®, Sundance and many other film festivals throughout the world and with his production company, 3D Films, animated dozens of TV commercials, children television and a national TV station series for SBS television. The silhouette style of animation was first seen in his student film, “The Shadowlands,” 1988. “Holding Your Breath,” was in official short film selection at Cannes 2002. Set in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.       The Other American Dream Mexico / 2004 / 10min / 35mm / Color / Fiction / 18 Asian Premiere Director: Enrique ARROYO Studied film at CCC. Won the Best Short at the Caracas Festival with [Gordo], the Best Short & the Best Director award at the Chile Short Film Festival for [Matrimonio]. [Parejas] and [Miedo] together will soon to be released in feature, [Parejas]. At Sundance Institute workshop with [Jueves de poker], received the FONCA grant for [Perfume de gardenias]. [The Other American Dream] has won at several festivals such as Havana, Gold Mikeldi & the Silver Carabela at Bilbao and etc… On Mexico’s northern border, adolescent Sandra tries to cross to the United States in search of the American Dream.       The Chess Democratic Republic of Congo / 1996 / 40min / 35mm / B＆W / Fiction / 12 Asian Premiere Director: Bakupa Kanyinda BALUFU Born in Kinshasa. After studying Sociology, Philosophy, Contemporary History and Art History in Brussels, he trained as a film maker in France, England and the United States. Directed such outstanding documentaries as [Thomas Sankara], [Ten Thousand Years of Cinema], [Bongo Libre] before directing [Le Damier] which received several awards and is acclaimed all over the world. A wicked political satire about African dictators, this film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who is claimed to be the "all-around champion".       Childhood Destroyed Chad / 1999 / 26min / DVD / Color / Fiction / 12 Asian Premiere Director: Zara M. YACOUB Born in Ndjamena, studied in France. Her several films and documentaries have won prizes in several countries. Awarded an honorary distinction medal for human rights for her recent works. Current Director of the first free radio station in Chad, Director General of the Society for Communication and Audio-visual Productions, President of the Union of Private Radio Stations and Vice-President of the Union of Community Radio Stations of Francophone Broadcasting. Eleven year old Mariam works as a domestic to provide for her guardian, her unemployed Uncle Djimet, and his family. Childhood Destroyed denounces the living conditions of young girls in Chad in a delicate yet powerful way.       Feminine Dilemma Chad / 1994 / 22min / DVD / Color / Documentary / 18 Asian Premiere Director: Zara M. YACOUB Born in Ndjamena, studied in France. Her several films and documentaries have won prizes in several countries. Awarded an honorary distinction medal for human rights for her recent works. Current Director of the first free radio station in Chad, Director General of the Society for Communication and Audio-visual Productions, President of the Union of Private Radio Stations and Vice-President of the Union of Community Radio Stations of Francophone Broadcasting. Images presented in are almost unsustainable to watch. One witnesses the circumcision operation performed on two young girls. The film asks the question: why female circumcision? What are the consequences? Following the making of this film, scandal broke and threats and attacks against the filmmaker followed.       FOCUS: This Moment China / 2005 / 3min 30sec*8편=28min / 35mm _ Digi Beta / B＆W / Fiction / 12 Director: JIA Zhangke, SUN Xiaoru , WANG Xiaoshuai, JIANG Lifen, MENG Jinghui , Jiang Xiao, LI Hong, LIU Hao This omnibus brought together 8 emerging Chinese directors of different styles to make a series of 8 short films by 35mm film, with each film running at about 3 minutes. 지아장커의 [저 멀리서] Out in There, directed by JIA Zhangke. 쑨샤오루의 [꿈] Dream, directed by SUN Xiaoru. 리우하오의 [돈으로 내 의지를 살 순 없어] Money Can’t Buy My Willingness, directed by LIU Hao. 지앙리펀의 [신부] Bride, directed by JIANG Lifen. 멍진휘의 [수박] Watermelon, directed by MENG Jinghui. 리홍의 [샤오샤오 부활하다] Xiaoxiao Hatches Eggs, directed by LI Hong. 왕샤오슈아이의 [고요한 순간] Quiet Moment , directed by WANG Xiaoshuai. 지앙샤오의 [내 속임수를 보라] Let Me Show You Some Tricks, directed by XIAO Jiang.       Canned Despair HK / 2004 / 3min / DV / B＆W / Animation / 12 International Premiere Director: HUNG Chi Wing "The Animation has been in a search for human. I am trying to create a personal mythological image of the source of all human life. Also, I am trying to fine beauty within the grotesque." Twins (two characters) want to escape from disaster and find their fantasy world. Unfortunately, the fantasy world doesn’t exist. Finally, they still can’t escape the disaster and die from it.       Shell Taiwan / 2004 / 3min 45sec / 35mm / Color / Animation / G Director: CHEN Ming Ho Born in 1976 in Taiwan. He graduated from the department of Commercial design in Keeling En-Shin Senior High School, worked in the fields from illustration to 2D design, from interior design to website design, the 2D animation to 3D. Finding a big and beautiful shell, a hermit crab abandoned the shell where he lived for long. Things don't go as you wish. The new shell was too big to carry and the old one was snatched by many. It can’t go back!       Ceremony HK / 2005 / 4min / Digi Beta / Color / M/V / G World Premiere Director: YU Likwai Born in 1966 in Hong Kong, YU Likwai graduated from INSAS in Belgium in 1994, majoring in cinematography. He is one of the representative D.P. for Asia, especially famous for co-works with JIA Zhang Ke. His directional films, beginning with in 1996, also make him a high reputation for those distinguished achievements and unique vision of Asia. It’s something subversive idea of the Homeless, ‘Still Life in Mobile Home’. Kirin is the occupant of cardboard house as a hermitage, with primal struggles for survival and silent subversion against the comfortable numbness of the hyper-stability of the Second World.       TORI Japan / 2004 / 50min / 35mm_Digi Beta / Color / Fiction+Animation+Experimental / 15 Director: ASANO Tadanobu Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1973. ASANO Tadanobu is the representative actor for contemporary Japan cinema from 90s. He is also a musician and an artist. He is one of the most familiar actors in many Asian cooperation films including "Coffee Jikou". Asano tadanobu's debut film as a director, this compilation film consisting of five episodes - BIRD, The Sword of the Mind, ATO, Eternal Duo, Or - encapsulates five distinct world in a cohesive, complete word, visualizing each of them through fiow of our natural stream of consciousness. *Screens Episode 1 & 2 in [Night Flight],Sat.Nov.5       Hana & Alice Japan / 2003 / 53min / Beta SP / Color / Fiction / 12 International Premiere Director: IWAI Shunji Born in 1963. Wrote and directed numerous music videos, commercials and television dramas before he moved to the cinema. In 1994, he was chosen as thebest new director by the Japanse Director's Association for “Fireworks, Should We See It From the Side or the Bottom?”. In the same year, won him NETPAK award in Berlin International Film Festival. He is most famous for his unique, poetic images. When free-spirited Alice develops a crush on a random stranger at the train station, she offers her best friend Hana the guy's ‘half brother’. Later, entering high school, Hana joins the storytelling club and her crush Masashi in it too. A series of events follow, and a subtle triangle develops between Hana, Alice and Masashi.       The Open Road HK / 2004 / 15min / Beta SP / Color / Fiction / G Director: Johnnie TO To started working for TV in 1972, and after debuting as a director in 1980, he made his mark in the 1990s with films like All About Ah Long, The Heroic Trio and Running Out of Time. He established his own production company, Milkyway Image, in 1997. Recent works like PTU and Breaking News have been screened at major festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Pusan and Tokyo. To’s latest film Election was selected for competition at Cannes. 4 young men living unsatisfactory lives decide to challenge themselves by joining a bicycle race. HK and Taiwan’s megastars hit the road in cool, tight biking suits in Johnnie To’s exhilarating motivational film about daring to dream.