Tian's 'Warrior' to open HKAFF

September 18, 2009 Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang’s fantasy epic “The Warrior and the Wolf” and Korean director Park Chan-wook’s vampire thriller “Thirst” will open the 2009 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, to be held October 15-30. Malaysian Ho Yu-hang’s drama about the consequences of teen sex, “At the End of Daybreak, and the solo effort of Danny Pang of the Hong Kong directing twins the Pang Brothers, mystery thriller “Seven 2 One” were selected as the closing films, while the Japanese animated sci-fi thriller by Mamoru Hosoda, “Summer Wars” will receive a special presentation. To this end, the latest work from upcoming directors, including Singaporean Ho Tzu-nyen’s “Here," Indian Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s “The Man Beyond the Bridge," Hong Kong director Risky Liu’s “Pastry" and Hong Kong film critic turned indie filmmaker Bono Lee’s “Beijing is Coming," which is making its world premiere at the festival, will compete for this year’s New Talent Awards, which commend newcomers making their debut or sophomore efforts.

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