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Taiwanese Fest Will Take Place in Taipei and Kaoshiung

The Revenge Film Festival, which will take place in Taipei and Kaoshiung in Taiwan, has invited Korean thrillers New World and Montage to screen next month. The festival will kick off this coming Friday, January 3rd.

The gangster thriller New World, the sophomore feature of The Showdown (2011) director, along with I Saw the Devil (2010) and The Unjust (2010) scribe PARK Hoon-jung, was a domestic hit earlier this year when it drew 4.68 million spectators to theaters. The film stars heavyweights, LEE Jung-jae, CHOI Min-shik and HWANG Jung-min. PARK’s work has been screened frequently abroad this year, winning awards during the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia and the Beaune International Thriller Film Festival.

UHM Jeong-hwa headlines the kidnap thriller Montage alongside Memories of Murder (2003) star KIM Sang-kyung. The film banked 2.1 million admissions back in spring. Montage has screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival this year among others events.

Taking place in Hsin Hsin Showtime Cinemas in Taipei, the Banqiao Showtime Cinemas in New Taipei and the Kaoshiung Film Archive, the Revenge Film Festival will run until January 16th.

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