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Six of the 20 films competing for the top prize at this year's fest are from Asian filmmakers
"Spring Fever," by China's Lou Ye; vampire morality tale "Thirst" by South Korea's Park Chan-wook; and revenge thriller "Vengeance" by Hong Kong's Johnnie To. Other Asian films competing for the prize are graphic crime shocker "Kinatay" by Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines, and "Visage," the story of a Taiwanese director trying to make a movie in Paris, by Taiwan's Tsai Ming-Liang. Taiwan-born Ang Lee, who brought "The Ice Storm" to Cannes in 1997, is back with U.S.-set hippie homage "Taking Woodstock."

For more about Asian films market: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/readResonnances/56648.html

- Annotations on Festival de Cannes - Du 13 au 24 mai 2009

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