HONG KONG � The inclusion of Zhang Yang's "Luo ye gui gen" ("Getting Home") in the Panorama section lifted the final number of Asian films selected for the Berlin film festival to 21.

The 2007 Berlinale (Feb 8 � 18) counts four in main competition and six in Panorama.

Asian films at the Berlinale
Competition
"Ping guo" ("Lost In Beijing") Dir: Li Yu (China) (World premiere)

"Tu ya de hun shi" ("Tuya's Marriage") dir: Wang Quan'an (World premiere)
"Sai bo gu ji man gwen chan a" ("I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK") dir: Park Chan-wook (South Korea) (Int'l Premiere)
"Hyazgar" ("Desert Dream") dir: Zhang Lu (South Korea) (World premiere)

Berlinale Special

"Sakuran" Dir: Mika Ninagawa (Japan) (World premiere)

Forum
"Mona Lisa" ("Meng na li sha") dir: Li Ying, (China / Japan) (World premiere)
"Eye in the sky" ("Gen Zong") dir: Yau Nai Hoi (Hong Kong / China) (World premiere)
"Ichijiku no kao" ("Faces of a fig Tree") dir: Momoi Kaori (Int'l premiere)
"Kain no Matsuei" ("Cain's Descendant") dir: Oku Shutaro (Japan)
"Ad lib Night" ("Aju Teukbyeolhan Sonnim") dir: Lee Yoon-ki (South Korea) (Int'l premiere)
"Village People Radio Show" ("Apa Khabar Orang Kampung") dir: Amir Muhammad (World premiere)
"Tuli" dir: Auraeus Solito (Philippines)
"Campaign" ("Senkyo") dir: Kazuhiro Soda (U.S. / Japan) (World premiere)
"a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee" dir: Nikki S. Lee (U.S. / South Korea) (Int'l premiere)
"Don" dir: Farhan Akhtar (India) (Forum Special Screening)

Panorama
"Bushi no Ichibun" ("Love and Honor") dir: Yoji Yamada (Japan) (Opening film)
"Luo ye gui gen" ("Getting Home") dir: Zhang Yang (China / Hong Kong) (World premiere)
"Dasepo Sonyeo" ("Dasepo Naughty Girls") dir: E. J-Yong (South Korea)
"Haebyuneui Yoein" ("Woman on the Beach") dir: Hong Sangsoo (South Korea)
"Hu-hwae-ha-ji an-ah" ("No Regret") dir: Leesong Hee-il (South Korea)
"Ci-Qing" ("Spider Lilies") dir: Zero Chou (Taiwan)

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