Hidden Dragons section

Updated: 2017-10-29
( chinadaily.com.cn)

Also inspired by Ang Lee's film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Hidden Dragons section pays special attention to genre cinema from around the world. During PYIFF, genre films representing the latest cinematic trends and developments will be presented.

Rangoon

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj

Scriptwriter: Vishal Bhardwaj

Starring: Kangana Ranaut/Saif Ali Khan/Shahid Kapoor

Category: Bollywood

Country: India

Language: Hindi

Length: 136min

Rangoon is an epic love story, taking a beautiful film star from the film sets of Bollywood in 1944 to the jungles of the India-Burma border where she must entertain the British and Indian troops. In the midst of battles and betrayals, Julia falls in love with a young Indian soldier named Nawab, and learns some bitter truths about the dream of Indian independence. Battle lines are drawn when her mentor and lover Rusi learns of the torrid love affair.

Valley of Shadows

Director: Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen

Scriptwriter: Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen

Starring: Adam Ekeli/Kathrine Fagerland/John Olav Nilsen

Category: Horror

Country: Norway

Language: Norwegian

Length: 91min

Valley of Shadows is a film in the tradition of Scandinavian gothic horror. Between the sea and the mountains in a small village in Norway, 6-year-old Aslak lives with his mother Astrid. A tragic event occurs that Aslak can't quite understand and Astrid struggles to handle. Aslak's friend shows him a macabre scene –– three half-eaten sheep killed in the forest on a night which had a full moon in the sky.

In a quest for answers, Aslak ventures into the dark forest behind his house. Is what happens on his journey merely a boy's imagination or is it reality?