Hungry Ghost Diner (Chinese: 饿鬼食堂) is a 2023 urban fantasy comedy drama film written and directed by Cho We Jun, and starring Chen Keat Yoke as a food truck operator who discovers that her family's coffee shop in Behrang Stesen is haunted with ghosts of her dead relatives returning for the Hungry Ghost Festival, after she is stranded there during a COVID-19 Lockdown.[1] It is director Cho's debut feature film.[2][3]

Hungry Ghost Diner
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese餓鬼食堂
Simplified Chinese饿鬼食堂
Literal meaninghungry ghost canteen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinè guǐ shítáng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingngo6 gwai2 sik6 tong4
Directed byCho We Jun
Written byCho We Jun
Produced byLim Benji, Lee Yve Vonn
StarringChen Keat Yoke
Eric Chen
Sam Chong
Chen Puie Heng
Fabian Loo
CinematographyTan Teck Zee
Edited byTeh Rou Ning
Music byTeoh Eng Hooi
Production
company
Kinovisuals
CountryMalaysia
Languages
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Malay

Hungry Ghost Diner premiered in the Merry-Go-Round section of the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on 30 June 2023,[4] and was subsequently awarded the NETPAC Award for the best Asian feature film.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "20 Films you shouldn't miss at the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Part 1)". asianfilmfestivals.com. 2023-06-19.
  2. ^ "Hungry Ghost Diner". FINAS.
  3. ^ "Hungry Ghost Diner <걸신포차>". BIFAN.
  4. ^ "LensaFINAS Spotlight". FINAS.
  5. ^ "Chile's 'Sorcery', Korea's 'Iron Mask' win top awards at Bifan film festival". Screen Daily. 2023-07-07.
  6. ^ "BIFAN 2023 Award Winners". Asian Movie Pulse. 2023-07-07.
  7. ^ "BIFAN 2023 Award Winners". BIFAN. 2023-07-07.