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]
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| Traditional Chinese | 餓鬼食堂 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 饿鬼食堂 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | hungry ghost canteen | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Cho We Jun | ||||||||||
| Written by | Cho We Jun | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Lim Benji, Lee Yve Vonn | ||||||||||
| Starring | Chen Keat Yoke Eric Chen Sam Chong Chen Puie Heng Fabian Loo | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Tan Teck Zee | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Teh Rou Ning | ||||||||||
| Music by | Teoh Eng Hooi | ||||||||||
Production company | Kinovisuals | ||||||||||
| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ "20 Films you shouldn't miss at the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Part 1)". asianfilmfestivals.com. 2023-06-19.
- ^ "Hungry Ghost Diner". FINAS.
- ^ "Hungry Ghost Diner <걸신포차>". BIFAN.
- ^ "LensaFINAS Spotlight". FINAS.
- ^ "Chile's 'Sorcery', Korea's 'Iron Mask' win top awards at Bifan film festival". Screen Daily. 2023-07-07.
- ^ "BIFAN 2023 Award Winners". Asian Movie Pulse. 2023-07-07.
- ^ "BIFAN 2023 Award Winners". BIFAN. 2023-07-07.
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