PRODUCED BY C.E.C. – Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche WITH Fondo Audiovisivo FVG La Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona Film Archive) Visionario and with the collaboration of Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine WITH THE SUPPORT OF MiC – Ministero della Cultura Direzione Generale per il Cinema Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia Comune di Udine – Assessorati alla Cultura e al Turismo Cinecittà Fondazione Friuli PromoTurismo FVG Camera di Commercio di Pordenone-Udine and with Confartigianato, Udine Fondazione Pietro Pittini Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, CCIDA Hong Kong Film Development Council, FDC Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Brussels Film Development Council of The Philippines, FDCP Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Roma Taiwan Creative Content Agency, TAICCA, Taipei WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF AFIC – Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema Canicola Cas’Aupa Infocomm Media Development Authority, IMDA, Singapore KOFIC, Seoul Korean Film Archive, Seoul Premio Amidei Taiwan Film Audiovisual Institute, Taipei The Ministry of Culture, Thailand The Department of Cultural Promotion Thai Lab Film Motion Picture Association THACCA, Bangkok Torneo delle Nazioni MAIN SPONSORS Amga Energia & Servizi – Brand Commerciale del Gruppo Hera Credifriuli, Credito Cooperativo Friuli Korea Creative Content Agency, KOCCA OFFICIAL SPONSORS Carini Auto ED Impianti 
Korean Air FESTIVAL PARTNERS Consorzio Nordest FVG Friulana Costruzioni Goccia di Carnia Idea Turismo 85 Shi’s TECHNICAL PARTNERS Aquila del Torre, Cafc Acque del Friuli, Collavini Vini, Consorzio Montasio, Consorzio Prosciutto di San Daniele, vini La Cricca, vini de Puppi, Di Lenardo vineyards, Ensoul, Entract Multimedia, Eventival, G-White, Ideando, Ideaprototipi – Prototypes for the Industry, King Of Games, Malaysian International Film Festival – MIFFEST, Marco Viola Studio, Nonino, vini Pascolo, Piaval, cantina Pitars, Pixel, azienda agricola Specogna, tenuta Villanova, gelateria Timballo, Underlight, Wild Raccoon birrificio MEDIA PARTNERS MYmovies.it, 
Rai4, Rai Cultura, Rai FVG, Messaggero Veneto, Radio Onde Furlane DIREZIONE ARTISTICA E ORGANIZZAZIONE by Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche C.E.C. Sabrina Baracetti (President) Thomas Bertacche (Festival General Coordinator) Giulia Cane (Educational Program) Luca Censabella (Program Coordinator) Tina Peressutti (Human Resources) Giorgio Placereani (Program Coordinator) Daniele Vidussi (Technical and Security) Marco Villotta (Program Coordinator) SENIOR CONSULTANT/STRATEGIC ADVISOR Roger Garcia CONSULENTI Maria Barbieri (China) Anchalee Chaiworaporn (Thailand) Don Jaucian (Philippines) Anderson Le (Documentaries) Kevin Ma (Hong Kong) Nguyên Lê (Vietnam) Warren Sin (Singapore) Darcy Paquet (South Korea) Maria A. Ruggieri (China) Mark Schilling (Japan) Tim Youngs (Senior Advisor, Hong Kong) PROGRAMMING OFFICE June Kim (Programming Associate) with Ekaterina Titarenko (Festival Manager) TALENT HOSPITALITY OFFICE Suomi Sponton (Senior Manager) with the collaboration of Anna Sandroni (Festival Manager) ASIAN COORDINATORS Saito Hideko, Takamatsu Miyuki (Japan) Sanling Chang (Taiwan) FEFF SEVEN SAMURAI Albert Lee, Hanna Lee, Peter Loehr, Marco Müller, Davide Pozzi, Yuka Sakano, Michael J. Werner EXHIBITION Chihoi Sto con il mio santo / I’m with My Saint by Canicola April 24/May 24 – 2026 @Visionario FOCUS ASIA (11th EDITION) Far East Film Festival
with the support of
MiC – Ministero della Cultura Direzione Generale per il Cinema
Cinecittà ICE – Agenzia per la promozione all’estero e l’internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane
in collaboration with
Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund
EAVE
and
Confindustria Udine INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, CCIDA Hong Kong Film Development Council, FDC Europa Distribution Europa International
Film Development Council of the Philippines, FDCP German Films, Germany Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, Taiwan HAF, Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum Korea Creative Content Agency, KOCCA
Korea Film Council, KOFIC Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes Taiwan Creative Content Agency, TAICCA TELEFILM Canada Visual Industry Promotion Organization,VIPO White Light Studio FOCUS ASIA TEAM Elena Bertoni (Project Manager)
Lucia Codognato (Side Activities Coordinator) Alessandro Gropplero (Content Curator) Alessandra Pastore (Programme Coordinator) Dumitrita Pacicovschi (Distribution Lab Coordinator) Luka Venturin (Meeting Coordinator) ALL GENRES PROJECT MARKET Project Selection Committee: Martin Horyna, Mike Hostench, Young-woo Kim, Ming-Jung Kuo, Winnie Lau, Valeria Richter, Wonsun Shin FAR EAST IN PR