Far East Film Festival

Far East Film Festival
Location	Udine, Italy
Founded	1999
Most recent	2024
Hosted by	Direzione Artistica E Organizzazione
Artistic director	Max Mestroni
Festival date	Opening: 24 April 2024 ; Closing: 2 May 2024
Website	fareastfilm.com
Current: 26th
	27th 25th

Far East Film Festival (FEFF) is an annual film festival held in Udine, Italy. It is one of the most important events promoting Asian Cinema in Europe. It focuses mainly on the films from East Asia.

In 2023, the festival celebrating its 25th anniversary edition from April 21 to April 29, focused on the Asian films of the 1980s.^[1]

Audience Award

Year	Film	Director	Country
1999	A Hero Never Dies	Johnnie To	Hong Kong
2000	Shower (ex aequo)	Zhang Yang	China
2000	My Heart (ex aequo)	Bae Chang-ho	South Korea
2001	The Foul King	Kim Jee-woon	South Korea
2002	Love Undercover	Joe Ma	Hong Kong
2003	Infernal Affairs	Andrew Lau & Alan Mak	Hong Kong
2004	The Twilight Samurai	Yoji Yamada	Japan
2005	Peacock	Gu Changwei	China
2006	Welcome to Dongmakgol	Park Kwang-hyun	South Korea
2007	No Mercy for the Rude	Park Chul-hee	South Korea
2008	Gachi Boy [jp]	Norihiro Koizumi	Japan
2009	Departures	Yōjirō Takita	Japan
2010	Castaway on the Moon	Lee Hey-jun	South Korea
2011	Aftershock	Feng Xiaogang	China
2012	Silenced	Hwang Dong-hyuk	South Korea
2013	How to Use Guys with Secret Tips	Lee Won-suk	South Korea
2014	The Eternal Zero	Takashi Yamazaki	Japan
2015	Ode to My Father	Yoon Je-kyoon	South Korea
2016	A Melody to Remember	Lee Han	South Korea
2017	Close-Knit	Naoko Ogigami	Japan
2018	1987: When the Day Comes^[2]	Jang Joon-hwan	South Korea
2019	Still Human^[3]	Oliver Chan	Hong Kong
2020	Better Days	Derek Tsang	China
2021	Midnight Swan	Eiji Uchida	Japan
2022	Miracle: Letters to the President^[4]	Lee Jang-hoon	South Korea
2023	Abang Adik	Jin Ong	Malaysia