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Singaporean filmmaker Gavin Lim debuts with a Grindhouse extravaganza starring Sunny Pang (“Headshot”) as a man confronted with his darkest nature instincts.

Diamond Dogs screened at /Slash Festival

Johnny is diagnosed with deadly cancer. With no money for treatment, he is given the option to sign up for a special medical experiment. Little does the deaf protagonist know, that he is becoming the guinea pig for a deadly underground firm, that is testing illegal substance for the military. Locked up and pumped up with injections, Johnny is no longer a human, but a cruel killing machine, proving his abilities in set-up cage fights. The only motivation to escape this hell is his daughter. After the loss of her mother, they stick together as a team. But when the facility threatens her life, Johnny is going berserk.

“Diamond Dogs” is a ride. Shot on a low budget and originally planned as a romance,...

Hong Kong film icon Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, who is rarely seen in public these days, will be on hand to open the 20th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine. She will also receive the festival’s lifetime award, the Golden Mulberry.

The opening film is set to be Korean thriller “Steel Rain, an actioner backed by streaming video platform Netflix. There are currently no plans to show it on the big screen again. Also on the opening night agenda is Malaysian drama “Crossroads: One Two Jaga.”

The festival program runs 20-28 April and includes films from 11 East Asian territories, 5 world premieres and a trio of restored titles. Among the classics is Johnnie To’s “Throw Down,” brought back to life by the Italo-Hong Kong company L’Immagine Ritrovata.

New for the 20th edition is the launch of the White Mulberry competitive section. It will include 21 films by first or second time directors.

Festival closer will be Emil Heradi’s Indonesian war thriller Night Bus on April 28.

Celebrating its 20th edition, the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy is set to open with Korean espionage thriller Steel Rain and the world premiere of Nam Ron’s Malaysian crime drama Crossroads: One Two Jaga on April 20.

Directed by Yang Woo-seok, Jung Woo-sung-starrer Steel Rain was released in South Korea last December where it clocked up more than 4.45 million admissions according to the Korean Film Council (Kofic). It was released worldwide on Netflix last month, but this will be the film’s “world...