Hungry Ghost Diner

Hungry Ghost Diner
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	餓鬼食堂
Simplified Chinese	饿鬼食堂
Literal meaning	hungry ghost canteen
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin è guǐ shítáng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ngo6 gwai2 sik6 tong4
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
Languages	Cantonese Hakka Malay

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 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

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.