I.K.U.
I.K.U.( pronounced" ai- kei- ju", abbreviated as" iku") is a 2001 independent film directed by Taiwanese- American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang.
It was marketed as" a Japanese Sci -Fi Porn Feature".
The film was partially inspired by" Blade Runner"( 1982).
" I.K.U."'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect" orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse.
The title is a pun on the Japanese word which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm.
" I.K.U." premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
It was the first pornographic film ever screened in the festival.
Critical reception was poor.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang( born April 13, 1954, Taiwan) is a multimedia artist who works in the fields of net- based installation, social interface and film production.
Cheang received a BA in History from the National Taiwan University in 1976 and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University in 1979.
Over the past decade, she has emerged as a prominent figure in new media art.
Cheang is one of the leading multimedia artists dealing with multidisciplinary topics.
She is regarded as a pioneering figure in internet- based art, with her multimedia approach at the interface between film, video, internet- based installation, software interaction and durational performance.
Her work is often interactive.
She is most noted for her individual approach in the realm of art and technology, creatively intermingling social issues with artistic methods.
Cheang's work employs film, video, net- based installation, and interface to explore" ...ethnic stereotyping, the nature and excesses of popular media, institutional- and especially governmental- power, race relations, and sexual politics."
Cheang has also written and directed feature films I.K.U. and Fluidø.
She has been a member of the Paper Tiger Television collective since 1981.
Though originally based in New York, Cheang is currently living and working in Paris, France.
Lotta Ramel
Charlotte Ramel,( born 29 September 1957) is a Swedish actress and director.
She has been active in both films and theater, acting in TV series like" Rederiet", and films like" Falsk som vatten".
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Madhu (actor)
Madhavan Nair, commonly known by his stage name Madhu, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, and former film studio owner, who works in Malayalam cinema.
Madhu was a prominent lead actor during the 1960s, 1970'sand 1980s.
He has also directed and produced several films, and at one time owned the Uma Film Studio.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 for his contributions towards the arts.
He was honored with the J.C Daniel award by the Government of Kerala in 2004, for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam films.
Mini ’ a children's movie produced by him, bagged the Indira Gandhi national award for the best picture on Family Welfare, at the 43rd National Film Awards 1995.
He is the inaugural winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for his performance in" Swayamvaram"( 1972), and has received three more Filmfare awards and is also the recipient of five Kerala State Film Awards.
Matt Beckett
Matt Beckett( born 13 July 1973) is a Welsh former- professional cyclist who was born in Lancaster.
He represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
He was briefly one of the directors of Welsh Cycling in 2006.
Oh Yeon-ah
Oh Yeon- ah( born Kim Mi-ae on December 1, 1981) is a South Korean actress.
She has played many supporting roles in both films and television series.
Theekkanal
Theekkanal is a 1976 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Madhu and produced by George Thomas.
The film stars Madhu, Srividya, Mohan Sharma and Pattom Sadan.
The film's musical score is by K. J. Yesudas.
The film was remade in Tamil as" Dheepam" with Sivaji Ganesan, in Telugu as" Amaradeepam" with Krishnam Raju, in Hindi as" Amardeep" with Rajesh Khanna and in Kannada as" Amara Jyothi" with Ambareesh.

Question: Are the directors of both films Theekkanal and I.K.U. from the same country?
Answer: no