The financing and development platform at Tiffcom will take place in person for the first time.
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has revealed the 15 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
The 4th edition of Tgfm will take place in-person for the first time from October 25-27, having launched during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 when all industry activity took place online.
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Projects include The Fox King by Malaysia’s Woo Ming Jin, whose revenge thriller Stone Turtle premiered in competition at Locarno in...
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has revealed the 15 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
The 4th edition of Tgfm will take place in-person for the first time from October 25-27, having launched during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 when all industry activity took place online.
Scroll down for full list of titles
Projects include The Fox King by Malaysia’s Woo Ming Jin, whose revenge thriller Stone Turtle premiered in competition at Locarno in...
- 9/20/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Sixth feature film for director Daigo Matsui after his flamboyant debut Afro Tanaka in 2012, “Our Huff and Puff Journey” confirms the director's passion and dedication to stories of love and younghood set in Japan. In this case, a self-filmed road trip of four schoolgirls is another occasion to dig into youth culture.
Our Huff and Puff Journey is screening at Nippon Connection
“Our Huff and Puff Journey” is indeed an account of a journey through Japan, having as a final destination a J-pop band concert. Four high school students and friends Ichinose, Chia, Fumiko and Sattsun decide to leave their hometown in Fukuoka, the northernmost Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu Island, and travel by bike to Tokyo to see a concert of their favorite band, CreepHyp. The film starts at the cusp of their excitement, just before leaving. The girls feel like their life has just begun and this is the...
Our Huff and Puff Journey is screening at Nippon Connection
“Our Huff and Puff Journey” is indeed an account of a journey through Japan, having as a final destination a J-pop band concert. Four high school students and friends Ichinose, Chia, Fumiko and Sattsun decide to leave their hometown in Fukuoka, the northernmost Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu Island, and travel by bike to Tokyo to see a concert of their favorite band, CreepHyp. The film starts at the cusp of their excitement, just before leaving. The girls feel like their life has just begun and this is the...
- 6/12/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Daigo Matsui is a filmmaker and screenwriter, as well as founder and leader of the theatre group Gojigen. He debuted as a filmmaker with Afro Tanaka (2012). His other works include Sweet Poolside (2014) and How Selfish I Am! (2013). Wonderful World End (2014) was screened at Berlinale, and Our Huff and Puff Journey (2015) won two prizes at the Yubari Ifff. For both, he also won the Best New Director prize at the Tama Cinema Forum. Just Remembering (2022) received a Special Mention and the Audience Award at the Tokyo Grand Prix, while his most recent film, Hand (2022), is selected as part of IFFR 2023.
On the occasion of “Hand” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the differences between the old and new Roman Porno films, shooting an erotic film during the MeToo era, the casting, the erotic scenes and many other topics
Hand is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam...
On the occasion of “Hand” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the differences between the old and new Roman Porno films, shooting an erotic film during the MeToo era, the casting, the erotic scenes and many other topics
Hand is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam...
- 2/4/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
With over 50+ films, Camera Japan Festival is proud to announce their full and diverse programme, combining films ranging from de newest and best Japanese arthouse, animation, documentaries, short films and classic cinema.
The 17th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 22nd with the international premiere of Koumei’s Spotlight,
with the director and leading actor Morimoto Nobuhiro present. From 29 Sept. – 2 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam’s LAB111.
With four international and twelve European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as Spotlight, Nagi’s Island, Prior Convictions and Thanc You, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at Camera Japan Festival. Among the many Dutch premieres titles from directors such as Miike Takashi (The Great Yokai War: Guardians) and Odagiri Joe (They Say Nothing Stays the Same) will be shown.
As usual, animation films will be present at Camera Japan Festival.
The 17th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 22nd with the international premiere of Koumei’s Spotlight,
with the director and leading actor Morimoto Nobuhiro present. From 29 Sept. – 2 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam’s LAB111.
With four international and twelve European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as Spotlight, Nagi’s Island, Prior Convictions and Thanc You, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at Camera Japan Festival. Among the many Dutch premieres titles from directors such as Miike Takashi (The Great Yokai War: Guardians) and Odagiri Joe (They Say Nothing Stays the Same) will be shown.
As usual, animation films will be present at Camera Japan Festival.
- 9/2/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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