Projects by Rima Das and Emma Kawawada also among 30 titles set to be pitched.
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 30 titles selected for the 2023 Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works by Makbul Mubarak, Koji Fukada, Rima Das and Emma Kawawada.
The film financing event, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market, will take place from October 7-10 and comprises projects by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature. They will conduct four...
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 30 titles selected for the 2023 Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works by Makbul Mubarak, Koji Fukada, Rima Das and Emma Kawawada.
The film financing event, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market, will take place from October 7-10 and comprises projects by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature. They will conduct four...
- 8/3/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
One of the prestigious national cinema awards in Japan presented by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists, the 65th edition of the Blue Ribbon Awards announced its winners on February 24, 2023. The nominees are selected from movies released in 2022 within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Leading with 6 nominations, A Man by Kei Ishikawa, wins Best Film while Plan 75 by Chie Hayakawa picks up Best Director and Best Actress for Chieko Baisho. The full list of winners is described below.
Best Film
A Man
Kingdom 2: To Distant Lands
Small, Slow But Steady
Missing
Silent Parade
Dr Coto’s Clinic
Plan 75
Motherhood
Fragments of the Last Will
Wandering
A Man Best Director
Kei Ishikawa – A Man
Shinzo Katayama – Missing
Takahisa Zeze – Tombi: Father and Son; Fragments of the Last Will
Chie Hayakawa – Plan 75
Ryuichi Hiroki – 2 Women, Motherhood; Phases of the Moon
Best Actor
Sadao Abe – Lesson in Murder; I am...
Best Film
A Man
Kingdom 2: To Distant Lands
Small, Slow But Steady
Missing
Silent Parade
Dr Coto’s Clinic
Plan 75
Motherhood
Fragments of the Last Will
Wandering
A Man Best Director
Kei Ishikawa – A Man
Shinzo Katayama – Missing
Takahisa Zeze – Tombi: Father and Son; Fragments of the Last Will
Chie Hayakawa – Plan 75
Ryuichi Hiroki – 2 Women, Motherhood; Phases of the Moon
Best Actor
Sadao Abe – Lesson in Murder; I am...
- 2/28/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Leung to attend to receive Asian Filmmaker of the Year award and present a showcase of his films.
The 27th Busan International Film Festival is set to open with the international premiere of Hadi Mohaghegh’s Iranian film Scent Of Wind and close with Ishikawa Kei’s Venice title A Man.
Hong Kong star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai will also attend the opening ceremony to receive Biff’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The festival will dedicate a six-film showcase dubbed In The Mood For Tony Leung with titles the actor personally selected, including Happy Together, Infernal Affairs and In The Mood For Love.
The 27th Busan International Film Festival is set to open with the international premiere of Hadi Mohaghegh’s Iranian film Scent Of Wind and close with Ishikawa Kei’s Venice title A Man.
Hong Kong star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai will also attend the opening ceremony to receive Biff’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The festival will dedicate a six-film showcase dubbed In The Mood For Tony Leung with titles the actor personally selected, including Happy Together, Infernal Affairs and In The Mood For Love.
- 9/7/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The Special Program in Focus, which will screen works by Japanese directors who have made their debuts after 2010 and who have been acknowledged by the press and critics, is expected to encourage further attention towards present-day Japanese cinema, which began with the initial sparks of two Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s films: Drive My Car (2021) and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021). Much attention will be centered on this important opportunity to assess up-and-coming Japanese directors who are to follow Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s generation, and to better gauge the current direction of Japanese cinema.
The selection advisers for this year’s Special Program in Focus includes director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Tokyo International Film Festival director Ichiyama Shozo, Osaka Asian Film Festival programmer Teruoka Sozo, and Skip City International D-Cinema Festival programmer Hasegawa Toshiyuki, among many other. The Special Program in Focus is sponsored by the Lee Heui Keon Korea-Japan Exchange Foundation.
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The selection advisers for this year’s Special Program in Focus includes director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Tokyo International Film Festival director Ichiyama Shozo, Osaka Asian Film Festival programmer Teruoka Sozo, and Skip City International D-Cinema Festival programmer Hasegawa Toshiyuki, among many other. The Special Program in Focus is sponsored by the Lee Heui Keon Korea-Japan Exchange Foundation.
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- 8/20/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Gaga is “strong and we are growing” according to the renowned executive.
Tom Yoda, chairman of Japanese distributor and producer Gaga Corporation, wants everyone in Cannes to know that “Japan is on the mend” after the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Even after a turbulent two years, Gaga is “strong and we are growing” according to the renowned executive. At the Marché, Gaga is announcing a multi-platform strategy that comprises international film distribution; local film and anime production; game and character businesses derived from anime; as well as “aggressive overseas market cultivation” and internet business. The latter involves Nft and metaverse businesses including VR.
Tom Yoda, chairman of Japanese distributor and producer Gaga Corporation, wants everyone in Cannes to know that “Japan is on the mend” after the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Even after a turbulent two years, Gaga is “strong and we are growing” according to the renowned executive. At the Marché, Gaga is announcing a multi-platform strategy that comprises international film distribution; local film and anime production; game and character businesses derived from anime; as well as “aggressive overseas market cultivation” and internet business. The latter involves Nft and metaverse businesses including VR.
- 5/18/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
After its premiere in the Generation section at this year’s Berlinale, “My Small Land” is now traveling to several international festivals such as j Udine Far East Film Festival and next to the Helsinki Cine Aasia. This intimate social study is the first feature length film by young Japanese director Emma Kawawada. She tells a story that is not often in the focus of Japanese cinema. Besides a few weaknesses concerning its form, this coming of age movie is of high social and political relevance because of its topic.
“My Small Land” is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The sixteen year old Sarya (Lina Arashi) lives with her father and younger siblings in Japan. Her family is originally Kurdish and fled from Turkey to Japan, when Sarya was five years old. Meanwhile, the young woman is completely integrated into the Japanese society, has friends and is a good pupil.
“My Small Land” is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The sixteen year old Sarya (Lina Arashi) lives with her father and younger siblings in Japan. Her family is originally Kurdish and fled from Turkey to Japan, when Sarya was five years old. Meanwhile, the young woman is completely integrated into the Japanese society, has friends and is a good pupil.
- 5/4/2022
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
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