The Karlovy Vary Film Festival has unveiled the official selection for its upcoming 58th edition. The lineup comprises 32 films across three sections and a host of world and international premieres. Scroll down for the full list.
Among the lineup is A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, the latest film from prolific documentary filmmaker Mark Cousin. The film’s synopsis reads: One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St Ives group of artists climbed to the top of the Grindelwald glacier in Switzerland, an experience which was to transform the way she saw the world. She spent the rest of her life capturing its shapes and colors, indeed its very essence. In his essayistic portrait documentarist Mark Cousins delves into complex themes of gender,...
Among the lineup is A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, the latest film from prolific documentary filmmaker Mark Cousin. The film’s synopsis reads: One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St Ives group of artists climbed to the top of the Grindelwald glacier in Switzerland, an experience which was to transform the way she saw the world. She spent the rest of her life capturing its shapes and colors, indeed its very essence. In his essayistic portrait documentarist Mark Cousins delves into complex themes of gender,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The 32-strong official selection of the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading cinema fete, will feature 15 directorial debuts as well as the latest works of established filmmakers such as Mark Cousins, Oleh Sentsov, Noaz Deshe, Antonin Peretjatko, Beata Parkanova and Burak Cevik.
Karel Och, artistic director of Karlovy Vary, said Tuesday that he’d identified a number of themes and genre in the selection, which included “a freshly revisionist take on the esthetical canons of a period film; a balanced, caring but also provocative look on the fate of a woman in the contemporary society in any moment of her life; and the immediate influence of political events on the life of an individual human being anywhere in the world.”
The festival, which runs June 28-July 6 in the Czech Republic, has also revealed the juries of the Crystal Globe and Proxima competitions. The...
Karel Och, artistic director of Karlovy Vary, said Tuesday that he’d identified a number of themes and genre in the selection, which included “a freshly revisionist take on the esthetical canons of a period film; a balanced, caring but also provocative look on the fate of a woman in the contemporary society in any moment of her life; and the immediate influence of political events on the life of an individual human being anywhere in the world.”
The festival, which runs June 28-July 6 in the Czech Republic, has also revealed the juries of the Crystal Globe and Proxima competitions. The...
- 5/28/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) has unveiled its competition and other lineups for its 58th edition, set to run in the Czech spa town from June 28 to July 6. It also set its competition jury, led by indie film producer Christine Vachon who will be joined by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, Hungarian director Gábor Reisz, Icelandic poet, novelist and screenwriter Sjón and Czech actress Eliška Křenková.
Organizers highlighted 15 directorial or feature-directorial debuts in this year’s official selection and various world premieres.
In its special screenings lineup, Kviff will present the world premiere of Ukrainian filmmaker and former Kremlin prisoner Oleh Sentsov’s new documentary Real. Sentsov “is currently defending his homeland as a lieutenant in the Ukrainian army, which he joined in the first days of the Russian invasion in February 2022,” the film description provided by the fest reads. “During one assault, his infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by enemy artillery.
Organizers highlighted 15 directorial or feature-directorial debuts in this year’s official selection and various world premieres.
In its special screenings lineup, Kviff will present the world premiere of Ukrainian filmmaker and former Kremlin prisoner Oleh Sentsov’s new documentary Real. Sentsov “is currently defending his homeland as a lieutenant in the Ukrainian army, which he joined in the first days of the Russian invasion in February 2022,” the film description provided by the fest reads. “During one assault, his infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by enemy artillery.
- 5/28/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Considering the sheer number of family dramas coming from Japan, most of which seem to be of the 7/10 variety, it is quite hard to find ones that stand out, even in detail. Kazuhiro Nakamura, however, who was inspired by the city of his birth and the “Amagasaki lock gate,” which protects from flood damage, seems to have managed to come up with a film in the category that does stand out, even if he does not avoid all its ‘tropes'.
Amalock is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The film starts in 1994 when a young and quite loud Yuko is living with her parents in Amagasaki, somewhat idolizing her father, Ryutaro, owner of a small metalworks factory, which she considers Amalock, a kind of protector of everything and everyone around him. Years later, 39-year-old Yuko is a high-achieving and proud woman whose career ambitions have taken to Tokyo, where she has a high-caliber work.
Amalock is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The film starts in 1994 when a young and quite loud Yuko is living with her parents in Amagasaki, somewhat idolizing her father, Ryutaro, owner of a small metalworks factory, which she considers Amalock, a kind of protector of everything and everyone around him. Years later, 39-year-old Yuko is a high-achieving and proud woman whose career ambitions have taken to Tokyo, where she has a high-caliber work.
- 3/6/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It is always a pleasure to watch films that portray unremarkable love stories with realism and still manage to be entertaining. Rikiya Imaizumi does just that with “Just Only Love”, a film based on the novel “Ai Ga Nanda”, by Mitsuyo Kakuta.
Just Only Love screened at Camera Japan
Teruko is an office worker who is involved in a relationship that could only be described as one-sided. You see, she has been in love with Mamoru ever since they met at a friend’s wedding, to the point that the phone calls she receives from him to meet are the only thing that matters in her life, including her friends and work. Eventually, the two of them spend a night together, and Teruko starts to believe that they will become a couple, finally. However, Mamoru does not share her feelings, as it is obvious that he spends time with her...
Just Only Love screened at Camera Japan
Teruko is an office worker who is involved in a relationship that could only be described as one-sided. You see, she has been in love with Mamoru ever since they met at a friend’s wedding, to the point that the phone calls she receives from him to meet are the only thing that matters in her life, including her friends and work. Eventually, the two of them spend a night together, and Teruko starts to believe that they will become a couple, finally. However, Mamoru does not share her feelings, as it is obvious that he spends time with her...
- 10/5/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
From time to time, one always has the need to watch one of those strange stories that end up impressing the viewer with his personality. Japan is a country that knows well how to tell this kind of stories thanks to well-known talents such as Takashi Miike and Sion Sono, of whom you can see a lot of similarity in this film. Ikki Katashima narrates The Dog Bridegroom, a 4 hour runtime epic tale about a woman who decides to leave everything behind in search of a new destination that knocked at her door.
“The Dog Bridegroom” is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Azusa is a primary school teacher who does not know what to do with her life. She feels lost and most importantly, she does not feel fulfilled, but one day she hears a voice from the sky that says: “If you go to Imore Island, you will get what you want.
“The Dog Bridegroom” is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Azusa is a primary school teacher who does not know what to do with her life. She feels lost and most importantly, she does not feel fulfilled, but one day she hears a voice from the sky that says: “If you go to Imore Island, you will get what you want.
- 5/24/2019
- by Pedro Morata
- AsianMoviePulse
The line-up includes new TV projects from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gurinder Chadha and Gregg Araki.
Canneseries, the annual TV festival running alongside the Miptv content market in Cannes, has unveiled the competition line-up for its second edition (April 5-10).
The first two epsidoes from 10 new international series will screen in the main competition.
Titles include Channing Powell’s London-set psychological thriller The Feed for Amazon and Liberty Global. David Thewlis stars in the dystopian tale as the inventor of a brain implant that allows people to share thoughts and emotions alongside Guy Burnet, Michelle Fairley and Nina Toussaint-White as his family members.
Canneseries, the annual TV festival running alongside the Miptv content market in Cannes, has unveiled the competition line-up for its second edition (April 5-10).
The first two epsidoes from 10 new international series will screen in the main competition.
Titles include Channing Powell’s London-set psychological thriller The Feed for Amazon and Liberty Global. David Thewlis stars in the dystopian tale as the inventor of a brain implant that allows people to share thoughts and emotions alongside Guy Burnet, Michelle Fairley and Nina Toussaint-White as his family members.
- 3/13/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Netflix movies may still be question mark in terms of being allowed in competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, but the streaming giant will be present at Cannes Series. The Cannes television festival will mark its second year next month with Netflix going up against rival Amazon in the competition section. The full lineup includes series from Israel, Norway, Spain, and Belgium.
Netflix’s competition entry is the German series “How to Sell Drugs Online Fast,” from writers Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann. Amazon is heading to Cannes Series with “The Feed,” a London-set drama created by Channing Powell and based on the novel Nick Clark Windo. “The Feed” stars “Game of Thrones” favorite Michelle Fairley opposite David Thewlis in a story about a piece of technology that allows people to instantly share thoughts and emotions. The tech falls into the wrong hands and becomes a murderous weapon.
Netflix’s competition entry is the German series “How to Sell Drugs Online Fast,” from writers Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann. Amazon is heading to Cannes Series with “The Feed,” a London-set drama created by Channing Powell and based on the novel Nick Clark Windo. “The Feed” stars “Game of Thrones” favorite Michelle Fairley opposite David Thewlis in a story about a piece of technology that allows people to instantly share thoughts and emotions. The tech falls into the wrong hands and becomes a murderous weapon.
- 3/13/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Cannes Series has revealed the lineup, jury and masterclasses for its second edition, which takes place alongside the Mip TV market on the French Riviera.
Among ten series in competition at the TV festival are Netflix’s German show How To Sell Drugs Online and Amazon’s UK series The Feed with Michelle Fairley and David Thewlis. Out of competition shows include Starz’ Now Apocalypse and Russel T Davies’ Years And Years. Scroll down for the lineup in full.
The competition jury will be presided over by Dark show-runner Baran bo Odar with members comprising actor, director and author Stephen Fry (Gosford Park), actors Miriam Leone (Non Uccidere) and Emma Mackey (Sex Education), actor and director Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and composer Rob (The Bureau). David Cross and Jude Law are among those with projects in the short form competition.
Among those set to give masterclasses will be Game Of Thrones...
Among ten series in competition at the TV festival are Netflix’s German show How To Sell Drugs Online and Amazon’s UK series The Feed with Michelle Fairley and David Thewlis. Out of competition shows include Starz’ Now Apocalypse and Russel T Davies’ Years And Years. Scroll down for the lineup in full.
The competition jury will be presided over by Dark show-runner Baran bo Odar with members comprising actor, director and author Stephen Fry (Gosford Park), actors Miriam Leone (Non Uccidere) and Emma Mackey (Sex Education), actor and director Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and composer Rob (The Bureau). David Cross and Jude Law are among those with projects in the short form competition.
Among those set to give masterclasses will be Game Of Thrones...
- 3/13/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A Woman and War (Senso No Hitori No Onna), the debut film from director Junichi Inoue is a bold political statement. As I noted in my review, it criticises the crimes Japan committed overseas during the second world war by following the lives of three damaged people in a struggling Tokyo during the final stages of the war. Noriko Eguchi, who has worked on many independent feature films and is a regular on Japanese television screens, plays a former prostitute who is unable to experience pleasure while making love. Masatoshi Nagase has been acting for 30 years and has worked with Jim Jarmusch on Mystery Train and with director Yoji Yamada on My Sons and The Hidden Blade. Here he plays a disenchanted writer sure...
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- 5/10/2013
- Screen Anarchy
A young couple meet their older selves running from their dark pasts.
Sunichi Nagasaki’s earlier film of the same name, the grungy, experimental tale of a young couple on the run after killing their child, gets a reworking 20 years on, as fresh actors reprise the roles of the central characters with a number of twists.
Toru (Shoichi Honda) and Yuki (Noriko Eguchi) are hiding out in a flat lent to them by Toru’s ex-flame, Ritsuko (Kaori Mizushima), and over one night, holed up in a forbidding, cold and confined space, go through a rollercoaster of emotions. Haunted by...
Sunichi Nagasaki’s earlier film of the same name, the grungy, experimental tale of a young couple on the run after killing their child, gets a reworking 20 years on, as fresh actors reprise the roles of the central characters with a number of twists.
Toru (Shoichi Honda) and Yuki (Noriko Eguchi) are hiding out in a flat lent to them by Toru’s ex-flame, Ritsuko (Kaori Mizushima), and over one night, holed up in a forbidding, cold and confined space, go through a rollercoaster of emotions. Haunted by...
- 2/26/2012
- by Emma Slawinski
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
One of the wonderful things about independent home video labels is that they are able to champion individual filmmakers in a way that major studios have no interest in doing. Arrow Video has taken an interest in giving Argento, Romero, and Fulci their due; while Severin Films had their sights set on making the films of Jess Franco, Walerian Borowcyzk, and Joe D'Amato the credit they deserve. Third Window Films is also determined to help bring some of their favorite directors some exposure, even if the Western world hasn't yet discovered them. When I spoke to Third Window's Adam Torel, he gave me three names of filmmakers/auteurs that he really stood behind with his label, and those three are Tetsuya Nakashima, Sion Sono, and Miki Satoshi. The first two should be names not unfamiliar to many Twitch readers, Nakashima's Kamikaze Girls and Sono's Love Exposure, among others, are some...
- 12/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
[Our thanks to Chris Bourne for the following review.]
Yuki Tanada's 2004 erotic comedy/drama Electric Button (Moon and Cherry) is part of this year's Japan Cuts section "Best of Unreleased Naughties." This means, of course, the best unreleased (in Us) Japanese films of the 2000s, but Electric Button is naughty in a very different way.
Tanada's film has been described as a distinctly female perspective on the Japanese genre of pinku eiga ("pink film"), which is a brand of soft-core sex film, but this isn't quite accurate. Yes, there is copious sex in the film, but it isn't as explicit or programmatic as in regular pinku eiga, the conventions of which usually demand five sex scenes per hour at roughly ten-to-fifteen minute intervals.
Electric Button is closer to another genre of Japanese sex film called roman porno, which was similar to pink film but had a more literary, artistic bent and felt less formulaic than many pink films.
Yuki Tanada's 2004 erotic comedy/drama Electric Button (Moon and Cherry) is part of this year's Japan Cuts section "Best of Unreleased Naughties." This means, of course, the best unreleased (in Us) Japanese films of the 2000s, but Electric Button is naughty in a very different way.
Tanada's film has been described as a distinctly female perspective on the Japanese genre of pinku eiga ("pink film"), which is a brand of soft-core sex film, but this isn't quite accurate. Yes, there is copious sex in the film, but it isn't as explicit or programmatic as in regular pinku eiga, the conventions of which usually demand five sex scenes per hour at roughly ten-to-fifteen minute intervals.
Electric Button is closer to another genre of Japanese sex film called roman porno, which was similar to pink film but had a more literary, artistic bent and felt less formulaic than many pink films.
- 7/6/2010
- Screen Anarchy
A moment here to say a very public well done to Shinsedai Festival organizers Chris MaGee and Jasper Sharp. The complete festival lineup and schedule have been announced today and it's a stellar, diverse lineup of titles. Here's the announcement of the second block of titles:
The anticipation has been building for the past few weeks, but now we are very proud to announce the full line-up and screening schedule for the 2nd annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival taking place at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. Joining the already announced screenings of Kenji Mizoguchi's silent classic "The Water Magician" (with live musical accompaniment by Toronto's Vowls), the Canadian Premiere of Gen Takahashi's police epic "Confessions of a Dog" and the Toronto Premiere of the ward-winning concert documentary "Live Tape" are:
Kakera: A Piece Of Our Life (Toronto Premiere/ Opening Night Film): Haru (Hikari Mitsushima) is a...
The anticipation has been building for the past few weeks, but now we are very proud to announce the full line-up and screening schedule for the 2nd annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival taking place at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. Joining the already announced screenings of Kenji Mizoguchi's silent classic "The Water Magician" (with live musical accompaniment by Toronto's Vowls), the Canadian Premiere of Gen Takahashi's police epic "Confessions of a Dog" and the Toronto Premiere of the ward-winning concert documentary "Live Tape" are:
Kakera: A Piece Of Our Life (Toronto Premiere/ Opening Night Film): Haru (Hikari Mitsushima) is a...
- 6/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Now that Kota Yoshida’s latest film Yuriko’s Aroma has made the rounds, two of his older works, “Coming with My Brother” and “Zo no Namida” are getting a a second shot at domestic distribution.
Coming with My Brother was Yoshida’s first feature-length film. It was produced in 2006 and eventually netted him the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Sometime before the event, Kota suffered a cerebral infarction and was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered he had also developed a cerebral anyeurism. After a long rehabilitation process from both ailments, he’s recently returned to pick up where he left off two years ago as an up-and-coming film director specializing in mildly perverse erotic comedy.
In the aptly-titled film, Noriko Eguchi and Nahana play two friends named Nao and Saki who share an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. On Nao’s 25th birthday,...
Coming with My Brother was Yoshida’s first feature-length film. It was produced in 2006 and eventually netted him the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Sometime before the event, Kota suffered a cerebral infarction and was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered he had also developed a cerebral anyeurism. After a long rehabilitation process from both ailments, he’s recently returned to pick up where he left off two years ago as an up-and-coming film director specializing in mildly perverse erotic comedy.
In the aptly-titled film, Noriko Eguchi and Nahana play two friends named Nao and Saki who share an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. On Nao’s 25th birthday,...
- 5/20/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Earlier today, it was announced that Yosuke Eguchi and Yu Aoi will co-star for the first time in Yogashiten Coin de Rue, a new film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa (Dear My Love). The title is a mixture of Japanese and French meaning “Corner Pastry Shop”.
Eguchi will play Tomura, a legendary pastry chef who was renowned for his sweets before suddenly dropping out of industry circles 8 years ago. Since then, he’s been giving lectures to confectionery school students while authoring a guidebook as a pastry critic. However, he’s declined all invitations to showcase his abilities at several prestigious shops.
Aoi will play a cake-maker’s daughter who traveled from Kagoshima to Tokyo to chase after a boyfriend. She gets a job at a popular Tokyo shop called “Pastry Coin de Rue” which is run by Yoriko (Keiko Toda) and her husband Julian (Nathan Berg). While there, she gets...
Eguchi will play Tomura, a legendary pastry chef who was renowned for his sweets before suddenly dropping out of industry circles 8 years ago. Since then, he’s been giving lectures to confectionery school students while authoring a guidebook as a pastry critic. However, he’s declined all invitations to showcase his abilities at several prestigious shops.
Aoi will play a cake-maker’s daughter who traveled from Kagoshima to Tokyo to chase after a boyfriend. She gets a job at a popular Tokyo shop called “Pastry Coin de Rue” which is run by Yoriko (Keiko Toda) and her husband Julian (Nathan Berg). While there, she gets...
- 5/8/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Here’s the trailer for Kota Yoshida‘s Yuriko no Aroma, which is being described as an “ero-morous comedy”.
Yoshida’s debut film, “Onee-chan, Otouto to Iku” received the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Unfortunately, he suffered a stroke and collapsed right before the ceremony. This film marks his comeback to directing.
Plot: As an aromatherapist, 30-year-old Yuriko (Noriko Eguchi) uses various scents and her skilled hands to heal people of their fatigue. However, she holds a secret which she can’t reveal to anyone: she can’t help but get sexually excited whenever she smells the sweat of 17-year-old Tetsuya (Shota Sometani). To make matters worse, Tetsuya is the nephew of the aroma salon’s owner (Jun Miho). Meanwhile, a client named Ayame (Saori Hara) claims to want to learn about aromatherapy, but instead uses the lesson as an opportunity to press her large breasts up against Yuriko.
Yoshida’s debut film, “Onee-chan, Otouto to Iku” received the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Unfortunately, he suffered a stroke and collapsed right before the ceremony. This film marks his comeback to directing.
Plot: As an aromatherapist, 30-year-old Yuriko (Noriko Eguchi) uses various scents and her skilled hands to heal people of their fatigue. However, she holds a secret which she can’t reveal to anyone: she can’t help but get sexually excited whenever she smells the sweat of 17-year-old Tetsuya (Shota Sometani). To make matters worse, Tetsuya is the nephew of the aroma salon’s owner (Jun Miho). Meanwhile, a client named Ayame (Saori Hara) claims to want to learn about aromatherapy, but instead uses the lesson as an opportunity to press her large breasts up against Yuriko.
- 3/22/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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