Don Palathara’s Indian drama ‘Family’ will have its world premiere at the festival.
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s Pamfir and Andrew Legge’s Lola have been added to the Harbour strand for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Ukrainian drama Pamfir was supported by the festival’s Hubert Bals fund in 2020 and recently nominated for a European Film Academy award in European discovery.
Lola is the feature debut from UK director Legge and is set during the Second World War. It premiered at Locarno in August and was recently acquired by Signature Entertainment for the UK and Ireland.
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s Pamfir and Andrew Legge’s Lola have been added to the Harbour strand for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Ukrainian drama Pamfir was supported by the festival’s Hubert Bals fund in 2020 and recently nominated for a European Film Academy award in European discovery.
Lola is the feature debut from UK director Legge and is set during the Second World War. It premiered at Locarno in August and was recently acquired by Signature Entertainment for the UK and Ireland.
- 11/24/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Don Palathara’s Indian drama ‘Family’ will have its world premiere at the festival.
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s Pamfir and Andrew Legge’s Lola have been added to the Harbour strand for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Ukrainian drama Pamfir was supported by the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund in 2020 and recently nominated for a European Film Academy award in European discovery.
Lola is the feature debut from UK director Legge and is set during the Second World War. It premiered at Locarno in August and was recently acquired by Signature Entertainment for the UK and Ireland.
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s Pamfir and Andrew Legge’s Lola have been added to the Harbour strand for the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Ukrainian drama Pamfir was supported by the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund in 2020 and recently nominated for a European Film Academy award in European discovery.
Lola is the feature debut from UK director Legge and is set during the Second World War. It premiered at Locarno in August and was recently acquired by Signature Entertainment for the UK and Ireland.
- 11/23/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
One of a pair of films by Satoshi Miki which screened at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, and by far the stronger, this acutely observed, quirky tale of a bad deed which does not go unpunished begins with a fight. Kato (Ryo Narito) is at odds with girlfriend Zig-zag (Yuki Katayama) because she wants him to look after her dog, Cerberus, whilst she auditions for a role in a film. The dispute gets physical, in a playful way which emphasises the bond between the two of them, but Kato’s objection to dogsitting is real – he finds the good-natured beast a distraction from his writing as he tries to develop a screenplay which will change his destiny – and when Zig-zag gets the role, making it an ongoing arrangement, he decides to drive Cerberus out into the countryside and abandon him.
Or does he? Exactly what happens, and when,...
Or does he? Exactly what happens, and when,...
- 8/7/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Satoshi Miki started out as a writer for hit TV variety shows, some of which are legendary in Japan. He then began directing stage plays and further expanded into TV dramas and films. His directing style has its good and urbane sense of humor, in which seemingly unnecessary episodes and dialogues are developed and interwoven into a story, incidentally making them indispensable parts of the story. His first film “In the Pool” (’05) and his second feature “Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers” were consecutively released theatrically in the year 2005. Two of his movies were also released in 2022, “What to Do With The Dead Kaiju” and his collaboration with Mark Schilling, “Convenience Story”.
On the occasion of both screening at Fantasia, we talk to him about the appeal of kaiju movies, Japanese politicians, the casting of the two movies, cooperating with Mark Schilling, the Japanese movie industry, and other topics.
“What to Do With The Dead Kaiju...
On the occasion of both screening at Fantasia, we talk to him about the appeal of kaiju movies, Japanese politicians, the casting of the two movies, cooperating with Mark Schilling, the Japanese movie industry, and other topics.
“What to Do With The Dead Kaiju...
- 8/5/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
When it comes to Japanese comedies, few directors have made quite the impact. While some of his peers might have some of the more universally known titles under their belt, Miki has also left his mark with works such as “Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers”, “Adrift in Tokyo” and “Instant Swamp”. Being the member of a comedy group whose band of humor he once compared to Monty Python, he has emphasized the targets for laughter in his works are those tendencies, trends or moods within the culture of his home country which may be seen as odd or troublesome. His newest feature, “Convenience Story”, is no exception to the rule, with the story revolving around one of the cornerstones of Japanese culture, at least to the eye of the outsider, the 24/7-open convenience store seemingly promising an easy solution to one’s problems. The feature is also a collaboration of film critic Mark Schilling,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The easiest way to describe the tone of Satoshi Miki’s realization of an objectively ingenious concept (What happens to the rotting carcass of a defeated kaiju?), is to mention the question to which every journalist demands an answer after a blister filled with the gaseous byproduct of the monster’s decomposition bursts: Does it smell like poo or puke? If that sounds like your idea of a good time for two hours, Daikaijū no Atoshimatsu [What to do with the Dead Kaiju?] is for you. If it doesn’t, however, the film will feel more like a different scene occurring much later, one where a character electronically leaks a classified photo and text file. Rather than an instantaneous transfer, we must literally watch the progress bar slowly fill to completion.
That’s how most films in this vein feel to me, though: the whole lowest common denominator comedic send-up of a usually earnestly dramatic genre piece a la Scary Movie.
That’s how most films in this vein feel to me, though: the whole lowest common denominator comedic send-up of a usually earnestly dramatic genre piece a la Scary Movie.
- 8/3/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
An emerging auteur in Japanese cinema, Satoshi Miki isn’t the first name thought of to helm a big-budget, mainstream-ready kaiju film, and he seems up to the task with his latest offering “What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?” Managing to blend together a range of influences from political satire, romantic comedy, and popcorn-style action into a cocktail that doesn’t always deliver on the mark, this rousing new genre effort will have its international premiere at the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival.
“What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
Following the creatures’ sudden appearance and subsequent death, the carcass of a giant monster is left behind while the joyful citizens celebrate its defeat and the attempt to revert to a normal life. The task of disposing of the behemoth falls to Arata Obinata (Ryosuke Yamada), a member of the fictional Japan Special Forces.
“What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
Following the creatures’ sudden appearance and subsequent death, the carcass of a giant monster is left behind while the joyful citizens celebrate its defeat and the attempt to revert to a normal life. The task of disposing of the behemoth falls to Arata Obinata (Ryosuke Yamada), a member of the fictional Japan Special Forces.
- 8/2/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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The Fantasia Film Festival is set to close with July Jung’s thriller Next Sohee, organizers said on Thursday.
Korean filmmaker Jung’s drama, which debuted by closing the Cannes Critics’ Week and will get a North American bow in Montreal, follows a young woman driven to suicide by a relentless work environment and an outraged investigator trying to get to the bottom of what happened.
Fantasia on closing night will also host a special screening for Halina Reijn’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson.
Unveiling its third wave of titles, the genre fest will also hold world premieres for Yuki Tanada’s My Broken Mariko and Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez’s The Elderly.
There’s also North American debuts for Quebec auteur Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer...
The Fantasia Film Festival is set to close with July Jung’s thriller Next Sohee, organizers said on Thursday.
Korean filmmaker Jung’s drama, which debuted by closing the Cannes Critics’ Week and will get a North American bow in Montreal, follows a young woman driven to suicide by a relentless work environment and an outraged investigator trying to get to the bottom of what happened.
Fantasia on closing night will also host a special screening for Halina Reijn’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson.
Unveiling its third wave of titles, the genre fest will also hold world premieres for Yuki Tanada’s My Broken Mariko and Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez’s The Elderly.
There’s also North American debuts for Quebec auteur Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer...
- 6/30/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If there was ever a region that included themes, characters and motifs that occasionally surpassed even the borders of the surreal, that would be Asia, with the titles that can be easily described as absurd coming out in scores. Maybe it has to do with a particular type of idiosyncrasy, maybe that in a number of countries, particularly in Japan and India, filmmakers feel the freedom to express themselves in any way they want, away from any kind of political correctness or even cinematic “rules”. A number of these movies have already garnered the title of cult, but as we are about to see in this particular list, titles from the whole spectrum of cinema can be found here. Without further ado, here are 40 movies that definitely deserve the title of weird, in alphabetical order.
Ps. The focus on Japanese films was inevitable…
1. A Man Vanishes
This is the closing...
Ps. The focus on Japanese films was inevitable…
1. A Man Vanishes
This is the closing...
- 6/18/2022
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
“Face Off” helmer John Woo will receive a Career Achievement Award during Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, about to celebrate its 26th edition. The Hong Kong filmmaker is currently working on “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman and Kid Cudi.
“I defy anyone to watch ‘Bullet in the Head,’ ‘Hard Boiled’ or ‘The Killer’ and not walk away wanting to break down the shots and make a movie. His use of camera movement, close-ups, the ways he would block and choreograph, it’s astonishing to look at,” Fantasia’s artistic director Mitch Davis told Variety, noting the “unexpected poetry” of Woo’s work.
“They are such unconventionally soulful films. I wish we could somehow unleash a flock of doves in the cinema when he steps onto the stage. Backlit.”
The festival, which will unspool July 14 – Aug. 3, has also unveiled its first wave of titles, starting with a selection of world...
“I defy anyone to watch ‘Bullet in the Head,’ ‘Hard Boiled’ or ‘The Killer’ and not walk away wanting to break down the shots and make a movie. His use of camera movement, close-ups, the ways he would block and choreograph, it’s astonishing to look at,” Fantasia’s artistic director Mitch Davis told Variety, noting the “unexpected poetry” of Woo’s work.
“They are such unconventionally soulful films. I wish we could somehow unleash a flock of doves in the cinema when he steps onto the stage. Backlit.”
The festival, which will unspool July 14 – Aug. 3, has also unveiled its first wave of titles, starting with a selection of world...
- 5/12/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Satoshi Miki's Convenience Story Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival
This year's Fantasia International Film Festival is to be held in-person in Montreal, and the first part of its line-up has now been revealed. It includes titles by Takashi Miike, Quentin Dupieux and Mickey Reece.
Festival premières include Rebekah McKendry's comedic toilet terror Glorious, Karim Ouelhaj’s serial killer chiller Megalomaniac and Rodrigo Gudiño’s haunting arboreal horror The Breach, which boasts a soundtrack by Guns N' Roses' Slash. There's a fantastic tale of indigenous tradition and familial love in Legions and high school rivalry spills over into work in Baby Assassins. The festival will also feature a special tribute to legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo, who will receive a Career Achievement Award.
The festival will be centred in the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and the McCord Museum, and...
This year's Fantasia International Film Festival is to be held in-person in Montreal, and the first part of its line-up has now been revealed. It includes titles by Takashi Miike, Quentin Dupieux and Mickey Reece.
Festival premières include Rebekah McKendry's comedic toilet terror Glorious, Karim Ouelhaj’s serial killer chiller Megalomaniac and Rodrigo Gudiño’s haunting arboreal horror The Breach, which boasts a soundtrack by Guns N' Roses' Slash. There's a fantastic tale of indigenous tradition and familial love in Legions and high school rivalry spills over into work in Baby Assassins. The festival will also feature a special tribute to legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo, who will receive a Career Achievement Award.
The festival will be centred in the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and the McCord Museum, and...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Genre festival to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3.
Fantasia International Film Festival will host first wave world premieres for the likes of Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious and Satoshi Miki’s Convenience Story and a career achievement award for John Woo at the upcoming in-person summer edition.
Set to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3, the event will include workshops, and launch events. Screenings and select events will take place in Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and McCord Museum. The full line-up will be unveiled in June.
Woo, whose credits include Hard Boiled,...
Fantasia International Film Festival will host first wave world premieres for the likes of Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious and Satoshi Miki’s Convenience Story and a career achievement award for John Woo at the upcoming in-person summer edition.
Set to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3, the event will include workshops, and launch events. Screenings and select events will take place in Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and McCord Museum. The full line-up will be unveiled in June.
Woo, whose credits include Hard Boiled,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong director John Woo is slated to receive a career achievement award at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, which will return to theaters for its 26th edition. The Fantasia Festival is set to run from July 14 to August 3 in Montreal.
“Face/Off” director Woo recently made headlines for helming the English language remake of “The Killer,” his 1989 classic film, for Peacock. Woo also makes his return to the U.S. film market with dialogue-free action thriller “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman as a father who ventures into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno additionally star.
Woo returned to making movies in China after helming 2003’s “Paycheck” starring Ben Affleck. The director recently completed Chinese features “The Crossing” and sequel “The Crossing 2” in 2014 and 2015, respectively, before helming the 2017 police-thriller “Manhunt.”
Woo’s honor at Fantasia will be followed...
“Face/Off” director Woo recently made headlines for helming the English language remake of “The Killer,” his 1989 classic film, for Peacock. Woo also makes his return to the U.S. film market with dialogue-free action thriller “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman as a father who ventures into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno additionally star.
Woo returned to making movies in China after helming 2003’s “Paycheck” starring Ben Affleck. The director recently completed Chinese features “The Crossing” and sequel “The Crossing 2” in 2014 and 2015, respectively, before helming the 2017 police-thriller “Manhunt.”
Woo’s honor at Fantasia will be followed...
- 5/5/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
We're going back to Montreal! We're going back to Montreal! Seriously, two years away from one of our favorite Summer stops has been too fucking looong. However, we've all been very good and obediant citizens - for the most part - so as a reward we're allowed to come back and share in the excess bounty that international genre filmmaking can provide. This year we'll be the first to see Glorious from Rebekah McKendry (All The Creatures Were Stirring), Convenience Story from Satoshi Miki (Adrfit in Tokyo), Country Gold from Mickey Reece, The Harbinger from Andy Mitton (YellowBrickRoad) The Breach from Rodrigo Gudino (The Last Will And Testament of Rosalind Leigh) which will launch a new program this year called Septentrion...
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- 5/5/2022
- Screen Anarchy
The second film of Japanese writer and director Satoshi Miki is a “miscellany of characters” reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” albeit lacking “both sentimentality and humor” according to reviewer Emma Slawinski, whose focus is also on the missing plot of the film. Even though her review may be harsh, it nevertheless points at some of the aspects of the film as well as Satoshi’s body of work as a whole.
Having worked within the Japanese TV industry, the director was responsible for TV movies, mostly in the field of drama, until he eventually ventured into feature films for the cinema. In an interview following the release of his most popular film in the West, “Adrift in Tokyo” (2007), he claims his style of infusing often nonsensical comedy in everyday situations is derived from the British comedy group Monty Python. Apart from both countries being islands, British audiences thus understand...
Having worked within the Japanese TV industry, the director was responsible for TV movies, mostly in the field of drama, until he eventually ventured into feature films for the cinema. In an interview following the release of his most popular film in the West, “Adrift in Tokyo” (2007), he claims his style of infusing often nonsensical comedy in everyday situations is derived from the British comedy group Monty Python. Apart from both countries being islands, British audiences thus understand...
- 8/9/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Work in Progress strand will also return for a second year.
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during the three-day event in Macao, which runs December 6-8.
They include supernatural revenge thriller Nocebo from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, who’s Vivarium was in Cannes Critic’s Week this year, and The Day And Night Of Brahma, a family drama by South African director Sheetal Magan, whose short Paraya was presented in Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Other titles include coming-of-age feature Uk Kei from Portuguese director Leonor Teles, the youngest director to have ever won the...
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during the three-day event in Macao, which runs December 6-8.
They include supernatural revenge thriller Nocebo from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, who’s Vivarium was in Cannes Critic’s Week this year, and The Day And Night Of Brahma, a family drama by South African director Sheetal Magan, whose short Paraya was presented in Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Other titles include coming-of-age feature Uk Kei from Portuguese director Leonor Teles, the youngest director to have ever won the...
- 10/28/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
As the Fantasia Film Festival draws near we have been waiting to hear from our friends at the Frontieres co-production market. From its humble beginnings sequestered to a tiny classroom above the Hall Auditorium to now filling that very place the first morning of the market, Frontieres has grown in leaps and bounds. The anchor has always been the market in Montreal and we look foward to covering it once again this year. Today Frontieres announced the twenty projects which will present during Industry Weekend. For the first time there will be projects from Japan and Lebanon. The Japanese program is from the director of Adrift in Tokyo, Satoshi Miki, so that's really fun news. The bulk of the projects will come from North...
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- 6/14/2019
- Screen Anarchy
It looks like it's time to shit or get off the pot for fans of Asian cinema as your best friend in the home video world, the UK's incredible Third Window Films, announced this week that nearly 30 titles in their catalog are going out of print. Third Window Films were the first label to bring filmmakers like Korea's Lee Chang-dong , and Japan's Nakashima Tetsuya, Satoshi Miki, and many others to the attention of the west. Now all of these films and many more are going to be unavailable from the company once existing stocks run out. Among the titles leaving the catalog...
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- 3/22/2019
- Screen Anarchy
As a landlord, there are many rules and regulations that need to be adhered to. As indicated by a suitably seedy Tomorowo Taguchi in “Room Laundering’s” carnivalesque opening scene, Japanese law requires that landlords reveal that if a previous tenant died in a property, any prospective renters must be informed as such. But, with the help of a troubled young woman, uncaring landlords can find a way round this.
Room Laundering is screening at Camera Japan
Miko (Elaiza Ikeda) saw her father die at a young age and then her mother disappear soon after. Raised by her grandmother, it wasn’t long before her only living relative was her uncle Goro (Joe Odagiri), a low-level dealer in all things of the illegal variety. With no home, Goro sends Miko to live in any apartment of the recently deceased, making the current tenant alive and well, so Goro’s clients...
Room Laundering is screening at Camera Japan
Miko (Elaiza Ikeda) saw her father die at a young age and then her mother disappear soon after. Raised by her grandmother, it wasn’t long before her only living relative was her uncle Goro (Joe Odagiri), a low-level dealer in all things of the illegal variety. With no home, Goro sends Miko to live in any apartment of the recently deceased, making the current tenant alive and well, so Goro’s clients...
- 10/1/2018
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
“In my 8th college year, buying 3-colour toothpaste I thought could save me from my rock-bottom situation.”
“Adrift in Tokyo” is the sixth feature by Japanese writer and director Satoshi Miki, whose reputation in his home country is based on his work in television, which is much infused with his particular brand of humor. While his films, unlike the work of colleagues like Takashi Miike or Takeshi Kitano, have largely remained unknown to many Western audiences, thanks to the attentiveness of companies such as the UK-based Third Window Films at least some of them can now be enjoyed in decent DVD releases. One of them is “Adrift in Tokyo”, a feature praised by critics and audiences as it was screened in various international festivals.
Looking at the director, one might be excused to mistake him for one of his protagonists. With his goatee, slacker-like clothes and a floppy heat,...
“Adrift in Tokyo” is the sixth feature by Japanese writer and director Satoshi Miki, whose reputation in his home country is based on his work in television, which is much infused with his particular brand of humor. While his films, unlike the work of colleagues like Takashi Miike or Takeshi Kitano, have largely remained unknown to many Western audiences, thanks to the attentiveness of companies such as the UK-based Third Window Films at least some of them can now be enjoyed in decent DVD releases. One of them is “Adrift in Tokyo”, a feature praised by critics and audiences as it was screened in various international festivals.
Looking at the director, one might be excused to mistake him for one of his protagonists. With his goatee, slacker-like clothes and a floppy heat,...
- 9/3/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Somewhere between Aggretsuko, A Star Is Born and Benny Hill shenanigans exists Satoshi Miki’s Louder! I Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!. An utterly delightful blend of headbanger rambunctiousness and proper coming-of-self sweetness. Open yourself to an international cinematic mindset that never takes itself seriously enough to abandon lively party vibrations that are assertively “silly,” […]
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- 7/30/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Starring Sadao Abe, Riho Yoshioka Written by Satoshi Miki Directed by Satoshi Miki Sin (Sadao Abe), a rock superstar, is screaming his lyrics to a sold-out crowd when his larynx suddenly erupts into a firehose of blood…and that’s not an exaggeration. After years of doping with vocal-enhancing steroids, Sin is now at risk of losing […]
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- 7/24/2018
- by Becky Sayers
- DreadCentral.com
It has been five years since the we last witnessed the unique cinema of Satoshi Miki, and this film proves that has been too long, from a director, who has made a significant contribution to the nonsense film, with productions like “Adrift in Tokyo”, “Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers” and “Instant Swamp”. This particular movie continues in the aforementioned footsteps.
“Louder! Can’t Hear What You’re Singing, Wimp” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Sin is a rock icon, a kind of Japanese Marilyn Manson whose charisma and powerful voice have propelled him to the top of the music scene. Sin, however, also hides a heavy secret: he regularly receives shots of steroids to boost his vocal chords. During a hectic concert, a stream of blood suddenly starts gushing out of his mouth, literally bathing the audience in it. Unfortunately, it’s not a stunt,...
“Louder! Can’t Hear What You’re Singing, Wimp” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Sin is a rock icon, a kind of Japanese Marilyn Manson whose charisma and powerful voice have propelled him to the top of the music scene. Sin, however, also hides a heavy secret: he regularly receives shots of steroids to boost his vocal chords. During a hectic concert, a stream of blood suddenly starts gushing out of his mouth, literally bathing the audience in it. Unfortunately, it’s not a stunt,...
- 7/22/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It's been several years since Japanese director Satoshi Miki blessed the world with a new film. Miki's unique sense of humor, ability to write endearing characters, and skewed worldview make him one of our favorite filmmakers, and one from whom new work is always greeted with anticipation. His latest film, the thoroughly-titled Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! is yet another winner, and a feather in Miki's cap that is sure to please fans of his previous work and those interested in oddball Japanese indie comedy. Ace screen comedian Abe Sadao is Sin, a Marilyn Manson-style shock rocker famous for his boisterous live act and devil-may-care attitude. When he comes back after a sizeable break and ruptures his vocal...
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- 7/22/2018
- Screen Anarchy
If any Canadian festival is worthy of having its name spoken alongside the behemoth that is Tiff, the Fantasia International Film Festival and its eclectic bunch of genre fare is it. Currently in its 22nd year, the excitement surrounding its line-up has never been better with its fair share of world, international, and Canadian premieres from artists as far-ranging as festival favorite Satoshi Miki to innovator Josephine Decker (Madeline’s Madeline) to retro screenings from the likes of Mario Bava (Blood and Black Lace) and Joe Dante (Gremlins and The Howling).
Things kick off with Daniel Roby’s Olga Kurylenko and Romain Duris starring Dans la brume on July 12th and continue until August 1st drops the world premiere of Kam Ka-Wai’s Big Brother and the Canadian premiere of Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy.
In between comes world premieres of the John Sayles-produced The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot...
Things kick off with Daniel Roby’s Olga Kurylenko and Romain Duris starring Dans la brume on July 12th and continue until August 1st drops the world premiere of Kam Ka-Wai’s Big Brother and the Canadian premiere of Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy.
In between comes world premieres of the John Sayles-produced The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot...
- 7/10/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Following their jam-packed first wave of announcements, Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed even more cinematic celebrations and screenings in their second wave of titles screening this summer in Montreal, including Tales From the Hood 2, the cyber thriller Searching, and Blumhouse's Hurt:
Press Release: Montreal, Quebec - June 14, 2018 - The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 22nd Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 12 - August 1, with its Frontières International Co-Production Market being held July 19 - 22. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced on June 28. In the meantime, the festival is excited to reveal a selected Second Wave of titles and events.
Fantasia is proud to announce that the festival’s 22nd edition will open with the North American Premiere of Dans La Brume (“Just a Breath Away”), a large-scale genre co-production between France and Canada, directed by celebrated Quebec filmmaker Daniel Roby,...
Press Release: Montreal, Quebec - June 14, 2018 - The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 22nd Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 12 - August 1, with its Frontières International Co-Production Market being held July 19 - 22. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced on June 28. In the meantime, the festival is excited to reveal a selected Second Wave of titles and events.
Fantasia is proud to announce that the festival’s 22nd edition will open with the North American Premiere of Dans La Brume (“Just a Breath Away”), a large-scale genre co-production between France and Canada, directed by celebrated Quebec filmmaker Daniel Roby,...
- 6/15/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Besides managing Lady Gaga in Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” remake (out October 5), this year Sam Elliott will star in another movie that sounds original in every way. “The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then he Bigfoot” will have its world premiere this July at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Writer-director Robert Kryzkowski’s first feature — executive produced by twice-Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Sayles — casts Elliott as a WWII veteran who American and Canadian cops send to slay a plague-riddled beast.
A full line-up for Montreal’s annual celebration of horror/sci-fi/action cinema is forthcoming on June 28, but festival organizers have released the names of several notable entries from its 22nd program. Daniel Roby’s French-language film “Dans La Brume” (“Just a Breath Away”) will open the proceedings, transporting the audience to a post-earthquake Paris. That cast includes Olga Kurylenko, last seen as Adam Driver’s lover in...
A full line-up for Montreal’s annual celebration of horror/sci-fi/action cinema is forthcoming on June 28, but festival organizers have released the names of several notable entries from its 22nd program. Daniel Roby’s French-language film “Dans La Brume” (“Just a Breath Away”) will open the proceedings, transporting the audience to a post-earthquake Paris. That cast includes Olga Kurylenko, last seen as Adam Driver’s lover in...
- 6/15/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Blumhouse horror Hurt among second wave of selections.
Announcing the second wave of programing on Thursday (June 14), top brass at the 22nd annual Fantasia International Film Festival said the Montreal event that runs from July 12-August 1 will open with Daniel Roby’s Dans La Brume.
The France-Canada thriller about a toxic mist that takes over Paris after an earthquake stars Romain Duris, Olga Kurylenko, and Fantine Harduin.
It is one of more than 130 features to be announced later this month. Thursday’s announcement includes the world premiere of Blumhouse thriller Hurt from director Sonny Mallhi, as well as Tales From...
Announcing the second wave of programing on Thursday (June 14), top brass at the 22nd annual Fantasia International Film Festival said the Montreal event that runs from July 12-August 1 will open with Daniel Roby’s Dans La Brume.
The France-Canada thriller about a toxic mist that takes over Paris after an earthquake stars Romain Duris, Olga Kurylenko, and Fantine Harduin.
It is one of more than 130 features to be announced later this month. Thursday’s announcement includes the world premiere of Blumhouse thriller Hurt from director Sonny Mallhi, as well as Tales From...
- 6/14/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Daniel Roby's apocalyptic thriller Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume), starring Romain Duris and Olga Kurylenko as parents saving their family from a deadly toxic mist over Paris, is set to open the Fantasia Film Festival.
North America's largest genre film festival, which unveiled new lineup titles on Thursday, also announced world premieres for the Sam Elliot starrer The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, from producer John Sayles and director Robert Krzykowski; Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott's Tales From the Hood 2; and Satoshi Miki's Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
There'...
North America's largest genre film festival, which unveiled new lineup titles on Thursday, also announced world premieres for the Sam Elliot starrer The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, from producer John Sayles and director Robert Krzykowski; Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott's Tales From the Hood 2; and Satoshi Miki's Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
There'...
- 6/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Daniel Roby's apocalyptic thriller Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume), starring Romain Duris and Olga Kurylenko as parents saving their family from a deadly toxic mist over Paris, is set to open the Fantasia Film Festival.
North America's largest genre film festival, which unveiled new lineup titles on Thursday, also announced world premieres for the Sam Elliot starrer The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, from producer John Sayles and director Robert Krzykowski; Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott's Tales From the Hood 2; and Satoshi Miki's Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
There'...
North America's largest genre film festival, which unveiled new lineup titles on Thursday, also announced world premieres for the Sam Elliot starrer The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, from producer John Sayles and director Robert Krzykowski; Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott's Tales From the Hood 2; and Satoshi Miki's Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
There'...
- 6/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the summer has wound down things got even hotter over at Urban Film Festival, which kicks off Sept 17-21st with this year seeing its strongest presence of Latino content to fill the void the New York International Latino Film Festival behind two years ago. So we decided to show the short filmmakers that feature Latino talent in their films some love in a new edition of ‘LatinoBuzz: Shipwrecked’ to see what they cannot live without! They are given a choice of a Film, Book, Companion from a film and an Album to be stranded with (we’ll deal with logistics another time).
Janine Salinas Schoenberg – "Jenny & Lalo"
Film: ‘Amelie’ - Because it's all I ever want to see when I'm having a bad day.
Book: ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ because few books have ever made me both laugh out loud and sob hysterically.
Album: A mix of my husband Adam Schoenberg's music because it both moves and inspires me. Perfect for island solitude!
Companion: Maria Elena from ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ because she would be fun, spontaneous, and crazy enough to help us survive!
Adel L. Morales – "Missing Grandma"
Album: ‘Paid In Full’ by Eric B. & Rakim. I remember running to Moody’s Record Shop on White Plains Road in the Boogie Down the day after I heard Marly Marl drop it on Wbls for the first time. I picked up the 12-inch single of “Eric B. Is President” (the album didn’t drop right away) and was immediately blown away by the art on the label: a giant brown hand coming down from the skies to drop off pyramids on a nearly deserted earth. I knew from the jump that Rakim was bringing a higher level of thought to the hip-hop game. His conversion to the Nations of God’s and Earths gave him a preacher-like authority, as he stood for my positive energy than anyone before him. The man was a pioneer and a lyrical genius. He was using internal rhymes in his songs while cats were still struggling with end rhymes. Eric B’s beats were dope & got insanely better on their follow-up album, “Follow the Leader.” After I ran home and played that track a bunch, I flipped it over to listen to the B-side, which was “My Melody” and I damn near had a heart attack. I couldn’t believe my ears! Did this Mc and DJ, with the hottest track in the streets, put an even hotter track on the B-side? It was like finding a gold nugget in a riverbed. The greatest rap duo ever in my book.
Book: ‘Random Family’ by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is a fascinating true story of two couples set in the Bronx during the mid-1980’s to late-1990’s. Despite the accurate portrayal of the lives and the cycle of poor choices made by uneducated people, there is a tiny glimmer of hope for the next generation. It makes me hope that someone’s child will eventually figure a way out of the messes created by inner city issues, like the high school drop out rate, teen pregnancy, and drug dealing. It describes in great exactness the time period in which I grew up in the Bronx and allows me to appreciate the courses I travelled to navigate those dangerous waters.
Companion : Sancho Panza from ‘Don Quixote.’ He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty literally or figuratively. He is often the voice of truth when his partner would rather hear anything but. But, it is the ability to keep his master safe from enemies, as well as from himself that seals the deal for me.
Film: ‘Adrift in Tokyo’ by Satoshi Miki is one of my favorite films of all time. I would chose this one to take with me if I was stranded on an island because it encompasses some of the things that I find essential to enjoying life on this planet. Miki is able to do this in both dramatic and comedic ways. It is about making connections with the world around us and with the people in it. Spending time getting to know someone often feels like a lost art in today’s faster-paced world. Characters learn to express emotion and not hide behind “manliness.” They atone for sins they’ve committed and attempt to right the wrongs of their past. This film reminds me that happiness can be found in the tiniest moments of pleasure and this film delivers tons of them as the laughs are frequent and come from the silliest places at the weirdest times.
Jess Dela Merced – "Hypebeasts"
Album: ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ had a lot of influence on me growing up and even more so today. I fall into many daydreams listening to it, imagining scenes to match or pretending some of the songs were soundtracks to my life. All her lyrics are starting to ring true as I grow older and the messages are always getting clearer with each listen. It's one of those albums that you can only fully comprehend once you're old and wrinkly.
Book: ‘Catcher in the Rye’ will always be my favorite book. I identify with Holden so much, not sure if that's a good thing, but if I could make any movie in the world, it would be an adaptation of that book. One day I will find the loophole to get to the rights!
Film: ‘Coming to America’ because I need to stay happy on that island and would probably reenact it word for word to keep myself entertained. Also so I can listen to Sexual Chocolate and Soul Glo repeatedly.
Companion: Any character Robin Williams has played. I guess Genie for obvious reasons.
Daniel Pfeffer – "Milk & Honey"
Album: If I was stranded, I'd bring Coltrane's ‘A Love Supreme’ for it's timeless effect, so whenever I was losing hope of rescue, I'd put that on to calm my nerves, and let me know it all doesn't matter in the end, because the beauty is within and all around you.
Book: My book would have to be ‘Drown’ by Junot Diaz, because it would let me remember where I'm from, the metro area, and what it feels like to have immigrant parents.
Film: I love so many films, but I think one that is just poetry in motion for me would be Spike Lee's ‘He Got Game’. Whenever I was feeling homesick I'd just watch that. Plus the soundtrack is so good on it from the classical to the hip hop, I could be forever entertained!
Companion: No matter where I am in the world, I'd have to ask Shailene Woodley to come along so we could plan a film together, in case we were ever rescued and brought back to civilization.
Cristina Kotz Cornejo – "Hermanas"
Film: I think it would need to be a good comedy, either "Dr. Strangelove," The Pink Panther" or maybe "Brazil" by Terry Gilliam - something absurd to keep me laughing – oh wait, I guess if I have to choose one then it’s The Pink Panther can’t get enough of Peter Sellers!
Book: 1984 by George Orwell to remind me of what the world I left behind is becoming and to make me appreciate the absence of “big brother,” the internet and all the noise of everyday life.
Album: It’s not easy to choose an album but if I had to choose one it would be one of my favorites from childhood, That’s the Way of the World by Earth Wind and Fire. It will keep me busy dancing and singing the nights away in paradise.
Companion: Ellen Ripley from Alien because with her there I would be sure to eventually get off the island although 1984 will make me want to stay put, oh the dichotomy of life!
Javier Melero De Luca – "Silencio Chino"
Ok, the question puts me in survival mode, not in a curatorial one. I am going to need entertainment to cope with solitude on an island!!
Film: ‘The Shawshank Redemption.’ So many IMDb people could not be wrong. It would remind me that a lot of men dream of being on an island anyway. ("The Lives of Others" if the previous was not available).
Companion: Someone hot and resourceful like Lara Croft, I could try and hit on her, maybe even have an offspring.
Book: No doubt, The Lord of the Flies. Deep, insightful, metaphorical and well written. Useful on the island too.
Album: Tough call but I would go for Gently Disturbed by Avishai Cohen. They’re Venezuelan folk music meets Israeli jazz. Just mind-bending. P.S. Can't i just grab mi iPad before crashing on the island???
Geoffrey Guerrero – "J-1"
Album: If I was stranded on a deserted island I would need to have the Buenavista Social club album because their rich Latin rhythms and passionate songs of romance and love would make life more enjoyable and welcoming. And, being stranded in said island, anything with some latin beats and conga drums goes a long way in making life a little easier.
Companion: If I had to choose a companion from the movies it would have to be two companions: Eva Mendez and Gina Rodriguez. After a long day of cutting wood and preparing dinner, there's no other people I would rather have at my side than these 2 gorgeous young ladies. Who knows, maybe I'll get a back massage if I'm lucky.
Book: The one book I must have on this island is Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," because if I'm gonna be stuck on an island I need to know there's a chance I'll survive. Some people say life is all about survival of the fittest and this book is a powerful story of a man stranded on an island for many years and by some miracle he survives and escapes the island in one piece. Which I think we'd all agree would be the ideal situation if stranded on such an island.
Film: "Amores Perros" or "Rabia."
Dennis Shinners – "Barrio Boy"
Film: "Stand By Me", "Titanic", "The Empire Strikes Back" (original release) or the "Alien" box set, just keeping the first two films. They are all about friendship and survival.
Album: I'd love to cram a ton of music onto an iPod, but if not allowed, it would be Prince's "Purple Rain". Why? Well, it's Prince's "Purple Rain"! Probably my favorite album of all time, though it's really tough to narrow down a favorite, let alone a fave Prince record. I'd try to sneak The Cure's "Disintegration", U2's "The Joshua Tree", Biggie's "Ready to Die" and a Jobim record (for sunset listening) by customs too.
Book: I've got way more music than books so I might trade this for a Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Peter Gabriel or Smashing Pumpkins album, but at the risk of sounding cliche or obvious, "The Catcher In the Rye". This way I'll always have a piece of New York City with me.
Companion: Samwise Gamgee from "Lord of the Rings". He's beyond loyal and cooks too, which will come in handy.
Albert Espinosa – "Pitahaya"
Album: ‘Great Escape’ by Blur because each song is incredible.
Film: ‘Good Will Hunting’. The Death of Robin Williams deeply affected me profoundly.
Book: ‘Tuesdays with Morrie.’ This book changed my life.
Companion : Leo of the series ‘Red Band Society’. Red band society, Fox's series is like my life as a child. It’s my autobiography. I am very happy for the coincidence between the release of the series and the festival.
Laila Petrone Peynado – "Your Love"
Album: Anita Baker – ‘Giving You the Best that I Got.’ I love her voice and each song on this album has accompanied me through different stages of my life. If I had been a singer, I would have been honored to have had her voice and career.
Book - Paulo Coelho – ‘Eleven Minutes.’ You're right there with the protagonist. The storyline, the way it is written, compels you to imagine it visually.
Film : ‘Mo' Better Blues.’ It's a movie I can watch over and over again, it makes me laugh, it makes me cry, and the soundtrack by the amazing Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard is just wonderful.
Companion : Marcello Mastroianni. Marcello was one-of-a-kind actor and I could spend hours talking to him about his experiences working with some of the most influential directors and movies of our time.
Wu Tsang - "You're Dead to Me"
Album : I'm not into albums much, but I'd have several of my favorite underground DJ's, like DJ Total Freedom, Nguzunguzu and Juliana Huxtable create an original mix for me. My island soundtrack would feature lots of traditional Banda music, which I love. I've shot several of my films in Mexico, and Banda always brings me back, like a snapshot of a moment in time. Maybe I could have my mix delivered to the island by drone.
Book: A written retrospective on Rainer Werner Fassbinder would be ideal. I figure if I can't watch movies at least I can read about them and visualize them in my mind, on a loop. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is my favorite. It's considered to be Fassbinder's masterpiece, but I'm always drawn to characters who let their hearts rule their heads. It's that blend of realism and romanticism, loneliness and love that would inspire and buoy me with no other constant but the waves lashing the shore.
Companion: My favorite character is always changing. But this week it's Sarah Linden from ‘The Killing.’ I guess I can relate to her troubled lonely existence. She's super flawed but also so powerful and talented, and deep down has a lot of heart and passion buried under that tough facade. I think we'd enjoy coping with our existentialism and creating our own mythology together on that island.
Jonathon Dillon – "Celluloid Dreams"
Album: Without a doubt, Louis Armstrong "The Definite Collection". I can say without a doubt Louis Armstrong is one of my favorite musicians of all time. When I hear that deep raspy voice I can't help but let all my worries fade away and transport to what life must have been like in the '30s.
Film: People laugh when I say this, but the film I define as one of the most perfectly executed pieces of cinema created is "Back to the Future." Head to tails, frame by frame, everything has purpose and continually pushes the story. Although Zemeckis has gone on to do other projects that he has received more acclaim for (i.e. "Forrest Gump"), I feel like I always watch "Back to the Future" and see something else he did that I didn't catch before that makes me stop and marvel at the film as a whole.
Book: Would graphic novels count? I grew up looking at comic books before I could even read, the visual imagery said it all, and the artwork would be just spell binding. I actually wanted to be a comic book artist as a kid, but then realized I couldn't sketch to save my life. I would lean towards Frank Miller's "Wolverine" or even Alan Moore's "Watchmen." If it had to be a book I'd probably want something on "How to Survive on an Island"....
Character: This is tough, and maybe I'm cheating, but the first feature I did the lead female protagonist was Katherine Parker (played by Rebecca Welsh). She was strong, independent, and above all, a survivor. I've always loved films with strong female characters, hence probably why I fell in love with this one from the moment of reading her on the page. And as they say, you are only as strong as the woman next to you. Honorable mention would obviously go to Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen in "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"), and just about any of James Cameron's heroines.
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Janine Salinas Schoenberg – "Jenny & Lalo"
Film: ‘Amelie’ - Because it's all I ever want to see when I'm having a bad day.
Book: ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ because few books have ever made me both laugh out loud and sob hysterically.
Album: A mix of my husband Adam Schoenberg's music because it both moves and inspires me. Perfect for island solitude!
Companion: Maria Elena from ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ because she would be fun, spontaneous, and crazy enough to help us survive!
Adel L. Morales – "Missing Grandma"
Album: ‘Paid In Full’ by Eric B. & Rakim. I remember running to Moody’s Record Shop on White Plains Road in the Boogie Down the day after I heard Marly Marl drop it on Wbls for the first time. I picked up the 12-inch single of “Eric B. Is President” (the album didn’t drop right away) and was immediately blown away by the art on the label: a giant brown hand coming down from the skies to drop off pyramids on a nearly deserted earth. I knew from the jump that Rakim was bringing a higher level of thought to the hip-hop game. His conversion to the Nations of God’s and Earths gave him a preacher-like authority, as he stood for my positive energy than anyone before him. The man was a pioneer and a lyrical genius. He was using internal rhymes in his songs while cats were still struggling with end rhymes. Eric B’s beats were dope & got insanely better on their follow-up album, “Follow the Leader.” After I ran home and played that track a bunch, I flipped it over to listen to the B-side, which was “My Melody” and I damn near had a heart attack. I couldn’t believe my ears! Did this Mc and DJ, with the hottest track in the streets, put an even hotter track on the B-side? It was like finding a gold nugget in a riverbed. The greatest rap duo ever in my book.
Book: ‘Random Family’ by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is a fascinating true story of two couples set in the Bronx during the mid-1980’s to late-1990’s. Despite the accurate portrayal of the lives and the cycle of poor choices made by uneducated people, there is a tiny glimmer of hope for the next generation. It makes me hope that someone’s child will eventually figure a way out of the messes created by inner city issues, like the high school drop out rate, teen pregnancy, and drug dealing. It describes in great exactness the time period in which I grew up in the Bronx and allows me to appreciate the courses I travelled to navigate those dangerous waters.
Companion : Sancho Panza from ‘Don Quixote.’ He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty literally or figuratively. He is often the voice of truth when his partner would rather hear anything but. But, it is the ability to keep his master safe from enemies, as well as from himself that seals the deal for me.
Film: ‘Adrift in Tokyo’ by Satoshi Miki is one of my favorite films of all time. I would chose this one to take with me if I was stranded on an island because it encompasses some of the things that I find essential to enjoying life on this planet. Miki is able to do this in both dramatic and comedic ways. It is about making connections with the world around us and with the people in it. Spending time getting to know someone often feels like a lost art in today’s faster-paced world. Characters learn to express emotion and not hide behind “manliness.” They atone for sins they’ve committed and attempt to right the wrongs of their past. This film reminds me that happiness can be found in the tiniest moments of pleasure and this film delivers tons of them as the laughs are frequent and come from the silliest places at the weirdest times.
Jess Dela Merced – "Hypebeasts"
Album: ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ had a lot of influence on me growing up and even more so today. I fall into many daydreams listening to it, imagining scenes to match or pretending some of the songs were soundtracks to my life. All her lyrics are starting to ring true as I grow older and the messages are always getting clearer with each listen. It's one of those albums that you can only fully comprehend once you're old and wrinkly.
Book: ‘Catcher in the Rye’ will always be my favorite book. I identify with Holden so much, not sure if that's a good thing, but if I could make any movie in the world, it would be an adaptation of that book. One day I will find the loophole to get to the rights!
Film: ‘Coming to America’ because I need to stay happy on that island and would probably reenact it word for word to keep myself entertained. Also so I can listen to Sexual Chocolate and Soul Glo repeatedly.
Companion: Any character Robin Williams has played. I guess Genie for obvious reasons.
Daniel Pfeffer – "Milk & Honey"
Album: If I was stranded, I'd bring Coltrane's ‘A Love Supreme’ for it's timeless effect, so whenever I was losing hope of rescue, I'd put that on to calm my nerves, and let me know it all doesn't matter in the end, because the beauty is within and all around you.
Book: My book would have to be ‘Drown’ by Junot Diaz, because it would let me remember where I'm from, the metro area, and what it feels like to have immigrant parents.
Film: I love so many films, but I think one that is just poetry in motion for me would be Spike Lee's ‘He Got Game’. Whenever I was feeling homesick I'd just watch that. Plus the soundtrack is so good on it from the classical to the hip hop, I could be forever entertained!
Companion: No matter where I am in the world, I'd have to ask Shailene Woodley to come along so we could plan a film together, in case we were ever rescued and brought back to civilization.
Cristina Kotz Cornejo – "Hermanas"
Film: I think it would need to be a good comedy, either "Dr. Strangelove," The Pink Panther" or maybe "Brazil" by Terry Gilliam - something absurd to keep me laughing – oh wait, I guess if I have to choose one then it’s The Pink Panther can’t get enough of Peter Sellers!
Book: 1984 by George Orwell to remind me of what the world I left behind is becoming and to make me appreciate the absence of “big brother,” the internet and all the noise of everyday life.
Album: It’s not easy to choose an album but if I had to choose one it would be one of my favorites from childhood, That’s the Way of the World by Earth Wind and Fire. It will keep me busy dancing and singing the nights away in paradise.
Companion: Ellen Ripley from Alien because with her there I would be sure to eventually get off the island although 1984 will make me want to stay put, oh the dichotomy of life!
Javier Melero De Luca – "Silencio Chino"
Ok, the question puts me in survival mode, not in a curatorial one. I am going to need entertainment to cope with solitude on an island!!
Film: ‘The Shawshank Redemption.’ So many IMDb people could not be wrong. It would remind me that a lot of men dream of being on an island anyway. ("The Lives of Others" if the previous was not available).
Companion: Someone hot and resourceful like Lara Croft, I could try and hit on her, maybe even have an offspring.
Book: No doubt, The Lord of the Flies. Deep, insightful, metaphorical and well written. Useful on the island too.
Album: Tough call but I would go for Gently Disturbed by Avishai Cohen. They’re Venezuelan folk music meets Israeli jazz. Just mind-bending. P.S. Can't i just grab mi iPad before crashing on the island???
Geoffrey Guerrero – "J-1"
Album: If I was stranded on a deserted island I would need to have the Buenavista Social club album because their rich Latin rhythms and passionate songs of romance and love would make life more enjoyable and welcoming. And, being stranded in said island, anything with some latin beats and conga drums goes a long way in making life a little easier.
Companion: If I had to choose a companion from the movies it would have to be two companions: Eva Mendez and Gina Rodriguez. After a long day of cutting wood and preparing dinner, there's no other people I would rather have at my side than these 2 gorgeous young ladies. Who knows, maybe I'll get a back massage if I'm lucky.
Book: The one book I must have on this island is Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," because if I'm gonna be stuck on an island I need to know there's a chance I'll survive. Some people say life is all about survival of the fittest and this book is a powerful story of a man stranded on an island for many years and by some miracle he survives and escapes the island in one piece. Which I think we'd all agree would be the ideal situation if stranded on such an island.
Film: "Amores Perros" or "Rabia."
Dennis Shinners – "Barrio Boy"
Film: "Stand By Me", "Titanic", "The Empire Strikes Back" (original release) or the "Alien" box set, just keeping the first two films. They are all about friendship and survival.
Album: I'd love to cram a ton of music onto an iPod, but if not allowed, it would be Prince's "Purple Rain". Why? Well, it's Prince's "Purple Rain"! Probably my favorite album of all time, though it's really tough to narrow down a favorite, let alone a fave Prince record. I'd try to sneak The Cure's "Disintegration", U2's "The Joshua Tree", Biggie's "Ready to Die" and a Jobim record (for sunset listening) by customs too.
Book: I've got way more music than books so I might trade this for a Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Peter Gabriel or Smashing Pumpkins album, but at the risk of sounding cliche or obvious, "The Catcher In the Rye". This way I'll always have a piece of New York City with me.
Companion: Samwise Gamgee from "Lord of the Rings". He's beyond loyal and cooks too, which will come in handy.
Albert Espinosa – "Pitahaya"
Album: ‘Great Escape’ by Blur because each song is incredible.
Film: ‘Good Will Hunting’. The Death of Robin Williams deeply affected me profoundly.
Book: ‘Tuesdays with Morrie.’ This book changed my life.
Companion : Leo of the series ‘Red Band Society’. Red band society, Fox's series is like my life as a child. It’s my autobiography. I am very happy for the coincidence between the release of the series and the festival.
Laila Petrone Peynado – "Your Love"
Album: Anita Baker – ‘Giving You the Best that I Got.’ I love her voice and each song on this album has accompanied me through different stages of my life. If I had been a singer, I would have been honored to have had her voice and career.
Book - Paulo Coelho – ‘Eleven Minutes.’ You're right there with the protagonist. The storyline, the way it is written, compels you to imagine it visually.
Film : ‘Mo' Better Blues.’ It's a movie I can watch over and over again, it makes me laugh, it makes me cry, and the soundtrack by the amazing Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard is just wonderful.
Companion : Marcello Mastroianni. Marcello was one-of-a-kind actor and I could spend hours talking to him about his experiences working with some of the most influential directors and movies of our time.
Wu Tsang - "You're Dead to Me"
Album : I'm not into albums much, but I'd have several of my favorite underground DJ's, like DJ Total Freedom, Nguzunguzu and Juliana Huxtable create an original mix for me. My island soundtrack would feature lots of traditional Banda music, which I love. I've shot several of my films in Mexico, and Banda always brings me back, like a snapshot of a moment in time. Maybe I could have my mix delivered to the island by drone.
Book: A written retrospective on Rainer Werner Fassbinder would be ideal. I figure if I can't watch movies at least I can read about them and visualize them in my mind, on a loop. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is my favorite. It's considered to be Fassbinder's masterpiece, but I'm always drawn to characters who let their hearts rule their heads. It's that blend of realism and romanticism, loneliness and love that would inspire and buoy me with no other constant but the waves lashing the shore.
Companion: My favorite character is always changing. But this week it's Sarah Linden from ‘The Killing.’ I guess I can relate to her troubled lonely existence. She's super flawed but also so powerful and talented, and deep down has a lot of heart and passion buried under that tough facade. I think we'd enjoy coping with our existentialism and creating our own mythology together on that island.
Jonathon Dillon – "Celluloid Dreams"
Album: Without a doubt, Louis Armstrong "The Definite Collection". I can say without a doubt Louis Armstrong is one of my favorite musicians of all time. When I hear that deep raspy voice I can't help but let all my worries fade away and transport to what life must have been like in the '30s.
Film: People laugh when I say this, but the film I define as one of the most perfectly executed pieces of cinema created is "Back to the Future." Head to tails, frame by frame, everything has purpose and continually pushes the story. Although Zemeckis has gone on to do other projects that he has received more acclaim for (i.e. "Forrest Gump"), I feel like I always watch "Back to the Future" and see something else he did that I didn't catch before that makes me stop and marvel at the film as a whole.
Book: Would graphic novels count? I grew up looking at comic books before I could even read, the visual imagery said it all, and the artwork would be just spell binding. I actually wanted to be a comic book artist as a kid, but then realized I couldn't sketch to save my life. I would lean towards Frank Miller's "Wolverine" or even Alan Moore's "Watchmen." If it had to be a book I'd probably want something on "How to Survive on an Island"....
Character: This is tough, and maybe I'm cheating, but the first feature I did the lead female protagonist was Katherine Parker (played by Rebecca Welsh). She was strong, independent, and above all, a survivor. I've always loved films with strong female characters, hence probably why I fell in love with this one from the moment of reading her on the page. And as they say, you are only as strong as the woman next to you. Honorable mention would obviously go to Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen in "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"), and just about any of James Cameron's heroines.
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- 9/10/2014
- by Juan Caceres
- Sydney's Buzz
Leading digital distributor takes VOD and TV rights to Canadian boutique distributor’s catalogue, including Down Terrace [pictured].
FilmBuff has picked up VOD and TV rights through Canada to Evokative Films’ library.
Titles in the Canadian company’s library include Satoshi Miki’s Adrift in Tokyo, Ben Wheatley’s debut feature Down Terrace and Cédric Anger’s The Killer.
Stephanie Trepanier, Evokative Films founder, commented: “I very much wanted to input the Evokative library on the new VOD channels, but they were not yet ready to take in international films from an independent distributor.
“This past spring, I met the good people at FilmBuff, who saw the potential of Evokative’s library of films. Hopefully, we will very soon see these films on iTunes, Netflix and other VOD channels and TV stations.”
FilmBuff’s head of content partnerships Steven Beckman added: “We are thrilled to be working with Stephanie to make these films available digitally in Canada. Our distribution...
FilmBuff has picked up VOD and TV rights through Canada to Evokative Films’ library.
Titles in the Canadian company’s library include Satoshi Miki’s Adrift in Tokyo, Ben Wheatley’s debut feature Down Terrace and Cédric Anger’s The Killer.
Stephanie Trepanier, Evokative Films founder, commented: “I very much wanted to input the Evokative library on the new VOD channels, but they were not yet ready to take in international films from an independent distributor.
“This past spring, I met the good people at FilmBuff, who saw the potential of Evokative’s library of films. Hopefully, we will very soon see these films on iTunes, Netflix and other VOD channels and TV stations.”
FilmBuff’s head of content partnerships Steven Beckman added: “We are thrilled to be working with Stephanie to make these films available digitally in Canada. Our distribution...
- 9/30/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Sake-Bomb [pictured] and It’s Me, It’s Me are slated for Us theatrical release
Japan’s Pictures Dept. has announced the Us acquisitions and theatrical releases of SXSW comedy Sake-Bomb, directed by Junya Sakino and Kazuya Kamenashi-starrer It’s Me, It’s Me, directed by Satoshi Miki.
Pictures Dept. Co. Ltd. and First Pond Entertainment are partnering to handle Us distribution on Sake-Bomb’s theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Yuko Shiomaki of Pictures Dept. and Oliver Ike of First Pond Entertainment.
New York-based Digital Media Rights has also picked up DVD and VOD rights for the Us.
The road movie, named after the cocktail of a shot of sake dropped in a glass of beer, follows the exploits of a sarcastic Asian American internet star wannabe and his naïve cousin, a sake-maker from Japan, as they travel through northern California in search of the latter’s ex-girlfriend.
Sake-Bomb was picked...
Japan’s Pictures Dept. has announced the Us acquisitions and theatrical releases of SXSW comedy Sake-Bomb, directed by Junya Sakino and Kazuya Kamenashi-starrer It’s Me, It’s Me, directed by Satoshi Miki.
Pictures Dept. Co. Ltd. and First Pond Entertainment are partnering to handle Us distribution on Sake-Bomb’s theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Yuko Shiomaki of Pictures Dept. and Oliver Ike of First Pond Entertainment.
New York-based Digital Media Rights has also picked up DVD and VOD rights for the Us.
The road movie, named after the cocktail of a shot of sake dropped in a glass of beer, follows the exploits of a sarcastic Asian American internet star wannabe and his naïve cousin, a sake-maker from Japan, as they travel through northern California in search of the latter’s ex-girlfriend.
Sake-Bomb was picked...
- 7/12/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
We recently posted three big announcements from the Fantasia Film Festival which included Edgar Wright’s The Worlds End (closing the fest), a special Live theatre event for Clive Barker’s A History of the Devil, and a lifetime achievement award for Andrzej Żuławski. Additional first wave highlights have also been announced, and so far the line-up is shaping up to be better than last year’s batch. Hit the jump to view the current roster.
****
Across The River
Italy Dir: Lorenzo Bianchini
A brilliant opposition of new and old narratives, this chilling discovery from Italy is the most downright efficient atmospheric horror film you’ll see anywhere this year, haunting with a slow-building, intense crescendo approach to its atmosphere of disorientation and dread. From the director of Custodes Bestiae.
World Premiere.
Big Bad Wolves
Israel Dirs: Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
Described in its official marketing as “a brutal comedy...
****
Across The River
Italy Dir: Lorenzo Bianchini
A brilliant opposition of new and old narratives, this chilling discovery from Italy is the most downright efficient atmospheric horror film you’ll see anywhere this year, haunting with a slow-building, intense crescendo approach to its atmosphere of disorientation and dread. From the director of Custodes Bestiae.
World Premiere.
Big Bad Wolves
Israel Dirs: Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
Described in its official marketing as “a brutal comedy...
- 7/1/2013
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
While we here in the States are getting ready for San Diego Comic-Con, our friends to the North are prepping for the grandaddy of film fests, Fantasia, which kicks off at the same time.
Here's the first announcement of what you crazy Canucks and your guests from around the world will see there.
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 to August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres, as well as the Canadian debuts of some of the most acclaimed genre works from this year’s Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals. The festival’s full lineup of screenings and events will be announced on July 9. For now, we...
Here's the first announcement of what you crazy Canucks and your guests from around the world will see there.
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 to August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres, as well as the Canadian debuts of some of the most acclaimed genre works from this year’s Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals. The festival’s full lineup of screenings and events will be announced on July 9. For now, we...
- 6/27/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
While Fantastic Fest seems to satisfy my needs when it comes to a genre film festival, I have always wanted to attend Fantasia. I have heard & seen so much about it that, as a genre fan, it makes me salivate. Luckily, Fantastic Fest seems to nab some titles from their extraordinary lineup so I get to experience some of their programming.
Today, Fantasia has released their first wave of titles. Those lucky bastards get to see live Clive Barker stage theater, see the finale of the Cornetto trilogy and more. Read below for the full list.
Fantasia 2013′S First Wave Of Incredible Titles Has Been Announced!
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 – August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres,...
Today, Fantasia has released their first wave of titles. Those lucky bastards get to see live Clive Barker stage theater, see the finale of the Cornetto trilogy and more. Read below for the full list.
Fantasia 2013′S First Wave Of Incredible Titles Has Been Announced!
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 – August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres,...
- 6/27/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The Fantasia Film Festival is taking place from July 18th to August 6th in Montreal and will feature over 100 films from around the world. The initial lineup has just been announced and includes The World’s End, The Conjuring, and a number of horror films making their world premiere:
Official Closing Film – Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (Canadian Premiere)
Fantasia 2013 will come wildly to a close on the night of August 6 with the Canadian premiere of UK filmmaker Edgar Wright’s hotly anticipated apocalyptic comedy The World’S End, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike and Martin Freeman. As Fantasia was the site of the Canadian Premieres of Wright’s landmark 2004 debut Shawn Of The Dead as well as his most recent Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, we couldn’t think of a better way to close this year’s festival.
Joining us in Montreal will be...
Official Closing Film – Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (Canadian Premiere)
Fantasia 2013 will come wildly to a close on the night of August 6 with the Canadian premiere of UK filmmaker Edgar Wright’s hotly anticipated apocalyptic comedy The World’S End, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike and Martin Freeman. As Fantasia was the site of the Canadian Premieres of Wright’s landmark 2004 debut Shawn Of The Dead as well as his most recent Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, we couldn’t think of a better way to close this year’s festival.
Joining us in Montreal will be...
- 6/27/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Edgar Wright’s sci-fi comedy [pictured] among first wave of announced titles for upcoming genre festival.Scroll down for full list
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced that the Canadian premiere of The World’s End will close this year’s festival on Aug 6.
Director Edgar Wright and selected members of the cast are due to be in attendance. In previous years, Fantasia hosted the Canadian premieres of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
James Wan’s The Conjuring will receive a special screening on the festival’s opening night on July 18, with actress Joey King in attendance.
Wright’s sci-fi comedy and Wan’s horror are among the first wave of titles to be announced for this year’s festival. Among them, the world premieres of Richie Mehta’s I’ll Follow You Down, starring Haley Joel Osment and Gillian Anderson, and Lloyd Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol. One...
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced that the Canadian premiere of The World’s End will close this year’s festival on Aug 6.
Director Edgar Wright and selected members of the cast are due to be in attendance. In previous years, Fantasia hosted the Canadian premieres of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
James Wan’s The Conjuring will receive a special screening on the festival’s opening night on July 18, with actress Joey King in attendance.
Wright’s sci-fi comedy and Wan’s horror are among the first wave of titles to be announced for this year’s festival. Among them, the world premieres of Richie Mehta’s I’ll Follow You Down, starring Haley Joel Osment and Gillian Anderson, and Lloyd Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol. One...
- 6/27/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Today it was announced that Satoshi Miki (Adrift in Tokyo, Instant Swamp) is working on a new movie called It’s Me, It’s Me (Ore-Ore), and Kazuya Kamenashi of the pop band Kat-tun is set to star.
Miki based the screenplay on a novel by Tomoyuki Hoshino about the nature of identity which won the 5th Kenzaburō Ōe prize for literature in 2011.
The story involves a popular scam in Japan called “ore-ore sagi” in which the scammer calls up unsuspecting people (typically the elderly) and pretends to be someone they know, asking for money for an emergency or whatever urgent reason they can come up with.
In the film, the protagonist gets bored with his mundane life so he tries out the “It’s me” fraud. In a surreal twist, he keeps meeting different "me"s after that—literally all different versions of himself—and they continue to multiply.
Miki based the screenplay on a novel by Tomoyuki Hoshino about the nature of identity which won the 5th Kenzaburō Ōe prize for literature in 2011.
The story involves a popular scam in Japan called “ore-ore sagi” in which the scammer calls up unsuspecting people (typically the elderly) and pretends to be someone they know, asking for money for an emergency or whatever urgent reason they can come up with.
In the film, the protagonist gets bored with his mundane life so he tries out the “It’s me” fraud. In a surreal twist, he keeps meeting different "me"s after that—literally all different versions of himself—and they continue to multiply.
- 5/3/2012
- Nippon Cinema
★★★★☆ Like any really good comedic filmmaker, Satoshi Miki is deadly serious at least part of the time - and like any great comedic filmmaker, he takes considerable pains to make sure you don't notice it. This week sees what is generally considered Miki's most accomplished film, Adrift in Tokyo (2007), making its belated UK DVD debut both on its own and as part of the Miki Satoshi Collection, courtesy of Third Window Films.
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- 3/1/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
“Adrift in Tokyo” (released domestically as “Tenten”) is a 2007 outing from cult favourite director Satoshi Miki, who has been responsible for some of the best loved of the recent wave of eccentric Japanese comedies, including “Instant Swamp” and “Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers”. Headlined by the extremely effective pairing of actors Joe Odagiri (“I Wish”, “Shinobi”) and Tomokazu Miura (“The Taste of Tea”), the film is a whimsical stroll through the city, with the two getting caught up in the kind of odd events and unexpected adventures that Miki has become so well known for. The film finally lands on region 2 DVD via Third Window on February 27th. Joe Odagiri plays slacker and eternal student type Takemura, the film opening with him having a sock stuffed in his mouth by debt collector Fukuhara (Tomokazu Miura) in an effort to try to get him to finally pay off his mountain of bills.
- 2/23/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Nice to see somewhere in the UK, other than London, get a touch of eastern promise for a change. Now in its second year - from March 2nd to 4th 2012 - Third Window Films in conjunction with the Coventry University East Asian Film Society are set to present the East Winds: A Third Window Film Festival. This years' line-up of films includes a retrospective of Japanese film-maker Satoshi Miki who will attend along with his regular actress Fuse Eri. There will also be a double-bill of feature films from legendary Hong Kong director Herman Yau, who will also be in attendance! Other screenings include the European Premier of Taiwan/China co-production 'Starry Starry Night' with a Q&A from director Tom Lin as well as screenings of Yuya Ishii's follow-up to 'Sawako Decides' with 'Mitsuko Delivers'; the South Korean blockbuster smash 'The Yellow Sea' and the European Premier of the...
- 2/6/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
[With the Continental U.S. premiere of Rinco's Restaurant happening this, Wednesday, July 13th at Japan Society's Japan Cuts, we now revisit Niels Matthijs' earlier review -- Ben Umstead]Even though female directors are on the rise in Japan, they often limit themselves to directing films within a rather strict frame of genres and themes. Mai Tominaga is a welcome exception and seems to feel more at ease amongst directors like Satoshi Miki and Katsuhito Ishii, staging a set of quirky characters within a colorful, manga-inspired universe. After Wool 100% Rinco's Restaurant is her second full-length feature, and I must say it turned out to be a real beauty. Tominaga's style is no mere copy of her male companions though, she sets herself apart by introducing an...
- 7/11/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Even though female directors are on the rise in Japan, they often limit themselves to directing films within a rather strict frame of genres and themes. Mai Tominaga is a welcome exception and seems to feel more at ease amongst directors like Satoshi Miki and Katsuhito Ishii, staging a set of quirky characters within a colorful, manga-inspired universe. After Wool 100% Rinco's Restaurant is her second full-length feature, and I must say it turned out to be a real beauty. Tominaga's style is no mere copy of her male companions though, she sets herself apart by introducing an underlying current of tragic emotions, one that actively conflicts with the bright and humorous overtones of the characters and events. That's where she draws her strength from,...
- 5/25/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Solidarity With Japan Fundraiser
A Japanese Films Marathon to Help the Japanese Disaster Victims
Saturday March 26th from 4pm at Concordia University Hall Theatre
My favourite film festival here in Montreal is teaming up with Concordia University to screen some great Japanese films in order to raise money for Japanese disaster victims. It all happens this week on Saturday March 26th and it’s for a good cause. So if you live in Montreal, why not head down to watch three great Japanese films back to back. Here is all the info from the press release.
Montreal, March 21st, 2011 – Following the terrible events that devastated the North-East of Japan and caused the displacement of thousands of victims, the Fantasia International Film Festival, with the support of Concordia University’s Hall Theatre, is putting together a fundraising event with the screening of three Japanese films that were very successful at the festival,...
A Japanese Films Marathon to Help the Japanese Disaster Victims
Saturday March 26th from 4pm at Concordia University Hall Theatre
My favourite film festival here in Montreal is teaming up with Concordia University to screen some great Japanese films in order to raise money for Japanese disaster victims. It all happens this week on Saturday March 26th and it’s for a good cause. So if you live in Montreal, why not head down to watch three great Japanese films back to back. Here is all the info from the press release.
Montreal, March 21st, 2011 – Following the terrible events that devastated the North-East of Japan and caused the displacement of thousands of victims, the Fantasia International Film Festival, with the support of Concordia University’s Hall Theatre, is putting together a fundraising event with the screening of three Japanese films that were very successful at the festival,...
- 3/22/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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
Instant Numa is already the fourth Miki film I see in a rather short period of time. His latest film bears all of the regular Miki treats, yet succeeds in delivering another original and creative story. Miki fans will rejoice at the random oddness, newcomers can get a good taste of Miki's earlier work before they start backtracking through his oeuvre.
I quite simply love Satoshi Miki. He must be one of the most stable directors I've come across so far. Even though each film has its very own feel, Miki's unique style links them all and lifts them to a very stable level of loveliness. I can safely sit down for one of his film, knowing that what follows won't be a disappointment and will leave me with a rather warm glow inside.
The film revolves around Haname, a somewhat aimless woman who has considerable trouble finding her place in Japanese society.
I quite simply love Satoshi Miki. He must be one of the most stable directors I've come across so far. Even though each film has its very own feel, Miki's unique style links them all and lifts them to a very stable level of loveliness. I can safely sit down for one of his film, knowing that what follows won't be a disappointment and will leave me with a rather warm glow inside.
The film revolves around Haname, a somewhat aimless woman who has considerable trouble finding her place in Japanese society.
- 4/12/2010
- Screen Anarchy
On Tuesday night, Fantastic Fest held a special screening of Satoshi Miki's Adrift in Tokyo, a film the fest organizers tried to get for FF2008, and one that hasn't any U.S. distribution. Thanks to a special arrangement, the film is getting a special engagement run at the Alamo Ritz, which kicked off with a free screening primarily for Fantastic Fest badge holders.
On a purely technical level, Adrift in Tokyo doesn't really fit into the Fantastic Fest programming categories other than being, well, fantastic. Austin Film Festival goers who fell in love with another Japanese film, Happy Ending, are sure to love this quirky, surreal piece of cinema. The Keep Austin Weird crowd will want to make Tokyo a sister city as well after viewing the eccentric leads and the quirky random characters that wander in and out of the film.
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On a purely technical level, Adrift in Tokyo doesn't really fit into the Fantastic Fest programming categories other than being, well, fantastic. Austin Film Festival goers who fell in love with another Japanese film, Happy Ending, are sure to love this quirky, surreal piece of cinema. The Keep Austin Weird crowd will want to make Tokyo a sister city as well after viewing the eccentric leads and the quirky random characters that wander in and out of the film.
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- 12/3/2009
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
Slowly working myself through Satoshi Miki's oeuvre. Next up is his second film, Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers.
After watching Adrift In Tokyo not too long ago I was excited to dig a little deeper into Satoshi Miki's oeuvre. This title immediately drew my attention as it looked pretty quirky and a little less dramatic than former film. It turned out to be exactly that, which can only be a good thing if the film is coming from the hands of Miki.
Even though Turtles cuts down on the drama, the atmosphere and feel of the film is still pretty much the same. After watching three Miki films it's obvious the man has a very unique style which he likes to explore in different gradations and settings. All of his usual traits are present, just a little wackier, bolder and more colorful than I'm used from him.
It's...
After watching Adrift In Tokyo not too long ago I was excited to dig a little deeper into Satoshi Miki's oeuvre. This title immediately drew my attention as it looked pretty quirky and a little less dramatic than former film. It turned out to be exactly that, which can only be a good thing if the film is coming from the hands of Miki.
Even though Turtles cuts down on the drama, the atmosphere and feel of the film is still pretty much the same. After watching three Miki films it's obvious the man has a very unique style which he likes to explore in different gradations and settings. All of his usual traits are present, just a little wackier, bolder and more colorful than I'm used from him.
It's...
- 11/24/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Toronto -- Evokative Films has picked up the Canadian rights to Danish director Ole Bornedal's social thriller "Deliver Us From Evil" ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday.
The deal with Bavaria Film International gives the Montreal-based distributor all rights to Thura Film project that transfers Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" to rural Denmark.
The acquisition, negotiated between Evokative Films' Stephanie Trepanier and Stefanie Zeitler for Bavaria Film, is the first Scandinavian film pickup by the Canadian distributor.
Evokative until now has mostly focused on Asian titles like Japanese director Satoshi Miki's "Adrift in Tokyo," and Korean director Jang Hoon's "Rough Cut."
The Toronto International Film Festival ends Saturday.
The deal with Bavaria Film International gives the Montreal-based distributor all rights to Thura Film project that transfers Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" to rural Denmark.
The acquisition, negotiated between Evokative Films' Stephanie Trepanier and Stefanie Zeitler for Bavaria Film, is the first Scandinavian film pickup by the Canadian distributor.
Evokative until now has mostly focused on Asian titles like Japanese director Satoshi Miki's "Adrift in Tokyo," and Korean director Jang Hoon's "Rough Cut."
The Toronto International Film Festival ends Saturday.
- 9/15/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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