Upcoming projects from award-winning filmmakers Nelson Yeo, Patiparn Boontarig, Kenneth Dagatan and producers of Cannes drama Viet And Nam are among the selection for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) market.
Held during South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), some 37 titles from 22 countries have been selected for the project market, which runs July 6-9 alongside Asia’s largest genre festival. One-to-one meetings will take place with producers, investors, and distributors.
Titles in the It Project selection include Vietnamese horror The Heirloom, set to be the feature directorial debut of Le Hoang from the producers of Viet And Nam,...
Held during South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), some 37 titles from 22 countries have been selected for the project market, which runs July 6-9 alongside Asia’s largest genre festival. One-to-one meetings will take place with producers, investors, and distributors.
Titles in the It Project selection include Vietnamese horror The Heirloom, set to be the feature directorial debut of Le Hoang from the producers of Viet And Nam,...
- 6/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
Daisuke Miyazaki in New York City, July 2023. Photo courtesy of the author.Near the end of Daisuke Miyazaki’s Yamato (California) (2016), an aspiring rapper with stage fright finally raps unfettered. As she wanders through a meadow, an unmotivated movie light cuts through the natural daylight, illuminating her face in her overdue moment of release.Near the end of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To the Ends of the Earth (2019), a travel reporter with fantasies of singing finally does so unfettered. As she wanders through a meadow, an unmotivated movie light cuts through the natural daylight, illuminating her face in her overdue moment of release. Miyazaki’s mid-2010s work undoubtedly influenced Kurosawa’s film. Both Yamato (California) and To the Ends of the Earth were shot by the same cinematographer, veteran Akiko Ashizawa. Miyazaki had also worked with Kurosawa once before, as an assistant director on Tokyo Sonata (2008), and the two remained in touch.
- 8/30/2023
- MUBI
With a selection from the “top of the shelf” once more, as the films of Keishi Otomo, Yuya Yagira, and the next big anime thing “Slam Dunk” eloquently highlight, Japan Cuts showcased how the top of the Japanese movie industry fares currently, while not forgetting the “hidden gems” aspect, with the returns of Yusaku Matsumoto and Daisuke Miyazaki and the presentation of “Sanka”, a film that has passed absurdly under the radar, moving into that direction. The general direction in terms of selection seemed to move towards mainstream paths, with the shorts, the animation and the documentary “I am a Comedian” adding an element of diversity. Without further ado, here is a list of this year's coverage of Japan Cuts.
You can read the full reviews by clicking on the titles 1. Interviews: Kentaro and Yuya Yagira 2. Anime Review: The First Slam Dunk (2022) by Takehiko Inoue
What is the most impressive aspect,...
You can read the full reviews by clicking on the titles 1. Interviews: Kentaro and Yuya Yagira 2. Anime Review: The First Slam Dunk (2022) by Takehiko Inoue
What is the most impressive aspect,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Paralyzed by societal lockdowns, spiritual isolation, and deaths in the millions, the aftermath of Covid-19's rampant virulency continues to deepen the ignorance of a people left traumatized and numb by its ceaseless waves of devastation. Simultaneously fresh and distant, memories of the decade thus far are still distinctly raw, a stinging reminder of mortality, impermanence, and the absurd futility of existence. Though humanity blazes forward with its eyes firmly negating the rearview mirror, many remain immobilized in a state of ennui, desperate yet incapable of regaining control and contentment. Daisuke Miyazaki's coming-of-age drama ‘Plastic' wades into the deep end of this murky quagmire and slowly subdues itself under the crushing weight of its own hopelessness; stripped of pleasure and joy, both the film and its characters struggle to merely exist in a world brought to a complete standstill.
Plastic is screening at Japan Cuts
Ibuki (An Ogawa...
Plastic is screening at Japan Cuts
Ibuki (An Ogawa...
- 7/29/2023
- by JC Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
Daisuke Miyazaki was born in 1980 in Yokohama. After graduating from Waseda University, he participated in the summer school of New York University which took place in Japan. His thesis “The 10th Room” won the Grand-Prix there. After working under directors such as Leos Carax and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, he made his first feature film, “End Of The Night” in 2011. This film was selected for numerous international film festivals and won the Special Mention Prize at the Toronto Shinsedai Cinema Festival. After being selected as the “7 Japanese Independent Film Directors You Must Check Out” by Raindance Film Festival in 2013, Miyazaki was selected for the Berlinale Talents. His film “5TO9” which he produced and directed the Japanese segment with the Berlinale Talents colleagues, world premiered at Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2015. His 2nd feature film “Yamato (California)” was screened at more than 15 international film festivals and got raved by internationally known media...
- 3/13/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As he proved with movies like “Videophobia” and “Tourism”, Daisuke Miyazaki is not afraid of taking chances with his works. “North Shinjuku 2055” however, is his most experimental to date, since it is almost completely composed of black-and-white photo stills, instead of actual movement on screen. Let us take things from the beginning though.
“North Shinjuku 2055” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story takes place in 2055, when North Shinjuku has become a de facto closed-off community. While it is still a part of Japan, it has its own rules, history, and politics that the locals stick to fiercely, while its inhabitants also try to restrict any kind of people who do not recognize these facts, from becoming part of the area. No one knows much about how the community works, and thus a journalist has decided to investigate. Eventually, he manages to score an interview with a local leader named Mr K,...
“North Shinjuku 2055” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story takes place in 2055, when North Shinjuku has become a de facto closed-off community. While it is still a part of Japan, it has its own rules, history, and politics that the locals stick to fiercely, while its inhabitants also try to restrict any kind of people who do not recognize these facts, from becoming part of the area. No one knows much about how the community works, and thus a journalist has decided to investigate. Eventually, he manages to score an interview with a local leader named Mr K,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Label aims to support up-and-coming filmmakers as well as reintroduce underseen classics from acclaimed directors to Na audiences.
Hong Kong-based sales agent Pearl Chan and programmer Ariel Esteban Cayer have launched a Blu-ray label, Kani Releasing, to distribute Asian films, both contemporary and restored, in North America
The label aims to support up-and-coming filmmakers as well as reintroduce underseen repertory classics from acclaimed directors to North American audiences. Its first release is Japanese filmmaker Tadashi Nagayama’s second film, Being Natural (2018), which starts preorders today.
Upcoming releases include a restored version of Cain & Abel (1982), from the Philippines’ Lino Brocka; and...
Hong Kong-based sales agent Pearl Chan and programmer Ariel Esteban Cayer have launched a Blu-ray label, Kani Releasing, to distribute Asian films, both contemporary and restored, in North America
The label aims to support up-and-coming filmmakers as well as reintroduce underseen repertory classics from acclaimed directors to North American audiences. Its first release is Japanese filmmaker Tadashi Nagayama’s second film, Being Natural (2018), which starts preorders today.
Upcoming releases include a restored version of Cain & Abel (1982), from the Philippines’ Lino Brocka; and...
- 12/3/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
“Yamato (California)” is Japanese director Daisuke Miyazaki’s second feature film. The title reminds us of Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Taxis,” but “Yamato” invokes more than just a sense of displacement. It also points to a greater geopolitical reality. It turns out, there is a part of Yamato which doesn’t belong to the Japanese government, but the U.S. It’s one of the many U.S. military bases in Japan. The director wants to make sure that we grasp the extraordinariness of this town; at the beginning of the film, a title card explains to us the background of the U.S. military base. Then, a long mobile shot shows us the never ending fences the U.S. military built to divide the military base and the civilian sphere. Later in the film, when the main character Sakura (played by the Korean-Japanese actress Hanae Kan) finally bonds with her...
- 7/10/2020
- by I-Lin Liu
- AsianMoviePulse
Daisuke Miyazaki was born in 1980 in Yokohama. After graduating from Waseda University, he participated in the summer school of New York University which took place in Japan. His thesis “The 10th Room” won the Grand-Prix there. After working under directors such as Leos Carax and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, he made his first feature film, “End of the Night” in 2011. This film was selected for numerous international film festivals and won the Special Mention Prize at the Toronto Shinsedai Cinema Festival. After being selected as the “7 Japanese Independent Film Directors You Must Check Out” by Raindance Film Festival in 2013, Miyazaki was selected for the Berlinale Talents. His film “5TO9” which he produced and directed the Japanese segment with the Berlinale Talents colleagues, world premiered at Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2015. His 2nd feature film “Yamato (California)” was screened at more than 15 international film festivals and got raved by internationally known media...
- 3/11/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Daisuke Miyazaki is a filmmaker that does not stay still, as his cinematic style seems to change with each new effort. The same applies to “Videophobia”, a black-and-white film set in the darkest corners of Osaka, which deals with a number of rarely depicted issues, in a rather unique way.
“Videophobia” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story revolves around Ai, a young Korean-Japanese woman who has returned to Osaka from Tokyo and is living in the local Koreatown, in the same house with a number of other women. Her life seems to lead nowhere, since she spends her days in a part-time job as a mascot in a shopping street, her afternoons taking acting classes, and her nights having cyber-sex or in nightclubs. During one of her visits to a night club, she meets a young man and ends up having sex in his apartment. A few days later however,...
“Videophobia” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story revolves around Ai, a young Korean-Japanese woman who has returned to Osaka from Tokyo and is living in the local Koreatown, in the same house with a number of other women. Her life seems to lead nowhere, since she spends her days in a part-time job as a mascot in a shopping street, her afternoons taking acting classes, and her nights having cyber-sex or in nightclubs. During one of her visits to a night club, she meets a young man and ends up having sex in his apartment. A few days later however,...
- 3/8/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen composed the music for Daisuke Miyazaki’s “Tourism” and have now shot an experimental/surrealist Japanese-language feature set in Tokyo, mostly featuring non-professional cast of indie and avant-garde musicians and artists in Japan. The Malaysian filmmaker Lim Kah Wai also makes an appearance in the film
Synopsis:
In Tokyo, a young man Tomo, dogged by misfortune, sets out to beat his existence to its next punchline, together with Hiroko who obsesses over a stranger’s old scrapbook. They agree to head into all the encounters that come their way, on a plan to decipher the parts of the whole and outwit this joke before it plays out. Their trip through signs, sounds and situations dives them into another side of the city – a maze of subcultures and surreal lingerings in the air. Setting off events far beyond his imagination, Tomo winds up finding his...
Synopsis:
In Tokyo, a young man Tomo, dogged by misfortune, sets out to beat his existence to its next punchline, together with Hiroko who obsesses over a stranger’s old scrapbook. They agree to head into all the encounters that come their way, on a plan to decipher the parts of the whole and outwit this joke before it plays out. Their trip through signs, sounds and situations dives them into another side of the city – a maze of subcultures and surreal lingerings in the air. Setting off events far beyond his imagination, Tomo winds up finding his...
- 11/2/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Born in 1980, Daisuke Miyazaki started making films when he was student at Waseda University. In 2004, his thesis film “The 10th Room” won the Grand Prix at New York University’s Kut Film Festival in Japan. After graduating from college, he has worked for Leos Carax, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Kunitoshi Manda. “Yamato (California)” is his second feature film.
On the occasion of his film, “Yamato (California)” screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about music, his recent film, Japanese society and many other topics.
Why did you decide to become a filmmaker?
I liked art in general so it was a natural thing to start filmmaking because you can combine all art forms into one. The 2nd golden era of Hollywood, when I was a child in the 80’s and also the art house film boom in Japan when I was in college influenced me as well.
You have worked...
On the occasion of his film, “Yamato (California)” screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about music, his recent film, Japanese society and many other topics.
Why did you decide to become a filmmaker?
I liked art in general so it was a natural thing to start filmmaking because you can combine all art forms into one. The 2nd golden era of Hollywood, when I was a child in the 80’s and also the art house film boom in Japan when I was in college influenced me as well.
You have worked...
- 10/5/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Night Is Short, Walk on GirlNew York City’s remarkable summer of Asian film programming continues this week, when, just as the New York Asian Film Festival comes to a close, the Japan Society begins its annual series highlighting the best of contemporary Japanese cinema. This twelfth edition of Japan Cuts features 28 films over ten days, most of which are premiering for the first time in the United States. It’s an eclectic mix of arthouse and genre films from world famous directors as well as young unknowns. I was able to sample a handful of this year’s program, for the most part steering away from the biggest names1 in favor of less heralded filmmakers. In all I saw six films: three romantic comedies; a road movie; a 1980s pink film (Masayuki Suo’s Abnormal Family); and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hanagatami, which is some kind of a historical drama.
- 7/19/2018
- MUBI
For his second feature film, Miyazaki Daisuke decided to turn his camera to his home town. Setting a young rapper’s search for her own voice through the incessant roar of a neighboring Us military base, Director Miyazaki and I chatted about Yamato (California)’s political and musical inspirations and implications. The Lady Miz Diva: Speaking with your star, Ms. Kan Hanae, she revealed that through this film, she felt more able to express her feelings when rapping. Is that why we’re seeing an aspiring rapper as the focus of your story? Daisuke Miyazaki: I don’t know. I think Hanae is always expressing herself. {Laughs} She expresses herself so much, but for me, rap was something that… I’m usually very quiet and I don’t talk...
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- 7/29/2017
- Screen Anarchy
A young, rebellious Japanese rapper grapples with her own social and cultural dilemmas in Yamato (California), Japanese director Daisuke Miyazaki's second feature. Set in a Japanese city where a vast Us military base looms very large next door, Miyazaki fashions a young hip-hop aficionado's rite of passage as an allegory for Japan's long-running, conflicted relationship with its intruder-protector, big-brother of an ally.
While mischievously described in the title credits as "A Daisuke Miyazaki joint", Yamato (California) actually offers sober, reflective drama throughout its two-hour running time. Having followed its premiere at Montreal's New Cinema festival with stops at Tallinn, Singapore...
While mischievously described in the title credits as "A Daisuke Miyazaki joint", Yamato (California) actually offers sober, reflective drama throughout its two-hour running time. Having followed its premiere at Montreal's New Cinema festival with stops at Tallinn, Singapore...
- 1/24/2017
- by Clarence Tsui
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today, Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc), which will take place between October 12 to 23. Here's the complete line-up of feature films according to the press release we received.
Opening and closing
The 40th edition of the Fnc kicks off on Wednesday, October 12, with Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli (France) at Cinéma Impérial (Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon). This critically-acclaimed second feature by Valérie Donzelli (The Queen of Hearts) tells the love story of Roméo and Juliette who are battling to save their sick child. The director and her producer Edouard Weil will be in attendance.
Ten days later, on Saturday, October 22, Monsieur Lazhar (Quebec/Canada) by Philippe Falardeau will close the Festival. Selected to represent Canada at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lahzar shows the efforts of an Algerian schoolteacher to help his Grade 6 students come to terms with their teacher’s death.
Opening and closing
The 40th edition of the Fnc kicks off on Wednesday, October 12, with Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli (France) at Cinéma Impérial (Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon). This critically-acclaimed second feature by Valérie Donzelli (The Queen of Hearts) tells the love story of Roméo and Juliette who are battling to save their sick child. The director and her producer Edouard Weil will be in attendance.
Ten days later, on Saturday, October 22, Monsieur Lazhar (Quebec/Canada) by Philippe Falardeau will close the Festival. Selected to represent Canada at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lahzar shows the efforts of an Algerian schoolteacher to help his Grade 6 students come to terms with their teacher’s death.
- 9/27/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
I will soon post a list of films I have already seen that I highly recommend as well as a list of my most anticipated films screening at this year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. For now here is the press release from the festival. Make sure you read carefully because there are a ton of great films to check out.
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
- 9/27/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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