Projects by Mag Hsu from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow from Hong Kong, and Japan’s Akira Ikeda were among those selected.
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has revealed a record 48 film projects, including projects by Mag Hsu, Chang Jung-chi and Lin Yu-hsien from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow, Chapman To and Jevons Au from Hong Kong, and Akira Ikeda and Yukinori Makabe from Japan.
The Fpp project market is one of the key events under the Golden Horse umbrella. Scheduled to take place from November 15-17 during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, its attendance of international filmmakers and guests...
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has revealed a record 48 film projects, including projects by Mag Hsu, Chang Jung-chi and Lin Yu-hsien from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow, Chapman To and Jevons Au from Hong Kong, and Akira Ikeda and Yukinori Makabe from Japan.
The Fpp project market is one of the key events under the Golden Horse umbrella. Scheduled to take place from November 15-17 during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, its attendance of international filmmakers and guests...
- 9/23/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
There are two types of people in this world: those who find a 90-minute romantic comedy musical with a 90-second song serving as an intermission break twee; and those who find it charming. Middle ground doesn’t exist in this equation and director Yukinori Makabe rightfully refuses to pretend otherwise. His film Love, Life and Goldfish (adapted by Atsumi Tsuchi from Noriko Otani’s manga of the same name) wears its idiosyncratic feel-good sentimentality on its sleeve to provide the dreamlike environment Makoto Kashiba (Matsuya Onoe) needs to break free from a repressed life precariously balanced atop a foundation of work. His bank clerk has never tapped into the emotional well filling within for almost thirty years, so it’s no surprise he’s springing volatile leaks everywhere he turns.
It’s why he finds himself in this foreign place he disparagingly dismisses as “the sticks” when he had a...
It’s why he finds himself in this foreign place he disparagingly dismisses as “the sticks” when he had a...
- 8/15/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival got an early 25th birthday present in the form of James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad,” which will receive a special screening on Aug. 4, the day before Fantasia officially kicks off with the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s zombie thriller “Brain Freeze.” Gunn is a long-time friend of the fest, having first attended in 1997 before later returning for the Canadian premiere of his Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Fantasia International Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary edition in style, with the announcement of a special screening of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad! We also have a look at more of their impressive lineup, as their second wave has been announced (with a third wave announcement still to come):
The Fantasia International Film Festival will launch its 25th edition this summer as an exciting virtual event composed of scheduled screenings, on-demand library, panels, and workshops, taking place from August 5th to August 25th. The festival will be accessible across Canada, geo-locked to the country, and will maintain unique film admittance quantities in line with the cinema experience.
Fantasia is thrilled to reveal a second wave of programming and will return in late July with a third and final line-up announcement, including features, virtual events, and juries.
In celebration of Fantasia’s 25th anniversary, the international film...
The Fantasia International Film Festival will launch its 25th edition this summer as an exciting virtual event composed of scheduled screenings, on-demand library, panels, and workshops, taking place from August 5th to August 25th. The festival will be accessible across Canada, geo-locked to the country, and will maintain unique film admittance quantities in line with the cinema experience.
Fantasia is thrilled to reveal a second wave of programming and will return in late July with a third and final line-up announcement, including features, virtual events, and juries.
In celebration of Fantasia’s 25th anniversary, the international film...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Based on the manga series “Sukutte Goran” by Noriko Otani and featuring Matsuya Onoe, one of the most popular young Japanese Kabuki actors, and Kanako Momota of Japan’s top idol “Momoiro cloverZ”, “Love, Life and Goldfish” is a rare musical coming from Japan, which also bolsters rather impressive visuals.
“Love, Life and Goldfish” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Makoto Kashiba was once an elite bank clerk, working for a big bank in Tokyo. Due to an error however, he is demoted to a small branch in the country, a fact that has left him completely devastated. However, upon arriving in the area, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who owns a parlor hosting a game where people try to catch as many goldfish as possible in a set amount of time, and falls in love with her. She, however, is in love with master pianist and goldfish catcher Noboru Oji,...
“Love, Life and Goldfish” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Makoto Kashiba was once an elite bank clerk, working for a big bank in Tokyo. Due to an error however, he is demoted to a small branch in the country, a fact that has left him completely devastated. However, upon arriving in the area, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who owns a parlor hosting a game where people try to catch as many goldfish as possible in a set amount of time, and falls in love with her. She, however, is in love with master pianist and goldfish catcher Noboru Oji,...
- 5/16/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – The Asian Pop-Up Cinema Series, spotlighting a variety of diverse Asian films, continues its 2016 season with the film, “I Am a Monk,” directed by Yukinori Makabe. Makabe-san will make an appearance at the screening, beginning at 7:30pm on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016, at the AMC River East Theater in Chicago.
’I Am a Monk,’ Directed by Yukinori Makabe
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“I Am a Monk” (Buku wa Bosan) is an incredibly beautiful and spiritually moving film, based on a “true account.” It involves a newly minted monk named Susumu (Atsushi Ito) who is thrust into the leadership role at a prominent Japanese Buddhist temple, when his beloved grandfather – the longtime Abbot of the temple – passes away. Susumu struggles with his new role, until he finds his footing through old friends, the counsel of an elder and his own connective instincts. The film is a meditation on spirituality in...
’I Am a Monk,’ Directed by Yukinori Makabe
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“I Am a Monk” (Buku wa Bosan) is an incredibly beautiful and spiritually moving film, based on a “true account.” It involves a newly minted monk named Susumu (Atsushi Ito) who is thrust into the leadership role at a prominent Japanese Buddhist temple, when his beloved grandfather – the longtime Abbot of the temple – passes away. Susumu struggles with his new role, until he finds his footing through old friends, the counsel of an elder and his own connective instincts. The film is a meditation on spirituality in...
- 5/3/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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