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Latest news from Japanese film industry:
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Financial Times
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Financial Times
By Julian Williams There are three main strands of Japanese film shown in the west: animation, sex and horror. None of these owes much to traditional Japanese film, but what are niche titles in their own country are often taken as examples of national ...
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![]() PR: Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Gintama - the Movie"
Toon Zone
Following the wise, ancient and possibly Japanese adage of ?if it ain't broke, don't fix it,? the 95 minute feature film reunites most of the key staff of the TV series. Director, Shinji Takamatsu (SCHOOL RUMBLE) and writer Akatsuki Yamatoya (To LOVE ...
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![]() Explore Japanese cinema at the ICA
Time Out London
As Japanese film continues to go from strength to strength, the ICA have responded with a superb week-long season of films exploring the work of some of the country's most esteemed new directors. The season, entitled 'Whose Film Is It Anyway: ...
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![]() An Introduction to Far Eastern Cinema
Impact Magazine
Here's a beginner's guide to the films of the Far East. What should be your entry point into the weird and wonderful cinema of the Orient? Japanese Cinema: Akira Kurosawa is by far the most recognised Japanese director with his masterpieces Seven ...
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Independent Online
![]() Berlin film fest focuses on year of change
Independent Online
Now in its 62nd year, the Berlinale will also present movies from Japanese directors exploring the aftermath of their nation's devastating earthquake and tsunami in March. In the one of these films, director Iwai Shunji gathers together acquaintances ...
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The National
![]() The legend of Martin Scorsese continues
The National
The Film Foundation, which he founded 20 years ago and still chairs, has restored about 450 films to their former glory, ranging from Wings, the first Oscar winner in 1927, to Rashomon, the 1950 masterpiece that opened up Japanese cinema to the world, ...
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![]() SF International Asian American Film Festival Turns 30
The Rafu Shimpo
SAN FRANCISCO ? The 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival will be held March 8 to 18 in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. A presentation of the Center for Asian American Media, SFIAAFF is the largest festival and ...
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![]() The mother of all roles
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Following her Oscar for 2009's The Blind Side, the American starlet was British director Stephen Daldry's top choice to take the pivotal role in the Oscar-nominated film, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. And it appears the feeling's mutual, ...
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Film Journal
![]() Heavy but inspirational subject matter marks Oscar documentary shorts
Capital Times (blog)
The searing 40-minute documentary starts with horrific home-video footage of a giant wall of water slowly sweeping through a Japanese town, engulfing everything in its path. The film interviews survivors, crammed into relief centers, grieving lost ...
Film Review: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: AnimationFilm Journal
Oscar-nominated short films return to RossLincoln Journal Star
Three Programs in 'Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012'New York Times
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New York Daily News
![]() Oscar-nominated shorts, and 'Chico & Rita'
New York Daily News
... which features a full lineup of genuinely deserving films. Among the five nominees, the most unforgettable is ?The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,? a heartbreaking look at Japanese survivors trying to make sense of last year's tragedies.
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Latest news from Indonesian film industry:
Google News
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Jakarta Globe
![]() 10 Years Later, a Favorite Indonesian Film Still Fills the Seats
Jakarta Globe
(JG Photos/Lisa Siregar) Local filmmakers gathered on Wednesday for a private screening of one of Indonesia's favorite homegrown films, ?Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?? (?What's Up With Cinta??), marking the film's 10th anniversary. Released in 2002, ?AADC? set ...
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Spiegel Online
![]() Berlin Film Festival Bets on Fresh Blood
Spiegel Online
A noticeably large number of entries in this year's competition come from international directors with no, or just one, other film under their belts, including the Indonesian filmmaker Edwin, who is showing only his second feature film "Postcards from ...
Berlin film festival aims for cutting edge in 2012Chicago Tribune
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Variety
![]() Talent Campus alums see success
Variety
Campus alumni were behind three films in Competition, the German titles "Mercy" and "Home for the Weekend" and the Indonesian production "Postcards From the Zoo." Other pics unspooling in the Berlinale and the European Film Market with former Campus ...
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The Guardian
![]() This week's new films
The Guardian
Position Among The Stars Acclaimed third part of a documentary on Indonesian life. Ekk Deewana Tha Bollywood romance starring Britain's Amy Jackson. In two weeks... Seniors Judi Dench and Maggie Smith check in to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ?
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China.org.cn
![]() Chinese lineup for Osaka movie fest
China.org.cn
Twelve films will compete at next month's Osaka Asian Film Festival (9-18 Mar 2012) in Japan. This year's lineup consists of 36 feature films and 10 shorts. Highlights among the competition titles are Johnnie TO's "Romancing in Thin Air", Dayyan ENG's ...
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![]() Cinema One Originals to visit Cebu this February
Sun.Star
Cebuano films and other entries will grace SM Cebu Cinema 8 from February 11 to 16. The event will open with "Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria" by Cebuano filmmaker Remton Siega Zuasol. The said film bagged two awards at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival in ...
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![]() Over 30 films nominated at 6th Asian Film Awards
Xinhua
17 (Xinhua) -- A total of 32 movies were nominated to compete for 14 prizes at the 6th Asian Film Awards, the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) announced here Tuesday. Organized by the HKIFFS and funded by CreatHK and the city's ...
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![]() Asian Cinema's 20 Greatest Fight Scenes
IGN
by Stephen Lambrechts One of the films that IGN's staff are most excited about right now would have to be The Raid, an Indonesian effort that's widely being described as the most incredible action and fighting movie in decades.
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Jakarta Globe
![]() Big Screen, Bigger Issues for Indonesia's Lesbians
Jakarta Globe
Eight LGBT filmmakers tell their stories with a movie camera in 'Children of Srikandi.' (Photo courtesy of Srikandi Films) Two of my favourite lesbians came to lunch on Sunday. They were telling me how recently at a gathering some Indonesian women took ...
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![]() SE Asian film-makers cry freedom
Film Business Asia
By Patrick Frater The importance of film festivals in South East Asian cinema was underlined today in a series of discussions at the debut Hua Hin International Film Festival. Billed as providing status reports on cinema in the ASEAN region, ...
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