Japan Society announces Anshul Chauhan ’s Kontora as the winner of the inaugural Obayashi Prize at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film, currently running as an online festival through July 30. The film is selected from titles within Next Generation —the festival’s brand-new competitive section dedicated to independently produced narrative feature films from emerging filmmakers in Japan—by a diverse jury of film
industry professionals comprised of film director Momoko Ando ( 0.5mm ), programmer Julian Ross of Locarno Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Free Stone Productions CEO and producer ( Ten Years Japan ) Miyuki Takamatsu.
In their collective statement, they note:
“In this year when the film industry faces irreversible change, the Next Generation competition challenged us as a jury to look to the future. The film we chose explores the weight of the past and our responsibility to engage with it not alone, but together. For a film rooted in the past,...
industry professionals comprised of film director Momoko Ando ( 0.5mm ), programmer Julian Ross of Locarno Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Free Stone Productions CEO and producer ( Ten Years Japan ) Miyuki Takamatsu.
In their collective statement, they note:
“In this year when the film industry faces irreversible change, the Next Generation competition challenged us as a jury to look to the future. The film we chose explores the weight of the past and our responsibility to engage with it not alone, but together. For a film rooted in the past,...
- 8/2/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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The big winner of PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival was Anshul Chauhan’s film “Kontora” that took the Grand Prix for the best film (comes with a grant of 10 000 euros from the City of Tallinn), and the Award for the Best Music which went to the composer Yuma Koda “for the ability to create a state of continuous tension and references to the past through an extremely rigorous and modern orchestral writing.”
Visually stunning, “Kontora” is a black & white saga about highschooler Sora, who’s dealing with the death of her beloved grandfather by studying his diary from the WWII. She believes that the precious artefact from the past, full of stories and drawings, could lead her to a treasure her grandfather left behind. At the beginning of her quest, her drunken father hits a mysterious – “backward” man by car and almost leaves him on the road.
The big winner of PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival was Anshul Chauhan’s film “Kontora” that took the Grand Prix for the best film (comes with a grant of 10 000 euros from the City of Tallinn), and the Award for the Best Music which went to the composer Yuma Koda “for the ability to create a state of continuous tension and references to the past through an extremely rigorous and modern orchestral writing.”
Visually stunning, “Kontora” is a black & white saga about highschooler Sora, who’s dealing with the death of her beloved grandfather by studying his diary from the WWII. She believes that the precious artefact from the past, full of stories and drawings, could lead her to a treasure her grandfather left behind. At the beginning of her quest, her drunken father hits a mysterious – “backward” man by car and almost leaves him on the road.
- 12/11/2019
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Grand Prix winner Kontora Photo: Courtesy of Tallinn Black Nights Anshul Chauhan's Kontora took home the Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival this weekend.
The drama, about a complicated relationship between a father and daughter also saw the Best Music award given to Yuma Koda's score.
The Best Director award went to Filippino filmmaker Jun Robles Jana for Kalel, 15 - a portrait of a 15-year-old in Manila who is trying to cope with family difficulties and a recent HIV diagnosis.
Away from the main competition, it was a good night for British film, with Scottish-set Boyz In The Wood taking home the Youth Competition Grand Prix, Rene Pannevis picking up the Fipresci prize for Looted and Clavan Clerkin winning the Best Actor prize for his role in the Gerard Johnson thriller Muscle.
The acting prize went to Alina Serban for her portrayal of a single mum in Gipsy Queen.
The drama, about a complicated relationship between a father and daughter also saw the Best Music award given to Yuma Koda's score.
The Best Director award went to Filippino filmmaker Jun Robles Jana for Kalel, 15 - a portrait of a 15-year-old in Manila who is trying to cope with family difficulties and a recent HIV diagnosis.
Away from the main competition, it was a good night for British film, with Scottish-set Boyz In The Wood taking home the Youth Competition Grand Prix, Rene Pannevis picking up the Fipresci prize for Looted and Clavan Clerkin winning the Best Actor prize for his role in the Gerard Johnson thriller Muscle.
The acting prize went to Alina Serban for her portrayal of a single mum in Gipsy Queen.
- 12/2/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Other winners include the UK’s ‘Looted’ and the Philippines’ ‘Kalel, 15’.
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include the UK’s ‘Looted’ and the Philippines’ ‘Kalel, 15’.
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Asian cinema emerges victorious at the Award Ceremony of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with the Grand Prix going to Japanese “Kontora” and the Best Director award to Filippino filmmaker Jun Robles Jana for “Kalel, 15”.
In the festival’s premiere competition programme, the Official Selection – Competition Japanese film Kontora, directed, produced and written by Anshul Chauhan emerged victorious, nabbing the festival’s Grand Prix and the Best Music award that was handed to Yuma Koda. The film centres on the problematic relationship of a single father and his teenage daughter in economic distress, as a stranger, a mute man who only walks backwards enters their lives forcing them to confront their emotional reality.
But let’s see them all:
Kontora
Official Selection Competition
Grand Prix for the Best Film (grant of 10 000 euros from the City of Tallinn, shared by the Director and Producer):
Kontora (Japan)
Director and producer:...
In the festival’s premiere competition programme, the Official Selection – Competition Japanese film Kontora, directed, produced and written by Anshul Chauhan emerged victorious, nabbing the festival’s Grand Prix and the Best Music award that was handed to Yuma Koda. The film centres on the problematic relationship of a single father and his teenage daughter in economic distress, as a stranger, a mute man who only walks backwards enters their lives forcing them to confront their emotional reality.
But let’s see them all:
Kontora
Official Selection Competition
Grand Prix for the Best Film (grant of 10 000 euros from the City of Tallinn, shared by the Director and Producer):
Kontora (Japan)
Director and producer:...
- 11/30/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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