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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
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Can a dramedy outplay a film that takes a serious approach to the heavyweight topics, stretching far beyond the usual methods of emotional manipulation by reaching for the straightforward little truths as simple as they occur in life? The Japanese director Chihiro Amano might have found the right recipe in her fourth fiction feature “Mrs. Noisy”, starring Yukiko Shinohara and Yoko Ootaka as the neighbors from hell. The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival back in November where it took the audience by storm, and it continues its rather successful festival travel circuit, slowly conquering the European audiences.
“Mrs. Noisy” is streaming on Sakka Films
One of the biggest qualities of “Mrs. Noisy” is that it speaks to many people in its representation of mundane situations described in the script penned by the director herself. Having an annoying neighbor is something almost anyone knows about from their own experience,...
“Mrs. Noisy” is streaming on Sakka Films
One of the biggest qualities of “Mrs. Noisy” is that it speaks to many people in its representation of mundane situations described in the script penned by the director herself. Having an annoying neighbor is something almost anyone knows about from their own experience,...
- 6/25/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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Los Angeles-based Synepic Entertainment has announced that their anticipated platform for Japanese independent cinema Sakka is launching on May 25th, 2022. Their launch will feature five award-winning independent films that have charmed the crowd at the festival circuit.
As indicated by its name Sakka, a Japanese word for “auteur”, the platform will focus on featuring and supporting the emerging directors from Japan with unique voices. It will have a featured page for the directors of their distribution titles and allow people to send short reviews directly to the filmmaker as part of its effort to bring the community closer. The audience can enjoy special bonus contents that are available with rentals and purchases. The company is also looking to host in-person screenings as the venues start to come back to normalcy.
The platform will not only stream the films that the company is distributing, but it will also allow people to...
As indicated by its name Sakka, a Japanese word for “auteur”, the platform will focus on featuring and supporting the emerging directors from Japan with unique voices. It will have a featured page for the directors of their distribution titles and allow people to send short reviews directly to the filmmaker as part of its effort to bring the community closer. The audience can enjoy special bonus contents that are available with rentals and purchases. The company is also looking to host in-person screenings as the venues start to come back to normalcy.
The platform will not only stream the films that the company is distributing, but it will also allow people to...
- 5/18/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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Exclusive: Los Angeles-based Synepic Entertainment is launching Sakka, a streaming service specializing in Japanese cinema. The platform will debut in North America and select further territories in early May, the company said. At launch, it will feature five movies: Happy Hour, the 2015 movie from recent Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi; Shô Miyake’s 2018 feature And Your Bird Can Sing; Seiji Tanaka’s 2018 film Melancholic; Chihiro Amano’s 2019 pic Mrs Noisy; and Hajime Tsuda’s 2020 drama Daughters. Synepic said it was focusing on independent films and would be acquiring two further titles later in the summer. The company is also looking to host in-person screenings of films it acquires. “We are beyond proud to create this unique platform for Japanese films of new generations,” commented Chiaki Yanagimoto, the president of Synepic Entertainment and the founder of the platform. “There are many Japanese films that unfortunately don’t see their full potential outside...
- 4/12/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, Japan Cuts, has selected 30 features and 12 shorts for a 2020 edition that will take place entirely online due to continued corona disruption.
Running July 17-30, the traditionally New York-based event will instead be available across the country via a digital platform set up in partnership with Festival Scope and Shift72. Films will be made available to rent with a limited number or virtual tickets per title, priced at $2–$7 with discounted bundles.
Alongside screenings, there will also be virtual Q&As, discussion panels, and video introductions from filmmakers in a bid to maintain the festival’s sense of community and dedication to intercultural communication.
The fest will kick off with a live virtual Q&a with Shinichiro Ueda, director of opening film selection Special Actors, the follow-up to Ueda’s popular breakout debut One Cut of the Dead. The festival’s Centerpiece...
Running July 17-30, the traditionally New York-based event will instead be available across the country via a digital platform set up in partnership with Festival Scope and Shift72. Films will be made available to rent with a limited number or virtual tickets per title, priced at $2–$7 with discounted bundles.
Alongside screenings, there will also be virtual Q&As, discussion panels, and video introductions from filmmakers in a bid to maintain the festival’s sense of community and dedication to intercultural communication.
The fest will kick off with a live virtual Q&a with Shinichiro Ueda, director of opening film selection Special Actors, the follow-up to Ueda’s popular breakout debut One Cut of the Dead. The festival’s Centerpiece...
- 6/24/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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After working in an office for 5 years, Chihiro Amano turned to film and became a film director and screen writer. Her short and feature films, such as “The Confession of Figaro” (2012) and “Leap Year Girl” (2014) won several awards at film festivals both in Japan and across the world. Her most recent feature, “Mrs Noisy” premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Takuma Nagao is a Japanese actor. In “Mrs. Noisy” he plays the writer’s husband. He is best known for his parts in “Our Little Sister” (2015) and “Being Natural” (2019).
During the Helsinki Cine Aasia Festival we spoke with both of them about black & white opinions, insects, the Japanese film industry and much more.
In the film, a lot of things happen because people only see each other’s sharp edges and not the complete picture, is this an important theme for you?
Chihiro Amano: At the beginning of the film,...
During the Helsinki Cine Aasia Festival we spoke with both of them about black & white opinions, insects, the Japanese film industry and much more.
In the film, a lot of things happen because people only see each other’s sharp edges and not the complete picture, is this an important theme for you?
Chihiro Amano: At the beginning of the film,...
- 4/11/2020
- by Nancy Fornoville
- AsianMoviePulse
Can a dramedy outplay a film that takes a serious approach to the heavyweight topics, stretching far beyond the usual methods of emotional manipulation by reaching for the straightforward little truths as simple as they occur in life? The Japanese director Chihiro Amano might have found the right recipe in her fourth fiction feature “Mrs. Noisy”, starring Yukiko Shinohara and Yoko Ootaka as the neighbors from hell. The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival back in November where it took the audience by storm, and it continues its rather successful festival travel circuit, slowly conquering the European audiences.
“Mrs Noisy“ is screening at Cinemasia Film Festival
One of the biggest qualities of “Mrs. Noisy” is that it speaks to many people in its representation of mundane situations described in the script penned by the director herself. Having an annoying neighbor is something almost anyone knows about from their own experience,...
“Mrs Noisy“ is screening at Cinemasia Film Festival
One of the biggest qualities of “Mrs. Noisy” is that it speaks to many people in its representation of mundane situations described in the script penned by the director herself. Having an annoying neighbor is something almost anyone knows about from their own experience,...
- 3/9/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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