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83 articles available in total starting from 19/06/2007. Last article published on 18/04/2025.

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Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir jumps into the race for the Palme d’Or

Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir jumps into the race for the Palme d’Or

The Japanese writer-director returns to the Croisette with her sophomore feature, an emotional coming-of-age tale set in late-1980s Tokyo  

18/04 | Production | Funding | Japan/France/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia

Kaspar Astrup Schröder • Director of Dear Tomorrow

Interview: Kaspar Astrup Schröder • Director of Dear Tomorrow

“Lonely people are invisible”

In the Danish director’s film, people decide to fight loneliness by finally reaching out to others – or even adopting an owl  

12/03 | SXSW 2025

Kei Ishikawa’s A Pale View of Hills enters post-production

Kei Ishikawa’s A Pale View of Hills enters post-production

Adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel, the movie is now in post-production in Poland and will be introduced to international buyers at the upcoming European Film Market  

30/01 | Production | Funding | Japan/UK/Poland

Lisa Takeba to shoot Children of the River

Lisa Takeba to shoot Children of the River

This co-production between Japan’s Fourier Film and Italy’s Antropica which is due to be shot in the summer next year, conveys an environmental message through the story of two twin sisters  

05/11/2024 | Production | Funding | Japan/Italy

Review: Ulysses

Review: Ulysses

Debuting director Hikaru Uwagawa offers up an apparently disjointed tale in which three stories come one after the other, inviting us to explore concepts such as home, friendship and family  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Review: Serpent’s Path

Review: Serpent’s Path

Kiyoshi Kurosawa readapts his 1990s film Serpent’s Path, setting it in contemporary France, for an unhinged thriller that investigates the pointless obtuseness of evil  

25/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

Interview: Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

"When the external world is changing, the individual can be very vulnerable"

VENICE 2024: The feature debut by the Mongolian-born director revolves around a herdsman who looks after his ranch by day and performs on horseback by night  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever

Interview: Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever

"Eternal happiness doesn't exist, but we are all looking for it nonetheless"

VENICE 2024: The Japanese director talks about his new film, which tells of the upheaval of unexpected grief and recalls the birth of a love affair at a seaside resort  

01/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Super Happy Forever

Review: Super Happy Forever

VENICE 2024: The French-Japanese film by Kohei Igarashi delicately tells the story of a sudden bereavement and traces the birth of a tender love by the sea  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli autori

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Super Happy Forever

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Super Happy Forever

The new film by Japanese filmmaker Kohei Igarashi follows a young man returning to a seaside resort where five years before he fell in love with his wife  

30/07/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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