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Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh Announces Lineup for 2021 Hybrid Edition

Running in person and online streaming for free in the UK 25th to 31st October.

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Sep 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh Announces 2022 Programme

At Summerhall and Everyman Everyman Cinema Edinburgh 15th to 20th October.

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Oct 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Special - Japan Cuts Film Festival 2024

  Table of Contents Hello everyone, Once again this year, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Japan Cuts 2024 film…

Heroic Purgatory

Jul 21, 2024 • Subscribe

Kizumonogatari – Koyomi Vamp – (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]

An evocative experience that succeeds in giving the vampire and the well-explored themes a fresh coat of drama and sexiness.  

psycho-cinematography

Jul 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Masaru Sano on Capturing Good Images for His Phantasmagorical Film Perfect Nervous (2024) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 Interview]

“We meticulously took photographs during the location scouting and created storyboards based on the photos, with the intention of making all the shots as beautiful as possible.”: Masaru…

Genkinahito

Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

House of Sayuri (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

The thoughtful manipulation of this atmospheric field is integral to create an effective and engaging genre-blend.

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Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2024 Programme

In Montreal July 18 to Aug, 4.

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Jul 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Perfect Nervous (2024) Dir: Masaru Sano [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Perfect Nervous (Dir: Masaru Sano, 2024) is a gorgeous short film with fantastical elements as it tells a life-affirming story wherein two young women with incurable body-altering diseases…

Genkinahito

Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

G20 Film Festival Showcases Suzume Anime Film in India

A summary of the G20 Film Festival, which screened Suzume, a popular anime film by Makoto Shinkai, in New Delhi on August 12, 2023.

ForMyAnime

Aug 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Suzume

JFF+ Japanese Film Festival Online: Japanese Films Available to Stream in 2024

Stream Japanese Indie Movies via Japanese Film Festival+ – Titles Available: An Artisan’s Legacy, Tsunekazu Nishioka, Hey! Our dear Don-chan, Lonely Glory, Bon Uta A Song From Home,…

Genkinahito

May 26, 2024 • Subscribe

My Sister 姊姊 Director: Pan Ke-yin (2021) Taiwan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

My Sister 姊姊 is a wonderful Taiwanese short that delivers a shot of reassuring love through a bratty brother and family. Director: Pan Ke-yin (2021) Taiwan [Osaka Asian…

Genkinahito

Mar 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Single8 – My Summer Film for 2024

I really need to get better at reading the fine print of things. The Japanese Film Festival Online hosted this film from June 5th 2024 to June 19th…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

Jun 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films Programmed for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024

Genkinahito

Jan 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2024 (February 15-25)

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Baby Assassins: Good Days (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Yugo Sakamoto successfully mixes up the formula that structured his previous two action narratives. Highly Recommended.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The V-Day Sci-Fi Special Returns for 2024!

Happy Valentine’s Day~! This might as well be recognized as some spiritual observation day on this blog, because longtime readers and friends may recognize that tend to go…

Takuto's Anime Cafe

Feb 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Trigun

Japanese and Korean Films at the Glasgow Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the One Japanese Film at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Feb 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Snowdrop スノードロップ, by director Kota Yoshida, is a socially conscious domestic drama/character study that looks at the welfare system via a woman chased by the trauma of abandonment…

Genkinahito

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

London Korean Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2021

In cinemas across London 4th to 19th November

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Oct 5, 2021 • Subscribe

BFI London Film Festival Confirms Complete Programme for 2022

In cinemas across the city 5th to 16th October and streaming in the UK via BFI Player 14th to 21st October.

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Sep 5, 2022 • Subscribe

BFI London Film Festival Confirms Complete Programme for 2021

In cinemas across London & the UK 6th to 17th October with select titles streaming online via BFI Player

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Sep 7, 2021 • Subscribe

BFI London Film Festival Confirms Complete Programme for 2023

In cinemas across London 5th to 15th October 2023

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Aug 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Film Festival Week: Wasurenagumo

Wasurenagumo was Production IG’s 2011 young animator training project. I’ve looked at some of these before including Harmonie, Aki no Kanade and Ojisan no Lamp. There have also…

Anime Reviews

Aug 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Li'l Spider Girl, Aki no Kanade, Death Parade, Harmonie, Little Witch Academia

Kanazawa Film Festival 2012

If the world ends this year, it won't be because of the whole "2012: End of Days" thing. It will have nothing to do with the Mayan…

Japachickyburgers

Sep 8, 2012 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン Director: Urara Matsubayashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan Cuts 2024]

Director Urara Matsubayashi makes a definitive #MeToo film for the Japanese film industry with her sincere and complex drama Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan…

Genkinahito

Jul 18, 2024 • Subscribe

On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Black comedy and painful humiliation abound as a mismatched couple vie for control in the black comedy On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

A Glimpse at the Films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024

A glimpse at the feast of films programmed for Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 (March 01st to March 10th)

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Feb 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Falling Into Place Director: Aylin Tezel [Glasgow International Film Festival 2024]

Falling Into Place, by director: Aylin Tezel, is a beautifully shot story of a couple struggling through personal problems to realise their romance that is told in an…

Genkinahito

Mar 1, 2024 • Subscribe

London East Asia Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2021

In cinemas across London 21st to 31st October

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Sep 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Udine Far East Film Festival Confirms Lineup for 24th Edition

In person in Udine and streaming online 22nd to 30th April

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Apr 20, 2022 • Subscribe

San Diego Asian Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2023

In San Diego Nov. 2 – 11

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Nov 2, 2023 • Subscribe

San Diego Asian Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2021

In cinemas across San Diego Oct. 28 to Nov. 6.

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Oct 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Udine Far East Film Festival Confirms Lineup for 23rd Edition

Online and in Udine 24th June to 2nd July

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Jun 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Pacific Rim: The Black – Lost in Australia

For a small amount of time this year, it seems like the name of the game in anime is Giant Monsters vs Giant Robots. I say this in…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Apr 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Pacific Rim: The Black

2023 Toei Animation exhibition in Taiwan

Toei Animation will hold an expo next November 10th through December 12th, 2023. They will...

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Nov 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Sydney Film Festival 2019 | Reflections

As I look for ways to keep my writing brain well-oiled, I will be trying out a more ‘modular’ approach to blog posts: rather than dedicating each post…

ATMA & Funomena

Jun 17, 2019 • Subscribe

Film Festival Week: Geu Yeoreum

Geu Yeoreum is a Korean film from Red Dog Culture House. All I know is that it’s a Shoujo ai drama. So, let’s hop right into it. Story:…

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Nov 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Geu Yeoreum

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

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Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Film Festival Week: Doubutsu Tonarigumi

Doubutsu Tonarigumi is a propaganda film from the early days of World War II. Personally, I’ve always found this type of thing kind of interesting whether it’s blatantly…

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Nov 18, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo International Film Festival 2022

Anna Yamada in The Mountain Woman. Scheduling conflicts and sold-out screenings meant that I was only able to see three films at TIFF this year, but it was…

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Nov 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Film Festival Week: Amazing Nuts

Continuing with this year’s film festival week, we have Amazing Nuts. Which I assume is going to be rare footage of me without trousers. No? That’s good, wouldn’t…

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Aug 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

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Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Film Festival Week: Golden Time

Golden Time is a 2013 film from Robot Communications. Yes, the studio behind Tsumiki no Ie. Is this as excellent as that film? Let’s check. Story: We open…

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Nov 16, 2023 • Subscribe

La Maison en Petits Cubes, Golden Time

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024] Second Draft

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Suton すとん, by director Rikako Watanabe. is a quietly affecting character study where a young woman’s life is marked by the poignancy of aging and separation and also…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023) Director: Elene Naveriani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023), by director Elene Naveriani, is a touching late coming-of-age film about a 48-year-old woman in a Georgian village growing into herself after a near-death…

Genkinahito

Mar 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese, Korean, and Other Asian Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024

A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, which runs from May 14 to the 25

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May 3, 2024 • Subscribe

A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2024

A Glimpse at the 17 films programmed for the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2024, which runs from August 16th to August 18th in Shibuya Eurolive

Genkinahito

Aug 5, 2024 • Subscribe