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Hara Keiichi – from Crayon Shinchan to Kinoshita Keisuke

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Eija Niskanen

Tokyo International Film Festival has an animation special program, curated by anime critic and Meiji University lecturer Hikawa Kiyohiko, centering on the career of an animator. This year the program introduced Hara Keiichi, known internationally for his recent film Miss … Continue reading →

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Japanese titles at Tokyo FF 2017

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Eija Niskanen

Tokyo International Film festival featured its Japanese programs, younger/beginner director oriented Japanese Splash, which was also a competition series, and Japan Now series, featuring recent releases. Japanese films were featured also in the International Competition as well as in special … Continue reading →

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Finnish film Euthanizer picks screenwriting award at Tokyo Intl FilmFest

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Eija Niskanen

Teemu Nikki, director-screenwriter for Finnish film Euthanizer (Armomurhaaja) in international competition at TIFF got the recently established WOWOW Best SCript Award at Tokyo International Film Festival’s Award Ceremony on Nov 3rd. Film’s producer Jani Pösö picked up the prize. The … Continue reading →

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YIDFF: Documentaries on 3/11.

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Eija Niskanen

In the YIDFF films on the Earthquake series two films stood out, for good or bad. These documentaries are related by the documentary maker Matsubayashi Yojyu, who made one and participated to some degree to the other. 311, a project … Continue reading →

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女として生きる/Transgender Trouble

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Eija Niskanen

Ebata Koki, a graduate student at Todai’s Film and New Media program, has followed the workers and customers of Joso New Half Propaganda club since 2009. Onna toshite ikiru/Transgender trouble tags the true life of transponders, or so called hew … Continue reading →

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YIDFF Yamagata Intl Documentary FF 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Eija Niskanen

YIDFF kicked off on Thursday evening 10/6. This years strong theme are the films shot at or reflecting upon the 3.11 aka the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami, as well as the Fukushima Dai+ichi nuclear crisis.

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Hiroshima Awards

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Eija Niskanen

Kitamura Aico has created an interesting commentary on hikikomori in Getting Dressed/Fuku wo kiru made: a woman who does not want to dress. She stays in her room with her pet bird. She stays naked, eats cornflakes and milk – … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima, day 3

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Eija Niskanen

Monday’s competition screening theme seemed to be difficult relationships, be them between lovers or parents and children. I am betting that the really nice domestic violence film, Angry Man from Norway will gather a lot of audience votes. Japanese entry … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima, 2nd competition day

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eija Niskanen

Competition 2 was yesterday. THis was a program of very dark themes, but a couple of brighter spots also emerged. One of them was Mizue Mirai’s 2 and a hals-minute animation, where lively forms emerge, layering on each other. Stars … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima 2010

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eija Niskanen

Hiroshima International Animation Festival is celebrating its 25th year, with more short animations than ever submitted for its main competition section: 1937 films. The 6-member pre-jury sure had a hectic 2-week in May to find amongst them the ones for … Continue reading →

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