Park Chan-wook and Ultra-Violence: A Fascinating Two Decade Journey, from Obsession to Abhorrence
Expectedly, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s latest feature Decision to Leave is set to make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. Two decades...
Mixed (USA, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]
Nothing encompasses the struggle to fit in more than existing between worlds. Premiering at CAAMFest 2022 is Mixed, a superb documentary by Caty Borum Chattoo...
Ip Man: The Awakening (China, 2022)
In recent memory, Wing Chun master, Ip Man, may have already surpassed the mythical status of his student turned famous screen actor Bruce Lee. Adding...
Interview with Akinori Ikuse, Director of Out of TOKYO 202x [OAFF 2022]
A mood of optimism radiates from Akinori Ikuse’s 14-minute short, Out of TOKYO 202x, a time travel movie where two people from the future, Rika...
Out of TOKYO 202x (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
From George Pal’s classic The Time Machine (1960) to Robert Zemeckis’ crowd-pleaser Back to the Future (1985), to Shane Carruth’s puzzling low-budget indie Primer (2004) and...
Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of Boy Sprouted [OAFF 2022/Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022]
Boy Sprouted depicts the battle of wills unfolds between a boy (Seitaro Hara) who dislikes tomatoes and his mother (Kanako Higashi) who is determined to...
22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival Brings Japanese Cinema to Frankfurt, May 24–29
After two online editions, the 22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival, which will be held May 24 to 29, 2022, will bring the most exciting current...
Call for Entries – 2022 Alula Film Festival
Two years ago, we were all plunged into a collective isolation. The trauma of our physical distancing seemed to only exacerbate the distances of our...
Boy Sprouted (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2022/Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022]
A battle of wills between a boy (Seitaro Hara) who dislikes tomatoes and his mother (Kanako Higashi) who is determined to make him to get...
Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, Director of North Shinjuku 2055 [OAFF 2022]
North Shinjuku 2055 is the latest film by Daisuke Miyazaki, a director who has regularly attended the Osaka Asian Film Festival with such youth-focused works...