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Tokyo FILMeX
TOKYO FILMeX (東京フィルメックス) is an international film festival established in 2000. History The film festival was launched by Office Kitano, the agency and production company co-founded by leading actor-filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. TOKYO FILMeX especially focuses on new and independent feature films from Asia. A large number of films selected for competition program come from China, Japan, Korea, Iran, and other Asian countries. The festival's main events have been held annually at Yurakucho, Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ... in late November. These events consist of the Competition Program, Special screening Program and Filmmakers in focus Program. Alongside the competition program for young emerging Asian filmmakers and other screening pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Incense (film)
''Incense'' is a 2003 Chinese indie/underground film written and directed by Ning Hao, then a Beijing Film Academy film major, on a ¥9000 budget. The film tells a somewhat humorous and tragic story about a Buddhist monk in a remote Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ... village trying to repair the statue in his dilapidated temple. After encountering bureaucratic government employees, crooked policemen, and thugs who lie to him or rob him, he finally decides to bamboozle superstitious believers to raise the money. The film was never released in Chinese theaters but rather shown at international film festivals and a few "art houses" in the west. References * External links * Films shot in Shanxi Films set in Shanxi Films about Buddhism Chinese independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Old Dog
''Old Dog'' () is a 2011 Tibetan feature film written and directed by Pema Tseden, and starring Yanbum Gyal, Drolma Kyab, Lochey Lochey, Tamdrin Tso. ''Old Dog'' picks up the story of a father and son against the backdrop of China's escalating trade in Tibetan mastiffs. The film won Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Picture at the 12th Tokyo Future International Film Festival. The film premiered at the 2011 Hong Kong International Film Festival, and was released in China in 2011. Plot In the late 1990s, somewhere in China's Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ..., a motorcycle-riding Tibetan named Gonpo sells his father's prized Tibetan mastiff to a dog dealer without his father's permission. Mastiffs are in demand b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yang Ik-june
Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film '' Breathless'', which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in. Career Born in Seoul in 1975, Yang graduated from the Department of Entertainment & Acting at the Kongju Communication Arts College. After discharge from his military service, Yang studied theatre and trained at the Actor's 21 Academy before delving into the film industry. In the next six years he starred in 30 short films, and won the Best Actor award at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival for the 2005 short film ''Ooh, You Make Me Sick''. In 2005 he directed his first short film, ''Always Behind You'', which earned him the Audience Award at the Seoul Independent Short Film Festival. He also played minor roles in more than ten mainstream films such as ''Les Formidables'', ''Maundy Thursday'', and ''Viva! Love''. But it was '' Breathless'', his semi-autobiographical feature directorial debut in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Breathless (2008 Film)
''Breathless'' () is a 2008 South Korean drama film by Yang Ik-june and the story revolves around child abuse and loan sharking. A loan shark named Sang-Hoon finds himself striking a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl, Yeon-Hee, as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father. Breathless has won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Tokyo Filmex, the Silver Screen Award at the 2009 Singapore International Film Festival, the Tiger Award at the 2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the NETPAC Award at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the 30th Blue Dragon Awards for Best New Actor (Yang Ik-june) and Best New Actress (Kim Kkot-bi tied with Park Bo-young From Scandal Makers). It saw over 100,000 admissions in South Korea. Plot Sang-hoon is a foul-mouthed and violent gangster working for an illegal money-lending organization run by his long-time friend and loan shark, Man-shik. He is first seen attacking protestors who are disrupting the work of a constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ari Folman
Ari Folman (; born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film '' Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-action/animated film '' The Congress''. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Early life and education Ari Folman was born in Haifa in 1962. His parents were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors. Career Folman served in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon war, and was in the area of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. In 2006, Folman was head writer of the Hot 3 famous drama series '' BeTipul''. Ari Folman's memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place when he was a 19-year-old soldier, served as the basis for his movie '' Waltz with Bashir''. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy, as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis who were present i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Waltz With Bashir
''Waltz with Bashir'' (, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 adult animated war documentary film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of his experience as a soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War and the Sabra and Shatila massacre. It was the first Israeli feature-length animated film released theatrically since '' Joseph the Dreamer'' in 1962. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Subsequently, it received wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with particular praise given to its themes, animation, direction, story, Max Richter's score, and Nili Feller's editing, although it drew criticism from Arab countries. It is considered a groundbreaking achievement for adult animated films, particularly its use of visualized cutout animation in documentary and personal reflection that explores the psychological and physical damage of war, setting it apart from mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Raphaël Nadjari
Raphaël Nadjari (; born 1971) is a French-Israeli writer and director for film and television. Career In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director. In 1997, he wrote the television screenplay ''Le P'tit Bleu'', which was directed by Francois Vautier for Arte as part of the TV drama collection ''Petits Gangsters''. The same year he wrote and directed his first US feature, ''The Shade'' (released in 1999), which starred Richard Edson, Lorie Marino, and Jeff Ware. It was an adaptation of '' A Gentle Creature'' by Dostoevsky that Nadjari updated, setting it in contemporary New York City. This film was an official selection for ''Un Certain Regard'' at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and also appeared at the Deauville Film Festival; the film was awarded in Bergamo Film Festival (Italy). At the end of 1999, Nadjari directed his second feature, '' I Am Josh Polonski's Brother'' (2001). Starring Richard Edson and Jeff Ware, it was shot on Super 8 mm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tehilim
The Book of Psalms ( , ; ; ; ; , in Islam also called Zabur, ), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament. The book is an anthology of Hebrew religious hymns. In the Jewish and Western Christian traditions, there are 150 psalms, and several more in the Eastern Christian churches. The book is divided into five sections, each ending with a doxology, a hymn of praise. There are several types of psalms, including hymns or songs of praise, communal and individual laments, royal psalms, imprecation, and individual thanksgivings. The book also includes psalms of communal thanksgiving, wisdom, pilgrimage and other categories. Many of the psalms contain attributions to the name of King David and other Biblical figures including Asaph, the sons of Korah, Moses and Solomon. Davidic authorship of the Psalms is not accepted as historical fact by modern scholars, who view it as a way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jamshed Usmonov
Jamshed Usmonov (, ; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema. He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in Dushanbe and Director's School in Moscow. His film '' To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * 1998: '' Flight of the Bee'' * 2002: '' Angel on the Right'' * 2006: '' To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'' () * 2011: '' My Wife's Romance'' Awards and honors The Flight of the Bee Torino Film Festival 1998 : Grand Prix, Audience Award, Fipresci Prize Thessaloniki Film Festival 1998 : Silver Alexander. Angel on the Right Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2002, “Un Certain Regard” Special Jury Prize Angers 2003, Special Jury Prize Tokyo Filmex 2003, Grand Prix Tromso 2003, Grand Prix Barcelona Asian Film Festival, FIPRES ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
To Get To Heaven, First You Have To Die
''To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'' (; , Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon; ) is a 2006 Tajik film directed by Jamshed Usmonov. Plot Kamal, a young man, is trapped into a loveless marriage in a rural village. He moves to a big city to seek his fortune and falls in love with Vera, a beautiful woman who, alas, is married. However, having got involved with organised crime, he finds that her husband is one of the mafiosi for whom he works. He uses this to his advantage, seeing Vera more and more often. Cast * Khurshed Golibekov: Kamal * Dinara Drukarova: Vera * Maraf Pulodzoda: Vera's husband Release The film débuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May. It was released properly in France on 4 October of the same year, as well as being released in Poland, Estonia, Serbia, Mexico, Argentina and Hong Kong. International titles * ''Original Tajik'': Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon – Биҳишт фақат барои мурдагон * ''English'': To Get to Heaven, First Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Masahiro Kobayashi (director)
was a Japanese film director. Career Kobayashi became the first Japanese filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. In its wake, he founded Monkey Town Productions and made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive years at Cannes: ''Kaizokuban Bootleg Film'' (1999) and ''Man Walking on Snow'' (2001) in Un Certain Regard and ''Koroshi'' (2000) in the Directors' Fortnight. ''Bashing (film), Bashing'' was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. “Amazing Story” (2003), “The Rebirth” (2007) and “Where are you?” (2009) were invited in competition to Festival del film Locarno. “The Rebirth” won four prizes at the 60th Festival del film Locarno prizes, including the Golden Leopard and the Daniel Schmid award. In 2008, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Festival do Rio and the Buenos Aires International Film Festival hosted a retrospective of his films to great acclaim. Kobayashi makes out of as many a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
