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17th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
The 17th annual Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 26 November to 3 December 2022. Indonesian anthology film ''Piknik Pesona'' was selected to open the festival. Japanese drama film ''Plan 75'' was the closing film of the festival. The most prestigious award of the festival, Golden Hanoman Award, was presented to Indonesian thriller film ''Autobiography'', directed by Makbul Mubarak. Juries The following juries were named for the festival. Main competition *Gertjan Zuilhof, Dutch film festival programmer *Silvia Wong, journalist *Timo Tjahjanto, Indonesian filmmaker NETPAC Award *Djenar Maesa Ayu, Indonesian actress *Wong Tuck Cheong, owner and operator of Kelab Seni Filem Malaysia *Koyo Yamashita, Japanese festival director Blencong Award * Rachel Amanda Aurora, Indonesian actress *Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Indonesian film director *Ho Yuhang, Malaysian film director Indonesian Screen Awards *Sandeep Ray, writer, visual artist and historian *Mat Kesting, film curator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan 75
''Plan 75'' is a 2022 Japanese drama film directed by , starring Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura and Stefanie Arianne. Cast * Chieko Baisho as Mishi Kakutani * Hayato Isomura as Himoru Okabe * Stefanie Arianne as Maria * Yuumi Kawai as Yoko Narimiya * as Yukio Okabe * as Ineko * as Fujimaru * * Yoko Yano as Mishi's co-worker * as Mishi's co-worker Release The film premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2022. The film also won the Special Mention award in the Caméra d'Or competition. The film was released in Japan on 17 June. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. Film distributor TBA Studios had acquired the theatrical distribution rights film in the Philippines, one of the co-producing countries for this film. Reception Diego Semerene of ''Slant Magazine'' rated the film 3 stars out of 4 and wrote that "With stinging precision, Hayakawa Chie re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonor Will Never Die
''Leonor Will Never Die'' (Filipino: ''Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago'', lit. "Return of the Owl") is a 2022 Filipino psychological comedy-drama film written and directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar, in her directorial debut. The film stars Sheila Francisco as a retired screenwriter who, after falling into a coma, finds herself the action hero of her unfinished screenplay. The supporting cast includes Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides, and Anthony Falcon. The film is an homage to Filipino action films of the 1970s and '80s. ''Leonor Will Never Die'' premiered at the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the first Filipino film to compete since '' The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'' in 2006. The film received positive reviews, with Escobar being awarded the Special Jury Prize for Innovative Spirit. The film also premiered in the Philippines, opening the 18th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Life (2022 Film)
''Love Life'' () is a 2022 Japanese-French drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada. Set in contemporary Japan, the film is inspired by song of the same name recorded in the album "Love Life", released by musician Akiko Yano in 1991. It revolves around Taeko and her husband, Jiro facing "love" and "life". The film was selected 'In competition' section of 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for Golden Lion award and had its premiere on 5 September 2022. Synopsis The film follows a married woman, Taeko, who lives happily with her husband, Jiro. She decides to care for long-lost Park, father of her son Keita, when Park reappears deaf, ill, and homeless. Cast * Fumino Kimura as Taeko * Kento Nagayama as Jirō * Atom Sunada as Park * Hirona Yamazaki as Yamazaki, Jiro's ex-girlfriend * Misuzu Kanno as Myoe, Jiro's mother * Tomorowo Taguchi as Makoto * Tetsuta Shimada as Keita, Taeko's son * Mito Natsume as a staff member who works in the same p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Roustayi
Saeed Roustaee (Persian: سعید روستایی, born August 14, 1989), also spelled Saeed Roustayi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best First Director at the 34th Fajr Film Festival for his feature directorial debut drama film '' Life and a Day'' (2016). In 2022, his second film, ''Just 6.5'' (2019), was nominated for the César Award for Best Foreign Film. In April 2022, his third film, ''Leila's Brothers'' (2022), was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Early life He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing. Career '' Life and a Day'' is his first major cinematic work. At the Fajr International Film Festival, Roustayi won 2 Crystal Simorghs for best directing and best screenplay. He received the 2016 Reflet d'Or for Best Feature at the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans. His works primaril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila's Brothers
''Leila’s Brothers'' () is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed, written and co-produced by Saeed Roustayi, starring Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Saeed Poursamimi and Payman Maadi. In April 2022, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Plot At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is seemingly crushed by debts, caught in a country with a huge economic crisis and unbelievable inflations as a result of the US economic sanctions on the country. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan: to start a family business that would save them from poverty. Looking for capital to fund the costs of a storefront in a soon-to-be converted mall bathroom, they are surprised by their father, Esmail, who in his ambition to become family patriarch wants to gift 40 gold coins at a wedding, while he, cares nothing about the ambit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saim Sadiq
Saim Sadiq is a Pakistani screenwriter and director who won the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for directing the drama film Joyland (film), ''Joyland'', the first Pakistani film to be selected in Cannes. Joyland also won the Queer Palm award during its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Cannes. Biography Sadiq grew up in what he describes as a "middle-class, conservative family" in Rawalpindi. He attended St Mary's Academy in Lalazar, Rawalpindi. He graduated with a BSc with honors in anthropology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2014. He obtained his MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 2019. His first short, ''Nice Talking To You,'' was an official selection at South by Southwest, SXSW 2019, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs 2019, and was a BAFTA Shortlist for Best Student Film. He also won Vimeo’s Best Director award at Columbia Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyland (film)
''Joyland'' ( ur, جوائے لینڈ) is a 2022 Urdu and Punjabi-language Pakistani drama film written, directed and co-edited by Saim Sadiq in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, and Salmaan Peerzada. Set in inner-city Lahore, ''Joyland'' centers around the middle-class Rana family, headed by an elder patriarch (Peerzada) who yearns for the birth of a grandson. He forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz (Farooq) to quit her job after Haider (Junejo), his youngest son and her husband, finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when Haider becomes infatuated with Biba (Khan), a transgender dancer. ''Joyland'' had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2022, becoming the first Pakistani film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. It screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or. The film received a standing ovation after its screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Abbasi (director)
Ali Abbasi ( fa, علی عباسی, born 1981) is an Iranian filmmaker. He is best known for his films ''Shelley (film), Shelley'' (2016), ''Border (2018 Swedish film), Border'' (2018), and ''Holy Spider'' (2022). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series ''The Last of Us (TV series), The Last of Us''. He has received various accolades, including an Un Certain Regard award, four Robert Awards, and a German Film Award, in addition to nominations for seven European Film Awards, a Goya Awards, Goya Award, and two Guldbagge Awards. Early life Abbasi attended Tehran Polytechnic until 2002, when he emigrated to Sweden to study architecture at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After earning his bachelor of arts in 2007, he enrolled at the National Film School of Denmark, earning a degree in 2011 with the short film ''M for Markus''. Abbasi lives in Copenhagen and continues to hold an Iranian passport. Career 2018: ''Border'' In 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Spider
''Holy Spider'' ( fa, عنکبوت مقدس, Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran, the film depicts a fictional female journalist investigating a serial killer. ''Holy Spider'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, where Ebrahimi won the Best Actress Award for her performance. It was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist. Plot Journalist Arezoo Rahimi arrives in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad from Tehran to investigate a series of murders of local street prostitutes. The killings follow a pattern, with women picked up from area roundabouts by a man on a motorcycle, taken elsewhere, and strangled with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angga Dwimas Sasongko
Angga Dwimas Sasongko (born 11 January 1985 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian film director. He studied at University of Indonesia with a major in political science. His career began when he was 19 years old. In 2008, he founded Visinema Pictures, an award-winning Film Production Company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He had created dozens of TV commercial videos, hundreds of Music Videos, one feature documentary and five feature films. His second film, Hari Untuk Amanda (2010) was nominated in Citra Award 2010 for 8 categories including Best Director, Best Actor (Oka Antara), Best Actress (Fanny Fabriana) and Best Picture. With his film '' Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku (We Are Moluccans)'', he became the youngest ever producer to win a Citra Award for Best Picture in Festival Film Indonesia, the country's most prestigious film award. His other films also gained recognition and appreciation both from the Indonesian and international film industry, including Surat Dari Praha ('' Lette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealing Raden Saleh
''Stealing Raden Saleh'' ( id, Mencuri Raden Saleh) is a 2022 heist action film directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko and written by Sasongko and Husein M. Atmodjo. The film features an ensemble cast, consists of: Iqbaal Ramadhan, Angga Yunanda, Rachel Amanda, Umay Shahab, Aghniny Haque and Ari Irham. The film follows a group who plans a heist of ''The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro'' painting by Indonesian artist Raden Saleh. Cast Production Idea The idea of ''Stealing Raden Saleh'' was conceived by Sasongko after his interest in paintings and the work of Indonesian painter Raden Saleh. The film was first announced during the Visinema Pictures' virtual press conference on 18 November 2020, along with then-upcoming projects. Casting In June 2021, Ramadhan, Yunanda, Haque, Amanda, Shahab and Irham were announced to star. In May 2022, Visinema Pictures revealed the film's first teaser. For success in the film, some of the casts did some exercises and changing their appearance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy Chou
Davy Chou ( km, ដេវី ជូ; born 13 August 1983) is a Cambodian-French filmmaker. He has written, directed and produced several films. Chou made his feature length debut with '' Diamond Island'' (2016) and made his follow-up with the film '' Return to Seoul'' (2022). Davy Chou founded the production company Vycky Films in 2009, with Jean-Jacky Goldberg and Sylvain Decouvelaere. In addition, Chou has worked to encourage filmmaking in Cambodia, creating a collective in 2009 that is allied with six universities. He helped organize and curate a heritage film festival in Phnom Penh in 2013, the first in Asia. Career Early work In 2009, Davy Chou created film workshops in Cambodia with six universities and 60 students, and helped to found a youth-driven filmmaking collective known as Kon Khmer Koun Khmer (កុនខ្មែរ កូនខ្មែរ, Khmer Films Khmer Generations). He was the producer of '' Twin Diamonds'', a suspense film which was directed by the stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |