©Courtesy of Japan Cuts Crafting a heroine who’s determined to redefine women’s value in society is becoming a major allure in contemporary Asian cinema. The new drama, A Girl Named Ann, is the latest Japanese feature that’s driven by genuine social conscience. The movie emphasizes how female protagonists are just as deserving of redemption as…
Courtesy of NYAFF FLC and NYAFF unveil second wave of festival titles, Uncaged Award nominees, Vietnam Cinema Night Guest highlights for the 24th New York Asian Film Festival: Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game), Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun), and Vivian Sung (Our Times) Festival returns July 11–27 with “Cinema as Disruption” theme, screenings to take place at Film at…
©Courtesy of Japan Society, © 2024 “CLOUD” FILM PARTNERS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THE 18TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM POWERED BY GU. North America’s Largest Japanese Film Festival Returns With Two Weeks of Contemporary Premieres, Featuring Acclaimed Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Rising Star Yuumi Kawai July 10–20, 2025 ·…
Japan Society announce Obayashi ’80s: The Onomichi Trilogy & Kadokawa Years, running February 7-14, 2025. The teenage symphonies of Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020) are wound in a melancholy nostalgia for a period indelibly lost to time, neatly occupying the inexpressible gap between adolescence and adulthood. Woven through visually expressive fantasias with striking formal experimentation and pop-art boldness, Obayashi’s idiosyncratic…
©Courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival Making a compelling pandemic-set movie that pushes the cinematic language in new directions can be a challenge for filmmakers. Writer-director Eugene Kotlyarenko did just that with his new experimental comedy, The Code. The feature blurs different cinematic mediums and balances multiple points of view. The surveillance-driven narrative forgoes celebrating…
©Courtesy of Kino Films THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FOUNDATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE FIRST HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 23RD EDITION OF THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL This year’s festival features a record 90 world, international, and North American premieres, celebrated industry guests, and 20 feature debuts. New York, NY (June 13, 2024) – The New…
presents a special screening of the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus One © 2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. November 28, 2023, 7:00 pm JAPAN SOCIETY (333 E. 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) New York (November 9, 2023) – Japan Society is honored to announce a special public preview screening of Takashi…
©2023 映画「わたしの幸せな結婚」製作委員会 Actress Mio Imada and actor Ren Meguro’s protagonists may be living in a fantasy world in their new action film, As Long As We Both Shall Live, but that doesn’t mean they have to give up on their real-world dreams. The characters are fighting both human and supernatural enemies in the romantic drama…
JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary movies from Japan, including opening film THE FIRST SLAM DUNK directed by Takehiko Inoue, centerpiece film UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY directed by KENTARO, closing film THE THREE SISTERS…
On July 14, 2023, the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will kick off the 22nd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), with 60+ new and classic titles, a greatly expanded selection of short films, and an exciting slate of celebrated guests from Asia and the diaspora. The…
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