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Tribeca Festival : Memorizu / Exclusive Interview with Director Miiku Sakanishi 

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival  Memorizu : Yuta arrives at a remote rural town in the island of Kyushu to take care of his fastidious father-in-law Makoto, a photographer recovering from a leg fracture. While assisting at Makoto’s traditional photo studio, where portraits are carefully composed to endure, Yuta stays connected to his wife Yuki and…

Tribeca Festival/ Memorizu Review: A Quietly Beautiful Japanese Meditation on Memory

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…

The Imaginary : Q&A with Screenwriter & Executive Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura

The Imaginary, @Courtesy of Netflix and Studio Ponoc The Imaginary : Rudger is a boy no one can see, imagined by Amanda to share her thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger, suddenly alone, arrives at The Town of Imaginaries, where forgotten Imaginaries live and find work, he faces a mysterious threat. Director : Yoshiyuki Momose Producer : Yoshiyuki…

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle : Exclusive Interview with Director Arthur Harari 

Synopsis : Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, his role will be…