Courtesy of IMG Japan. Wheelchair tennis star and four-time paralympic gold medalist Shingo Kunieda will be the Grand Marshal of the 3rd Annual Japan Parade in New York City, to be held on Saturday, May 11 at 1pm, it was announced today. The purpose of the parade is to celebrate and bring awareness to the friendship between NYC and Japan with a…
The ‘Moonlight Club‘ film series is a fanciful yet touching comedy that will cause you to shed a few tears. It features Hiromi(Hiroyuki Harada) and Shunko(Shunrou Fukuyama), dancers who work at the show pub ‘Moonlight Club’, and Sachie(Chie Hizume), the proprietor of the Soba restaurant ‘Chojuan.’ In 2014, it was first presented in Kyoto as…
FeaturesAll, or Nothing at All dir. Jiajun “Oscar” ZhangBlackbird Blackbird Blackberry dir. Elene NaverianiBlaga’s Lessons dir. Stephan KomandarevCu Li Never Cries dir. Pham Ngoc LânThe Day I Met You dir. André Novais OliveiraA Different Man dir. Aaron SchimbergDreaming & Dying dir. Nelson YeoExhibiting Forgiveness dir. Titus KapharExplanation for Everything dir. Gábor ReiszForemost By Night dir. Víctor IriarteGood One dir. India DonaldsonA Good Place dir. Katharina HuberGrace dir. Ilya…
FIRST LOOK 2024, MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE’S FESTIVAL OF NEW AND INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, ANNOUNCES LINEUP The festival’s 13th edition opens with Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s Sujo and closes with Bill and Turner Ross’s Gasoline Rainbow, framing a lineup of 46 premieres, including 20 features, representing 21 countries March 13–17, 2024 Astoria, New…
Her Love Boils Bathwater © 2016 “Her Love Boils Bathwater” Film Partners “FAMILY PORTRAIT: JAPANESE FAMILY IN FLUX” FILM SERIES SHOWCASES COMPLEX FAMILY BONDS OF THE MODERN JAPANESE FAMILY IN THE 8TH EDITION OF THE ACA CINEMA PROJECT Presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of…
@One Life. Courtesy of Bleecker Street Media. THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE 33RD ANNUAL NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, PRESENTED JANUARY 10-24, 2024 Opening Film: One Life by James Hawes Centerpiece Film: Valeria Is Getting Married by Michal Vinik Closing Film: Remembering Gene Wilder by Ron Frank NEW YORK, NY (December 7, 2023) –…
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES THE RADICAL CINEMA OF KIJŪ YOSHIDA DECEMBER 1–8 The most complete retrospective of one of Japan’s greatest cinematic rebels presented on 35mm and 16mm Heroic Purgatory; Confessions Among Actresses; Flame and Women; Wuthering Heights; and Eros + Massacre (images courtesy of the Japan Foundation) New York, NY (November 2, 2023)…
Japan Society has announced the Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude, a six-film series running December 9-16. This exclusive two-week event will bring together premiere and rarely-seen screenings of Japanese films from the 1920s to the 1980s all focused on dreamlike and nightmarish depictions of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Japan’s own “Roaring ‘20s”. From horror to cult classics,…
“MINORU: SCRAPE THE SKY” ORIGINAL MUSICAL STAGED READING AT LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE COMINITO THEATRE November 5th at 3pm October 31, 2023 – LOS ANGELES, CA: Ben Ginsberg and Momo Akashi are pleased to announce that their original musical, MINORU: SCRAPE THE SKY, directed by Daniel Nakawatase will have its West Coast premiere reading at…
Immediate Release Press Release October 29, 2023 New York Japan CineFest 2023 The 12th Anniversary – 16 short films in 2 days In-Person: November 3 – November 4, 2023 A film festival that introduces Japanese-themed short films, New York Japan CineFest, is celebrating the 12th year presenting 16 short films at Asia Society, 725 Park…
ACA CINEMA PROJECT PRESENTS “EMERGING JAPANESE FILMS” @2022 “Yoko” Film Partners.jpeg @2022 “Ripples” Film Partners @2022 “Tea Friends” Film Partners US PREMIERES SET – YOKO (DIRECTOR KAZUYOSHI KUMAKIRI); RIPPLES (DIRECTOR NAOKO OGIGAMI); TEA FRIENDS (DIRECTOR BUNJI SOTOYAMA) SERIES TO RUN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, AT LINWOOD DUNN THEATER, HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles,…
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