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‘Flow’ Filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis on His Animated Feature Following the Journey of a Cat (Video Interview)

It’s likely that you’ve never seen an animated feature film quite like Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, a wordless film that follows the journey of a cat as it first tries to escape a pack of dogs, and then ends up working with a variety of animals to try to survive a massive flood.  Having…

‘Flow’ is the Most Immersive and Transfixing Animated Film of the Year

©Courtesy of Janus Films  For some, it will be hard to ignore the Biblical implications of this new animated tale. After all, it follows a rag-tag group of animals, who survive a sudden apocalyptic flood aboard a floating sanctuary. Yet, other viewers will see it as a cautionary environmentally-themed beast fable, somewhat in the tradition…

EVIL DOES NOT EXIST – Official US Trailer / Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

After winning the Oscar for his acclaimed feature Drive My Car, Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi is back with his latest project, Evils Does Not Exist-which is already showing at some of prestigious film festivals such as Venice, New York and London Film Festival. Now, Janus Film has dropped a new trailer for the ecological fable…

Sideshow and Janus to Distribute Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

@Evil Does Not Exist Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the North American distribution rights to Evil Does Not Exist, a new feature by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning 2021 film Drive My Car had also been a Sideshow/Janus property. In announcing the deal, the two distributors said in a joint statement: “Hamaguchi is a…

Exclusive Interview with Actress Paula Beer on the Silver Bear Winning Film at Berlin International Film Festival

Synopsis : While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) are surprised by the presence of Nadja (Paula Beer), a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix’s family’s holiday home. Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and with brutal honesty, forces him to confront…