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  • Tokyo International Film Festival

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    The ASAHI newspaper takes a look at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival. Think of film festivals and chances are places like Cannes, Berlin and Venice immediately spring to mind. Tokyo, however, probably doesn’t-though by all rights, it should. Believe it or not, the annual Tokyo International Film Festival, which opens Oct. 23 this year,…

  • The Big Idea

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    You need to get yourself to the Getty Images sponsored The Big Idea video project page. Pictured above is a still from the Tsujikawa Koichiro directed “Eyes,” featuring music by Cornelius. The other contributors are: Intro, Plus et Plus, Logan, Pleix, The Glue Society, and Marc R Wilkins. There are also nice “making of” documentaries.…

  • Dotmov 2004

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    Just got this latest info on the upcoming DOTMOV 2004 festival, organized by the people behind Shift. I’m really getting excited about this. DOTMOV Festival 2004 is a digital film festival that aims to discover talented creators, and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. Total submission was 385 works from 31 countries…

  • Onedotzero_nippon 2004

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    Onedotzero_nippon 2004 is almost upon us, taking place October 1-3 for the first time at Spiral Hall (in past years it took place at the Tokyo International Forum). Following Tokyo, the event will also be happening in Sapporo and Fukuoka this year (see the site for more info). The schedule for the Tokyo event can…

  • Yimou with Subs

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    It’s come to my attention (thanks, Paul) that Zhang Yimou’s latest, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, is presently playing at the Roppongi Hills Virgin Cinemas with English subs. You can check the schedule here. I plan on seeing it sometime this week. Also, it seems that Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046, which opens in Japan in two weeks,…

  • Miike Goes English

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    And I’m not sure how this makes me feel. I’ve seen so many Asian movie directors get sucked into the Hollywood abyss, and I don’t really want to see the same thing happen to such an interesting filmmaker (although he already has his hits and misses). The film with Kuriyama Chiaki (KILL BILL’s Go Go…

  • Cafe Lumiere

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    This looks like it could be quite interesting. I definitely need to be exploring some of Ozu’s original works too. Produced as a part of Shochiku’s “Ozu Yasujiro 100th Anniversary Memorial Project 2003”, this is an homage Hou Hsiao-Hsien dedicated to the filmmaker he admires. The concept, along with the fact that Hitoto Yo is…

  • Capture the Motion

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    “Capture the Motion” is a collection of 10 very cool shorts inspired by the Olympics, sponsored by Panasonic and RES. Three of them are by Japanese artists. A thrilling 2004 Olympics wrapped up in Athens over the weekend. RES was happy to be involved this year, by taking part in Olympic (and RESFEST) official sponsor…

  • Beat Versus Kitano

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    Yeah, yeah, another article on Kitano Takeshi, and ZATOICHI is like, so 2003, but I did like this bit: Hollywood movies are like Ford cars, they flood the marketplace,” he said. “But when you start to worry that they are going to take over everything, other trends start to develop. In Japan we are seeing…

  • Submissions for DOTMOV 2004

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    Got the following info in the SHIFT newsletter the other day, and thought I’d help spread the word. DOTMOV Festival 2004, a competitive digital film festival launched last November, is now inviting submissions from throughout the world. The festival’s aim is to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their work.…