"Do it until it's right!" Netflix has launched the official trailer for an intense thriller film called Hunger, made in Thailand about the food industry in Thailand. At first glance this reminds me of The Menu, but it also seems a bit more like FX's "The Bear" meets Eyes Wide Shut (yeah check it out). With a few sprinkles of The Platform thrown in. "Experience the kind of hunger you have never seen before... in Hunger." A woman running her family's noodle restaurant receives an invite to join the fine-dining industry under the tutelage of an infamous chef. Model Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying stars as Amy, a young woman who gets taken into a high society cooking company called "Hunger" and learns how insane people are up there. The film also stars Nopachai Jayanama and Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya . This will be streaming on Netflix in April worldwide - I definitely need to watch this.
- 3/9/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nyaff is thrilled to announce that the 20th Anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will kick off on July 15 with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The director will be joined at Film at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nat Kitcharit in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Fast & Feel Love”
In Fast & Feel Love, Sperbund plays the supportive girlfriend of a world champion sport stacker (Nat Kitcharit) who only has time for his game. When she finally comes to her senses and dumps him, he must learn basic adulting skills to find a way to win her back.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,...
The director will be joined at Film at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nat Kitcharit in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Fast & Feel Love”
In Fast & Feel Love, Sperbund plays the supportive girlfriend of a world champion sport stacker (Nat Kitcharit) who only has time for his game. When she finally comes to her senses and dumps him, he must learn basic adulting skills to find a way to win her back.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
The 20th Anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will kick off on July 15 with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The director will be joined at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,” said Samuel Jamier, Executive Director of Nyaff and President of the New York Asian Film Foundation, in remarks to Screen International, which broke the news.
“Nearly as fast-moving as its sport-stacking protagonist, it hits all the right notes, from broad humor to poignant drama, and gives every character a show-stopping moment or two — as well as hilarious and clever cinephile moments. As the film says,...
The director will be joined at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,” said Samuel Jamier, Executive Director of Nyaff and President of the New York Asian Film Foundation, in remarks to Screen International, which broke the news.
“Nearly as fast-moving as its sport-stacking protagonist, it hits all the right notes, from broad humor to poignant drama, and gives every character a show-stopping moment or two — as well as hilarious and clever cinephile moments. As the film says,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Production and sales outfit to sell ‘Fast And Feel Love’ and ‘Love Destiny The Movie’.
Major Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart Online with two new titles: romantic comedy drama Fast And Feel Love and TV drama series spin-off Love Destiny The Movie.
Presented at the virtual Hong Kong market for the first time, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Fast And Feel Love centres on a world champion of sport stacking who, when dumped by his long-time girlfriend, has to learn basic adult skills to take care of himself.
The film stars Nat Kitcharit (4 Kings), Urassaya Sperbund (Brother Of The Year...
Major Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart Online with two new titles: romantic comedy drama Fast And Feel Love and TV drama series spin-off Love Destiny The Movie.
Presented at the virtual Hong Kong market for the first time, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Fast And Feel Love centres on a world champion of sport stacking who, when dumped by his long-time girlfriend, has to learn basic adult skills to take care of himself.
The film stars Nat Kitcharit (4 Kings), Urassaya Sperbund (Brother Of The Year...
- 3/15/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
China’s government-backed Golden Rooster Awards honored Oscar-winning drama “The Father” with the event’s first-ever prize for best international film in the coastal city of Xiamen on Thursday.
Beijing hopes that its star-studded awards ceremony can rival and surpass the Taipei-based Golden Horse Awards, once known as the “Oscars of Asia” for Chinese-language content. This year, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, which kicked off Tuesday, added the international film competition category for the first time.
This year’s 34th iteration honors films screened theatrically in China between July 1, 2020 and July 15, 2021.
“The Father” beat out animation “Wolfwalkers,” World War II drama “Persian Lessons,” Italy’s live-action “Pinocchio” and the Thai drama “Happy Old Year.” The film grossed $4.14 million in China in June — nearly double the $2.12 million it earned in the U.S.
Veteran helmer Zhang Yimou was the most decorated of this year’s ceremony, with his...
Beijing hopes that its star-studded awards ceremony can rival and surpass the Taipei-based Golden Horse Awards, once known as the “Oscars of Asia” for Chinese-language content. This year, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, which kicked off Tuesday, added the international film competition category for the first time.
This year’s 34th iteration honors films screened theatrically in China between July 1, 2020 and July 15, 2021.
“The Father” beat out animation “Wolfwalkers,” World War II drama “Persian Lessons,” Italy’s live-action “Pinocchio” and the Thai drama “Happy Old Year.” The film grossed $4.14 million in China in June — nearly double the $2.12 million it earned in the U.S.
Veteran helmer Zhang Yimou was the most decorated of this year’s ceremony, with his...
- 12/30/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
China has released the list of nominees for its upcoming Golden Rooster Awards, a set of government-approved film industry prizes that it wants to be seen as rivaling the Taipei-based Golden Horse Awards, historically considered as the “Chinese-language Oscars.”
The winning Roosters will be announced amidst a film festival running Dec. 28-30 in the port city of Xiamen in coastal Fujian province, just a short boat ride away from Taiwanese soil. Established in 1981, the event was previously held biannually until China’s rift with the Golden Horse prizes occurred in 2018 following a pro-Taiwanese independence acceptance speech and prompted the Roosters to become an annual occurrence.
This year’s twenty different Rooster Awards will honor films screened theatrically between July 1, 2020 and July 15, 2021. As the event is backed by China’s propaganda department, only local and foreign titles that have received official censorship approvals will be considered.
“As we all know, the...
The winning Roosters will be announced amidst a film festival running Dec. 28-30 in the port city of Xiamen in coastal Fujian province, just a short boat ride away from Taiwanese soil. Established in 1981, the event was previously held biannually until China’s rift with the Golden Horse prizes occurred in 2018 following a pro-Taiwanese independence acceptance speech and prompted the Roosters to become an annual occurrence.
This year’s twenty different Rooster Awards will honor films screened theatrically between July 1, 2020 and July 15, 2021. As the event is backed by China’s propaganda department, only local and foreign titles that have received official censorship approvals will be considered.
“As we all know, the...
- 11/30/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The first import to break through China’s nearly two-month political moratorium on foreign films apparently won’t be “Black Widow” or “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” Instead, Beijing is opening its doors to an unlikely contender for August: a little-known British Christmas film about a cat.
“A Christmas Gift From Bob” — a seasonal, feel-good sequel to the uplifting 2016 biographical drama “A Street Cat Named Bob” — will hit Chinese screens on Aug. 6. The first film told the real-life story of how busker and recovering addict James Bowen turned his life around after befriending a stray cat, and was based on Bowen’s memoirs. The second finds Bowen fighting to keep Bob by his side after the local authorities attempt to take the cat away during Christmas.
“Gift From Bob” counts Chinese firm DDDream amongst its backers, with the company’s Yang Yiwen listed as an executive producer. It is directed by Charles Martin Smith,...
“A Christmas Gift From Bob” — a seasonal, feel-good sequel to the uplifting 2016 biographical drama “A Street Cat Named Bob” — will hit Chinese screens on Aug. 6. The first film told the real-life story of how busker and recovering addict James Bowen turned his life around after befriending a stray cat, and was based on Bowen’s memoirs. The second finds Bowen fighting to keep Bob by his side after the local authorities attempt to take the cat away during Christmas.
“Gift From Bob” counts Chinese firm DDDream amongst its backers, with the company’s Yang Yiwen listed as an executive producer. It is directed by Charles Martin Smith,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Commission
ITV has commissioned West Road Pictures to produce “Ridley,” a new detective drama starring “Line of Duty” and “Blood” star Adrian Dunbar. The series is created and written by “Vera” lead writer Paul Matthew Thompson and West Road Pictures managing director Jonathan Fisher. They will executive produce the series.
“I couldn’t be happier to be getting started on ‘Ridley,’ as we continue to build the West Road production slate with our second commission for ITV,” said Fisher of the announcement. “ITV has a fine tradition of nurturing much-loved detective series, and it’s a real privilege to be bringing ‘Ridley’ to the channel.”
“Ridley” follows a detective inspector pushed into retirement from the force after 25 years investigating homicides. Convinced he is still in his prime, Ridley welcomes an invitation from his replacement and former protégé Carol Farman to aid her on a particularly complex case, eventually leading to more consulting jobs.
ITV has commissioned West Road Pictures to produce “Ridley,” a new detective drama starring “Line of Duty” and “Blood” star Adrian Dunbar. The series is created and written by “Vera” lead writer Paul Matthew Thompson and West Road Pictures managing director Jonathan Fisher. They will executive produce the series.
“I couldn’t be happier to be getting started on ‘Ridley,’ as we continue to build the West Road production slate with our second commission for ITV,” said Fisher of the announcement. “ITV has a fine tradition of nurturing much-loved detective series, and it’s a real privilege to be bringing ‘Ridley’ to the channel.”
“Ridley” follows a detective inspector pushed into retirement from the force after 25 years investigating homicides. Convinced he is still in his prime, Ridley welcomes an invitation from his replacement and former protégé Carol Farman to aid her on a particularly complex case, eventually leading to more consulting jobs.
- 6/2/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Shortlists to be announced on February 9.
The Academy on Thursday (January 28) published a list of 93 films eligible for international feature film Oscar category.
Algeria’s Heliopolis, about the brutal suppression by French colonial authorities of an uprising in 1945, is omitted from the list. Screen understands the national selection committee withdrew the submission.
There were also a record number of documentary submissions – 238 compared to the previous high of 170 – in light of amended eligibility rules this season due to the pandemic, and a reduced field of 27 animation contenders.
The shortlists will be announced on February 9. The 93rd annual Academy Awards are scheduled...
The Academy on Thursday (January 28) published a list of 93 films eligible for international feature film Oscar category.
Algeria’s Heliopolis, about the brutal suppression by French colonial authorities of an uprising in 1945, is omitted from the list. Screen understands the national selection committee withdrew the submission.
There were also a record number of documentary submissions – 238 compared to the previous high of 170 – in light of amended eligibility rules this season due to the pandemic, and a reduced field of 27 animation contenders.
The shortlists will be announced on February 9. The 93rd annual Academy Awards are scheduled...
- 1/28/2021
- ScreenDaily
Listen up Oscar fans and international cinema aficioniados. We'd been holding off on this three part deep dive into the list of titles vying for Best International Feature Film until the Academy's announcement. Sadly we hear through the grapevine that they're not actually making this list "official" until very late in January. In other words, less than two weeks after they announce the 90 plus titles, they'll be cutting most of them when the finalist list of ten is announced on February 9th. This is no way to treat the movies, giving them such a tiny window of "official" attention. So we're sharing the list of 93 titles (a record) now and doing our deep dive now... with the caveat that one or two titles might change in late January when the Academy makes this official. If things do change we'll republish the list and the articles then. If they don't, we can just link back.
- 1/11/2021
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Every year since its creation in 1956, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) invites the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue and that was released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020.
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best International Feature Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Armenia
“Songs of Solomon” by Arman Nshanian
Bangladesh
“Sincerely Yours, Dhaka” by eleven different directors
Bhutan
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom“ by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Cambodia
“Fathers” by Huy Yaleng
China
“Leap” by Peter Chan
Georgia
“Beginnin” by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Hong Kong
“Better Days” by Derek Tsang
India
“Jallikattu...
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best International Feature Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Armenia
“Songs of Solomon” by Arman Nshanian
Bangladesh
“Sincerely Yours, Dhaka” by eleven different directors
Bhutan
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom“ by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Cambodia
“Fathers” by Huy Yaleng
China
“Leap” by Peter Chan
Georgia
“Beginnin” by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Hong Kong
“Better Days” by Derek Tsang
India
“Jallikattu...
- 1/6/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Since the last roundup the following countries have been added to the list of contenders for this year's Best International Feature Film race bringing our total to 77 contenders.
Argentina -The Sleepwalkers Armenia - Songs of Solomon Bolivia - Chaco Egypt - When We're Born (a musical!) Hungary - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungary & Oscar) India - Jallikattu (streaming on Prime) Ireland - Arracht Italy - Notturno (Reviewed | Italy & Oscar) Lebanon - Broken Keys (more on this one below) Philippines - Mindanao Thailand - Happy Old Year (streaming on Netflix)
You can follow the list as it grows at our Oscar charts or on our Letterboxd list.
Jimmy Keyrouz. Photographed by Christophe Meireis.
One of fun trivia items about this new batch is that Jimmy Keyrouz, the 32 year old behind Lebanon's Broken Keys actually has Oscar history. He won a Student Academy Award for...
Argentina -The Sleepwalkers Armenia - Songs of Solomon Bolivia - Chaco Egypt - When We're Born (a musical!) Hungary - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungary & Oscar) India - Jallikattu (streaming on Prime) Ireland - Arracht Italy - Notturno (Reviewed | Italy & Oscar) Lebanon - Broken Keys (more on this one below) Philippines - Mindanao Thailand - Happy Old Year (streaming on Netflix)
You can follow the list as it grows at our Oscar charts or on our Letterboxd list.
Jimmy Keyrouz. Photographed by Christophe Meireis.
One of fun trivia items about this new batch is that Jimmy Keyrouz, the 32 year old behind Lebanon's Broken Keys actually has Oscar history. He won a Student Academy Award for...
- 11/26/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Wang Xiaoshuai took the best director prize for So Long, My Son.
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite took best film at the 14th Asian Film Awards (Afa) today (October 28). The Palme d’Or and multiple Oscars winner also took best screenplay, editing and production design.
Due to Covid-19, the awards show was broadcast on the Afaa’s website and Youtube channel as well as on Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) website with pre-recorded messages from organizers, presenters and winners, all in different locales.
Presenting the best film award, last year’s winner Kore-eda Hirokazu said: “In March last year,...
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite took best film at the 14th Asian Film Awards (Afa) today (October 28). The Palme d’Or and multiple Oscars winner also took best screenplay, editing and production design.
Due to Covid-19, the awards show was broadcast on the Afaa’s website and Youtube channel as well as on Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) website with pre-recorded messages from organizers, presenters and winners, all in different locales.
Presenting the best film award, last year’s winner Kore-eda Hirokazu said: “In March last year,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” predictably dominated the Asian Film Awards. The dark comedy, which won Cannes 2019 and four Oscars, added four further prizes on Wednesday, including best film and best screenplay.
The Afa event this year shifted from its previous base in Hong Kong and Macau to Busan. And it moved its dates from March to October to coincide with the Busan International Film Festival. But the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions meant that the 14th Afa ceremony was an online one.
“Parasite” also claimed prizes for Yang Yinmo’s editing and for Lee Ha-jun’s production design.
“Every member of ‘Parasite,’ no matter how big or small the role is, deserves to make a speech here with me because we made it together. I strongly believe that we will meet in person next year at the Asian Film Awards, shake hands, and enjoy talking with one another without masks.
The Afa event this year shifted from its previous base in Hong Kong and Macau to Busan. And it moved its dates from March to October to coincide with the Busan International Film Festival. But the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions meant that the 14th Afa ceremony was an online one.
“Parasite” also claimed prizes for Yang Yinmo’s editing and for Lee Ha-jun’s production design.
“Every member of ‘Parasite,’ no matter how big or small the role is, deserves to make a speech here with me because we made it together. I strongly believe that we will meet in person next year at the Asian Film Awards, shake hands, and enjoy talking with one another without masks.
- 10/28/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The 25th edition of the Busan International Film Festival will shrink by a third and be presented in a hybrid in-person and offline format, due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus.
Running with newly announced dates of Oct. 21-30, the festival will present foreign titles as both opening and closing films.
It will open with “Septet: The Story of Hong Kong,” an omnibus film by filmmakers from Hong Kong: Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yuen Wo Ping, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, and Hark Tsui, which was previously official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. The festival will close with animated Japanese film “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish,” directed by Tamaru Kotaro.
The reduced format means that most events involving human contact have been canceled. These include the opening and closing ceremonies, red carpet, receptions, and parties. On-stage greetings, the ‘Open Talk’ fan meetings and other guest meetings...
Running with newly announced dates of Oct. 21-30, the festival will present foreign titles as both opening and closing films.
It will open with “Septet: The Story of Hong Kong,” an omnibus film by filmmakers from Hong Kong: Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yuen Wo Ping, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, and Hark Tsui, which was previously official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. The festival will close with animated Japanese film “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish,” directed by Tamaru Kotaro.
The reduced format means that most events involving human contact have been canceled. These include the opening and closing ceremonies, red carpet, receptions, and parties. On-stage greetings, the ‘Open Talk’ fan meetings and other guest meetings...
- 9/14/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” leads the race of this year’s Asian Film Awards, which will be hosted in his home country South Korea for the first time since the prize ceremony’s inception in 2007. The acclaimed drama picked up 10 nominations, including best film, best director and best screenplay.
“Parasite” was closely followed by Wang Xiaoshuai’s drama “So Long, My Son” from mainland China, and Taiwan drama “A Sun” by Chung Mong-hong. They each scored seven nominations including best film and best director, organizers of the 14th Asian Film Awards announced on Wednesday. A total of 39 films from 11 countries and regions are competing for the awards.
Founded by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, the AFAs have been staged in Hong Kong and Macau since their launch. In 2013, three major film festivals in Asia — Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo — joined hands to launch the non-profit Afa Academy,...
“Parasite” was closely followed by Wang Xiaoshuai’s drama “So Long, My Son” from mainland China, and Taiwan drama “A Sun” by Chung Mong-hong. They each scored seven nominations including best film and best director, organizers of the 14th Asian Film Awards announced on Wednesday. A total of 39 films from 11 countries and regions are competing for the awards.
Founded by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, the AFAs have been staged in Hong Kong and Macau since their launch. In 2013, three major film festivals in Asia — Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo — joined hands to launch the non-profit Afa Academy,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
The Asian Film Awards Academy has decided to announce the winners online on October 14.
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite leads the nominations for this year’s Asian Film Awards (Afa) – hosted by Busan International Film Festival and the first to be held outside of Hong Kong and Macau – with ten nominations including best film and best director.
The Asian Film Awards Academy (Afaa), comprising the Hong Kong, Tokyo and Busan international film festivals, announced during last year’s Busan that the 14th Afa ceremony would be held in the South Korean city this year. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers...
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite leads the nominations for this year’s Asian Film Awards (Afa) – hosted by Busan International Film Festival and the first to be held outside of Hong Kong and Macau – with ten nominations including best film and best director.
The Asian Film Awards Academy (Afaa), comprising the Hong Kong, Tokyo and Busan international film festivals, announced during last year’s Busan that the 14th Afa ceremony would be held in the South Korean city this year. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The world is Jean’s oyster – but only seemingly. After spending three years in Sweden, she is coming back to open her studio in Bangkok. However, putting ideas into practice turns out to be more complicated than she could even expect. First of all, she has to convince her family to turn their old, cluttered house into a modern and minimalistic interior, and hence to get rid of all the objects they have gathered over the years.
“Minimalism is like a Buddhist philosophy – it is all about letting go,” says Jean in the opening scene. What sounds so clear in theory, does not necessarily apply to real life that easily – especially when your family is frozen deep in time, your house looks rather like a prehistoric storeroom full of dusty trash, and on top of that some unwanted memories start hunting you. Jean has no intention of giving up though.
“Minimalism is like a Buddhist philosophy – it is all about letting go,” says Jean in the opening scene. What sounds so clear in theory, does not necessarily apply to real life that easily – especially when your family is frozen deep in time, your house looks rather like a prehistoric storeroom full of dusty trash, and on top of that some unwanted memories start hunting you. Jean has no intention of giving up though.
- 5/14/2020
- by Katarzyna Karpińska
- AsianMoviePulse
“Happy Old Year,” directed by Thailand’s Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, was named as the winner of the Grand Prix best picture award at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, which concluded its virus-impacted 15th edition at the weekend.
While many festivals around the world have been postponed or cancelled due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oaff pressed on, albeit with restrictions.
“To fight against an invisible enemy, and to minimize the possibility of tragedy, we decided to cancel all filmmaker-in-person events so as to reduce the chance of possible coronavirus infection. Upon asking filmmakers’ understanding, we have decided to focus on our fundamental purpose: screening films which show the many other things which are happening around us,” the festival’s chairman , Kamikura Tsuneyuki said in his opening address. “Upon asking filmmakers’ understanding, we have decided to focus on our fundamental purpose: screening films which show the many other things which are happening around us.
While many festivals around the world have been postponed or cancelled due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oaff pressed on, albeit with restrictions.
“To fight against an invisible enemy, and to minimize the possibility of tragedy, we decided to cancel all filmmaker-in-person events so as to reduce the chance of possible coronavirus infection. Upon asking filmmakers’ understanding, we have decided to focus on our fundamental purpose: screening films which show the many other things which are happening around us,” the festival’s chairman , Kamikura Tsuneyuki said in his opening address. “Upon asking filmmakers’ understanding, we have decided to focus on our fundamental purpose: screening films which show the many other things which are happening around us.
- 3/16/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
When Jean, the protagonist of “Happy Old Year” (2019),a recent feature from Thailand’s most interesting voice of independent cinema, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, decides to become a believer of minimalism and get rid of things in a way Marie Kondo would encourage her to, she then finds out it is the task not only connected to material objects, but rather affiliated with memory. This is December 2019 when she starts re-negotiating with her past and begins the process of giving back personal belongings to those whom she unexpectedly and for some unknown reason stopped seeing. In typical for his minimal aesthetics and daring compassion towards Thai modernity, Thamrongrattanarit comes back with once again a very humble and honest depiction of millennials that would bring you the warmth and digital romanticism of his debut, “36″ (2012).
On the occasion of “Happy Old Year” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam , we managed to have a conversation...
On the occasion of “Happy Old Year” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam , we managed to have a conversation...
- 2/9/2020
- by Lukasz Mankowski
- AsianMoviePulse
Osaka Asian Film Festival is held yearly under the theme of “From Osaka to All of Asia!” We are pleased to announce the line-up of the 15th edition of Oaff.
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
- 2/8/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit is a self-taught director, a film critic and screenwriter. He majored in Chinese at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. His work has earned critical acclaim for its unique and eccentric style. In 2012, his feature debut “36” won the New Currents award in Busan. Nawapol has continued to make feature and documentary films, as well as music videos. His latest films, “BNK48: Girls Don’t Cry” and “Die Tomorrow” also received many awards. His latest film, “Happy Old Year” screened in Thailand in December and has now started its festival run from Rotterdam.
We speak to him about his movies, the phenomenon of the BNK48, image, the girls as individuals, Thai movie industry and many other topics.
In Heart Attack, the protagonist is someone who feels that if he stops working even for a second, he will be left behind. Have you ever had this sense and how much do you identify with the protagonist?...
We speak to him about his movies, the phenomenon of the BNK48, image, the girls as individuals, Thai movie industry and many other topics.
In Heart Attack, the protagonist is someone who feels that if he stops working even for a second, he will be left behind. Have you ever had this sense and how much do you identify with the protagonist?...
- 1/14/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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