The weather may be starting to clear up, but today is still expected to be fairly cool. All the more reason to make yourself cozy at home and tune in to whichever of our program offers today strike your fancy! The following events can be livestreamed without pre-registration: Origami (11:30 am) Starting today and continuing … Continue reading Nippon Connection 2020- The Daily Highlights (June 11th)
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Nippon Connection and Female Filmmakers: A 2020 Look-Back
For as long as movies have existed, women have been every bit as central to the development and expansion of the medium as the many male figures that are typically regarded as the "original" (read, "only") masters of the art form. Despite this importance, gender disparity remains a massive problem in the industry to this … Continue reading Nippon Connection and Female Filmmakers: A 2020 Look-Back
Nippon Connection 2020- The Daily Highlights (June 10th)
With this year's online festival officially underway, today features our first series of livestreamed lectures, performances, and workshops! Here are today's offers. The following events can be livestreamed for free without registration: Lecture: Small Screen, Big Titles (2 pm) This lecture by Jonathan M. Hall examines how subtitles, and text on-screen in general, has changes … Continue reading Nippon Connection 2020- The Daily Highlights (June 10th)
Nippon Connection 2020 โ The Daily Highlights (June 9th)
It is has been- pardon the understatement- a rather rough year for all of us. The global pandemic has thrown into sharp relief just how fragile so much of our world is. So many things we take for granted, that we simply assume will always be there, year after year, are not so solid after … Continue reading Nippon Connection 2020 โ The Daily Highlights (June 9th)
Guest in Focus: Kaori ODA
Kaori ODA, director of TSโONOT / CENOTE, was born in Osaka in 1987. From 2013, she lived in Sarajevo for three years, studying film under Bรฉla Tarr. Her first two feature-length documentaries, ARAGANE (2015) and TOWARD A COMMON TENDERNESS (2017), were shown at numerous international film festivals. In 2020, she was the first recipient of … Continue reading Guest in Focus: Kaori ODA
Guest in Focus: Ryutaro NINOMIYA
Ryutaro NINOMIYA, director of MINORI, ON THE BRINK, was born in Kamakura in 1986 and studied film production for a year before he decided to take acting classes. He completed his first feature film THE CHARM OF OTHERS in 2012 and won the Runner-Up Award of the PIA Film Festival with it. He then acted … Continue reading Guest in Focus: Ryutaro NINOMIYA
Guest Article: Japanese Films Since 2000
By Mark Schilling The Japanese film industry never seems to change. โProduction committeesโ โ consortiums of film studios, TV networks and other media companies โ make films based on hit manga, novels and TV series now, just they did in 2000 or 1980. And anime continues to regularly top the local box office, including series … Continue reading Guest Article: Japanese Films Since 2000
Filmmakers and translators unite
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Was wรคre Nippon Connection ohne englische oder deutsche Untertitel fรผr all die japanischen Filme? Internationale Verbรคnde von Untertitel-รbersetzer*innen haben dieses Jahr einen Aufruf an alle Filmemacher*innen... Continue reading
Nippon Honor Award 2019: Shinya Tsukamoto
This year, the fifth Nippon Honor Award will be presented to the multi-talented cult legend, Shinya Tsukamoto. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Tsukamoto grew up with a Super 8 โattached to his hand,โ already making films when he was just a teenager, with Akira Kurosawa being one of his first great influences. Though he temporarily … Continue reading Nippon Honor Award 2019: Shinya Tsukamoto
Nippon Connection 2017- The Daily Highlights (23 May)
Good morning everyone! Itโs Tuesday, May 23rd, which means Nippon Connection officially starts this evening! And that means that this evening are the first big events that, if you are planning to come out today, you definitely shouldnโt miss. Special Premieres: Her Love Boils Bathwater by Ryota NAKANO The festival will kick off with the … Continue reading Nippon Connection 2017- The Daily Highlights (23 May)
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