The 21st Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection is planned as a hybrid event and is scheduled for June 1 to 6, 2021. The event is expected to take place online and at a few selected venues in the city of Frankfurt am Main. On six days, the world’s largest festival for Japanese cinema presents a selection of over 100 current Japanese short and feature-length films. All films will be available via video on demand. In addition, several filmmakers will participate in online discussions and interviews live from Japan. Digital workshops, lectures, performances, and concerts complement the program.
Due to uncertainties regarding the further progression of the pandemic and associated regulations, planning the festival is extremely difficult. The organizing team of the Nippon Connection film festival is hopeful, however, that it will be possible to offer on-site cinema as well. “Film festivals always live from shared moments in the cinema and the film experience...
Due to uncertainties regarding the further progression of the pandemic and associated regulations, planning the festival is extremely difficult. The organizing team of the Nippon Connection film festival is hopeful, however, that it will be possible to offer on-site cinema as well. “Film festivals always live from shared moments in the cinema and the film experience...
- 4/3/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
In the latest years, Toshiaki Toyoda has also embarked on an exploration of experimental cinema, mostly revolving around the connection of image and music, with films like “The Planetist” and “The Day of Destruction” being testament to the fact. “Shiver” continues in this path, with a music-video like approach that follows the rules of Ettō, is a new type of music video streaming program, rooted in local cultures, that enables artists to travel around Japan, while doing research and passing on their insights, while aiming to spread awareness of the music, culture, and local lifestyles that have formed them. In this particular case, Toyoda has shot the collaboration between the emerging contemporary musician Koshiro Hino and the Sado Island-based Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble “Kodo”, in a movie that was entirely recorded at the rehearsal hall in Kodo village and Sado Island.
Essentially a series of vignettes that...
Essentially a series of vignettes that...
- 2/9/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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