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Going Home (Part 6-11)
The sequel and denouement to Going Home, Kore-eda’s first television series. Parts 1-5 also screen at the festival. Advertising exec Ryota continues hPublished on: -
GFP Bunny
A humorous film of a girl who poisons her mother – and also true to life? In Japan, it’s possible. The maker was a Tiger…Published on: -
The Charm of Others
Is Ninomiya Ryutaro the new Kitano Takeshi? He also directs himself with black humour. Told in funny, vexingly realistic fragments and set in the JapaPublished on: -
Pearblossom Hwy
Anna prostitutes herself so she can visit her sick mother in Japan; Cory is seeking his biological father. Together they make a road trip in…Published on: -
Shibata and Nagao
Korean Tiger winner’s workshop project makes fun of workshops. Actors in particular are portrayed as an odd species.Published on: -
Inori
At the invitation of Japanese director Naomi Kawase, González-Rubio (maker of Alamar, Tiger Winner in 2010) made this beautiful prize-winning documentPublished on: -
Number 10 Blues/Goodbye Saigon
A story of love and violence takes place in Saigon in 1975, toward the end of the Vietnam War. A Japanese businessman accidentally kills a…Published on: -
11.25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate
Taut, monumental film about the great Japanese writer and right-wing political agitator Mishima. Also a monument to the memory of the great Japanese fPublished on: -
The Garden Apartment
Artist and photographer UMMMI soaks the frame with melancholia as her characters drive into the night with no destination in sight.Published on: -
The Monster and the Woman
There’s a monster about. The villagers are terrified and the police seem powerless. One woman seems to know more.Published on: