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Eat Your Enemy
It could be a documentary about martial arts. But in fact it is a documentary about aggression. And about spirituality. About values. It is, in…Published on: -
Casshern
Wild eclectic amalgamation of styles, in this apocalyptic science-fiction film that pulls out all the stops in animation and live action. In a post-nuPublished on: -
Mother Monika – For a Film Unfinished
A rereading of a filmic diary in which a film student got pregnant in order to play a pregnant film student. Once she was a…Published on: -
The Mad Fox
Colourful, wildly stylised, immense captivating fable, including animation, kabuki and butoh and collapsing sets. About a soothsayer at court who wasPublished on: -
Late Bloomer
After Aaltra last year, wheelchairs again make their surroundings unsafe in black & white. The leading role in Shibata’s very original film is the incPublished on: -
Sayonara sayo-nara
A man approaches people on suicide websites to take his own life with them.Published on: -
Survive Style 5+
If there was a contest for the fastest, strangest and most excessive film of the festival, the winner would be obvious. Over-the-top is putting it…Published on: -
Izo
Izo is the incarnation of denial, the opposite of perfect Japan, in the form of a reincarnated samurai who murders his way to his mother,…Published on: -
A Blue Automobile
Stylish, delicate Minimalism and a big heart: these characterise the films of the Rotterdam prize-winner Okuhara. His most beautiful film so far focusPublished on: -
Happiness of the Katakuris
Horror, comedy, musical and animation film all in one about a lodging house where the guests meet a sticky end. Pleasantly crazy.Published on: