Japan
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2026
KVIFF 2026: Incinerator | Interview with Shuntaro Uchida
Japanese director Shuntaro Uchida discusses PROXIMA Special Jury Prize "Incinerator," adapting Kaori Ekuni's story into what he describes as "less…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026: Young Japanese Cinema Vying For European Audience
Japan makes its boldest Cannes showing in decades, uniting Palme d’Or contenders, rising talent, and an expanded industry push toward…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Competition): All of a Sudden (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi) | Review
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s humane drama offers a blossoming friendship amid tragedy, rewiring our perspectives on what truly being alive means.
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Un Certain Regard): All The Lovers In The Night | Interview with Yukiko Sode
“Failure made us stronger" — 'All the Lovers in the Night' finds its quiet intensity in Tokyo, where Yukiko Sode…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Directors’ Fortnight): We Are Aliens (dir. Kohei Kadowaki) | Review
Looking for an animated film that will catch you off guard? "We Are Aliens" is a peculiar, groundbreaking psychodrama about…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Un Certain Regard): All The Lovers In The Night (dir. Sode Yukiko) | Review
2026 Un Certain Regard selection "All the Lovers in the Night" offers a meditative, therapeutic unveiling of earthly riches and…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn (dir. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya) | Review
"A New Dawn" is a visually breathtaking meditation on legacy and environmental loss whose painterly beauty and thematic ambition ultimately…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn | Interview with Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
In this interview, "A New Dawn" reveals itself as a film breaking away from tradition while still holding it close,…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: Numb | Interview with Takuya Uchiyama
"I hope this film brings the audience an awareness of the often-overlooked fragments of beauty in our daily lives," director…
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Venice Film Festival 2025
Venice 2025: Lost Land | Interview with Akio Fujimoto, Kazutaka Watanabe, and Sujauddin Karimuddin
“There is no voice and no past… unless we preserve it” — The creators of "Lost Land" on making the…
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