Tokyo Festival: Six world premieres in competitionSeptember 26, 2016 - 10:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Tokyo International Film Festival unveiled six world premieres in the competition section of its upcoming 29th edition, according to Variety. Among the six in the 16-film competition section are Chris Kraus’s Holocaust-themed drama “The Bloom of Yesterday” (Germany/Austria), Jun Robles Lan’s transgender drama “Die Beautiful” (Philippines), Mei Feng’s wartime drama “Mr. No Problem” (China) and Roy Szeto’s comedy “Shed Skin Papa” (Hong Kong/China). The sole U.S. representative in competition is the Adam Leon comedy “Tramps,” which premiered at Toronto. They join the two previously announced Japanese titles, Daigo Matsui’s “Japanese Girls Never Die” and Kiki Sugino’s “Snow Woman.” Other competition highlights are Croatian director Hana Jusic’s debut feature “Quit Staring at My Plate,” which premiered in Venice’s Venice Days section, Turkish director Reha Erdem’s “Big Big World,” which scooped a special jury prize in Venice’s Orrizonti section, and Romanian director Adrian Sitaru’s drama “The Fixer,” which premiered at Toronto. The jury will be headed by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, while other jury members are Hong Kong director Mabel Cheung, U.S. producer Nicole Rocklin, Italian actor Valerio Mastandrea and Japanese director Hideyuki Hirayama. Also announced were the ‘Asian Future’ section for up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, the ‘Japanese Cinema Splash’ section for local indie films, a special screenings section for films set to open in Japan this fall and winter, the ‘World Focus’ section for international festival winners with no Japan distribution deal, and the ‘Japan Now’ section for recently released Japanese films. Among special projects at this year’s fest are sections devoted to director Shunji Iwai and animator Mamoru Hosoda, the Japan Foundation Asia Center’s ‘Crosscut Asia’ program spotlighting Indonesian cinema and a gala Kabuki and silent film presentation at the Kabukiza Theater. The previously announced opening film will be Stephen Frears’s “Florence Foster Jenkins” and the closing film, Yoshitaka Mori’s “Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow.” The festival runs Oct. 25 to Nov. 3, 2016. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |