Premiere Japan 2011 is presented by the Embassy of Japan, with kind support from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, GB Sasakawa Foundation and the University of the Arts London. .  Now in its seventh year in London, Premiere Japan comes to the Barbican for the first time from 25 to 27 November, screening six of the best and most recent features and documentaries from Japan. Highlights include Locarno Film Festival winner, Tokyo Park featuring rising star Haruma M...

I was the filmmaking volunteer for the first ever edition of the Zipangu Fest and attended every single event. The Fest opened with a collaboration with Close-Up (film library - http://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/) - Nippon Year Zero. A programme focused on Japanese 60's  and 70's experimental shorts:  War GamesDir. Donald Richie, 1962, 22min, 16mm Sparse and lingering - an interesting study of innocence and the essence of civilization.     Dead YouthDir. Donald Richie, 19...

When Copenhagen International Film Festival fades up for this year’s film event on 20 September, the audience can experience 147 fantastic films. 11 of them will get special attention, namely the films in competition, which compete for the six categories of the festival’s Golden Swan award.The winners of The Golden Swan will be chosen exclusively by an international jury consisting of five distinguished persons from the European film industry.This year’s competition films:Actresses (France...

Russian Programmes of XXVI Moscow International Film FestivalCINEMA-HOUSE: 19-26 june 2004June, 1914.30 SKIN OF SALAMANDER (dir. Alexei Rudakov), 2004. 102 min 16.30 DON'T EVEN THINK!! SHADOW OF INDEPENDENCE (dir. Rouslan Balttser), 2004. 101 min 19.00 ABOUT LOVE (dir. Sergei Solovyov), 2003. 112 min June, 20 14.30 2 + 1 (anim., dir. Elena Chernova), 2004, 03 min. How the Little Tiger Searched for his Stripes (dir. Oleg Kuznetsov, Irina Rakitina), 2003, 11 min THE OVERLORD OF LIVE PROGRAM (dir. ...