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The Palm Springs International ShortFest has announced the juried and audience award winners for its 2024 edition, which took place June 18-24. Over $25,000 in cash prizes and five Academy Award-qualifying honors were presented to the winning films, which included Esteban Pedraza’s “Bogotá Story” and Jadwiga Kowalska’s animated film “The Car That Came Back from the Sea.”
See a full list of winners below.
Oscar Qualifying Awards:
Best of the Festival Award –
• Winner: “Bogotá Story” (Colombia/USA), Directed by Esteban Pedraza
Best Animated Short –
• Winner: “The Car That Came Back from the Sea” (Switzerland), Directed by Jadwiga Kowalska
Best Documentary Short –
• Winner:” Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr” (USA), Directed by Kimberly Reed
Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes presented by V Channels Corp –
• Winner: “Oyu” (France/Japan), Directed by Atsushi Hirai
Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under –
• Winner: “Complications” (Norway), Directed by Ivar Aase
Student Short Awards:
Best Student Animated Short –
• Winner:...
See a full list of winners below.
Oscar Qualifying Awards:
Best of the Festival Award –
• Winner: “Bogotá Story” (Colombia/USA), Directed by Esteban Pedraza
Best Animated Short –
• Winner: “The Car That Came Back from the Sea” (Switzerland), Directed by Jadwiga Kowalska
Best Documentary Short –
• Winner:” Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr” (USA), Directed by Kimberly Reed
Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes presented by V Channels Corp –
• Winner: “Oyu” (France/Japan), Directed by Atsushi Hirai
Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under –
• Winner: “Complications” (Norway), Directed by Ivar Aase
Student Short Awards:
Best Student Animated Short –
• Winner:...
- 6/25/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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Short Documentary Review: Myanmar Anatomy (2023) by Prapat Jiwarangsan
Yangon Zoological Garden, Yangon Circle Railway and the Drug Elimination Museum are the focal point of this blend of documentary and essay. Jiwarangsan adds accounts of Myanmar activists and their struggle during the coups as well as their conflicts with the authorities which made it necessary for them to flee the country. Also, the images from the three locations are altered, using various illustrations of animals, their anatomy, their muscles and blood circulation, as well as various color filters. The effect is often remindful of a museum installation, but at the same time, especially in combination with the other elements, enlightening for the viewer, give more context to the scenes. (Rouven Linnarz)
Short Film Review: Basri & Salma in a Never-ending Comedy (2023) by Khozy Rizal
The comments Khozy Rizal wanted to make here are quite evident. In the Islamic, patriarchal setting that is (rural) Indonesia,...
Yangon Zoological Garden, Yangon Circle Railway and the Drug Elimination Museum are the focal point of this blend of documentary and essay. Jiwarangsan adds accounts of Myanmar activists and their struggle during the coups as well as their conflicts with the authorities which made it necessary for them to flee the country. Also, the images from the three locations are altered, using various illustrations of animals, their anatomy, their muscles and blood circulation, as well as various color filters. The effect is often remindful of a museum installation, but at the same time, especially in combination with the other elements, enlightening for the viewer, give more context to the scenes. (Rouven Linnarz)
Short Film Review: Basri & Salma in a Never-ending Comedy (2023) by Khozy Rizal
The comments Khozy Rizal wanted to make here are quite evident. In the Islamic, patriarchal setting that is (rural) Indonesia,...
- 6/5/2024
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
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There's no place better than a Japanese onsen for taking a step back from the world, while a local sentou bathhouse has a more community feel: a place to wash, but also converse and reflect on the day. Atsushi Hirai's Franco-Japanese production is an almost real-time documentation of an evening's trip to a bathhouse, in a cleansing experience for body, mind and soul.
“Oyu” is screening at Vienna Shorts
Satoshi (Okihiko Yoshizawa) returns from Tokyo to his hometown of Toyama. He arrives at a local bathhouse to collect an item, though one he seems not to recognise. Handing over an old voucher, he finds it is still valid for an evening's bath. And here, he slowly and meticulously performs the routine of thoroughly cleaning himself, taking in the sounds around him, gradually appreciating the cleaning utensils he collected at the entrance.
As fathers clean sons and yakuza gruffly sit in the bath,...
“Oyu” is screening at Vienna Shorts
Satoshi (Okihiko Yoshizawa) returns from Tokyo to his hometown of Toyama. He arrives at a local bathhouse to collect an item, though one he seems not to recognise. Handing over an old voucher, he finds it is still valid for an evening's bath. And here, he slowly and meticulously performs the routine of thoroughly cleaning himself, taking in the sounds around him, gradually appreciating the cleaning utensils he collected at the entrance.
As fathers clean sons and yakuza gruffly sit in the bath,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
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As cinephiles talk of Asian filmmaking doyens, short films seem to fall off the radar, even if many outstanding short films from Asian are released every year. Diverse in genre, style, story, and length, we highlight below some recent Asian short films that are truly memorable in some way — perhaps for different audiences, but deserving of a watch all the same. The list below is presented in chronological order by release year, then alphabetically by production country.
1. Counterfeit Kunkoo by Reema Sengupta
A young single woman, Smita (Kani Kusruti), lives in Mumbai and is trying to find an apartment to rent in the city. However, as an unmarried woman, the landlords refuse to take her seriously, refusing her tenancy at every turn despite the undeniable fact that she would be a perfect resident. Although she tries many tricks to get around the patriarchal system, Smita begins to realize how futile her search might be.
1. Counterfeit Kunkoo by Reema Sengupta
A young single woman, Smita (Kani Kusruti), lives in Mumbai and is trying to find an apartment to rent in the city. However, as an unmarried woman, the landlords refuse to take her seriously, refusing her tenancy at every turn despite the undeniable fact that she would be a perfect resident. Although she tries many tricks to get around the patriarchal system, Smita begins to realize how futile her search might be.
- 5/25/2024
- by Olivia Popp
- AsianMoviePulse
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The strand is free of style or length constraints.
Films from Jean-Luc Godard, Delphine Girard and Bas Devos will screen in San Sebastian International Film Festival’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, a strand of the festival free of style or length constraints.
Godard’s posthumous short film Trailer Of The Film That Will Never Exist: ‘Phony Wars’, which premiered in Cannes, will open the strand alongside Yui Kiyohara’s debut Remerging Every Night which first screened at Berlinale.
Girard’s debut Through The Night is developed from her Oscar-nominated short A Sister (2020) and will premiere at Venice before heading to San Sebastian.
The...
Films from Jean-Luc Godard, Delphine Girard and Bas Devos will screen in San Sebastian International Film Festival’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, a strand of the festival free of style or length constraints.
Godard’s posthumous short film Trailer Of The Film That Will Never Exist: ‘Phony Wars’, which premiered in Cannes, will open the strand alongside Yui Kiyohara’s debut Remerging Every Night which first screened at Berlinale.
Girard’s debut Through The Night is developed from her Oscar-nominated short A Sister (2020) and will premiere at Venice before heading to San Sebastian.
The...
- 8/24/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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Text written on June 6, 2023 by Jean-Marc Thérouanne
Asia in the juries :
Franco-Afghan writer and director Atiq Rahimi was the only Asian member of the prestigious jury at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
Fench-Cambodian director Davy Chou was the only Asia-related member of the Un Certain Regard jury
Davy Chou
Shlomi Elkabetz was the only member of the short film jury and the Cinef with a connection to geographical Asia.
Asia in the selections:
Asia, from the Near to the Far East, was present with 31 features and 13 shorts in all the official and parallel sections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
In compétition :
– China: Youth (Spring) by Wang Bing
– Japan: Monster by Kore-eda Hirokazu,
Kim Dong-ho, Hirokazu Koreeda
– Turkey: About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
and The Pot-au-feu by French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung and Wim Wenders' Perfect Days, set in Japan.
Out of compétition :
– Korea: Cobweb by Kim Jee-won,...
Asia in the juries :
Franco-Afghan writer and director Atiq Rahimi was the only Asian member of the prestigious jury at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
Fench-Cambodian director Davy Chou was the only Asia-related member of the Un Certain Regard jury
Davy Chou
Shlomi Elkabetz was the only member of the short film jury and the Cinef with a connection to geographical Asia.
Asia in the selections:
Asia, from the Near to the Far East, was present with 31 features and 13 shorts in all the official and parallel sections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
In compétition :
– China: Youth (Spring) by Wang Bing
– Japan: Monster by Kore-eda Hirokazu,
Kim Dong-ho, Hirokazu Koreeda
– Turkey: About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
and The Pot-au-feu by French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung and Wim Wenders' Perfect Days, set in Japan.
Out of compétition :
– Korea: Cobweb by Kim Jee-won,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, is planning to screen a programme of films from its selection at an event in Tokyo, Japan this December.
The screenings event, Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo, will be held in partnership with Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (Vipo).
“The idea is to introduce Japanese audiences to the films of Directors’ Fortnight,” said Julien Rejl, Directors’ Fortnight Delegate General, at a press event in Cannes. “We also hope to encourage Japanese filmmakers to submit their films to Cannes and Directors’ Fortnight and increase their engagement with international festivals and audiences.”
While exact dates and venues are still being worked out, Rejl said that event would take place in December, after Tokyo International Film Festival (October 23 – November 1) and Tokyo Filmex (November 19-26), most likely in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s most popular cinema and entertainment districts.
“We don’t want to...
The screenings event, Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo, will be held in partnership with Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (Vipo).
“The idea is to introduce Japanese audiences to the films of Directors’ Fortnight,” said Julien Rejl, Directors’ Fortnight Delegate General, at a press event in Cannes. “We also hope to encourage Japanese filmmakers to submit their films to Cannes and Directors’ Fortnight and increase their engagement with international festivals and audiences.”
While exact dates and venues are still being worked out, Rejl said that event would take place in December, after Tokyo International Film Festival (October 23 – November 1) and Tokyo Filmex (November 19-26), most likely in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s most popular cinema and entertainment districts.
“We don’t want to...
- 5/22/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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