The BFI today announce full details of a hotly anticipated two-month season dedicated to Anime, running at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX from 28 March – 31 May. Originally planned for summer 2020 as part of the BFI’s major survey of Japanese cinema BFI Japan, the season arrives, at long last, to entertain and delight anime fans and novices alike.
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
- 3/15/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Anime Limited are delighted to announce that Screen Anime, their curated channel dedicated to showcasing the pinnacle of Japanese animated films past and present, can now be enjoyed on the big screen at home or on the go with apps for Android and Amazon Fire TV devices available to download and watch now, with apps for iOS and Apple tvOS coming soon.
Since its launch in May 2020, Screen Anime has offered fans of the growing medium and film at large the opportunity to enjoy a rotating, curated monthly line-up of 4 films and 1 TV series that have ranged from recent smash-hits, to vintage classics, and cult curiosities, from only £3.98 a month.
Until 25th November, Screen Anime is hosting the expanded online line-up of Scotland Loves Anime, an annual film festival that had to scale back its physical events this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, two-thirds of all membership...
Since its launch in May 2020, Screen Anime has offered fans of the growing medium and film at large the opportunity to enjoy a rotating, curated monthly line-up of 4 films and 1 TV series that have ranged from recent smash-hits, to vintage classics, and cult curiosities, from only £3.98 a month.
Until 25th November, Screen Anime is hosting the expanded online line-up of Scotland Loves Anime, an annual film festival that had to scale back its physical events this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, two-thirds of all membership...
- 11/14/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
In a year that has proven challenging for films and the venues that show them, the Screen Anime channel is delighted to announce that it will host the digital line-up of Scotland Loves Anime, a celebration of Japanese animation that has attracted tens of thousands of visitors over 11 years, and help to support the local cinemas that host it.
Andrew Partridge, CEO of Anime Ltd and founder of Scotland Loves Animation explains, “Supporting cinemas through what has been a tough year is something really important to all of us at Anime Limited and Scotland Loves Animation. We can’t wait to show off what the festival has to offer on Screen Anime and help out our friends at both the Filmhouse and the Glasgow Film Theatre as much as we can.”
From 25th October until 25th November 2020, enjoy a celebration of two iconic franchises – Monkey Punch’s charismatic master thief Lupin III,...
Andrew Partridge, CEO of Anime Ltd and founder of Scotland Loves Animation explains, “Supporting cinemas through what has been a tough year is something really important to all of us at Anime Limited and Scotland Loves Animation. We can’t wait to show off what the festival has to offer on Screen Anime and help out our friends at both the Filmhouse and the Glasgow Film Theatre as much as we can.”
From 25th October until 25th November 2020, enjoy a celebration of two iconic franchises – Monkey Punch’s charismatic master thief Lupin III,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Anime Limited is delighted to announce the UK digital premiere of Makoto Shinkai’s smash hit “Weathering with You“, which will headline the June line-up of their Screen Anime online anime film festival from 25th June 2020. With a curated theme of “extra-ordinary high school life”, “Weathering With You” will be joined by a showcase of the unique experiences that can unfold within one of anime’s staple and most enduring settings.
Experience Makoto Shinkai’s break-out hit with the body-swapping sensation “Your Name“, discover your voice with “Anthem of the Heart“, an emotional drama from screenwriter Mari Okada (Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms), or elope with the youthful summer of “Fireworks“. Those wanting a more tranquil youth, however, can enrol in the rather more agricultural themed school of this month’s bingeable TV series, the hilarious “Silver Spoon“, based on the manga by Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa.
Following...
Experience Makoto Shinkai’s break-out hit with the body-swapping sensation “Your Name“, discover your voice with “Anthem of the Heart“, an emotional drama from screenwriter Mari Okada (Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms), or elope with the youthful summer of “Fireworks“. Those wanting a more tranquil youth, however, can enrol in the rather more agricultural themed school of this month’s bingeable TV series, the hilarious “Silver Spoon“, based on the manga by Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa.
Following...
- 6/16/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Camera Japan Festival has just announced this year’s full programme. The festival will be held in Rotterdam (LantarenVenster & Worm) from the 25th to the 29th of September, before moving to Kriterion in Amsterdam (from the 3rd to the 6th of October). Besides offering a rich variety of Japanese films, the festival also includes several cultural and culinary workshops, two photo exhibitions, a Camera Japan quiz and the yearly film brunch.
Film programme Camera Japan
The 14th edition of the Camera Japan Festival will open with the international premiere of “Little Miss Period” by Shinada Shunsuke. Other highlights of the 2019 selection are “Vision”, by the renowned filmmaker Kawase Naomi, “Jam” by Sabu and Melancholic, the prize-winning debut of Tanaka Seiji. The programme also includes a special screening of the classic 1932 silent film “I Was Born But…” by Ozu Yasujiro, which will be accompanied by a Live soundtrack. Anime fans can...
Film programme Camera Japan
The 14th edition of the Camera Japan Festival will open with the international premiere of “Little Miss Period” by Shinada Shunsuke. Other highlights of the 2019 selection are “Vision”, by the renowned filmmaker Kawase Naomi, “Jam” by Sabu and Melancholic, the prize-winning debut of Tanaka Seiji. The programme also includes a special screening of the classic 1932 silent film “I Was Born But…” by Ozu Yasujiro, which will be accompanied by a Live soundtrack. Anime fans can...
- 8/26/2019
- by tyriter
- AsianMoviePulse
Lunar New Year holiday season helped to propel titles including The Wandering Earth and Alita: Battle Angel
February 2019 was the biggest month in history at the Chinese box office as ticket sales crossed $1.6bn (RMB10.75bn) propelled by Chinese New Year releases. This makes it the highest-grossing month in a single market anywhere in the world ever.
It is the second time the Chinese box office has broken such a world record following February 2018.
Chinese New Year holdover The Wandering Earth retained the weekly crown for the period February 18-24, adding $80.6m for $620.4m after 20 days.
Over the three-day weekend (February 22-24), however,...
February 2019 was the biggest month in history at the Chinese box office as ticket sales crossed $1.6bn (RMB10.75bn) propelled by Chinese New Year releases. This makes it the highest-grossing month in a single market anywhere in the world ever.
It is the second time the Chinese box office has broken such a world record following February 2018.
Chinese New Year holdover The Wandering Earth retained the weekly crown for the period February 18-24, adding $80.6m for $620.4m after 20 days.
Over the three-day weekend (February 22-24), however,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
After working with screenwriter Mari Okada for a number of years, producer Kenji Horikawa needed to learn to work with the artist in a different way, as she set out to make her directorial debut with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. An ambitious anime that conjures up a singular, fantastical world, the Oscar-shortlisted feature centers on Maquia, an immortal girl who takes a newborn baby boy out of dire circumstances, raising him as her own, and watching the relationship blossom into myriad complexities over the years.
Certainly, Maquia was an ambitious project for any director to take on, and particularly for a fledgling helmer. “It was such a big project that a lot of people weren’t sure that she could do it, so there was some resistance met there, and that was also a challenge to push through,” Horikawa reflects. “A lot of really amazing talents came together for this film,...
Certainly, Maquia was an ambitious project for any director to take on, and particularly for a fledgling helmer. “It was such a big project that a lot of people weren’t sure that she could do it, so there was some resistance met there, and that was also a challenge to push through,” Horikawa reflects. “A lot of really amazing talents came together for this film,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” and Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” are two of the 25 movies that have been officially submitted this year for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the official submissions list, which includes titles from regulars of the category, such as Walt Disney Animation Studios (“Wreck-It Ralph 2”), GKids (“Mirai”), and Illumination Entertainment (“The Grinch”).
The Oscar for best animated feature includes five nominees. Both “Isle of Dogs” and “Incredibles 2” are frontrunners for a nomination at this point, with the Pixar superhero adventure being a likely candidate for a win thanks to its critical acclaim and its more than $1 billion at the global box office. “The Incredibles” won the category in 2004, when the award was in its fourth year. Recent winners of the Oscar include “Coco,” “Zootopia,” “Inside Out,” and “Big Hero 6.”
Nominations for the 91st Academy...
The Oscar for best animated feature includes five nominees. Both “Isle of Dogs” and “Incredibles 2” are frontrunners for a nomination at this point, with the Pixar superhero adventure being a likely candidate for a win thanks to its critical acclaim and its more than $1 billion at the global box office. “The Incredibles” won the category in 2004, when the award was in its fourth year. Recent winners of the Oscar include “Coco,” “Zootopia,” “Inside Out,” and “Big Hero 6.”
Nominations for the 91st Academy...
- 10/24/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday that 25 films have been submitted into the Oscars Animated Feature race, meaning there will be a full slate of five nominees in the category this year. Highlights among the group include “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs” and “Sherlock Gnomes.”
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. Sixteen or more films must qualify for the maximum of five nominees to be voted, meaning that this year the submitted films have crossed that threshold.
Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
Also Read: 'Roma,' 'Cold War' Lead Academy's List of 87 Films in the...
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. Sixteen or more films must qualify for the maximum of five nominees to be voted, meaning that this year the submitted films have crossed that threshold.
Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
Also Read: 'Roma,' 'Cold War' Lead Academy's List of 87 Films in the...
- 10/24/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
On Wednesday (October 24), the academy announced that 25 films qualified for consideration in this year’s Oscar race for Best Animated Feature. That is one shy of last year and two off the record number of entries in 2017, which in turn had eclipsed the 2014 record of 20 features. There could be up to five nominees depending on how they score with the screening committee. All of the major players in the animation field have at least one film in the running. (See the full list at the bottom of this post.)
Will Disney continue its Oscar winning streak and claim Best Animated Feature for the seventh year running? The mouse house has two films in the competition this year: “Incredibles 2” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” The studio’s most recent Oscar winners are “Brave” (2012), “Frozen” (2013), “Big Hero 6” (2014), “Inside Out” (2015), “Zootopia” (2016) and “Coco” (2017).
This marks the second year that the entire...
Will Disney continue its Oscar winning streak and claim Best Animated Feature for the seventh year running? The mouse house has two films in the competition this year: “Incredibles 2” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” The studio’s most recent Oscar winners are “Brave” (2012), “Frozen” (2013), “Big Hero 6” (2014), “Inside Out” (2015), “Zootopia” (2016) and “Coco” (2017).
This marks the second year that the entire...
- 10/24/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Oscar organizer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday revealed a list of 25 films that have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 91st Oscars. The Academy said several of the films on the list have not yet made their required Los Angeles qualifying run.
Here’s the full list:
“Ana y Bruno”
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Early Man”
“Fireworks”
“Have a Nice Day”
“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“The Laws of the Universe – Part I”
“Liz and the Blue Bird”
“Lu over the Wall”
“Mfkz”
“Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms”
“Mirai”
“The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl”
“On Happiness Road”
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“Ruben Brandt, Collector”
“Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero”
“Sherlock Gnomes”
“Smallfoot”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
“Tall Tales”
“Teen Titans Go! To the Movies”
“Tito and the Birds”
According to Academy rules,...
Here’s the full list:
“Ana y Bruno”
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Early Man”
“Fireworks”
“Have a Nice Day”
“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“The Laws of the Universe – Part I”
“Liz and the Blue Bird”
“Lu over the Wall”
“Mfkz”
“Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms”
“Mirai”
“The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl”
“On Happiness Road”
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“Ruben Brandt, Collector”
“Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero”
“Sherlock Gnomes”
“Smallfoot”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
“Tall Tales”
“Teen Titans Go! To the Movies”
“Tito and the Birds”
According to Academy rules,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 25 animated features submitted for consideration in this year’s Oscar race. Among the entries is Pixar’s box office hit “Incredibles 2,” Wes Anderson’s stop-motion “Isle of Dogs” and Sony’s upcoming “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Also in play are a number of films from indie distributor Gkids, which has a strong record of landing nominations alongside the major Hollywood distributors. Among them are “Fireworks,” “Lu Over the Wall,” “Mfkz,” “Mirai of the Future” and “The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl.”
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. Sixteen or more films must qualify for the maximum of five nominees to be voted.
Also in play are a number of films from indie distributor Gkids, which has a strong record of landing nominations alongside the major Hollywood distributors. Among them are “Fireworks,” “Lu Over the Wall,” “Mfkz,” “Mirai of the Future” and “The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl.”
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. Sixteen or more films must qualify for the maximum of five nominees to be voted.
- 10/24/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms, winner of this year's L'Écran Fantastique award
This year's Fantasia Film Festival has come to an end after a highly successful run which saw almost 100,000 people attend and over 80 screenings sell out. The final batch of awards has been announced, with Lee Hae-young's Believer taking the coveted Action! award. "A gripping story supported by credible characters, convincingly performed," said the jury. "The direction is flawless, with action scenes in the service of the story, and not the other way around."
Other big winners were Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms, which won L'Écran Fantastique award "for the high quality of its animation, its exceptional sense of staging, at once epic and intimate, and the universal depth of its script," and Bodied, which won the Séquences award for "its exciting re-invention of the sports film as a performance art that breathlessly captures the kinetic energy,...
This year's Fantasia Film Festival has come to an end after a highly successful run which saw almost 100,000 people attend and over 80 screenings sell out. The final batch of awards has been announced, with Lee Hae-young's Believer taking the coveted Action! award. "A gripping story supported by credible characters, convincingly performed," said the jury. "The direction is flawless, with action scenes in the service of the story, and not the other way around."
Other big winners were Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms, which won L'Écran Fantastique award "for the high quality of its animation, its exceptional sense of staging, at once epic and intimate, and the universal depth of its script," and Bodied, which won the Séquences award for "its exciting re-invention of the sports film as a performance art that breathlessly captures the kinetic energy,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As I have mentioned before, the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki is bound to be carried onwards in the anime industry for many years to come. Mari Okada in her directorial debut seems to have drawn from “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” for the base of a film that takes its basic premise much further, though.
“Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The Lolph are a race of weavers, which spend the centuries their lives last weaving their stories and their thoughts into a special cloth named Hibiol, in their secluded kingdom. One of the children among them is Maquia, an orphaned girl whose life is filled with sorrow for her lack of a family, and is best friends with Leilia, another girl who is the exact opposite of her in terms of character. One day, the neighboring...
“Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The Lolph are a race of weavers, which spend the centuries their lives last weaving their stories and their thoughts into a special cloth named Hibiol, in their secluded kingdom. One of the children among them is Maquia, an orphaned girl whose life is filled with sorrow for her lack of a family, and is best friends with Leilia, another girl who is the exact opposite of her in terms of character. One day, the neighboring...
- 7/29/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“I won’t cry, I promise,” vows the ethereal, long-living Maquia (voiced by Manaka Iwami) to the little mortal boy she is raising as her son. “I’m a mother!” she says, beating her fist lightly against her belly in a gesture of defiance that makes the boy smile. But mother or no, it’s a promise any viewer of this gorgeously rendered, acutely sentimental animated phantasmagoria would be foolhardy to make.
“Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms” is the directorial debut of prolific and successful anime screenwriter Mari Okada (“Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day”), and though set in a medieval-styled, distinctly “Game of Thrones”-esque fantasy world of dying dragons, imprisoned princesses, warring kingdoms, and mystical cloth into which is woven the stories of our lives, the trembling, overflowing heart of the film is a story of motherhood, self-sacrifice, and forgiveness that is informed by Okada’s...
“Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms” is the directorial debut of prolific and successful anime screenwriter Mari Okada (“Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day”), and though set in a medieval-styled, distinctly “Game of Thrones”-esque fantasy world of dying dragons, imprisoned princesses, warring kingdoms, and mystical cloth into which is woven the stories of our lives, the trembling, overflowing heart of the film is a story of motherhood, self-sacrifice, and forgiveness that is informed by Okada’s...
- 7/20/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
In a fantasy world a lasting bond that transcends time and the tragedy of being immortal is explored in a emotional tale. Welcome to the story of Maquia.
Anime screenwriter turned director, Mari Okada brings us her debut feature and passion project; Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms.
Set in a fictional fantasy world of sprawling steampunk and vast acreage, where immortal beings and dragonkin creatures aren’t a thing of myth, the tale follows our protagnist Maquia; a woman of young appearance who is part of the centuries old Iorphian race of beings that are near immortal and weave their legendary stories into cloth known as Hibiol. After the peaceful civilization is attacked by the army of the King of Mezarte, who is desperate to find out the secret of their everlasting life, Maquia is thrust into the outside world where time progresses at a much more contrasting pace.
Anime screenwriter turned director, Mari Okada brings us her debut feature and passion project; Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms.
Set in a fictional fantasy world of sprawling steampunk and vast acreage, where immortal beings and dragonkin creatures aren’t a thing of myth, the tale follows our protagnist Maquia; a woman of young appearance who is part of the centuries old Iorphian race of beings that are near immortal and weave their legendary stories into cloth known as Hibiol. After the peaceful civilization is attacked by the army of the King of Mezarte, who is desperate to find out the secret of their everlasting life, Maquia is thrust into the outside world where time progresses at a much more contrasting pace.
- 6/29/2018
- by James Perkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MaryAnn’s quick take… Epic yet intimate, this is a visual gorgeous and emotionally lush fantasy drama about love and hope set in a violent but beautifully realized invented world. I’m “biast” (pro): desperately seeking movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): not a huge fan of anime
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Renowned and prolific Japanese anime TV writer Mari Okada makes a visual gorgeous and emotionally lush feature directorial debut with the enrapturing Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. She’s written the script, too, of course, for this labor-of-love passion project, and here creates a beautifully realized fantasy world that echoes with the familiar — Tolkien and steampunk are major touchstones — while also carving out a fresh and uniquely lovely vision.
Maquia (the voice of Manaka Iwami) is a near immortal,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a huge fan of anime
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Renowned and prolific Japanese anime TV writer Mari Okada makes a visual gorgeous and emotionally lush feature directorial debut with the enrapturing Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. She’s written the script, too, of course, for this labor-of-love passion project, and here creates a beautifully realized fantasy world that echoes with the familiar — Tolkien and steampunk are major touchstones — while also carving out a fresh and uniquely lovely vision.
Maquia (the voice of Manaka Iwami) is a near immortal,...
- 6/27/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The drama about a couple in need of a caesarean section then closed the event.
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
- 6/25/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
David Robert Mitchell’s Cannes competition entry Under The Silver Lake gets special screening.
The 22nd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal this summer will feature world premieres of Indonesian western Buffalo Boys (pictured) and Canadian chiller Our House.
The festival, which runs from July 12-August 1, brings a roster of more than 130 films, among them the world premiere of anthology Nightmare Cinema directed by Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugués, Ryûhei Kitamura, and David Slade, as well as New Zealand time-travel comedy Mega Time Squad, and a special screening of David Robert Mitchell’s Cannes competition entry Under The Silver Lake.
The 22nd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal this summer will feature world premieres of Indonesian western Buffalo Boys (pictured) and Canadian chiller Our House.
The festival, which runs from July 12-August 1, brings a roster of more than 130 films, among them the world premiere of anthology Nightmare Cinema directed by Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugués, Ryûhei Kitamura, and David Slade, as well as New Zealand time-travel comedy Mega Time Squad, and a special screening of David Robert Mitchell’s Cannes competition entry Under The Silver Lake.
- 5/2/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The film is the directorial debut of anime screenwriter Mari Okada.
Japan’s Hakuhodo Dy Music & Pictures has closed several sales on its animated feature Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms, including to Germany (Universum) and Russia (Capella Film).
The film has also gone to Dark Wingz for the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Oman. It was previously sold to Kaze for the UK and France, which is planning theatrical releases in both territories over the summer. Japanese release is scheduled for February 24, followed by the film’s international premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival next month.
The directorial debut of anime screenwriter Mari Okada (Anthem Of The Heart), the film is set in a mystical land where people live for centuries. When they are invaded by an army seeking the secrets of long life, an orphaned girl escapes into the forest and adopts a baby with a human life-span.
Hakuhodo Dy Music & Pictures, the film and TV arm of Japanese advertising giant Hakuhodo, also handles the international distribution of animated TV series.
The company’s Efm slate also includes live-action features including My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler, adapted from a best-selling children’s book, and Does The Flower Bloom?, adapted from a “boy’s love” (shonen ai) manga. Boy’s Love is a popular genre of manga that depicts relationships between gay men, but has a huge audience amongst teenage girls.
Japan’s Hakuhodo Dy Music & Pictures has closed several sales on its animated feature Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms, including to Germany (Universum) and Russia (Capella Film).
The film has also gone to Dark Wingz for the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Oman. It was previously sold to Kaze for the UK and France, which is planning theatrical releases in both territories over the summer. Japanese release is scheduled for February 24, followed by the film’s international premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival next month.
The directorial debut of anime screenwriter Mari Okada (Anthem Of The Heart), the film is set in a mystical land where people live for centuries. When they are invaded by an army seeking the secrets of long life, an orphaned girl escapes into the forest and adopts a baby with a human life-span.
Hakuhodo Dy Music & Pictures, the film and TV arm of Japanese advertising giant Hakuhodo, also handles the international distribution of animated TV series.
The company’s Efm slate also includes live-action features including My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler, adapted from a best-selling children’s book, and Does The Flower Bloom?, adapted from a “boy’s love” (shonen ai) manga. Boy’s Love is a popular genre of manga that depicts relationships between gay men, but has a huge audience amongst teenage girls.
- 2/20/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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