To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari)(2019)

  • 14th Asian Film Awards Winners – PARASITE Wins Best Film

    PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG)
    PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG)

    Parasite won the Best Film award at the 14th Asian Film Awards (“AFA14”) along with Best Screenplay for co-writers Han Jin Won and the film’s director Bong Joon Ho. The film also won for Best Production Design and Best Editing totaling four awards. “I am grateful to all the people involved with the Asian Film Awards for making it possible that Parasite could become part of AFA’s legacy. I strongly believe that we will meet in person next year at the Asian Film Awards, shake hands, and enjoy talking with one another without masks…I believe that nothing can stop us from continuing to make films,” said Bong

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  • Portland International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup of Over 120 Films

    First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt
    First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt

    The 43rd Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 43) announced the lineup featuring 10 days of films, talks, workshops, performances, and special events throughout Portland from March 6 to 15, 2020. The program showcases over 120 films from 40 countries, with sneak previews of upcoming releases including Sony Pictures Classics’ The Climb, Disney/Pixar’s Onward, Searchlight’s David Copperfield, Oscilloscope’s Clementine, and A24’s First Cow.

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  • Toronto International Film Festival Unveils 2019 Masters Lineup + World Premiere of Arturo Ripstein’s DEVIL BETWEEN THE LEGS

    Arturo Ripstein’s DEVIL BETWEEN THE LEGS
    Arturo Ripstein’s DEVIL BETWEEN THE LEGS

    11 films set in Asia, Europe, North America, and Central America will comprise the 2019 Masters program of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Masters lineup has titles that run the gamut, from dramatic true stories to dark comedies, from a black-and-white narrative to a documentary film, with a healthy dose of introspection and socio-political commentary throughout. The slate will bring two World Premieres to Toronto.

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  • 57th New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate of 20 Films From Top Filmmakers

    Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)
    Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)

    This year’s Main Slate of the 57th New York Film Festival, September 27 – October 13, showcases 29 films from 17 different countries. Nine films in the festival were honored at Cannes, including Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or–winner Parasite; Grand Prix–winner Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story, directed by Mati Diop, an alum of annual FLC series Art of the Real and winner of the 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist award; Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, NYFF’s Film Comment Presents selection and winner of both the Queer Palm and the Best Screenplay prize; Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, awarded Best Actor for Antonio Banderas; Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Jury Prize–winner BacurauYoung Ahmed, which brought home the Best Director prize for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; and three Un Certain Regard winners, including Oliver Laxe’s Jury Prize–winner Fire Will Come, Albert Serra’s Special Jury Prize–winner Liberté, and Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole, which collected the Best Director prize. Top prize winners from the Berlinale will also appear in the Main Slate: Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear–winner Synonyms and Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But…, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director.

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  • 2019 Locarno Film Festival Announces Lineup

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath

    The official program of the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival was announced this week, along with tributes – the Leopard Club Award for Hilary Swank, the Vision Award Ticinomoda for Claire Atherton, the Premio Utopia for Enrico Ghezzi and the Premio Cinema Ticino for Fulvio Bernasconi.

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  • World Premiere of MAGARI to Open Locarno Film Festival 2019

    Magari directed by Ginevra Elkann
    Magari directed by Ginevra Elkann

    The world premiere of Magari, the debut from Italian director Ginevra Elkann will usher in the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday August 7th. The 11-day event will close on Saturday August 17th with the awards ceremony, followed by Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) by Japanese director, screenwriter and author Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

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