Korea’s Busan International Film Festival has announced the ten films in this year’s New Currents competition line-up, along with ten films selected for its Jiseok Section. Both competition sections feature titles from Bangladesh’s vibrant young industry as well as from Japan.
New Currents, a section for first and second films by up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, features two films from Bangladesh – Biplob Sarkar’s The Stranger and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s The Wrestler – which the festival noted showcase “the momentum of Bangladeshi cinema”.
The Stranger is described as a coming-of-age story navigating the journey of a family in which the young son grapples with questions about his gender identity. The Wrestler, a co-production between Bangladesh and Canada, tells the story of an elderly man from a fishing village who challenges a wrestling champion to combat.
Two Japanese titles have also been selected for New Currents – September 1923, about the Great...
New Currents, a section for first and second films by up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, features two films from Bangladesh – Biplob Sarkar’s The Stranger and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s The Wrestler – which the festival noted showcase “the momentum of Bangladeshi cinema”.
The Stranger is described as a coming-of-age story navigating the journey of a family in which the young son grapples with questions about his gender identity. The Wrestler, a co-production between Bangladesh and Canada, tells the story of an elderly man from a fishing village who challenges a wrestling champion to combat.
Two Japanese titles have also been selected for New Currents – September 1923, about the Great...
- 8/30/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The New Currents and Jiseok selections include features from Japan, China, South Korea and Bangladesh among others.
The 28th Busan International Film Festival has revealed the titles selected for its New Currents and Jiseok strands, the festival’s competitive sections for Asian films.
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New Currents is for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction and comprises 10 titles from Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.
They include September 1923, which marks the fiction feature debut of Japanese director Tatsuya Mori and centres on the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. Mori is known as a documentary filmmaker,...
The 28th Busan International Film Festival has revealed the titles selected for its New Currents and Jiseok strands, the festival’s competitive sections for Asian films.
Scroll down for full list
New Currents is for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction and comprises 10 titles from Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.
They include September 1923, which marks the fiction feature debut of Japanese director Tatsuya Mori and centres on the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. Mori is known as a documentary filmmaker,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The 40th Pia Film Festival lived up to its mascot’s image – a joyful and replete Vamos, designed by Rie Suzuki, which does not simply enjoy cinema but also seems to know all its angles.
Launched in 1977, Pia Film Festival was originally programmed in order to introduce and nurture young, promising film directors and create a gateway to higher stages of their upcoming careers. Pff distributes and actively promotes selected titles throughout Japan, which are then being screened at various theaters, on television, as well as sent international festivals or released on DVD/Bd, so that they may reach wider audience. The filmmaker who possesses the best future potential is selected from among current year’s Pff Award winners and receives the honorary Pff Award (Grand Prize), which apart from the financial remuneration provides a chance to make history at Tokyo International Film Festival. The total entries number starting from...
Launched in 1977, Pia Film Festival was originally programmed in order to introduce and nurture young, promising film directors and create a gateway to higher stages of their upcoming careers. Pff distributes and actively promotes selected titles throughout Japan, which are then being screened at various theaters, on television, as well as sent international festivals or released on DVD/Bd, so that they may reach wider audience. The filmmaker who possesses the best future potential is selected from among current year’s Pff Award winners and receives the honorary Pff Award (Grand Prize), which apart from the financial remuneration provides a chance to make history at Tokyo International Film Festival. The total entries number starting from...
- 10/5/2018
- by Nikodem Karolak
- AsianMoviePulse
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