This year’s festival was held online from April 16th until April 18th at Festhome, and it offered 12 films from 7 different East and Southeast Asian countries.
Japanese “Aristocrats” (2021) from Sode Yukiko was the most watched film in our program. Ohku Akiko’s “Hold Me Back” (2020) and Fukunaga Takeshi’s “Ainu Mosir” (2020) hold the second and third places, both films are also coming from Japan. People from all over Finland participated in this year’s festival.
Exclusive discussions with the filmmakers.
Online festival also offered unique interviews with the directors of its program, and discussions with experts of Asian culture and history. Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director of Helsinki Cine Aasia interviewed some of the filmmakers of 2021 program, and these conversations are still available at the official YouTube channel for everyone to see.
Celebrating Asian cinema on the big screen
Helsinki Cine Aasia together with Cinema Orion presents a series of Asian...
Japanese “Aristocrats” (2021) from Sode Yukiko was the most watched film in our program. Ohku Akiko’s “Hold Me Back” (2020) and Fukunaga Takeshi’s “Ainu Mosir” (2020) hold the second and third places, both films are also coming from Japan. People from all over Finland participated in this year’s festival.
Exclusive discussions with the filmmakers.
Online festival also offered unique interviews with the directors of its program, and discussions with experts of Asian culture and history. Eija Niskanen, Artistic Director of Helsinki Cine Aasia interviewed some of the filmmakers of 2021 program, and these conversations are still available at the official YouTube channel for everyone to see.
Celebrating Asian cinema on the big screen
Helsinki Cine Aasia together with Cinema Orion presents a series of Asian...
- 4/21/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The Ainu are an East Asian ethnic group indigenous to northern Japan, the original inhabitants of Hokkaido and some of its nearby Russian territories. A number of those who have not been fully assimilated as Japanese are living in small communities such as the one in Hokkaido the movie focuses on, essentially surviving through tourism. It is also worth noting that there has been a rise of interest towards these marginalized communities thorough “Golden Kamuy” a multi-awarded manga that focuses on Ainu people and has already sold more than 18 million copies and spawned three seasons of the homonymous anime. “Ainu Mosir” takes a much more grounded approach to the issue by focusing on a coming of age story.
Ainu Mosir is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The young boy in question is 14-year-old Kanto, a descendant of Japan’s indigenous people, who has just lost his father and is feeling...
Ainu Mosir is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The young boy in question is 14-year-old Kanto, a descendant of Japan’s indigenous people, who has just lost his father and is feeling...
- 4/15/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Array Releasing has acquired the documentary “In Our Mothers’ Gardens,” which marks filmmaker Shantrelle P. Lewis’ directorial debut.
Array president Tilane Jones announced the acquisition on Thursday, along with news that the film will be released in select theaters and begin streaming on Netflix on May 6.
“’In Our Mothers’ Gardens’ is a beautiful tribute to the complex relationships between Black women connected by lineage and love,” Jones said in a statement. “Released in celebration of Mother’s Day, we are honored to present Ms. Lewis’ feature debut highlighting important bonds between daughters, mothers and grandmothers told by a dynamic group of women.”
The documentary debuted at the 2020 BlackStar Film Festival and subsequently earned the Shine Award for best film. The movie features interviews with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke; Tina Farris (tour manager for talent including The Roots and Chris Rock); cultural critic Dr. Brittney Cooper (Rutgers University); Rev. Dr. Theresa S.
Array president Tilane Jones announced the acquisition on Thursday, along with news that the film will be released in select theaters and begin streaming on Netflix on May 6.
“’In Our Mothers’ Gardens’ is a beautiful tribute to the complex relationships between Black women connected by lineage and love,” Jones said in a statement. “Released in celebration of Mother’s Day, we are honored to present Ms. Lewis’ feature debut highlighting important bonds between daughters, mothers and grandmothers told by a dynamic group of women.”
The documentary debuted at the 2020 BlackStar Film Festival and subsequently earned the Shine Award for best film. The movie features interviews with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke; Tina Farris (tour manager for talent including The Roots and Chris Rock); cultural critic Dr. Brittney Cooper (Rutgers University); Rev. Dr. Theresa S.
- 4/1/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Before we move ahead into the final week of November, let’s take a look back at what’s arrived on Netflix over the past seven days. In total, 39 titles have dropped on the streaming service from last Sunday the 15th to this Sunday the 22nd. Broken down, that’s 27 fresh movies and 12 new TV series, making for quite an impressive haul.
When it comes to original films, this past week saw the debut of stop-motion short Alien XMas, comedy special Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given and festive sequel The Princess Switch: Switched Again. Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square special also arrived, which couldn’t have been better timed given the singer’s rise to hero status this week.
As for newly licensed pics, some of the highlights include animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, acclaimed civil rights drama Loving, comic book movie V for Vendetta...
When it comes to original films, this past week saw the debut of stop-motion short Alien XMas, comedy special Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given and festive sequel The Princess Switch: Switched Again. Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square special also arrived, which couldn’t have been better timed given the singer’s rise to hero status this week.
As for newly licensed pics, some of the highlights include animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, acclaimed civil rights drama Loving, comic book movie V for Vendetta...
- 11/22/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
30 Years of The Film Foundation
Equally impressive as his towering career is Martin Scorsese’s dedication to restoring previously lost classics and championing underseen gems with The Film Foundation. Now celebrating 30 years, they’ve been given the spotlight on The Criterion Channel, featuring a wealth of highlights as well as a conversation between Scorsese and Ari Aster. The lineup of essentials includes The Broken Butterfly (1919), Trouble in Paradise (1932), It Happened One Night (1934), L’Atalante (1934), The Long Voyage Home (1940) The Chase (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), The River (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Bigamist (1953), Ugetsu (1953), Senso (1954), The Big Country (1958), Shadows (1959), The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), Primary (1960), The Connection (1961), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Once Upon a Time in the West...
30 Years of The Film Foundation
Equally impressive as his towering career is Martin Scorsese’s dedication to restoring previously lost classics and championing underseen gems with The Film Foundation. Now celebrating 30 years, they’ve been given the spotlight on The Criterion Channel, featuring a wealth of highlights as well as a conversation between Scorsese and Ari Aster. The lineup of essentials includes The Broken Butterfly (1919), Trouble in Paradise (1932), It Happened One Night (1934), L’Atalante (1934), The Long Voyage Home (1940) The Chase (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), The River (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Bigamist (1953), Ugetsu (1953), Senso (1954), The Big Country (1958), Shadows (1959), The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), Primary (1960), The Connection (1961), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Once Upon a Time in the West...
- 11/20/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Netflix is adding six new titles this Tuesday, November 17th. It’s not one of the busiest days that the streamer has ever had, but there are still a handful of fresh movies and TV shows coming our way. And among them is a new comedy special, a family-friendly animation and an Oscar-nominated film.
There are four movies that just hit Netflix today. Ainu Mosir is a Japanese coming-of-age drama about a 14-year-old boy who travels to a forest believed by his people to be a path to the dead, hoping to reunite with his deceased father. 2017 documentary Whose Streets?, meanwhile, which is even more timely and frightening now than it was a few years ago, is an unflinching look at how the people of Ferguson, Missouri reacted following the murder of black teen Mike Brown by a white police officer.
We also have 2016’s Loving, a romantic drama based...
There are four movies that just hit Netflix today. Ainu Mosir is a Japanese coming-of-age drama about a 14-year-old boy who travels to a forest believed by his people to be a path to the dead, hoping to reunite with his deceased father. 2017 documentary Whose Streets?, meanwhile, which is even more timely and frightening now than it was a few years ago, is an unflinching look at how the people of Ferguson, Missouri reacted following the murder of black teen Mike Brown by a white police officer.
We also have 2016’s Loving, a romantic drama based...
- 11/17/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Ava DuVernay’s release imprint, Array, has become a distributor to watch over recent years, curating acquisitions that are not only under-the-radar but feel reflective of a hyper-specific perspective. This year, their output has included Lingua Franca and Residue, and Takeshi Fukunaga’s Ainu Mosir looks like it could continue their strong record.
Set in a northern Japanese Indigenous community whose financial lifeblood is preserving and performing ancient traditions, the film is a coming-of-age story about the 14-year-old Kanto (Kanto Shimokura) who just lost his father and is taken under the tutelage of a family friend, Debo (Debo Akibe), who teaches him these rituals.
The newly released trailer shows a teen caught between his peers who idolize more current ideas and his heritage, which is not without its own thorny internal conflicts within the community.
We reviewed the film out of Tribeca positively, saying, “A sensitive and nuanced portrait of modernity at odds with tradition,...
Set in a northern Japanese Indigenous community whose financial lifeblood is preserving and performing ancient traditions, the film is a coming-of-age story about the 14-year-old Kanto (Kanto Shimokura) who just lost his father and is taken under the tutelage of a family friend, Debo (Debo Akibe), who teaches him these rituals.
The newly released trailer shows a teen caught between his peers who idolize more current ideas and his heritage, which is not without its own thorny internal conflicts within the community.
We reviewed the film out of Tribeca positively, saying, “A sensitive and nuanced portrait of modernity at odds with tradition,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
"A sensitive and nuanced portrait of modernity at odds with tradition." Array has debuted a US trailer for an indie coming-of-age drama from Japan titled Ainu Mosir, made by filmmaker Takeshi Fukunaga. This premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (where it received a Special Jury Mention) and Taipei Film Festival this year, and already opened in Japan back in October. Set in northern Japan's Hokkaido community, 14-year-old indigenous Ainu teen Kanto (played by Kanto Shimokura) searches for a spiritual connection to his recently deceased father with the help of a family friend. Torn between maintaining the tradition of his ancestors and lured by the mysteries of adulthood, Kanto is on a journey to find his sense of self. This looks like a lovely, spiritual film focusing on Japan's Indigenous people, and their struggles to fit in with society. Here's the official US trailer (+ posters) for Takeshi Fukunaga's Ainu Mosir, direct...
- 11/11/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s Global Bulletin, Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing shares the trailer for Takeshi Fukunaga’s “Ainu Mosir,” Fremantle and Viacom deal on “Tough as Nails,” Eccho Rights and Born Wild team on a new output deal, King of Sunshine Productions announces two holiday musical specials for Channel 5, StudioCanal gets its second lead for “Un año, una noche,” and Amazon Prime Video scoops LatAm streaming rights for “Dignity.”
Distribution
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing is set to launch Takeshi Fukunaga’s sophomore feature “Ainu Mosir,” a Tribeca Film Festival premiere, which garnered a special jury mention, on Nov. 17 on Netflix and in select theaters.
A coming-of-age story, “Ainu Mosir” follows 14-year-old Kanto through his world of centuries-old traditions as he questions long-standing beliefs after the loss of a parent. Set in Hokkaido, Japan among the indigenous Ainu people, the story and characters were developed with input from the community,...
Distribution
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing is set to launch Takeshi Fukunaga’s sophomore feature “Ainu Mosir,” a Tribeca Film Festival premiere, which garnered a special jury mention, on Nov. 17 on Netflix and in select theaters.
A coming-of-age story, “Ainu Mosir” follows 14-year-old Kanto through his world of centuries-old traditions as he questions long-standing beliefs after the loss of a parent. Set in Hokkaido, Japan among the indigenous Ainu people, the story and characters were developed with input from the community,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tiffcom, the market that runs concurrently with the Tokyo International Film Festival, is completely online this year, with 73 films screening for buyers Nov. 4-6. (The festival runs Oct. 31 to Nov. 7.)
But the Japanese companies are quite at home in the new online environment. They are also pitching plenty of new product that is not on the screening schedule, including new titles that have begun to earn.
Leading the Shochiku slate is “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish,” a Tamura Kotaro animation based on a story by Tanabe Seiko about a feisty disabled woman who finds love with an abled-bodied college student.
The story was first made into a 2003 live-action film that was a critical and commercial success. The animation had its world premiere last week at the Busan festival.
Also new to the Shochiku lineup is “Sakura,” a family drama directed by acclaimed indie veteran Yazaki Hitoshi. Fasting-rising young actors Kitamura Takumi,...
But the Japanese companies are quite at home in the new online environment. They are also pitching plenty of new product that is not on the screening schedule, including new titles that have begun to earn.
Leading the Shochiku slate is “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish,” a Tamura Kotaro animation based on a story by Tanabe Seiko about a feisty disabled woman who finds love with an abled-bodied college student.
The story was first made into a 2003 live-action film that was a critical and commercial success. The animation had its world premiere last week at the Busan festival.
Also new to the Shochiku lineup is “Sakura,” a family drama directed by acclaimed indie veteran Yazaki Hitoshi. Fasting-rising young actors Kitamura Takumi,...
- 11/4/2020
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
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