<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I just learned that Tomonari Nishikawa passed away. He was so young….<div><br></div><div>I got to know him because he was a frequent visitor at Ann Arbor Film Festival, where he showed his work, participated in the selection process, programmed some great Japanese experimental film, and I’m pretty sure he was a juror one year. His films are great. If you haven’t encountered them, go check them out: </div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://vimeo.com/tomonarinishikawa"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:228px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://vimeo.com/tomonarinishikawa" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="228"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:228px;background-color:#AEADA6;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="228"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:228px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:228px;" width="228" height="228" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="8193970_640x640.jpeg" src="cid:B38374DA-B986-4166-B909-4834C305AB0F"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#AEADA6" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="228" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(174, 173, 166, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://vimeo.com/tomonarinishikawa" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.847059);">Tomonari Nishikawa</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://vimeo.com/tomonarinishikawa" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.54902);">vimeo.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><br></div><div style="display: block;"><br></div><div style="display: block;">I particularly like Tokyo - Ebisu. </div><div style="display: block;"><br></div><div style="display: block;">His presence was missed this year; now I know why. RIP. </div><div style="display: block;"><br></div><div style="display: block;">Markus</div><br></div><div></div></body></html>