Berlin Int. Film Festival

[Janine Hansen]

Hi,

the 48. Berlin International Film Festival (Febr. 11-22) has now
announced its program. They will show the following Japanese films in
the Forum:

Blue Fish, dir. Nakagawa Yosuke, 1998
Junk Food, dir. Yamamoto Masashi, 1997
Nahja no mura (Nadya?s Village), dir. Motohashi Seiichi, 1997
Perfect Blue, dir. Kon Satoshi, 1997
Rajio no jikan (Welcome back, Mr Donald), dir. Mitani Koki, 1998
Shinichi Tsutsumi (Unlucky Monkey), dir. Sabu, 1998
Tokyo yakyoku (Tokyo Lullaby), dir. Ichikawa Jun, 1997

In the Competition:

Mononoke hime, dir. Miyazaki Hayao
Sada, dir. Obayashi Nobuhiko

and in the Panorama:

Kichiku dai enkai, dir. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi
Rakka suru yugata (Falling into the Evening), dir. Gozu Naoe

For more information check: http://www.berlinale.de/english/index.html

I would be very glad if the well-informed ones among us could provide
some comments and background information on these films. Thanks a lot.

Janine