From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Sat Apr 1 11:35:24 2023 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 11:35:24 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Fukada Koji at Yale Message-ID: <6D4E8D94-67D0-42A2-8C1B-BD761D22E540@yale.edu> FUKADA KOJI at Yale We are very pleased to welcome the Japanese film director Fukada Koji to Yale on April 8 and 9, 2023, to show two of his films and hold noontime discussions with students, faculty, and others. April 8: <>HARMONIUM (Prix du Jury, Un Certain Regard, Cannes, 2016) 7pm, Alice Cinema, HQ L01 https://ceas.yale.edu/events/harmonium-2016-fukada-koji-film-screening Noontime discussion with English translation 12 pm, International Room, Sterling Library Registration will be required April 9: LOVE LIFE (International Competition, Venice, 2022) 7pm, HQ L02 https://ceas.yale.edu/events/love-life-2022-fukada-koji-film-screning Noontime discussion with English translation 12 pm, International Room, Sterling Library Registration will be required Stay tuned for more information! Aaron Gerow Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Film and Media Studies Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 108 PO Box 208201 New Haven, CT 06520-8201 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Profesor Titular/Professor Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n y Sociolog?a Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada +34 91 488 73 11 lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es | www.urjc.es | Lorenzo Torres Academia.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I mean, it's clear from the films themselves; however, to see how intricate the preplaning was was really impressive. - The exhibition did not shy away from his wartime experiences. Indeed, that section was one of the highlights of the exhibition. Moreover, they didn't pull the punches. A large poster had a quote from Ozu's diary, which went something like this: "We walked down a road toward the front and came upon the bodies of both civilian men and enemy soldiers. A baby was sitting in the middle of the road, with some stale bread around him. It was unclear if one of the bodies was his father. We were marching in 4 columns, and with complicated feelings the line of soldiers split into two, passing the crying infant on either side. The landscape in the background was an endless field of rapeseed flowers swaying in the wind. It was unbearably cinematic, but everyone tried not to look." - Another striking aspect of this section was Ozu's enthusiasm for the war project. It's common knowledge that Ozu was in Singapore at the end of the war, but the critical focus has always been on the way it gave him a chance to watch American films (realizing they'd lose the war when he saw Fantasia, etc.). But he was a real flag waver; his job there was the preproduction on major kokusaku propaganda films. One project was *Burma** Military Operation* (*Biruma sakusen*), which was to be shot on location. The other was *To Delhi, To Delhi *(Deri e, Deri e). They also displayed various magazine clippings that showed how the media made a huge deal of Ozu joining the military. It was strikingly similar to the press for Hollywood stars joining the military. Finally, they had two hand towels that Ozu signed and designed toward the end of the war, and they were rather shocking. One was a Japanese tank going over barbed wire. The other had a drawing of what looked like the outer walls at Nanking and a couple Japanese soldiers with the flag waving above. Ozu brushed ???? ("Thousands of Miles Under the Benevolent Rule of the Emperor"). - Personal copies of scripts showed how he drew lines between utterances on the page to split each actor's line into single shots. Fascinating. - Various paintings and pottery that he loved and used in multiple films. - Personal effects, clothing, desk, etc.??I was delighted to see he had glasses virtually identical to my new specs! - A handful of the diaries opened to specific pages. I've always been struck by the brevity of the entries in the published diaries. Well, the diaries themselves are the size of business cards! - Okada Mariko will be appearing next week to talk about her appearances in Ozu's last films. It was wonderful, and will be ending soon. Run! Markus PS: As Lorenzo noted, all the labels are in Japanese. However, the entrance has a handout that translates the big text introducing each section of the exhibit. PPS: There is a FANTASTIC catalog for this exhibit. Tons of photos that give a good sense for what it is like. --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ * *Department of Film, Television and Media* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 10:58?AM Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan wrote: > Yesterday I visited this exhibition in Ozu?s life on the occasion of the > 60th anniversary of his death: https://www.kanabun.or.jp/exhibition/17721/ > > > > In general I am not a fan of memorabilia, but this is a very profuse and > well-organized exhibition, with some photos that I had not seen, for > example, several with his mother. > > > > The only downside is that the explanatory posters were only in Japanese > ?my fault?. I wonder that perhaps, in Japan, they still think of Ozu as > someone who can only be liked by the Japanese... > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > *Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano * > > *Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales* > > *Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations* > > Profesor Titular/Professor > > Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n > > Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n y Sociolog?a > > Universidad Rey Juan Carlos > > Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato > > Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada > > +34 91 488 73 11 > > lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es | www.urjc.es | > > Lorenzo Torres Academia.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Profesor Titular/Professor Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n y Sociolog?a Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada +34 91 488 73 11 lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es | www.urjc.es | Lorenzo Torres Academia.edu De: Markus Nornes Enviado: lunes, 10 de abril de 2023 4:47 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum CC: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Ozu at Yokohama I just went to this as well. It is a really fantastic exhibition and any Ozu fans should definitely make the trek to Yokohama. While there is quite a bit of PR material that is available at any library, at least half the objects are letters, postcards, and photographs. The letters are accompanied by katsuji labels so you can actually read them?the cursive brush or micro-characters make it tough going if you want to read the handwriting. Some of the things that struck me: * Storyboards of his silent films show how completely self-conscious he was about composition. I mean, it's clear from the films themselves; however, to see how intricate the preplaning was was really impressive. * The exhibition did not shy away from his wartime experiences. Indeed, that section was one of the highlights of the exhibition. Moreover, they didn't pull the punches. A large poster had a quote from Ozu's diary, which went something like this: "We walked down a road toward the front and came upon the bodies of both civilian men and enemy soldiers. A baby was sitting in the middle of the road, with some stale bread around him. It was unclear if one of the bodies was his father. We were marching in 4 columns, and with complicated feelings the line of soldiers split into two, passing the crying infant on either side. The landscape in the background was an endless field of rapeseed flowers swaying in the wind. It was unbearably cinematic, but everyone tried not to look." * Another striking aspect of this section was Ozu's enthusiasm for the war project. It's common knowledge that Ozu was in Singapore at the end of the war, but the critical focus has always been on the way it gave him a chance to watch American films (realizing they'd lose the war when he saw Fantasia, etc.). But he was a real flag waver; his job there was the preproduction on major kokusaku propaganda films. One project was Burma Military Operation (Biruma sakusen), which was to be shot on location. The other was To Delhi, To Delhi (Deri e, Deri e). They also displayed various magazine clippings that showed how the media made a huge deal of Ozu joining the military. It was strikingly similar to the press for Hollywood stars joining the military. Finally, they had two hand towels that Ozu signed and designed toward the end of the war, and they were rather shocking. One was a Japanese tank going over barbed wire. The other had a drawing of what looked like the outer walls at Nanking and a couple Japanese soldiers with the flag waving above. Ozu brushed ???? ("Thousands of Miles Under the Benevolent Rule of the Emperor"). * Personal copies of scripts showed how he drew lines between utterances on the page to split each actor's line into single shots. Fascinating. * Various paintings and pottery that he loved and used in multiple films. * Personal effects, clothing, desk, etc.??I was delighted to see he had glasses virtually identical to my new specs! * A handful of the diaries opened to specific pages. I've always been struck by the brevity of the entries in the published diaries. Well, the diaries themselves are the size of business cards! * Okada Mariko will be appearing next week to talk about her appearances in Ozu's last films. It was wonderful, and will be ending soon. Run! Markus PS: As Lorenzo noted, all the labels are in Japanese. However, the entrance has a handout that translates the big text introducing each section of the exhibit. PPS: There is a FANTASTIC catalog for this exhibit. Tons of photos that give a good sense for what it is like. --- [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpadRRhHYSz0N5UbUflm2YEIclCcg0bTCCBEh81fkJ8isCMwomHpMoky49pEF7xzc4MTMR-PM] Markus Nornes Professor of Asian Cinema Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 10:58?AM Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan > wrote: Yesterday I visited this exhibition in Ozu?s life on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his death: https://www.kanabun.or.jp/exhibition/17721/ In general I am not a fan of memorabilia, but this is a very profuse and well-organized exhibition, with some photos that I had not seen, for example, several with his mother. The only downside is that the explanatory posters were only in Japanese ?my fault?. I wonder that perhaps, in Japan, they still think of Ozu as someone who can only be liked by the Japanese... Best wishes, [cid:image005.jpg at 01D96B69.CEE2F9E0] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Profesor Titular/Professor Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n y Sociolog?a Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada +34 91 488 73 11 lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es | www.urjc.es | Lorenzo Torres Academia.edu _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BAC63B65FA814A9E92798D51E673DB12.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9594 bytes Desc: BAC63B65FA814A9E92798D51E673DB12.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please consider purchasing it for yourself, your institution, or your classes. Thank you very much for your support. Best, Christopher D. Scott, Ph.D. Japanese Language and Culture Teacher The Nueva School San Mateo, CA cdscott at alumni.stanford.edu About the book (from the publisher?s website): The so-called Zainichi Korean diaspora in Japan is a large and diverse community with a long and painful history that began with the Japanese colonization of Korea (1910-1945). One of the most prolific and influential Zainichi Korean writers in Japan, Kim Tal-su (1920-1997) left behind a wide body of work depicting the many social and psychological dilemmas that Zainichi Koreans face, such as passing and outing, racism and discrimination, and ethnic identity and political affiliation. This collection, which contains some of Kim?s most important shorter works, showcases his vitality and versatility as a writer. Together, these stories offer new perspectives on Zainichi Korean identity and agency and new horizons for rethinking Japanese and Korean history beyond the borders of the nation-state. Beginning with ?Kindred Spirits,? a lively look at Koreans passing as Japanese and trespassing as bootleggers in wartime Japan, this collection includes the critically acclaimed novella ?The Trial of Pak Tal,? a political satire about the Korean War (and the war within the Zainichi Korean self) through the eyes of a farmhand-turned-freedom fighter named Pak Tal and an equally sly and subversive narrator, and the historical travelogue ?All the Way to Tsushima,? which follows Kim and his compatriots to the island of Tsushima, located between Japan and Korea, on a sentimental search for their lost homeland. The collection ends with two of Kim?s earliest works, ?One?s Place? and ?Memories of My Grandmother,? which explore the place of Zainichi Koreans in Japanese society and their lingering sense of loss and displacement. Sensitively and skillfully translated from the Japanese by Christopher D. Scott, with a detailed introduction to Kim?s life and literary career, The Trial of Pak Tal and Other Stories is a revolutionary work of Zainichi Korean literature and a landmark of Korean diasporic literature. Bridging the histories of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the United States?much like Min Jin Lee?s 2017 bestselling novel Pachinko?this collection brings long overdue recognition to a community that, as Lee writes at the opening of her novel, ?history has failed.? As this translation shows, however, history has not failed Kim; it has redeemed him. Like Pak Tal in ?The Trial of Pak Tal,? Kim has come back, albeit in English this time. 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Best, Alexander ??? *Alexander Fee* *adfee96 at gmail.com * | *513.473.2232 *| alexanderfee.com On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 2:21?PM Eija Niskanen via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Dear KInejapaners, > asking for a Finnish film festival: are Kurosawa'sSeven Samurai rights > with Toho, or does anyone have rights in Europe/North America? > > Also asking Kore-eda's After-life, who might own rights now? > > Best regards > > Eija Niskanen > helsinkicineaasia.fi > +358-50-355 3189 > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Eija ma 17. huhtik. 2023 klo 23.07 Beat Frey via KineJapan ( kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu) kirjoitti: > Hi Eija, > > You may check with trigon-film: > > https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/After_Life/requestscreening > > https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/Seven_Samurai/requestscreening > > Probably only valid for Switzerland, and with German/French subtitles, but > maybe they can point you to another distributor. > > Best, > > Beat > > -- > Envoy? ? partir d?un Smartphone Android avec GMX Mail. > Le 17.04.23, 20:51 Alexander Fee via KineJapan > a ?crit: > >> Hi Eija, >> I cannot speak for Europe, but North American rights for both films are >> with Janus Films (I don't think they have European rights for either), but >> that's likely not too helpful, unfortunately. If it doesn't have Finnish >> distribution, I would guess *After Life* is with Celluloid Dreams! >> >> Best, >> Alexander >> >> ??? >> *Alexander Fee* >> *adfee96 at gmail.com * | *513.473.2232 *| >> alexanderfee.com >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 2:21?PM Eija Niskanen via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >>> Dear KInejapaners, >>> asking for a Finnish film festival: are Kurosawa'sSeven Samurai rights >>> with Toho, or does anyone have rights in Europe/North America? >>> >>> Also asking Kore-eda's After-life, who might own rights now? >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Eija Niskanen >>> helsinkicineaasia.fi >>> +358-50-355 3189 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> KineJapan mailing list >>> KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >>> >> _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -- Eija Niskanen Programming director Helsinki Cine Aasia, March 16.-19.2023 www.helsinkicineaasia.fi +358-50-355 3189 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Eija ma 17. huhtik. 2023 klo 23.07 Beat Frey via KineJapan (kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu) kirjoitti: Hi Eija, You may check with trigon-film: https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/After_Life/requestscreening https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/Seven_Samurai/requestscreening Probably only valid for Switzerland, and with German/French subtitles, but maybe they can point you to another distributor. Best, Beat -- Envoy? ? partir d?un Smartphone Android avec GMX Mail. Le 17.04.23, 20:51 Alexander Fee via KineJapan > a ?crit: Hi Eija, I cannot speak for Europe, but North American rights for both films are with Janus Films (I don't think they have European rights for either), but that's likely not too helpful, unfortunately. If it doesn't have Finnish distribution, I would guess After Life is with Celluloid Dreams! Best, Alexander ??? Alexander Fee adfee96 at gmail.com | 513.473.2232 | alexanderfee.com On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 2:21?PM Eija Niskanen via KineJapan > wrote: Dear KInejapaners, asking for a Finnish film festival: are Kurosawa'sSeven Samurai rights with Toho, or does anyone have rights in Europe/North America? Also asking Kore-eda's After-life, who might own rights now? 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The film program includes many world, international, European and German premieres. The star guest of this year?s festival is Toko Miura, best known from the Oscar-winning drama Drive My Car (2021) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The actress and singer will receive the Nippon Rising Star Award on June 11, 2023. The new honorary award will be presented at the festival for the first time this year and celebrates outstanding young talents in Japanese cinema. In addition to Drive My Car, Toko Miura can be seen in the anti-love film I Am What I Am (2022, German premiere) by Shinya Tamada and the high school road movie Our Huff And Puff Journey (2015) by Daigo Matsui. Nippon Connection celebrates great cinema across all genres with many premieres and guests. In Daishi Matsunaga?s multi-award-winning queer love drama Egoist (2022), fashion editor Kosuke falls in love with his young fitness trainer Ryuta. This bittersweet love story, bursting with life, will be presented at Nippon Connection as a German premiere with the director in attendance. Plan 75 (2022) by Chie Hayakawa has also enjoyed international success and will be shown as a German premiere at Nippon Connection. The multi-layered debut film, sketching a provocative dystopian future of Japan?s hyperaging society, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and was Japan?s entry for the Academy Award. Santa Yamagishi?s fast-paced relationship comedy To The Supreme! (2022) scrutinizes romantic clich?s and uncovers the truths behind them. Things get more fairytale-like in the animated film Gold Kingdom And Water Kingdom (2023). With her feature film debut, anime director Kotono Watanabe has succeeded in creating an imaginative take on the story of Romeo and Juliet that delights with its unconventional characters and a fine sense of humor. In addition, the cult anime series Future Boy Conan (1978) by Hayao Miyazaki in the original version with German subtitles will be shown. For fans of Japanese genre cinema, two very special gems will be shown in Germany for the first time: In Baby Assassins (2021) and its sequel Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023), the two teenagers Chisato and Mahiro have an unusual side job as tough assassins. Director Hugo Sakamoto?s wild genre mix skillfully switches from the lightness of a slacker comedy to perfectly choreographed action. Japan is seen as a country of contradictions, with futuristic megacities next to rural regions where time seems to have stopped. This year?s thematic focus Cityscapes And Countryside, supported by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, is dedicated to this contrast. The philosophical drama The Zen Diary (2022, German premiere) by Yuji Nakae shows the life of a writer in the mountains of Japan ? with an astute eye for nature and the flowing of the seasons. A somewhat different period film can be discovered with Okiku And The World (2022, German premiere in presence of the producer) by Junji Sakamoto. Set in 1858, it tells the story of two young men who sell excrements from the capital?s toilets as fertilizer in the countryside and meet the beautiful city girl Okiku. Filmmaker Taku Aoyagi worked as a delivery courier in Tokyo during the pandemic and captured the experience in his documentary Tokyo Uber Blues (2022, international premiere in presence of the director). The documentary UMUI ? Guardians Of Traditions by Daniel L?pez (2022, international premiere in presence of the director) takes us to Japan?s southernmost archipelago of Okinawa and shows people who want to preserve the local traditions of dance and music. The complete program and tickets will be available on the festival homepage NipponConnection.com from May 12, 2023. Press and professional visitors are welcome to apply for a festival accreditation until May 29, 2023. Besides the festival centers K?nstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Produktionshaus NAXOS, further venues will include the Eldorado Arthouse Kino, the Cinema at the DFF ? Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, the Mal Seh?n Kino, the NaxosAtelier and the Internationales Theater Frankfurt. I?m looking forward to seeing you in Frankfurt! Sincerely, Florian H?hr Program director -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eija at helsinkicineaasia.fi Tue Apr 25 09:37:35 2023 From: eija at helsinkicineaasia.fi (Eija Niskanen) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:37:35 +0300 Subject: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Seven samurai and Wandarufu raifu rights owners In-Reply-To: <814E3F87-DAAE-4909-A449-326898A6C695@unige.ch> References: <814E3F87-DAAE-4909-A449-326898A6C695@unige.ch> Message-ID: Thanks for all, and if anyone has any idea on Rhapsody in August distributor, I'd be thankful. Eija ma 17. huhtik. 2023 klo 23.46 Claire-Akiko Brisset ( Claire-Akiko.Brisset at unige.ch) kirjoitti: > Dear Eija (if I may), > > For The Seven samurai, you may check with The Jokers films (in France). > They might know who has the rights for Finland: > https://www.thejokersfilms.com/ > > Best wishes, > > Claire-Akiko Brisset > Full professor of Japan cultural history > Faculty of the Humanities > University of Geneva > > > > > Le 17 avr. 2023 ? 22:27, Eija Niskanen via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> a ?crit : > > Thanks, Janus might know who has Euro rights. > Eija > > ma 17. huhtik. 2023 klo 23.07 Beat Frey via KineJapan ( > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu) kirjoitti: > >> Hi Eija, >> >> You may check with trigon-film: >> >> https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/After_Life/requestscreening >> >> https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/Seven_Samurai/requestscreening >> >> Probably only valid for Switzerland, and with German/French subtitles, >> but maybe they can point you to another distributor. >> >> Best, >> >> Beat >> >> -- >> Envoy? ? partir d?un Smartphone Android avec GMX Mail. >> Le 17.04.23, 20:51 Alexander Fee via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> a ?crit: >> >>> Hi Eija, >>> I cannot speak for Europe, but North American rights for both films are >>> with Janus Films (I don't think they have European rights for either), but >>> that's likely not too helpful, unfortunately. If it doesn't have Finnish >>> distribution, I would guess *After Life* is with Celluloid Dreams! >>> >>> Best, >>> Alexander >>> >>> ??? >>> *Alexander Fee* >>> *adfee96 at gmail.com * | *513.473.2232 *| >>> alexanderfee.com >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 2:21?PM Eija Niskanen via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear KInejapaners, >>>> asking for a Finnish film festival: are Kurosawa'sSeven Samurai rights >>>> with Toho, or does anyone have rights in Europe/North America? >>>> >>>> Also asking Kore-eda's After-life, who might own rights now? >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> >>>> Eija Niskanen >>>> helsinkicineaasia.fi >>>> +358-50-355 3189 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> KineJapan mailing list >>>> KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list >>> KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >> > > > -- > Eija Niskanen > Programming director > Helsinki Cine Aasia, March 16.-19.2023 > www.helsinkicineaasia.fi > +358-50-355 3189 > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > Ce message est envoy? depuis une adresse ext?rieure ? l?UNIGE, soyez > vigilant-es (exp?diteur, pi?ces jointes). > This message is sent from an address outside UNIGE, be careful (sender, > content). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- Eija Niskanen Programming director Helsinki Cine Aasia, March 16.-19.2023 www.helsinkicineaasia.fi +358-50-355 3189 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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