[KineJapan] Nippon Connection report

[Roger Macy]

My review of Nippon Connection went up at Senses ofCinema  this month. https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2023/festival-reports/amiko-haunts-the-23rd-nippon-connection/ There’s a couple of things I’d like tosay about it.

There’s always more films than one meaningfully talk about and sincethere is crossover between FEFF and Nippon Connection I generally avoidduplication of films Chris Berry has covered from there. However, this year, hisreport got snagged on a refusal by the editor to allow ‘mainland China’ for theChinese film industry excepting Hong Kong – despite, I notice, the term beingso used in the title of a previous report. I eventually finished my reportblind, deferring to Chris’ report from FEFF by guesswork. I knew he also admiredMatsunaga Daishi’s Egoist, but thought Chris more equipped to write onit, referring to his report. I assumed SoC would eventually see sense but instead,my references to Chris’ report have been removed with Matsunaga and othersgetting collateral damage.

Anyway, I hope readers find other points of interest in anotherfascinating Nippon Connection festival.

One hopes this will all be cleared up by next year. I’m not sure yetwhether I can make the full week at Frankfurt next year,so If someone else would like a crack at reviewing Nippon Connection, pleaselet me know and I’ll defer.

Roger

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