Melancholic is screening in Rotterdam on November 15
On Friday November 15, CAMERA JAPAN is screening Melancholic, the winner of the 2019 CAMERA JAPAN Youth Jury Award, at the Shofukan Japanese Cultural Centre in Rotterdam. “Entangled with mystery,”...
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Film Review: The Forest of Love (2019) by Sion Sono
One of the most extravagant Japanese directors is back: Sion Sono, and this time with a product produced by Netflix. His new movie is titled “The Forest of Love,” and it has no loss. Those who are...
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Interview With Dmitri Mamuliya: The Puzzle Was Supposed to Be Assembled From...
Director, screenwriter, literary theorist and author of poetry and philosophy texts Dmitry Mamuliya graduated from Tbilisi State University’s Faculty of Philosophy and went on to study Directing in...
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Hong Kong Arts Centre Unveils November Moving Images Programme
The Hong Kong Arts Centre has unveiled its Moving Images Programme for the month of November, which includes Once in a Blue Moon – Experimental Images by Ko I-cheng as well as their monthly signature...
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Interview with Shim Hye-jung: “I’m inspired by survivors.”
Seoul-based and born director Shim Hye-jung is a unique voice in the world of cinema: she is a woman in a male-dominated industry; an independent filmmaker in a largely commercial circuit; and not to...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Film “Forbidden Dream” by Hur Jin-ho
Earlier this year, superstar Song Kang-ho featured in “The King’s Letter” as King Sejong, one of the key figures in South Korean royal history. Melodrama supremo Hur Jin-ho’s latest film “Forbidden...
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Film Review: Blood 13 (2018) By Candy Li
A reckless female detective, Xingmin, gets assigned to a murder case of a young woman. What at first seems like a single incident, is soon tied to a serial killer who has been targeting prostitutes...
View ArticleTrailer for New Takashi Shimizu Horror Film “Howling Village”
Iconic Japanese horror director Takashi Shimizu (“Ju-on: the Grudge”, “Marebito“, “The Shock Labyrinth”) has completed production on his most recent film “Howling Village”. The movie marks the 21st...
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Interview With Ivan Markovic: This Development of the City, Which Is Much...
Ivan Marković is a Serbian director and cinematographer, born in Belgrade. His short film “White Bird”, which he cο-directed along with Linfeng Wu, had its premiere at the Berlinale Shorts section....
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Film Review: Height of The Wave (2019) by Jung-bum Park
Here’s the hope that the South-Korean director Jung-bum Park has finally found his ideal time frame with the standard 90 minutes in his third feature film “The Height of the Wave”, which brought him a...
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Interview With Yaron Shani: Honesty Is Sacred in My Filmmaking
Yaron Shani is a graduate of Tel Aviv University Film Department. His debut feature-length film Ajami was an Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film and won fifteen international awards, including...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Film “Start-Up” by Choi Jeong-yeol
Once again, Ma Dong-seok looks to be finishing his year strong. Where last year he had two films, “The Villagers” and “Unstoppable” in November last year, this year he has two films releasing yet...
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Short Film Review: Rubber Dolphin (2018) by Ori Aharon
As obvious as the metaphor is, ‘Rubber Dolphin’ isn’t only about what the title suggests. The 25-minute short film, which was screened in the students’ section of the Cannes Film Festival, is...
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Film Review: “The Story of Hong Gil-dong” by Shin Dong-hun (1967)
With little to no prior training, a home-made multiplanar camera, and perpetual resource scarcity, Shin Dong-hun managed to complete the impossible: he directed Korea’s first feature-length animated...
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Film Review: Fera “The Return” (2019) by Bashar Georgis
Having lost his way in both his faith and sense of community, a young man makes the decision to embrace extreme ideologies to deal with his frustrations. However, after a meeting with a family in...
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Film Review: A French Woman (2019) by Kim Hee-jung
Kim Hee-jung’s new feature-‘A French Woman’ infuses her experimental approach seamlessly within its bleak environment. Ambiguity is a virtue in this case which rewards us with witnessing everything...
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Film review: Balloon (2019) by Pema Tseden
As a novelist and a filmmaker, Pema Tseden is probably one of the key figures in the contemporary Tibetan culture. His newest film, “Balloon” (“Qiqiu” in the original) is kinda of connected to his...
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Film Review: Fagara (2019) by Heiward Mak
“Spicy food can be a form of pain to numb another pain”Director, producer, writer and wonder woman Heiward Mak who AMP had the pleasure to meet and interview at a previous edition of Five Flavours...
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Film Review: Scattered Night (2019) by Sol Kim and Lee Jihyoung
Doing its rounds this year in the festival scene is this South Korean movie which talks about family and what happens when relationships are not able to withstand the rigors of time. The camera angles...
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Book Review: Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly (1995) by Kyoko Okazaki
Supermodel Liliko has become one of Japan’s most recognizable faces, her face plastered over Tokyo in print and on television. To the general public, the star seems to have it all and is unstoppable...
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