Bahman Ghobadi’s ‘The Four Walls’ Trailer Unveiled On Tokyo International Film Fest Debut

England play their last match of the Autumn Nations Series for 2021 against South Africa this weekend.

Adam McKay will receive the Volta Award from the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) in recognition of his contribution to film.

Jane Campion is the recipient of the Palm Springs International Film Awards’ Director of the Year Award for her 2021 film “The Power of the Dog.”Campion will receive the honor at the Film Awards, which will take place in person on Jan. 6, 2022, at the Palm Springs Convention Center as part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival running through Jan.

Jennifer Yuma editorJane Campion will be honored with the director of the year award for her work on “The Power of the Dog” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards, taking place Jan. 6-17.Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a masochistic cattle rancher named Phil Burbank, whose bullying demeanor is drawn from a frontier-worn masculinity and deeply closeted sexuality.

Palm Springs International Film Awards! On Monday, it was announced that the 47-year-old actress will be the recipient of the International Star Award, Actress for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's .In Parallel Mothers, two women share a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident.

A new film festival in Auckland, New Zealand, has unveiled the first wave of its line-up ahead of its debut edition in January 2022.

Guy Lodge Film CriticFilm festivals have been the primary hatching-ground for Oscar contenders ever since the Academy’s tastes shifted predominantly from studio to independent cinema earlier this century — though in the international feature category, this has been the case for far longer.

Kristen Stewart is already being honored. The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced on Monday that the leading lady is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actress for her portrayal of the late Princess Diana in, which is out now in theaters.“It is always a challenge to portray a real-life figure, especially one so beloved as Princess Diana, yet Kristen Stewart does a fantastic job in ,” said Harold Matzner, the festival's chairman.

Awards season hasn’t even kicked off yet and Kristen Stewart is already being honoured. The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced on Monday that the leading lady is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actress for her portrayal of the late Princess Diana in “Spencer”, which is out now in theatres.

Vera Dreams of the Sea,” Kaltrina Krasniqi’s semi-autobiographical drama about a sign-language interpreter who battles for her rights in an inheritance dispute, was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 34nd Tokyo International Film Festival on Monday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFast-rising Philippines-based director Mikhail Red has gained a dedicated following after delivering a succession of powerful films in just a few years.In addition to establishing Red on the festival circuit – he has been consistently programmed by the Tokyo International Film Festival – his pictures have been acquired by Netflix.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOkinawa-born actor Shogen used to be told that he didn’t look Japanese enough for the Japanese film industry.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentNohara Tadashi is one of only two Japanese directors with films in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s main competition section. “Third Time Lucky” is his first theatrical feature.Born in 1983 and a 2009 alumnus of the Graduate School of Film & New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Nohara is no industry newcomer.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that Kristen Stewart will receive Spotlight Award for actress. The “Spencer” star will be receive her honor at the festival’s in-person event on Jan.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBahman Ghobadi, the Kurdish-Iranian director whose “The Four Walls” has its world premiere this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival, wants people to watch his film on a big screen.“If you watch it on a computer you might think that ‘The Four Walls’ is about a building,” he says.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentFestival Ambassador for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, Hashimoto Ai is an inspired choice for the role and not only because she is an A-list actor who has starred in hit TV series (“Amachan”) and worked with internationally acclaimed directors like Nakashima Tetsuya (“Confessions”) and Yoshida Daihachi (“The Kirishima Thing”).She is also a certified film nerd, who has proclaimed her love of everything from 1970s “pink” (softcore adult) classics

Rebecca Davis editorSmall but growing production firm Midnight Blur Films has had a strong fall.Its soft sci-fi feature “Journey to the West” just won top accolades at China’s Pingyao Intl.

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Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentOne way to help the film industry prepare for the post-COVID future would be to look at lessons from the past, a Monday seminar at TIFFCOM, the market component of the Tokyo International Film Festival, heard.Shiina Yasushi, head of TIFFCOM, said that Japanese film studios faced a similar dilemma with the growth of home video in the 1980s. They managed to counter falling box office revenues by getting into video themselves.

Kishida Fumio sent a video message on Saturday to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival.“I would like to express my gratitude to all of you for your ingenuity and dedication in organizing this new type of film festival, a hybrid of the real and online,” Kishida said.Where previous Japanese premiers have trod the red carpet, Kishida’s careful social distancing was in keeping with a low-key ceremony and prevailing anti-COVID conditions.