‘Earwig And The Witch’ Director Gorô Miyazaki On The Challenging Process Of Crafting Studio Ghibli’s First 3D CG Feature

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic means international film buyers won't be able to travel to Berlin this year for the European Film Market —the 2021 EFM will be a virtual affair—but select distributors will get a chance to watch Berlin titles at their local cinema.

With international buyers unable to travel to Germany to scout movies at year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the event will instead bring a selection of titles from its program to them through new initiative ‘EFM goes global’.

The Studio Ghibli faithful will unlikely be swept away by Earwig and the Witch (definitely not to be confused with Hedwig and the Angry Inch), a pronounced departure from tradition that proves dispiritingly generic in both appearance and tone.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPixar’s “Soul” was joined by Japanese hit sensation “Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train” at the top of the box office rankings in South Korea over the weekend to Jan. 31.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticErica Wigg, the main character of Goro Miyazaki’s made-for-TV feature “Earwig and the Witch,” is both a brat and an orphan. Those two traits seldom go together in children’s stories, and the combination provides a modest starting point for this intermittently amusing CG entry from Studio Ghibli — back in business but a shadow of its former glory.

Set on the trench that divides waking reality from the subconscious, director Christopher Makoto Yogi’s moody sophomore effort “I Was a Simple Man” achieves the narrative fluidity of dreams in a multigenerational ghost tale that conflates Hawaii’s recent history with one man’s burdensome life—both in irrevocable transition.

Filmmakers have put out a search for budding support artists this February in Aberdeen.And Casting agency Mad Dog 2020 claim no experience in TV or Film is necessary for you to secure the role as an extra.Instead directors are looking specifically for people of East Asian Heritage to film in Aberdeen this February 18 and 19.They also require all applicants to be based in or close to Aberdeen.Casting directors have already put out request to Aberdeen University Japanese Society amongst

“My baby speaks Japanese,” Kim Kardashian captioned a video posted to her Instagram Story on Jan. 25. In the short clip, Saint West showed off what he learned in Japanese class while chowing down on a sweet treat. It seems the lessons were paying off because Saint was able to count off to twenty in Japanese. He did this with a mouth half-full of dessert and while watching an off-screen television. So, it won’t be long before Kim, and Kanye West’s boy is taking over Tokyo.

Gunning for the gold! The Tokyo Olympics faced delays amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Team USA athletes are ready to take home big wins this summer.

Mid East distributor and rising producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has teamed with Saudi Arabian theater chain Muvi Cinemas on a new Saudi-based distribution company. The joint-venture, Front Row Arabia, is set to focus on western, Arabic language and Japanese anime theatrical releases across the kingdom, with its first release being the Liam Neeson actioner The Marksman on Jan.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentExpanding Middle East indie film distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has forged a joint venture with Saudi Arabian exhibition chain Muvi Cinemas to launch Front Row Arabia, with ambitious plans to cash in on Saudi’s current theatrical boom.The new distribution and exhibition company will be releasing English, Arabic, Japanese anime and alternative content across Saudi which — bucking the global downward trend — in 2020 became the Middle East’s

IGN Japan that the forthcoming wrestling game will feature a single-player campaign, a multiplayer mode and a Create-A-Wrestler mode, among “various other unusual modes”.However, Omega also confirmed that the fan-requested General Manager mode will be included on the console version of the game, but will instead be “unique” to its mobile title, AEW Elite GM.Check out a teaser for the AEW console game here.The interview also revealed that Omega, who helped establish the AEW Games brand,