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Nikon Next Short Film
"Nikon Next" is now distributing Kawase Naomi's short film "Things Passed Down."
Nikon Next: http://www.nikonnext.com/
The Golden Coach Award of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival
This year's festival opens on May 13th and the award ceremony and the screening of "Hotaru 2009 version" will be held on the second day, May 14th. This award is given to a film director who has contributed to Cannes Festivals as well as Director's Fortnight of SRF (Film Directors' Society), judged by 250 members of the SRF. The Award is established in 2002, and Clint Eastwood, David Cronenberg, Jim Jarmusch won the award in the past events. She is the first Japanese director who won this award.
The special screening of "Hotaru 2009 version", whose original film was premiered in 2000, was planned for the award ceremony, and director Kawase herself re-edited the original film. Kawase commented that she is looking forward to the premiere of the re-edited version of "Hotaru" in Cannes and hopes many audiences come and enjoy it. -----------------------------------------------
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The SRF Official Site
Hotaru (2000 original film)
Cannes International Film Festival
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bean - Nara Craftsman Fair -
October 4 (Sat) & 5 (Sun) 2008 - Nara Centennial Hall
It sprouts from Nara.
Nara, the ancient capital of Japan, will welcome 1300 years since its establishment. From the land where the Tenpyo culture flowered as a terminal point of the Silk Road, a new culture is about to be born.
The "bean" is a sprouted event in which young creators, who shape the Nara's future for the next hundred and thousand years, get together. Creators in a variety of fields (film, food, craftwork, etc.) get beyond their daily activities and gather in the Nara Centennial Hall. The craft fair will be held by such creators who have the feelings of love toward Nara.
In this year's event, we will organize a symposium for the ongoing project of Nara International Film Festival in 2010, inviting a guest from overseas. Furthermore, Kawase Naomi's representative works "The Mourning Forest" (with English subtitle) and "Shara" (Japanese language only) will be screened as a pre-event for the Festival,
with an optional bus tour of visiting the shooting locations of the Mourning Forest.
For further information, please contact us.
Release Info of Kawase's Latest Film "Seven Nights"
Kawase Naomi's newest film Seven Nights (Nana Yo Machi) starring Hasegawa Kyoko will be released this autumn throughout Japan (CINEMA RISE Shibuya‚ and many other theaters).
(Distributing Agency: PHANTOM FILM)
Dons't miss it!
Info for our Website Relaunch
Thank you for checking Kawase Naomi's website.
Now we are‚ in celebration of our new website‚ accepting inquiries regarding Kawase Naomi herself.
If you have any questions about her (any small questions are appreciated)‚ please put a comment to this article.
We staff will select good inquiries and have her reply to them.
(She might possibly answer all the questions???)>
Selected inquiries will be posted on this website Profile page.
Please write one at a time.
Thank you.
Kawase's six films (The Mourning Forest‚ Embracing‚ etc.) are screened in New York
Please check JAPAN SOCIETY for detailed information.
