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Cannes’ Christian Jeune Is ‘Very Optimistic’ About New Generation of Japanese Filmmakers
Cannes' Christian Jeune, has hailed the next generation of filmmakers chosen for the Tokyo International Film Festival's Nippon Cinema Now strand.
“If I go back to six, seven years, I was a bit desperate to find new voices, and I got the impression that there was nobody really, or maybe young directors had difficulties to finance or even to cross over,” Jeune said. The talk, moderated by TIFF artistic director Ichiyama Shozo, saw the participation of Tokyo-born Kim Yunsoo, an alumnus of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, whose feature debut “Or Utopia” premiered in the strand. Joining Kim was 2023 Amazon Prime Video Take One Award winner, Yang Liping, who graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media, Directing Course, and whose “Ashes” is showing at the strand; the U.K.’s Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Mark Gill, whose “Ravens,” starring Asano Tadanobu is another highlight of the strand; and Takino Hirohito whose “The Bear Wait” is premiering at Nippon Cinema Now.
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