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Inaugural World Culture Film Festival In Los Angeles To Open With ‘The Monk And The Gun,’ Close With Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’
The inaugural World Culture Film Festival, an event showcasing "entertainment that inspires," kicks off in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The festival culminates Saturday with Wim Wenders ’ Oscar-nominated Perfect Days, a drama about Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), a man who cleans Tokyo’s public toilets, which are renowned for their immaculate appearance. “Hirayama clearly derives enjoyment from performing his work well,” the New York Times wrote in a rave review, “but there’s more to his life than labor, and more to this movie than a simplistic celebration of manual toil.” Along with The Monk and the Gun and Perfect Days, prominent selections include Justin Grant and Laurens Goud’s Our Voice, Our Heart(2024 Golden Doc Winner, Asia & Australia); Radha Mehta’s Dosh(2024 Slamdance George Starks Spirit Award Winner); Julio Palacio’s Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World(2024 Tribeca Best Short Documentary); Dash Kolos’ Crown, Harry Holland’s Last Call starring Tom Holland, and Common Ground, a documentary about soil health and regenerative farming that features Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Donald Glover, Ian Somerhalder, and others.
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