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Japan’s Film Frontier Global Networking Program Unveils First Cohort Of Four Filmmakers
The four filmmakers in the first cohort are Shingo Ota, Emma Kawawada, Kohki Hasei and Mai Nakanishi (Swallow).
The four filmmakers in the first cohort are Shingo Ota ( The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed), Emma Kawawada ( My Small Land), Kohki Hasei ( Blanka) and Mai Nakanishi ( Swallow). “The government wants to support the future of Japanese cinema and the ambitions of young creatives,” said Hirohiko Nakahar, counsellor of the Cabinet Secretariat and director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Saitoh said that he attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time this year and found it a very rich and meaningful experience, especially when exchanging perspectives with international peers.
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