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Japan to showcase four directors with global ambitions at Cannes
Kohki Hasei, Shingo Ota and Mai Nakanishi have been chosen for the Film Frontier Global Networking Program, which helps ...
Japan’s Emerging Directors: With a Couple of Films on Their Resumes, These Auteurs Are Poised to Make Bigger Marks on World Cinema
Japan’s cinematic legacy remains one of the highest in the world, and the country’s Agency for Cultural Affairs intends to ...
Japan’s Rising Directors Are Poised to Make Big Marks on World Cinema
Japan’s cinematic legacy remains one of the highest in the world, and the country’s Agency for Cultural Affairs intends to ...
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Jirí Bartoska, Czech Actor and Longtime Karlovy Vary Film Festival President, Dies at 78
By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards Jirí Bartoska, a major star of pre-Velvet Revolution Czech theater, TV and film who helped save the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival before ...
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Jiří Bartoška, Actor and Karlovy Vary Film Festival President, Dies at 78
Czech actor and president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Jiří Bartoška died on Thursday at the age of 78. After graduating from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, he first ...
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Karlovy Vary, Busan Fest Hit ‘Second Chance’ Lands Theatrical Release in India From Platoon One Films, Trailer Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
A trailer has been unveiled. The black-and-white drama, which world premiered in 2024 in competition at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and had its Asian bow at the 28th Busan ...
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Last Year at Karlovy Vary: A Remembrance of Czech Actor and Festival Chief Jiri Bartoska
I first met actors Jiri Bartoska – who died Thursday at the age of 78 – and Leonardo DiCaprio at the same time, at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival 31 summers ago. The encounter was memorable ...