Tokyo Film Fest to honor Martin Scorsese, Kiyoshi Kurosawa October 12, 2016 - 18:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is to give its Samurai Award to Martin Scorsese and Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa this year, the fest announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The award honors "achievements by veteran filmmakers who continue to create groundbreaking films that carve paths to a new era in cinema," and was launched in 2014. Each year so far it has been awarded to one local and one internationally renowned director. Previous recipients are John Woo, Tim Burton, Yoji Yamada and Takeshi Kitano. Kurosawa is known for his horror films, as well as human dramas such as Tokyo Sonata and Journey to the Shore. A talk-show, In Person: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will be held on Nov. 3, the last day of the fest, when the award will be presented. Scorsese is unable to attend.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
