Tokyo Film Festival sets Keiichi Hara anime focus June 14, 2017 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is to showcase the work of Keiichi Hara in this year’s Animation Focus section, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Hara worked on anime TV hits including Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, before switching to anime features. His films Summer Days with Coo (2007) and Colorful (2010) both won awards internationally as well as the Japan Academy Prize. 2015's Miss Hokusai was a period anime that garnered both commercial success and critical praise. In addition to the screenings, there will be talk shows and other events, with more details to be announced by the festival. Previous editions of the Special Focus on Japanese Animation have included showcases of Hideaki Anno (Evangelion) in 2014 and Mamoru Hosoda (The Boy and the Beast) last year. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of Japanese animation and the 30th edition of TIFF. TIFF will take place from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3, 2017 in Tokyo.  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 Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
