“Cirque Du Soleil: World’s Away” wows Tokyo Film FestOctober 22, 2012 - 17:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 25th Tokyo International Film Festival opened with the world premiere of “Cirque Du Soleil: World’s Away” a breathtaking 3D feature that combines the magic of Cirque performances with ground-breaking technology created by James Cameron, one of the film's producers, TheWrap said. "Worlds Away," written and directed by Andrew Adamson ("Chronicles of Narnia"), features performances from several Cirque shows in Las Vegas, including "O," "Ka" and "The Beatles: Love," combined with an original narrative about a young woman who comes to see the circus and falls in love. “When I was first asked to do this, I thought 'why change the medium?' But then I saw it as a great opportunity to tell the story to show this world," Adamson said at the opening ceremony in Roppongi Hills. "Japan has been a great supporter of ‘Cirque du Soleil’ for 20 years, and we thank you for this evening." The film opens Nov. 9 in Japan and Dec. 12 in the U.S. "Japan in a Day," the documentary produced by Ridley Scott that features footage submitted by survivors of the devastating 2011 tsunami, had its world premiere earlier in the day. Fifteen films will screen in the festival competition, including two U.S. entries, “What Maisie Knew,” starring Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgard, and Nick Cassavetes' “Yellow.” Producer Roger Corman will lead the jury. The festival includes a three-day film market, TIFFCOM, which will take place for the first time in Tokyo Bay. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |