Naman Ramachandran

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Japanese Producers Drive Tokyo Market Growth as Exhibition Space Sells Out

By: Naman Ramachandran

The Tokyo International Film Festival ‘s TIFFCOM market exhibition space sold out early this year, according to managing director Ikeda Kaori . More

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Acrobatic Pastor's Secret Obsession Drives Boo Junfeng's ‘Trinity' at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

A celebrity preacher who performs daredevil stunts for his congregation while hiding his fixation on a young follower sits at the center

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Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro's ‘Wild Zero Overdrive' at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

Guitar Wolf , a real-life punk outfit with a long record of touring internationally, headlines “ Wild Zero Overdrive ,” director Takeuchi Tetsuro's follow-up to his 1999 film “Wild Zero.”

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Acrobatic Pastor’s Secret Obsession Drives Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

An acrobatic pastor’s obsession with a young disciple drives Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity,’ now at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market.

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Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother' at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

A Himalayan drama that sets a grandmother's stories against the rise of artificial intelligence is aiming for a Cannes premiere next year.

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Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

Ancestral memory meets AI in Bikash Subedi’s Himalayan drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother,’ which is at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market.

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Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro’s ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

Punk band Guitar Wolf stars in ‘Wild Zero Overdrive,’ Takeuchi Tetsuro’s follow-up to his 1999 film, at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market.

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Horror Film ‘The Land of Jinn' Is First Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan Co-Production, Unveiled at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan have made their first film together. “The Land of Jinn ,” a supernatural horror feature directed by Kevin Rahardjo (“Smothered”), was

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Horror Film ‘The Land of Jinn’ Is First Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan Co-Production, Unveiled at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

By: Naman Ramachandran

Kevin Rahardjo’s supernatural horror ‘The Land of Jinn,’ unveiled at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, is the first Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan co-production.

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Oscars Will ‘Always' Reward Human Excellence in AI Era, Academy Chiefs Say as They Leave Door Open to International Feature Rule Tweaks (EXCLUSIVE)

By: Naman Ramachandran

The Oscars will keep honoring human-driven work as AI spreads through filmmaking, Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor tells Variety in Tokyo, while