“Juvenile” marks the directorial debut of Takashi Yamazaki, one of Japan’s most popular filmmakers working today. While lacking originality, it’s charm makes for a commendable first effort. The project was conceived by Shirogumi, an animation and visual effects studio Yamazaki had worked for since 1986 and continues to collaborate with. Written and directed by him, it is his first collaboration with the visual effects company Robot Communications, who, like Shirogumi, he continues to work with frequently. While fairly obscure overseas, the feature was a hit for its native release and international premiere at the Gifoni Film Festival in Italy. The robot that appears in it, Tetra, has remained fairly popular in Japanese pop culture.
During the summer of 2000 in Japan, Yusuke and his friends encounter a peculiar finding in the woods while on a camping trip. They meet a small, friendly robot named Tetra sent from the future to...
During the summer of 2000 in Japan, Yusuke and his friends encounter a peculiar finding in the woods while on a camping trip. They meet a small, friendly robot named Tetra sent from the future to...
- 9/26/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing the best documentaries of the year, were revealed and Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" (one of my faves of 2013) won the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking while Sarah Polley took home the Outstanding Achievement in Direction for "Stories We Tell."
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
While only five films will compete for the best documentary Oscar after nominations are announced next week, many more were celebrated last night at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens during the seventh annual Cinema Eye Honors, which recognize the finest non-fiction accomplishments of the year. Two acclaimed documentaries from 2013 capped the night, with Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing” winning the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Sarah Polley nabbing Outstanding Achievement in Direction for “Stories We Tell.” However, the biggest winner of the evening was unquestionably Zachary Heinzerling’s “Cutie and the Boxer,” the Sundance-acclaimed portrait of a New York artist and his committed wife, which won three prizes: Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu. Highlights from the evening included a lengthy introduction by Michael...
- 1/9/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell and Cutie and the Boxer among winners at seventh annual documentary awards.
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
- 1/9/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
RADiUS-twc announced today that it has acquired North American and French rights to the U.S. Documentary Directing Award Winner Cutie and the Boxer , one of the best-reviewed films at the Sundance Film Festival that premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition. Directed by first-time feature filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling, Cutie and the Boxer is a soulful and unsentimental exploration of life and art via the 40-year love story of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, two Japanese artists who met and married in New York in the early 1970s. The film was produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Patrick Burns and Sierra Pettengill. Kiki Miyake is the executive producer. David Teague is the editor and Yasuaki Shimizu is the composer. RADiUS has slated a 2013 release. As a rowdy young...
- 1/26/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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