Ashihara Hinako, a 50-year-old Japanese manga artist, has been found dead near Tokyo. Japanese media report that the police are treating the matter as a possible suicide after finding a note at her home on Monday. Ashihara was the author of the “Sexy Tanaka-san” manga,
BLACKBIRD LANDS IN OSAKA The Osaka Asian Film Festival (March 1-10, 2024) has added eight more titles to its line-up, including the award-winning Georgian drama “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry,” which will play in competition.Elene Naveriani’s “Blackbird,” about a middle-aged woman’s relationship decision, has had wide festival
It’s altogether likely that many non-Indigenous people knew nothing about the abuse and disappearances of Native American children that occurred over decades in residential Indian schools throughout North America until those outages inspired a wrenchingly potent subplot last year for the Taylor Sheridan-produced TV series
Paris-based company Indie Sales has closed a raft of major deals on ‘‘Maria Montessori,” a film starring Italian actress Jasmine Trinca (“Fortunata”) as the famed Italian physician and educator who invented a teaching method that is still being used in many schools bearing her name
The 21st edition of CPH:DOX will open with the world premiere of Danish documentary “Life and Other Problems” on March 12 at the Conservatory’s Concert Hall, Copenhagen, where director Max Kestner and a number of the film’s participants will be present. The film will compete
Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market delegates are being introduced this week to the compelling boxing drama “Team Havnaa” from leading Norwegian prodco Maipo Film (“Sonja”, “State of Happiness”). Toplining the cast as the boxing brothers are Tobias Santelmann (“The Last Kingdom,” “Kon-Tiki,” “Out Stealing Horses”), and
Newen Connect has signed a pact with international sales company The Yellow Affair to have the company handle global distribution for independent films produced by Newen Studios. Newen Studios and Yellow Affair are already related though Anagram, which is label of Newen and a shareholder
Banijay Rights has scored a first batch of sales on “Fallen,” a crime drama reuniting “The Bridge” showrunner Camilla Ahlgren and star Sofia Helini. The series is produced by Banijay-owned Filmlance, a leading Scandinavian outfit. Unveiled at the Goteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision conference,