Bu Wan Cang

Bu Wancang studied cinematography under American photographer Harry Grogin and completed in 1921 a short film titled Rice Bucket. In 1924, he joined Great China Films in Shanghai as cinematographer; in 1926, he entered China Sun Motion Pictures as production manager, making his directorial debut with…

Oh Seok Geun

A South Korean director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated in 1987 from the Korean Academy of Film Arts and gained experience while working as LEE Myun-se’s first assistant director for movies such as (1988) and (1990). He made his directing debut in 1991 with the melodrama , but had to wait…

Kazuno Tsuyoshi

Kazuno Tsuyoshi is a Japanese VFX supervisor from Oga, Akita, Japan. He serves as the representative director of Studio Backhorn Co., Ltd. In 1986, he graduated from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College's Animation Department. He joined the optical synthesis specialized company Den Film Effect and for…

Yi Mun Yol

Yi Mun Yol, born in Cheongun-dong, Seoul, is a South Korean writer. He attended prestigious Seoul National University, studying Korean Literature. He dropped out in 1970. From 1994 to 1997, he taught Korean language and literature at Sejong University. Since 1999, he has served as the head of Buak Literary…

Uno Chiyo

Uno Chiyo was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin,…

Wi Ding Ho

Wi Ding Ho, born and raised in Malaysia, attended the film school at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, lives in Taipei these days. His first feature film Pinoy Sunday (funded and supported by NHK, Japan) garnered a pair of awards at Taipei International Film Festival and also won Wi Ding a Best New Director…

Settsu Mowa

Mowa Settsu was a Japanese novelist, golf critic, and golf historian. After gaining prominence as a humorist novelist in magazines like 'Shinseinen,' he authored numerous golf-related books as a golf historian, contributing to the construction of golf facilities and golf courses. He entered the Keio…

Horiuchi Keizo

Horiuchi Keizo was a Japanese composer, lyricist, translator, and music critic born in Kaji, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. He also used the pen name Yasutani Shizuo (安谷鎮雄). He was the third son of Horiuchi Iataro, the owner of "Asada Ame". However, he abandoned his inheritance rights to Asada Ame at…

Hibi Yuichi

Hibi Yuichi is an accomplished fine art photographer and filmmaker. In 1987, Hibi came to New York to pursue a career in acting. While working as an actor, Hibi was influenced by photographer friends, and soon immersed himself in visual and photographic arts. In 1994, Hibi met and shared his work with…

Jeffrey Jeturian

Jeffrey Jeturian worked his way up in film production as a production assistant, script continuity, art director, production designer and assistant director over a 15-year span. He is a communication arts product of the University of the Philippines, started as a production assistant for Marilou Diaz…

Be Alive Just Like You

7.1

Be Alive Just Like You is an ambitious picture. It is, on the surface, a gritty and sensual film about the romantic life of a disabled man. But at its core, the film is about the human connection. It is about how two…

Akogare no Sora no Shimo Kyoukasho no nai Shougakkou no Ichinen

A documentary film on the Wako elementary school, a private school in the Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. The school is known for its unique teaching method, which is to encourage the independent activity of its students rather…

I Mask Go On

After getting disposed of, a facemask starts to turn into a humanoid figure. It journeys into looking for its previous owner, but finds him already with a new and better face mask. It gets heartbroken then wanders…

Umbilical Cord to Heaven

7.0

Set in the present-day Philippines, the film depicts fairies and gods returning to the land as they are called back and remembered by several individuals, proving the country's constant connection to its rich, complex…

Paano Ang Pangako?

7.7

The secrets and scandals in the Aguinaldo family, led by matriarch Faith played by Maricel Laxa, get more complicated as a new family threatens to upend their lives. The arrival of the Dominante-Cruz family helmed…

Days and Nights in Wuhan

8.3

Set in the central Chinese city, once ravaged by the epidemic, the documentary film "Days and Nights in Wuhan" builds its storyline around the lives of ordinary people, including patients, medical personnel, volunteers…

My Baddest Spicy Cooking

Fumi Aijima, an editor of a food magazine “Weaving Days”, is under relentless pressure from her boss, Minazuki. Her “stress gauge” is at its limit. She suffers from dysgeusia and has to shovel down food covered…

Bite of Dark: Binabahayan

Carmen and her notorious gang mates stay at an old house to hide from the police. They unlock a mysterious room and see a life-size statue. What they don't know is that the statue houses a vengeful spirit waiting for…

Happiness of Iberia

7.1

Introverted Tata lives with his father, grandmother, and younger sister in a mysterious and bizarre village that depends on goat milk for its livelihood. Tata is in love with Heroine, the eccentric driver of a goat…

Green Jail

Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. a place once known as “Green Jail” due to the coal mining village that was located deep in its mangrove jungles. It held thousands of miners, some of whom were from Japan, some…