7 Asian female directors to direct anthology
Monday - October 8, 2018 2:52 pm ,
Category : ENTERTAINMENT
Busan Oct 8 (IANS) Seven renowned Asian female directors have come together to direct an anthology.
The project s executive producer Kousuke Ono revealed at the Platform Busan forum on Sunday that Japanese multi-talented Kiko Sugino will produce the film variety.com reported.
At the forum producers and directors of omnibus films discussed the challenges of making and distributing what is effectively a niche sub-genre in Asia.
The current trend of producing omnibus films in Asia was kicked off by 2015 s "Ten Years" a deeply political collection of five shorts that envisaged Hong Kong 10 years in the future in 2025.
Another film "21st Century Girl" a collection of 14 eight-minute shorts by women directors will have its world premiere at the Tokyo Film Festival in November.
--IANS sim/rb/vm
The project s executive producer Kousuke Ono revealed at the Platform Busan forum on Sunday that Japanese multi-talented Kiko Sugino will produce the film variety.com reported.
At the forum producers and directors of omnibus films discussed the challenges of making and distributing what is effectively a niche sub-genre in Asia.
The current trend of producing omnibus films in Asia was kicked off by 2015 s "Ten Years" a deeply political collection of five shorts that envisaged Hong Kong 10 years in the future in 2025.
Another film "21st Century Girl" a collection of 14 eight-minute shorts by women directors will have its world premiere at the Tokyo Film Festival in November.
--IANS sim/rb/vm
