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  Katsuya Maiguma

  Born March 28, 1987 in Hiroshima, Japan.
  Maiguma’s outstanding performance in his debut feature Ken and Kazu (17’, Dir: Hiroshi Shoji) earned The Mainichi Film Concours for Best New Actor, and Takasaki Film Festival Award for Best New Age Actor. This year Maiguma appeared in 13 films including Sakura Guardian in the North (dir: Yojiro Takita), The Shoplifters (dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda), Recall (dir: Katsuhide Motoki), Think Again, Junpei (dir: Toshiyuki Morioka), A Crimson Star (dir: Aya Igashi), Dare to Stop Us (Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi). He also starred in Hideo Jojo’s Watashi no Dorei ni Narinasai : Chapter 2 and 3. Currently Maiguma is one of the most in-demand actors.

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  Marie Losier

  After training as an acrobat (trapezes, beams, parallel bars...) in her youth, then as a contemporary dancer and a tap dancer, Marie Losier studied literature at the Nanterre University and painting at the School of Fine Arts in New York. She directed several avant-garde portraits of filmmakers, musicians and composers, such as Alan Vega, Jonas Mekas and Genesis P-Orridge. These innovative and intimate first films were made during her spare time, in the wee- kends, and with no funding. But it was her first feature film, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, that showcased her work to a more general audience. After screening in more than 200 festivals around the world, the film was released in 2011 in France, the United States, Canada, Germany and Mexico. It has also won several awards. Today, her films are regularly programmed in the most pres- tigious film festivals (Berlin, Rotterdam, Tribeca, CPH:DOX, Bafici, Cinéma du Réel, Hors Pistes, etc.) and museums around the world, such as Tate Modern (London), MOMA (NYC), Centre Pompidou (Paris), or the French Cinémathèque and the Whitney Biennal (NYC). The first complete retrospective of her films is scheduled to take place at the MoMA (NYC), in November 2018.

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  José Pablo Estrada Torrescano

  José Pablo is a Mexican film director that lives and works in Düsseldorf. He studied for three years, and got an MFA in Cinema and Digital Media with specialization in Directing at FAMU in Prague. He has a BA in Actuarial Sciences and a one-year specialization in Statistics from ITAM, Mexico City. José Pablo has performed in Jérôme Bel’s “The Show Must Go On” and on several Sound Poetry performances in Düsseldorf and Prague. “Mamacita” is José Pablo’s debut film.

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  Kaze Shindo

  In 1998, while studying at a Japanese movie school, she debuted in TX "documentary human theater" "grandpa". After that, she went through the audition of CX "Tsunkutown" in 2000, after being assisted by Yuji Nakae and Director of Kaneto Shindo. She played a directorial debut at "LOVE / JUICE" (screenwriter / director), and received numerous awards including Berlin International Film Festival Newcomer Supervision Award. 05 "Rolling! Tamako "(director), she lived with her grandfather, Kaneto Shindo, and served as assistant supervisor of" Postcard ".

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  Jiro Shindo

  He was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1949. In 1971 he graduated from Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. While attending the university, he took still pictures in production companies, mainly directed by Kaneto Shindo. Since 1979, he had been a producer of "Ōedo Sōsamō" (TV Tokyo) at Mifune Production. He is the producer of "Kindai Eiga Kyokai" (an independent film company of Japan. It means "modern film association" in English.), since 1986's "Blackboard". He received the Fujimoto Award, the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, and the Sarhe Award, for "Postcard ", directed by Kaneto Shindo.

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  Nonzee Nimibutr

  He’s credited as one of the pioneering forces that brought Thai cinema back to the global spotlight in the late 1990s. Today, he continues to be an influential figure in the filmmaking community and a name that stills commands international attention. In 1997, Nonzee revived the sluggish Thai film industry with “Daeng Bireley and Young Gangsters”. Two years later, he adapted “Nang Nak”, a Thai classic horror story, into a hauntingly romantic tale that became a phenomenon by making the unprecedented 150 million baht. Later he made the erotic drama “Jan Dara”, the social critique “OK Betong”, the historical fantasy “Queen of Langkasuka”, and the thriller “Distortion”. He also produced many of Thailand’s biggest hits, such as “Bangkok Dangerous”, “Bang Rajan”, “Monrak Transistor”, “Last Life in the Universe”, “The Overture”, and one of the country’s best-known love dramas, “The Letter”.

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  Michihito Fujii

  Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art. Began his career as a freelance director at university after working as an assistant director of some feature films. Fujii currently makes various types of video/film works as a director and a screenwriter. In addition to making numerous commercials including American Express and Pokémon, he participates in production of a wide range of dramas and music videos. His major directorial films include Oh! Father (2014), Phantom Limb (2014), 7s Seventh (2015) and TANIZAKI TRIBUTE "Devil" (2018). His latest film, Ao no Kaerimichi, will be theatrically released on 7th December 2018.

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  Shinnosuke Abe

  Born on February 19, 1982 in Osaka. Made his acting debut in Lovers' Kiss (2003). His main credits include CROWS II (2009), Thirteen Assassins (2010), BADBOYS (2011), DOG x POLICE: The K-9 Force (2011), Oh! Father (2014), Nobunaga Concerto (2016), Sin and Bus (2016) and Kamisama no Wadachi: Checkpoint of the Life (2018). His latest films, Shiori and Out & Out, will be released in autumn 2018.

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  Kei Chikaura

  Kei Chikaura started a career as a filmmaker in 2013. His 2nd short film, The Lasting Persimmon was selected for Clermont-Fer-rand International Short Film Festival 2016. His 3rd and latest short film, Signature was selected for Locarno International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival 2017, among many others. It won the Grand Prix at Encounters Film Festival 2017.His first feature film, Complicity is selected for Toronto International Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival 2018.

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  Tatsuya Fuji

  Born in 1941 in Beijing, China and living most of his life in Japan, Tatsuya Fuji has starred more than 80 films and TV series in his 45-year acting career. In 1976, his lead- ing performance in Nagisa Oshima’s controversial film In the Realm of the Senses put him under the spotlight. Four of his films, In the Realm of Senses and Empire of Passion by director Nagisha Oshima, Bright Future (2000) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Radiance (2017) by Naomi Kawase, went to the big screen of the Festival de Cannes. In 2005, his profound portrayal in the film Mura No Shashinshuu awarded him the Best Actor of Golden Goblet Award at Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2015, Tatsuya Fuji starred Takeshi Kitano’s Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen.

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  Akira Yamamoto

  Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1991, YAMAMOTO Akira entered Tokyo Zokei University, and intended to study Movie. After graduating, working for a movie production, he directed Cycling, which was filmed in Hiroshima - his hometown - and whose main character is his grandfather. Cycling won a prize in Pia Film Festival (PFF) and it was played in Hong Kong. After that he went on to Graduate School Tokyo University of the Arts for a master’s degree, majoring in Film, Director filed, studying under SUWA Nobuhiro and KUROSAWA Kiyoshi. The graduation work, "Speak Low"is officially selected for FID Marseille.

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  James Mitchell

  James Mitchell is an accomplished producer with numerous credits for both film and TV. His career has spanned Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and he is currently the Creative Director for the Production Company 4WT Media in Los Angeles. James recently produced Souls of Totality which has been officially selected for 15 international film festivals including the Hiroshima International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Souls of Totality has qualified for the 2019 Academy Awards.

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  Txema Novelo

  Born in1982, Mexico City.He is a graduate from the National Study of Contemporary Arts of France LE FRESNOY. He has participated in the Image Festival of Toronto 10, the Havana Biennial 03, the International Art Biennial of Mexico-California 2010 and the 2nd Moscow Biennial of Young Art 2010. His video work has also been exhibited individually and collectively in international museums such as the University Experimental Museum "El Eco", the Carrillo Gil Art Museum and the Museo Tamayo, all in Mexico City. The "Zamek Ujazdowski" Contemporary Art Museum in Warsaw, Poland, the "Reina Sofia" National Museum of Art and "La Casa Encendida" in Madrid, Spain and the "Fundación Telefonica" Art Space in Buenos Aires, Argentina among others.

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  Julien Naveau

  Between 2003 and 2007, he participated in the training course of the department Production of La Fémis. While attending his classes, he produced three short films within the company Les Films au Long Court. He spent his 2005 year reading for Fidélité Films and in 2006 he took a training course at Why Not Productions. He also worked for four years as a scheduler for the company Pierre Grise Distribution where he took charge of the release and distribution of many films.

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  Elena López Riera

  Born in 1982 in Spain. She directed the short films Pueblo (presented at the Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight in 2015, and screened in over twenty international festivals) and Las vísceras (presented at the Locarno Film Festival, Pardi di domani competition, awarded the Silver Mikeldi Prize at the Zinebi Interna- tional Festival).

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  Sunao Katabuchi

  Born in 1960. Animated Film Director.
  Director of works such as Kono Hoshi no Ue ni, Black Lagoon, Maimai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou, and the animated version of Hana ga Saku.
  Special speaker for the Cinema Department and Graduate School of Film at the Nihon University College of Art. Also a member of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences, the Japan Society for Animation Studies, and the Japan Animation Association.

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  Hiroyuki Miyagawa

  Miyagawa has lived in Hiroshima Prefecture since he was born there. When he was a high school student, he saw Dragon Ash's music video ‘Hi wa Mata Nobori Kurikaesu’, which led him to want to become a director. He tried to become an apprentice to Spielberg, but he gave up due to the lack of his language skills and his family’s poor economic power. Instead, he went to college. Contrary to the boys’ school Sotoku High School, where he went, he entered a medical university where there are many female students. Even so, he could not give up his dream, so he took the plunge into the world of video images.
  He is a 38-year-old man who loves ‘Back to the Future’. Recently, he created that commercial of Eldred's glasses.

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  Amane Okayama

  He was born in Tokyo on June 17, 1994. In 2009, he made his debut with "Chuugakusei Nikki Series / Tenkousei" (NHK).
  Recent major works are, "Hiyokko" (NHK), "Heisei Story" (CX), "Wonder Wall" (NHK), "Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High"（2017）, "Hyouka" (2017）, "Goodbye, Grandpa !" （2017）, "Love Disease" (2018), "Soratobu taiya" (2018), and more. The following works will be released:
  "Ozland", "The Gun", and "Kibaiyanse! Watashi" (2019). His acting in the film "Poetry Angel" （2017）was evaluated, and he won 32nd Takasaki Film Festival Award for Best New Age Actor.

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  Rina Ono

  She is from Tokyo.
  She appeared in the TV drama of Nippon Television ‘Saki-ni-Umareta-dake-no-Boku’, the TV drama aired on the Fuji TV network ‘Cecile-no-Mokuromi’, the spin-off drama ‘Cecile Boys’, the HKT48 short movie project ‘Romanesco’, and so on.
  In 2017, she appeared in the web CM of LINE company ‘Confession Movie Suki-nante-Ieru-wakenai.’, which led her to get public attention. She appears in the currently airing TBS Tuesday drama ‘Chugakusei-Nikki’.

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  Hideyuki Tokigawa

  Japanese film maker, Hideyuki Tokigawa, began his career in Singapore working for Discovery Channel Asia, before returning to Tokyo to work for Walt Disney Television International, where he lead the TV Production Unit as Senior Producer.

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  Yoshimi Tokui

  He was born on April 16, 1975. He is a member of comedy duo, "Tutorial". They won the M-1 Grand Prix in 2006. Currently, he is appearing in variety show programs, "Konya Kurabete Mimashita" (NTV), "One minute deep good speaking" (NTV), "Shabekuri seven" (NTV), "My life on a dish (TBS)", and more. As an actor, he appeared in "Testimony of N" (2014 / TBS), "It's not that I can't marry. I don't marry. " (2016 / TBS) etc.

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  Ayano Nonomura

  Born in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Ms. Ayano Nonomura studied vocal music at Hiroshima Music High School and Osaka College of Music. She won Student Music Concours of Japan in 2009 at High School Section and in 2012 at University Section, which is the gateway to success for Japanese students. She has become the first two-title winner in the history and completed the Excellent Award at Nikikai Opera Institute. Ms. Ayano Nonomura attracted attention when she sang Japan’s national anthem at the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. She has won a number of top prizes at domestic competitions and she is widely active from classical to game music. Also, at the Mazda Stadium opening game for the 60th anniversary of the founding of Hiroshima Toyo Carp, she sang Japan’s national anthem.

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  Anna SAMO

  Was born in Moscow, Russia on 29.08.1980. Dreamed about becoming a clown - or a superintendent. Became animator. Favorite childhood activities were drawing on wall paper, declaiming poems and destroying the family porcelain. 1999 started studying architecture in Moscow. After two years gave up and changed to animation. 2002-2006 was studying art-direction of animated films at VGIK (Film University, Moscow). 2006-2013 was studying animation at HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam, Germany. Since October 2011 freelance animator in Berlin and New York. Samo's independent films were shown at acclaimed film festivals around the world such as Berlinale, Annecy, Stuttgart, Hiroshima, Encounters FF, Cork FF, Aspen Shortsfest etc.

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  Mauricio Novelo Jarque

  Mauricio Novelo is a photographer and filmmaker who has developed wide-ranging work on the subject of Japanese culture. He directed the documentary film Interior-Exterior (2012-93 min.) as well as diverse documentary works about Mexican culture. He was the cinematographer on the film Oso Polar, which won the “Ojo de Oro” as the best Mexican feature film at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2017. He has been bestowed the following scholarships and awards: "Support Program for Film and Visual Media Production on Japan" awarded by the Japan Foundation in 2010. Sponsorship for project development by the Fundación/Colección Jumex, 2010. Award for project development from the Committee for the 400th Anniversary Celebrations Mexico and Japan, 2010. His work has been presented in countries such as Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Japan, Portugal, Peru, Mexico through different film festivals and museums.

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  Yukihiro Morigaki

  Born in Hiroshima, Japan, 1983.　He started his career at a TV-commercial production in Fukuoka, then moved to Tokyo to join a group called "THE DIRECTORS GUILD" as a movie director. Later he established his own creator group called "KUJIRA" with a screen play writer Sahoko Yamazaki. He directs films, TV-commercials, music videos; his major works are for example SHISEIDO, SOFTBANK, NISSHIN Cup Noodles, D-magazine, DAIHATSU, JRA and so on. He has rewarded in many prizes such as CANNES LIONS 2016 (bronze), ACC (silver) and more. In 2014, he directs a film called "Clockwork Couple" and rewarded at FOX short film festival as the grand prix, also rewarded at Ozu-Yasujirou short film festival as the second place. The latest film "Good by, Grandpa!" is his first long film in his career.

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  Jackie Raynal

  Jacky Raynal is French directress, actress and film editor. She's born in 1940 near Montpellier. The film maker has a diploma in Linguistics. In the early 60's, already a photographer, young Jacky Raynal starts working in the field of cinema. She's assistent film editor for the documentarys of G. Patriss and F. Vienne. After that, she edits the first films of E. Rohmer. In 1965 J. Raynal gets the license of senior film editor for feature films in CNC (National Cinema Center). Now she's working with the film directors of the New Wave. She edits all of the skecthes of Six in Paris, directed by Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol. Jacky Raynal continues to work in editing till the end of 70's.

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  Samantha Leroy

  Samantha Leroy is in charge of the promotion of the film collection of the Cinémathèque française. She programs the films from collection in several festivals and cinematheques and is member of the committee of authors for the on-line catalogue of restorations of the Cinémathèque française. She is also in charge of the production and development of the festival “Toute la mémoire du monde”. She is co-founder and president of the association L’Inversible, and organiser of the Home Movie Day in Paris.

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  Bertrand Mandico

  Bertrand Mandico has directed many short films and worked for several art centers in Europe. Two of his short films, "Boro in the box" and "Living still life", were selected in Cannes and Venice and have won awards in many international festivals. While directing 21 shorts in 21 years with actress Elina Löwensohn, he is preparing his first feature film, “The Wild Boys”, shooting in fall 2015.

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  Léonardy (Léo) Soesanto

  Leo Soesanto is a Paris-based film journalist and festival programmer. His writings have appeared, among other publications, in Les Inrockuptibles, Grazia and Libération. He has been the programming director of Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux since its creation in 2012, a senior programmer at International Film Festival Rotterdam since 2016 and the head of short films selection at Cannes Critics’ Week since the 2017 edition.

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  Martin Schilt

  1971 born in Bern, lives in Zürich, since 1995 independent Filmmaker, Founder Lucky Film Zürich Since 1996 Producer and Editor and Head of Program Development for Swiss National Television.

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  Peter Nestler

  Peter Nestler Born on June 1, 1937 in Freiburg, Germany. Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, while also appearing in films and on television as an actor. His first work as a director was the documentary short By the Dike Sluice, produced in 1961–1962. After that, he remained active as a TV actor, using the income to finance further documentary shorts. His style, characterized by the poetic technique of combining distant shots with historical photographs and illustrations, was not understood by contemporary critics. Before long, German TV stations stopped commissioning documentaries from him, and at the end of 1966, he relocated to Sweden, the home country of his mother. He soon found a job making children’s programs for a Swedish television station. In between those, he produced critical documentaries that engaged with history and society. From late 1980s onwards, he would once again start getting requests from German TV stations. This resulted in works on a variety of themes such as life of Jewish people during the Nazi period, customs and history of Native Americans in South America, or Hungarian artists. Presently living in Stockholm, Nestler is considered the leading documentary filmmaker in Europe.

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  Toucas & Taca

  Crestiano Toucas - Composition, Accordion, Vocal, Percussion
  taca - Composition, Arrangement, Accordion
  
  

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  Ji Shirakawa Band

  Dr, Ten Dollar SHIRAKAWA
  Vo, Yoshimoto Shinkigeki TAKAI
  Gu, Makoto
  Ba, Isshin