Kansai International Film Festival

The Kansai International Film Festival was a one-time film festival held in 2007 at the Planet Station in Osaka, Japan with funding from the Osaka Prefectural government. It was the first festival in Japan to exclusively feature Japanese films by western film makers.[1]

The festival featured 32 films from around the world.[2] Some of the films featured at the festival were Pamela Valente's "Rock N Tokyo", Norman England's "The iDol (film)", Darryl Knickrehm's "The Laborer (Rodosha)", and Rachael Lucas' "Bondi Tsunami" [3]

Staff

The festival was founded by Kobe-based film director, Darryl Knickrehm and Kansai Time Out writer, Matthew Kaufman.[2] The festival was organized by Darryl Knickrehm, under the supervision of Kiyomaro Kawano, the director of the Osaka branch of the Short Shorts Film Festival.[4] Ayumi Okada was the festival coordinator.

Notes
  1. Movies Online (July 7, 2007). "The 2007 Kansai International Film Festival". via Movies Online. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  2. Variety (July 7, 2007). "Osaka launches debut Kansai film fest". via Variety Asia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  3. Cinematical (July 14, 2007). "Cultures to Clash at Kansai Film Fest". via Cinematical. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  4. Why Not Japan. "Face of the Month No 21". via Why Not Japan. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-10.


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