Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japan’s Agency for Cultural affairs, Friday, announced the first young filmmakers to receive support under its new Film Frontier Global Networking Program.
The agency explained that Film Frontier will operate with two cycles, allowing the selected four a chance to brush up their presentation skills before then giving them opportunities to present at overseas film events.
It will also connect young film makers with experienced professionals as mentors. The four first recipients were named as: Kawawada Ema (“My Small Land”), Hasei Koki, Ohta Shingo and Nakanishi Mai.
They successful four were selected from over 40 applicants, the agency said at the presentation at the Lexus Meets venue within the Tokyo International Film Festival.The financial and political underpinning of the Creative Support program was passed in last year’s budget.
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