A touching and very human debut feature from Japanese writer/director Miiku Sakanishi on connection with others and how (and why) we capture memories to preserve moments in time. Memorizu has its World Premiere at Tribeca Festival on 6th June. Director Miiku Sakanishi sets the tone from the outset of his feature debut, with the opening images showing different people sitting looking outwards as the sea and landscape are framed in the window of a ferry.

Writer and Director : Miiku Sakanishi Miiku Sakanishi’s Memorizu is a lovely film about memory and the enchantment of small things. Yuta and Yoki are a young Tokyo couple, parting at a ferry. Yuta, th...

Memorizu, for all of its slow pacing, is a magical experience, and a calling for all of us. Find out more in our review!

Directed by: Miiku Sakanishi Starring: Tasuku Emoto, Issey Ogata, Moeka Hoshi

Japanese filmmaker Miiku Sakanishi's film stars Moeka Hoshi, Issey Ogata, and Yu Kashii. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

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by Genevieve Radosti, Staff Writer There Was, There Was Not honors the strength, trials, and resilience of Armenian women in the face of limiting cultural expectations and in wartime.

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