UMkhosi Wamafilimu WaseTokyo Wengeza Imiklomelo Yamafilimu AseJapane, Uhlelo Lwase-Asia Nomklomelo Wabesifazane

UMkhosi Wamafilimu Wamazwe Ngamazwe WaseTokyo uzofaka imiklomelo emibili yokuncintisana esigabeni sawo i-Nippon Cinema Now, wethule uhlelo i-Crosscut Asia+ olugxile eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, futhi unikeze i-Kawakita Kashiko Award entsha yokuhlonipha abesifazane abathuthukisa isiko lamafilimu. Lo mbiko usekelwe ekubikeni kwe-Variety.

I-Nippon Cinema Now izonikeza umklomelo we-Best Film nowe-Special Jury Prize kulo nyaka; abazonqoba bazokhethwa yiphaneli yamajaji akhiwe ngabantu bemboni yaseJapane nakwamanye amazwe. I-TIFF ithi lo mncintiswano uhloselwe ukweseka abenzi bamafilimu baseJapane, kusukela kwabasanda kuqala kuya kwabanezinga eliphezulu lolwazi, nokuxhumanisa umsebenzi wabo nezithameli zaphesheya.

I-Crosscut Asia+, ethuthukiswe ngokubambisana ne-Japan Foundation, iqhubekisela phambili umgomo wohlelo lwangaphambili i-Crosscut Asia, olwaqala ngo-2014 lwaphela ngo-2019. Uhlelo ngalunye luzohlanganisa abahleli bezinhlelo zamafilimu baseJapane nabaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia bezungeze indikimba efanayo. Uhlelo lokuqala, oluthi “Side by Side,” lukhethwe umhleli wezinhlelo nomculi wezobuciko obubonakalayo ozinze eJakarta, u-Raslene, kanye nomqondisi wezinhlelo we-Waseda Shochiku, u-Ueda Masayuki, kanti uprofesa osewathatha umhlalaphansi wase-University of Michigan, u-Markus Nornes, ungumeluleki.

Uhlu lwamafilimu ayisithupha lubandakanya elika-Rafael Manuel elithi “Filipiñana,” elika-Kamila Andini elithi “Four Seasons in Java,” elika-Polen Ly elithi “Becoming Human,” ifilimu ka-Bachtiar Siagian yango-1957 ethi “Turang,” elika-Daniel Hui elithi “Small Hours of the Night” nelika-Hafiz Rancajale elithi “Behind the Flickering Light: The Archive.” Ukukhonjiswa kwamafilimu kuzohambisana nezingxoxo zamaphaneli ezihlelwe ngabahleli bezinhlelo.

I-Kawakita Kashiko Award, eyasungulwa yi-Kawakita Memorial Film Institute, izokwethulwa esigabeni se-TIFF sika-Women’s Empowerment. Umamukeli wayo wokuqala ngumgxeki wamafilimu u-Hata Sahoko, oseke waletha eJapane amafilimu ka-Jacques Tati athi “Mon Oncle,” eka-Jean-Luc Godard ethi “Breathless” neka-René Clément ethi “Purple Noon,” ngokwe-Variety.

Ukuhlolwa komthelela

Kubenzi bamafilimu be-Nippon Cinema Now, imiklomelo emibili emisha idala isiqinisekiso esengeziwe sokuncintisana esingasiza ukugqamisa umsebenzi waseJapane okhethiwe phakathi nenkathi yemikhosi yamafilimu. Inzuzo eqondile ukuqashelwa; omunye umthelela ongase uvele kamuva ukuthi abahleli bezinhlelo nababambiqhaza embonini bangasebenzisa le miklomelo njengenye yezinkomba lapho becubungula izimemo zesikhathi esizayo noma ukwakha ubudlelwano bomsebenzi.

I-Crosscut Asia+ inika amafilimu ayisithupha akhethiwe inkundla yaseTokyo ehlelwe ngokubambisana, kanye namaphaneli ahambisana nokukhonjiswa kwawo. Ngaphandle kwabenzi bamafilimu, lokhu kubambisana kwaminyaka yonke kunganweba ubudlelwano phakathi kwabahleli bezinhlelo baseJapane nabaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, mhlawumbe kuthonye ububanzi bomsebenzi wesifunda obucatshangelwa ezinhlelweni zesikhathi esizayo zamafilimu akhethiwe nasemikhosini yamafilimu. Ukuqashelwa okumenyezelwe kwabesifazane esikweni lamafilimu kudala inkundla yomphakathi yesikhungo, nakuba umbiko ungakuqinisekisi ukuthi lokhu kuzoguquka kube uxhaso lwezimali, imisebenzi noma amandla amakhulu okuthatha izinqumo.

Izimo ezingaba khona

Okungenzeka kakhulu: Umbono wethu, osuselwe ekuqageleni okunolwazi: Uma i-TIFF yethula imiklomelo, uhlelo lwamafilimu ayisithupha namaphaneli njengoba kumenyezelwe, abenzi bamafilimu nabahleli bezinhlelo ababambiqhaza bangasebenzisa imiklomelo emisha nezixhumanisi zokuhlela njengeziqu lapho befuna ezinye izimemo zemikhosi yamafilimu ephesheya kwemingcele nobudlelwano bokusebenza phakathi nenkathi elandelayo yemikhosi. Lena yindlela okungenzeka kakhulu ngoba lezi zinhlelo sezivele zihlinzeka ngokukhonjiswa kwamafilimu okucacile, imiklomelo kanye nesakhiwo esisemthethweni sokubambisana. Abawine imiklomelo, amaphaneli aqediwe nokuvela kwabantu ababambiqhaza kamuva kweminye imicimbi yemboni kungakuqinisa lokhu.

Umphumela ongaba ngcono: Uma imiklomelo ne-Crosscut Asia+ kuba yizici eziphindaphindwayo, i-TIFF ingajulisa indima yayo njengebhuloho phakathi kwemiphakathi yamafilimu yaseJapane neyaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia onyakeni olandelayo nangemuva kwawo. Ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo yi-TIFF ne-Japan Foundation kungakhuthaza abahleli bezinhlelo abaningi ukuba banike umsebenzi wesifunda indawo, kunikeze abenzi bamafilimu abazimele izindlela ezengeziwe zokufinyelela ezithamelini ezingaphandle kwezimakethe zasekhaya. Izinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo ezihlelwe ngokubambisana, ozakwethu abengeziwe kanye nabanqobi be-Nippon Cinema Now abaphindaphindayo kungasekela leyo ndlela.

Umphumela ongaba mubi: Uma lo mncintiswano, amaphaneli ne-Kawakita Kashiko Award kungaphindeki, imithelela yako ingase ihlale ikhawulelwe kakhulu kumafilimu akhethiwe alo nyaka kanye nokuhlonishwa kokuqala kuka-Hata. Kuleso simo, umkhosi ungahlinzeka ngokubonakala ngokushesha ngaphandle kokuguqula ngokuphawulekayo ubudlelwano besikhathi eside ekuhlelweni kwezinhlelo noma izindlela zokuqashelwa. Ukungabikho kohlelo olulandelayo lwe-Crosscut Asia+, lomamukeli womklomelo noma komncintiswano kungakhomba kuleyo ndlela.

Okulandelayo okufanele kubhekwe

I-TIFF kulindeleke ukuthi imemezele abawine i-Nippon Cinema Now Best Film ne-Special Jury Prize phakathi nomkhosi walo nyaka. Ukuqedwa kokukhonjiswa kwamafilimu ayisithupha e-Crosscut Asia+ namaphaneli kuzobonisa ukuthi isakhiwo sokuqala senziwe njengoba kuhleliwe. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kweziyi-12 ezilandelayo, umamukeli omusha we-Kawakita Kashiko Award noma olunye uhlelo lwe-Crosscut Asia+ oluhlelwe ngokubambisana kungaba uphawu olucace kakhulu lokuthi lezi zinhlelo seziphenduka izingxenye ezihlala njalo zomkhosi.