Event: EVA – East via Asia! (Aasia sõltumatute filmide festival EVA)

Venue: Kinomaja, Tallinn, Estonia

When: 25-28 August, 2011

Kinomaja, Tallinn
A host of independent features, shorts, documentaries and experimental films at the first year of this new festival in Tallinn organised by Helen Merila. Programme curated by Jasper Sharp in association with Zipangu Fest.

Event: ‘Behind the Pink Curtain’ Retrospective at New Horizons International Film Festival
Venue: Helios Cinema, Wroclaw, Poland
When: 21-31 July 2011

New Horizons audience for Yumi Yoshiyuki's Widow Apartment

A 20-film retrospective of pink and Roman Porno films at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw to coincide with the Polish-language edition of Behind the Pink Curtain, entitled “Za różową kurtyną”, published by Korporacja Ha!art Press. Special guest included Yumi Yoshiyuki.

Event: Shinsedai Cinema Festival: The New Generation Japanese Film Festival
Venue: The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, North York, ON M3C 1Z5, Canada
When: 21-24 July 2011

Curated by Chris MaGee, the founder and editor of Toronto’s own J-Film Pow-Wow and Jasper Sharp, author, film historian, and co-founder of Midnight Eye, the Shinsedai Cinema Festival will celebrate the wide range of talent coming out of Japan today. For four days between 21-24 July the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre will be host to everything from insightful dramas, quirky comedies, hard-hitting documentaries, experimental shorts, and beyond. The Shinsedai Cinema Festival will have something for everyone this summer.

Read about the lineup here.
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