In the midst of Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Cannes competition film Monster are two boys learning about their feelings for one another.

Hong Kong International Film Festival Society’s (HKIFF) Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has unveiled a slate of 25 in-development projects for its 23rd edition, with renowned ...

Hirokazu Kore-eda Reveals Next Film, ‘Monster,’ for 2023 Release Shot in secret over recent months, the film is already in post-production and will be the auteur's first Japanese movie since ...

Monster is a return to form for veteran filmmaker and king of breaking hearts, Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also directed Nobody Knows, Broker, and 2018 Oscar-nominee Shoplifters. In his new film, the ...

The first film to win financing from Imagica will be unveiled at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, with Kore-eda and Imagica Group president Shunjiro Nagase revealing the ...

But Kore-eda does not hold back on big feelings. There is a profound drama at the center of the film, a dawning acceptance of self lyrically rendered.

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda is a perceptive observer of families, keenly detecting the quirks that make an individual unique and the whole stronger and more complicated. 2018’s masterful ...

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda's seventh go-round in Cannes competition, Monster, received a six-minute standing ovation Wednesday night.

Palme d'Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda joins Apple's "Shot on iPhone" campaign with a touching sci-fi short. Shot on iPhone 16 Pro, "Last Scene" follows an aspiring screenwriter, Kurata, who is ...

Kore-eda told The Hollywood Reporter that the vision for “Monster” set in Japan was a “clear” choice. “Coming back to Japan to shoot this film, everything felt so clear to me.

Kore-eda spoke about the current conditions for women working in the Japanese film industry and what needs to be done for the future of filmmaking.

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Midway through Monster, the tonic of a new film from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, a school principal offers a ...