MASTERCLASS: KŌJI FUKADA IN CONVERSATION
KŌJI FUKADA IN CONVERSATION
IFI DUBLIN SAT 1 APRIL 13.00 – 14.15
Japanese writer-director Kōji Fukada will be in conversation with film critic, Tara Brady (The Irish Times) and Irish writer-director, Michael Kinirons.
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We are delighted to announce a masterclass with Japanese writer-director Kōji Fukada, highly regarded internationally as a young Japanese auteur. This is his first visit to Ireland and a rare opportunity for an Irish audience to have first-hand insights into the creative process at play in the making of his films.
Kōji Fukada (b. 1980, Japan) studied literature at Taisho University, and filmmaking at the Film School of Tokyo, where he began making independent films. Fukada's credits include: Hospitalité, 2010; Harmonium, Jury Prize Award, Cannes' Un Certain Regard 2016; A Girl Missing, 2019; his film version of his original 2019 TV Series for the Japanese television, The Real Thing, 2020; and Love Life in 2022. Fukada is an active advocate for Japanese Independent Cinema. As one of the founders of the Japanese Independent Film Guild (Eiga Nabe) with directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, and with Hamaguchi Ryusuke, he ran a crowdfunding campaign to help independent film theatres survive the Covid pandemic.
Participants
Tara Brady is a film critic and filmmaker. Since 2007, she has been the president of the Dublin Film Critics Circle. Her work has appeared in The Times, The Business Post, and Look Left. She is a film writer with The Irish Times and a regular contributor to RTE's Arena and The Dave Fanning Show.
Michael Kinirons is an award winning Irish screenwriter and director. He studied directing at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) London. His short films have played in numerous international festivals with Lowland Fell winning a special jury prize at Seattle. He has had projects selected for the Torino Film Lab, eQuinoxe, the Britlist and is a Berlinale Talent Campus alumni.
Michael's first produced feature as screenwriter, Strangerland – an Australian mystery drama starring Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Joseph Fiennes – had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.
Michael's directorial debut, Sparrow (2022), is a gripping drama about a teenager who lies about his involvement in the death of his brother that stars David O'Hara and Ollie West.
This event is presented in partnership with the Japanese Film Festival Ireland (https://www.jff.ie/).
