Naomi Kawase's latest feature, Yakushima's Illusion, starring Vicky Krieps, has been added to this year's international ...

EXCLUSIVE: Cinefrance International, the global sales arm of Paris-based Cinefrance Studios, will kick off sales for Naomi ...

Japanese Director Naomi Kawase Accused of Violence on Set, Assaulting Crew — Report Allegations of the "True Mothers" and "Sweet Bean" director assaulting crew and employees date back to 2015.

Naomi Kawase is on her phone in the back of a taxi, squeezing in this interview on the way to another shoot. For a director known for her lyrical brand of filmmaking, she talks at a clip; time is ...

Japanese director Naomi Kawase will preside over the international jury of the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, running November 13 to 22. The Cannes regular was the youngest ...

Kawase is also a guest speaker at the Tokyo International Film Festival. This year's Mill Valley Film Festival, which opens October 5th, will show Kawase's 2017 film Radiance.

Naomi Kawase has been tagged Japan's leading woman director since her first feature, "Suzaku," won the Camera d'Or at Cannes in 1997. But that might be considered a dubious distinction, given the ...

Award-winning Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been appointed to helm the official film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The selection was made by the International Olympic Committee in ...

Japan has picked Naomi Kawase’s delicate family drama True Mothers to represent the country in the 2021 Oscar race in the international feature category. The decision was announced Friday by the ...

Kawase follows Oscar-nominated Timbuktu director AbderrahmaneSissako as head of the juries. The Cinefondation selects 15 to 20 student films each year for its competition.

The new film from Japanese director Naomi Kawase ( Embracing, The Mourning Forest) that stars Vicky Krieps ( Corsage, The ...