Kansai International Film Festival

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The Kansai International Film Festival is a film festival in Osaka, Japan.

The festival was started in 2007 and founded by Kansai Time Out writer, Matthew Kaufman, and Kobe-based film director, Darryl Knickrehm.[1] The festival featured a lineup of "Japanese films made by foreign filmmakers." It was the first film festival in Japan of the like. The festival featured 32 films from around the world.[1] Some of the films featured at the festival were Pamela Valente's "Rock N Tokyo", Norman England's "The iDol (film)", Darryl Knickrehm's "The Laborer (Rodosha)", and Rachael Lucas' "Bondi Tsunami" [2]

The 2007 festival took place at Planet Station in Osaka, Japan with funding from the Osaka-fu government. The 2008 festival is yet to be determined.

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  1. ^ a b Variety (July 7, 2007). Osaka launches debut Kansai film fest. via Variety Asia. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  2. ^ Cinematical (July 14, 2007). Cultures to Clash at Kansai Film Fest. via Cinematical. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.

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