Thaindian News

Tokyo, Oct 24 (IANS/EFE) “La Brujula la Lleva el Muerto” (The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man), the first feature-length film by Mexican director Arturo Pons, is competing this year against another 14 movies for the grand prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The festival was inaugurated Saturday with a new version of “The Three Musketeers” by Britain’s Paul W.S. Anderson.

More than 100 films from around the world will be screened during the eight-day festival, though only 15 of them will compete for the Sakura Grand Prix, the competition’s top honour.

The American film “Detachment” by Tony Kaye and Britain’s “Trishna” by Michael Winterbottom are other titles in the official selection, which this year has a great presence of Asian films including Thailand’s “Headshot” by Pen-ek Ratanaruang and “Kora” by China’s Du Jiayi.

The festival, one of Asia’s most prestigious, will also project in its World Cinema category 14 films from outside Japan, including “Bonsai”, directed by Chile’s Cristian Jimenez, a director who competed in this same festival in 2009 with his first work, “Ilusiones Opticas” (Optical Illusions).

And in the Natural TIFF category will be shown “Entre la Noche y el Dia” (Between Night and Day) by Mexican moviemaker Bernardo Arellano, who in 2010 received a prize in the Cinema Under Construction category at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The winner of the Sakura Grand Prix in the official category will be decided by a jury presided over by the American Edward R. Pressman, producer of films like “American Psycho” (2000), “Thank You for Smoking” (2005), “Wall Street” (1987) and its sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” (2010).

–IANS/EFE
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