"Am I pretty?" Kani Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Japanese indie film titled Desert of Namibia, the second feature made by young Japanese filmmaker Yoko Yamanaka. This first ...

The Namibia Film Commission (NFC) has concluded its 2026 film week, with organisers reporting strong public turnout and ...

The European Union (EU) Delegation to Namibia, in partnership with the EU member states and the local film industry launched the 2025 Edition of the European Union Film Festival (EUFF) on Monday in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kana (Yuumi Kawai) is a listless young woman in her early twenties living in Tokyo. Working as a beautician, drifting between men, ...

WINDHOEK, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The fifth edition of Namibia's Film Week opened in the capital city of Windhoek on Thursday, bringing together filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences for a ...

MultiChoice is commencing production on “My F*k, Marelize,” a feature film inspired by a viral video from Namibia. The announcement was made at this year’s Silwerskerm Film Festival in Cape Town. The ...

Exclusive: Yamanaka became the youngest female director to win the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at Cannes 2024 with the drama. Japanese writer/director Yôko Yamanaka is continuing ...

EXCLUSIVE: Kani Releasing has acquired North American rights to Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert Of Namibia from Japan’s Happinet Phantom Studios Corp. The youth drama, starring popular newcomer Yuumi Kawai ...

Film footage shot by Foppe Hooghiemstra of the Laurence Marshall family expeditions to Namibia, 1957-58 and 1959. Hooghiemstra was a mechanic and shot his own amateur films of his experience. Film ...

Yamanaka speaks with IndieWire about her latest feature and shepherding the next era in Japanese cinema. Kana (Yuumi Kawai) is a listless young woman in her early twenties living in Tokyo. Working as ...