Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sakamoto Ryuichi, the Japanese film composer and music supervisor who died in March, has been posthumously named as the recipient of the Jecheon Film Music Award at the 19th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (Aug.
10-15). Sakamoto won Academy Awards and Golden Globes for his score for “The Last Emperor” and has other credits including “The Sheltering Sky,” “Railroad Man,” “The Revenant,” “Call Me By Your Name” and “The Fortress.”Abrai Joji from Commons the music label established jointly with Sakamoto, and Yutaka Toyama from Promax, which had produced Sakamoto’s concerts since 1986, will visit the festival.
Additionally, a tribute concert will be held on Aug. 12 at the Jecheon Stadium. West Australia’s CinefestOZ festival has named four films to compete in its competition section, with the winner scooping a A$100,000 ($68,200) prize. “Bromley: Light After Dark,” by Sean McDonald will have its world premiere, while Matt Vesely’s “Monolith” will transfer from the Melbourne festival. “Shayda,” by Iranian-Australian Noora Niasari, which premiered in Sundance and will also play in Melbourne, joins the fray.
So too does “The Rooster” directed by Mark Leonard Winter. CinefestOZ CEO Cassandra Jordan said: “These films all explore personal identity through unique, clever and compelling storytelling and filmmaking, which made them the standouts from this year’s submissions for film prize.” The festival, held at Busselton, West Australia, runs Aug.
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