Nana Komatsu (Princess Yuri in Samurai Marathon) received the 2019 Screen
International Rising Star Award


WINTER AFTER WINTER (Xian Jian 2019)

The title is apt because the snow never goes out of this chilly picture. It's a depiction in intense black and white of life in Manchuria in WWII when the Japanese are desperately trying to hold onto remnants of their empire. Definitely another example like Pema Tseden's Jinpa of "slow cinema." Not for the impatient.

Showing in the NYAFF
NYAFF showtime:
Friday, July 5
3:00 PM