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Masashi Yamamoto
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Masashi Yamamoto
Masashi Yamamoto
Masashi creates films that portray his innate and alternate personalities. His work stretches between craziness, eccentricity, seriousness and honesty. Thematically, his films explore the feeling of LOVE. He wants to reveal his heart eagerly with his films. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (FAV16), and also obtained MFA (Experimental Animation) in California Institute of the Arts. He is currently working in the animation industry in Los Angeles.
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Round Midnight: Ardeshir Plays Dexter Gordon
Loosely based on Bud Powell's time in Paris, Round Midnight (131 mins) is maybe the greatest of all films about jazz thanks to the towering performance of real-life jazz great Dexter Gordon. Saxophonist Ardeshir channels Gordon's vibe in his live set.
Montreal, ma belle
In this Valentine to discovering love later in life, the ever-elegant Joan Chen plays Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother in Montreal whose world is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with a young Quebecoise.
Sirât
A desperate father (Sergi Lopez) searchers for his missing daughter through the spiritual wasteland of the Moroccan desert. An unforgettable sensory powerhouse, Sîrat will have you riveted and rattled for hours after the end credits have rolled.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize Winner, Sundance, 2025, this exposé shot by a Russian primary teacher shows how the Putin propaganda machine works to militarize children.


