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Full success for the film revival of the 29th Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul at the auditorium of the Musée des Arts Asiatiques de Guimet in Paris

April 22, 2023
Panos Kotzathanasis
Mr Jamel Oubechou, Mme Véronique Prost, Mr Jean-Marc Thérouanne (Crédit photo FICA)
Opening ceremony of the film revival of the 29th Festival International des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul at the Musée des Arts asiatique Guimet of Paris this Friday April 21, 2023

This Friday, April 21, 2023 took place the opening ceremony of the film revival of the 29th Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul at the auditorium of the Museum of Asian Arts Guimet in Paris in the presence of Mr. Jamel Oubechou, Director of Cabinet of the President of the Museum, Ms. Veronique Prost and Mr. Jean-Marc Thérouanne, representatives of the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul.

The audience, made up of friends of the Museum, film buffs with a passion for Asia, FICA regulars, and film professionals (distributors, critics, directors), were happy to see the reunion between the Museum and FICA. A thunder of applause, during the end credits, greeted the choice of “Cold as marble” by Asif Rustamov (Azerbaijan) prize of the International Jury, the NETPAC Jury and the Marc Haaz Jury of the 29th FICA of Vesoul.

Véronique Prost, Soraya Aklaqi, réalisatrice afghane prix du jury jeune 29e FICA de Vesoul et Jean-Marc Thérouanne (Crédit photo FICA)

The replay of films from the FICA of Vesoul at the auditorium of the Museum of Asian Arts Guimet in Paris continues this weekend.

Do not miss the temporary exhibition of the Japanese painter Utagawa Hiroshige (until May 29, 2023)

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste of Cinema, and his texts can be found in a number of other publications including SIRP in Estonia, Film.sk in Slovakia, Asian Dialogue in the UK, Cinefil in Japan and Filmbuff in India.

Since 2019, he cooperates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque in Greece, curating various tributes to Asian cinema. He has participated, with video recordings and text, on a number of Asian movie releases, for Spectrum, Dekanalog and Error 4444. He has taken part as an expert on the Erasmus+ program, “Asian Cinema Education”, on the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course.

Apart from a member of FIPRESCI and the Greek Cinema Critics Association, he is also a member of NETPAC, the Hellenic Film Academy and the Online Film Critics Association.

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