On the occasion of his film, “The Height of the Coconut Tree” screening at Busan International Film Festival, Du Jie talks about his transitioning from being a cinematographer in China into a filmmaker in Japan, the various themes of the movie and the complicated procedure that led him to them, Kenji Chiga’s art book and the impact they had in the movie, and a number of other topics, in a interview that was quite fun for everyone involved, including the translator.
Video Interviews: Du Jie
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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.