Date: 6 February, 2016 Time: 3.00 p.m. Venue: Auditorium, Content Malaysia Pitching Centre, Unit G09 & G10, Platinum Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 50470, Kuala Lumpur Admission: Free

Filmed in black and white. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

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About the Pink Sky ももいろそらを
(KOBAYASHI Keiichi 小林啓一/2011/Black & White/113min)

High school student Izumi, whose daily routine is rating newspaper articles based on her criteria of positivity, finds a wallet containing a large sum of cash. Instead of returning it, she lends a substantial portion of the contents to a financially-struggling male acquaintance. Izumi eventually gives the lost property back to its owner, a wealthy peer named Sato who notices the missing money. As compensation, she reluctantly agrees to help him console a hospitalised friend by creating a newspaper that brings joy to readers.

In his feature debut, director Keiichi Kobayashi spins a serene coming-of-age tale that owes its underlying energy to the young cast-all of them newcomers-who show a veteran finesse for navigating quirky humour, teenage indecision and subtle shifts in adolescent consciousness.

Cast

IKEDA Ai as Izumi KOSHINO Ena as Hasumi FUJIWARA Reiko as Kaoru TAKAYAMA Tsubasa as Koki

Awards & Festivals

28th Sundance Film Festival Official Selection 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam Official Selection 24th Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Eyes Award for Best Picture 50th Gijon International Film Festival Principado de Asturias Award for Best Feature Film 28th Takasaki Film Festival New Director?s Award Keiichi Kobayashi