In today’s world, terms like “kosupa” (cost performance) and “taipa” (time performance) pressure us to seek greater efficiency concerning value derived from money or time spent. For me, the words only intensify my longing for spontaneous journeys.
“I have no business to attend to in Osaka, but I think I’ll just go there (anyway) by train,” author Hyakken Uchida (1889-1971) penned in one of his travel writings titled “Tokubetsu Aho Ressha” shortly after the end of World War II.
29/12/2021 - December saw seven young filmmakers participating in the programme steered by Cannes’ Critics’ Week and aimed at helping directors make the leap to feature films