Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon is dead.

One of the greatest living cinema directors will not get to make his final masterpiece, “The Dreaming Machine“.

He leaves behind a legacy of one TV series – “Paranoia Agent” and four films “Perfect Blue”, “Millennium Actress”, “Tokyo Godfathers” and “Paprika”. “Tokyo Godfathers” was set in some of the same locations in Tokyo where we shot Tiger.

Here is a remix we did ages ago of Susumu Hirasawa’s amazing track from the Paprika soundtrack, “The Girl In Byakkoya”:

The Girl In Byakkoya (Beaufort Remix)

This particular film featured three incredible men in direct collaboration: Yasutaka Tsutsui, the original author, Satoshi Kon the director and script writer and Susumu Hirasawa (best known for his Berserk soundtrack).

Someone has done a fan movie of Paprika to our remix:

First Malcolm McLaren and now Satoshi. The world seems to be thinning.

J-Film Pow-Wow has more on his life here.

Interviews

Recently there have been some interviews about Beaufort on blogs and some Tiger press online.

The lovely Lily at Mademoiselle A Paris.

Nicholas at Randomtrax.

The beautiful Vicky at Elle Victoire.

Thankyou!

Tiger Wins ‘Special Jury Prize’ At Pia Film Festival

On July 30th, Tiger won the final Special Jury Prize at Japan’s most prestigious independent film festival, Pia:

Check it out here.

The winner of the competition, which received 526 entries, was 『あんたの家.

Tiger will now tour around Japan with the festival.

Tiger Premiere in Sydney

Tiger had its premiere screening in Sydney last month, presented by 360Fashion in association with Kino Sydney. It was held at the Fraser Studios.

The screening occurred in conjunction with a fashion installation from young, upcoming Sydney designers Love Jungle, Samantha Chan, Beat Poet, 7Pers, O’Hara Designs, Spunky Bruiser and Soto Smith, Nikki Carson and St Frock.

The installation was curated by designer Dan Jones and also featured photography of Anina.net from her recent dress-up shoot by Wendell Teodoro to promote her dress-up application being released on the iPhone.

There was also an intimate photography wall of photos from models in Tokyo, some of whom were involved in Tiger, some of whom are just part of Beaufort - Julia Bijoch, Christian Benesch, Zorana Adzic and Rachel Blais.

A lucky door prize included two gift tans from Naked Tan, a voucher for St Frock and two tickets to the opening night of Possible Worlds: The 5th Canadian Film Festival that begins tonight in Sydney.

Love Jungle also sponsored a t-shirt design competition with a Love Jungle t-shirt.

Winning design:

The runners-up:

The event streamed live on 360Fashion’s Facebook page.

Thankyou to all our wonderful sponsors, the brands that participated and the blogs that helped out with publicity.