Tetsuya Nakashima’s “Confessions” announced as the centerpiece presentation of NYAFF 2010
Good news all around for fans of director Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls, Memories of Matsuko). Today, Subway Cinema kicked off a week-long batch of lineup announcements for the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival by revealing the three special presentation films. The opening and closing films are Wilson Yip's "Ip Man 2" and Joon-ik Lee's "Blades of Blood', respectively. The centerpiece presentation of the festival will be Nakashima's Confessions, which was recently screened for buyers at the Cannes market.
This comes on the heels of the announcement that UK label Third Window Films picked up Confessions for a theatrical run in September/October with a DVD and Blu-ray release planned for early next year.
The film stars Takako Matsu (K-20) as a middle school teacher who goes to extraordinary lengths to take revenge on the students she believes are responsible for the death of her four-year-old daughter.
The Japanese release is set for June 5th in Japan, so the New York screening will mark the official international premiere.
source: NIPPONCINEMA