July 16, 2008

Evokative Films just made a deal with Stylejam for the Canadian distribution rights of the Japanese film ADRIFT IN TOKYO (TENTEN)! After two sold-out screenings at Fantasia (including one in the Hall Theatre and another one in the J.A. DeSève Theatre), ADRIFT will soon see a limited release in theatres, before streeting in DVD in a few months. I’m extremely happy to have added this charming film to Evokative’s budding catalogue.

Nicolas Archambault, one of Fantasia’s programmers, perfectly described this film: “Funny, touching and devilishly smart, this pedestrian road trip reveals another side of Tokyo…”
Todd Brown from Twitchfilm also called it “a meandering, quirky and surprisingly beautiful piece of work that perfectly balances humor and emotion.”
And Russell Edwards at Variety called it a “droll charmer”.
For more information, please visit the film’s page on Fantasia’s web site! Fantasia’s web site.

The film also previously had its North American Premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival. You may consult their description of the film here.
ADRIFT IN TOKYO also played at the Neufchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, in Switzerland, at the beginning of July.

To see the trailer on YouTube
And to visit the film’s amusing Japanese website

Todd Brown at Twitchfilm (the website that will soon rule the world in genre film news) is happy the film will come to Canada. We’re happy he’s happy!

We also have a new friend at The Toronto J-Film Pow-wow!

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