Today The New York Times premiered the trailer for STILL WALKING.  The trailer was edited by our friend Brendan McFadden, a producer of Aaron Katz’s films DANCE PARTY USA and QUIET CITY.  The film will open August 31 at Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika in NYC and be available on demand.  Other dates will follow.  It’s the second film by Kore-Eda we’ve released following NOBODY KNOWS.



In addition, we’re thrilled to let you know that BAMcinématek will present a retrospective of Kore-Eda’s films with him in attendance for select screenings.  This is not to be missed.



Here’s the official release:



BAMcinématek presents The Films of Hirokazu Kore-eda, August 21-September 1



First New York retrospective of acclaimed Japanese filmmaker features sneak preview of Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) (2008)



Kore-eda at BAM Rose Cinemas for Q&As on Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22



“I’m interested in the emotions that arise from the collision between so-called real life and the artifice of film.” - Kore-eda



BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.) Tickets: $11 per screening for adults; $8 for seniors 65 and over, children under twelve, and $8 for students 25 and under with valid I.D. Monday-Thursday, except holidays; $7 BAM Cinema Club members Tickets available by phone at 718.777.FILM Call 718.636.4100 or visit BAM.org



Brooklyn, July 15, 2009 — From August 21-September 1 BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents The Films of Hirokazu Kore-eda, a retrospective of the renowned Japanese director. Kore-eda has built a body of fictional work by meshing the sensitive approach of his early documentaries to his narratives, imbuing them with a deep humanism. His lyrical films offer profound explorations of memory and loss with an observational style devoid of sentimentality.



Director and screenwriter Hirokazu Kore-eda was born in 1962 in Tokyo. He planned to become a novelist, but began working as an assistant director on documentary films for TV Man Union, the first independent TV production company in Japan, after graduating from Waseda University. He made his directorial debut in 1991 with the documentary Lessons from a Calf (Mou hitotsu no kyouiku – Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku), also made for TV, and made his first narrative feature Maborosi (Maboroshi no hikari), in 1995, which won the award for Best Director at Venice Film Festival. After Life (Wandâfuru raifu) (1998), his second feature film, was widely-released and brought the director to international attention. Additional films include Distance (2001); Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004), winner of the award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival; and Hana (Hana yori mo naho) (2007). Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) (2008) will be released in the U.S. in August 2009 by IFC Films. Air Doll (Kûki ningyô) (2009), Kore-eda’s most recent film, premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.



For press information, please contact Molly Gross at 718.636.4129 x3 or mgross@bam.org.