ASIAN MOVIE PULSE
Kontora By Anshul Chauhan wins the Best Picture Award at SKIP CITY International D-Cinema Festival 2020

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD
‘Kontora’ Wins Inaugural Obayashi Prize At North America’s Largest Japanese Cinema Event Japan Cuts

ASIAN MOVIE PULSE
Japan Society announces Kontora As Winner Of Inaugural Obayashi Prize At Japan Cuts Festival

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Anshul Chauhan's prize-winning drama chronicles a Japanese schoolgirl's excavation of buried family secrets.

THE REEL BITS
KONTORA - A visually striking and often mysterious familial drama doesn’t offer any easy answers, but captivates from the first to last frame.

V CINEMA SHOW
Bad Poetry Tokyo is a quietly devastating exploration of how abuse can crack a person, fronted by a fierce and magnetic performance from Iijima.

ASIAN FILM VAULT
An impressive portrait of the deconstruction of a woman in a world dominated by men

D MOVIES
Japanese film built upon highly abstract allegorical devices is a profound meditation on family relations and the wounds of war - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

THE BLOOD BROTHERS
favorite cinematic discovery of 2018, and I believe it is a modern masterpiece just waiting to find its audience.
