A very Happy New Year to all my friends, family and film world fellows and femmes. All the best for 2012 -- the year of the dragon! 本年もどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます！
2011 was a hell of a year in Japan, in all senses of the word. The mix of natural disaster devastation, nuclear fears, rallying spirit, public outrage, government shakeups, massive corporate malfeasance and yakuza crackdowns was heady. Led by my wife's strong spirit of volunteering we became inaugural members of Niji-Iro Cinema (official site (J), fundraising blog). I probably feel more attached to Japan than I ever have...
Personally I got back into writing and filmmaking, with the final touches being made on my short film Yukuharu and the festival submission process underway. Yukuharu also marks the first in-house production for our new company, Loaded Films Ltd. The company officially culminates of all our freelance film work over the past ten years and will be the force behind its future evolution. Look for the Loaded Films company website very soon. In the meantime you can check out the integrated English news blog portion here. There are already some exciting developments in the works.
As for this blog, it was stopped dead in its tracks by my focus on Yukuharu and a fall festival season packed with four events in a row, including jobs in Busan and the fantastic city of Tallinn, Estonia (see aforementioned blog). Aside from fairly constant Twitter and Facebook posts I may go back to using this space for longer missives on films or other things that don't "fit" those SNS or Loaded Films news.
Until next time, all the best!
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