"Am I pretty?" Kani Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Japanese indie film titled Desert of Namibia, the second feature made by young Japanese filmmaker Yoko Yamanaka. This first ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The film follows mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yuumi Kawai), a hair-removal ...

A Rare Floral Miracle Unfolds in the Namib Desert - A comprehensive travel guide with practical tips and insights. The post The Extraordinary Bloom of Namibia's Desert Rose: A Rare Floral Miracle ...

Exclusive: Yamanaka became the youngest female director to win the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at Cannes 2024 with the drama. Japanese writer/director Yôko Yamanaka is continuing ...

EXCLUSIVE: Kani Releasing has acquired North American rights to Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert Of Namibia from Japan’s Happinet Phantom Studios Corp. The youth drama, starring popular newcomer Yuumi Kawai ...

“Desert of Namibia,” about a caustic 21-year-old Japanese wanderer, embodies its protagonist’s listlessness to a fault. Director Yôko Yamanaka was still a teenager when she made her debut feature ...

To paraphrase an old maxim about fat and skinny, there is a shorter movie within Yoko Yamanaka’s “Desert of Namibia” trying to get out. Not only shorter, but better: Ms. Yamanaka’s film about a ...

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Analysis - The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable ...

Here’s what scientists know about the life form and why it could change their understanding of desert ecosystems.

(Bloomberg) -- Early in May, King Philippe of Belgium was on the edge of the Namib desert to inaugurate a project that aims to help decarbonize European industry, and which might just enable one of ...