Japanese writer/director Yôko Yamanaka is continuing her clutch on the festival circuit. Yamanaka already made history at Berlin with her 2017 debut “Amiko”; she was the youngest feature film director ...

Desert of Namibia follows the mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yumi Kawai), a hair-removal technician at a salon in Tokyo, who bristles against the beauty expectations placed on women her age. Her ...