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Hikari

2025 Films, Chicago International Film Festival, Comedy, Directing, Film Festivals, Indie Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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A Call for Peace and Human Connection: Hikari on “Rental Family”

by Matt Fagerholm

November 17, 2025

As I sat in my favorite movie palace, the Music Box Theatre, waiting for my wife—Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin—to arrive for that evening’s eagerly awaited Chicago International Film Festival

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African Cinema, Black History, Film Festivals, indigenous filmmaker, Indigenous in Film, International Films, Juneteenth, new orleans film festival, Profile

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Cinema Femme’s Most Anticipated Films at the 2025 New Orleans Film Festival

by cinemafemme

October 21, 2025

Rental Family, directed by Hikari Set in modern-day Tokyo, “Rental Family” follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for

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