AMMAN — The power of arts and culture to speak about the human condition is a primary motivation for director Iara Lee, who has recently finished her sixth film, tackling subjects as diverse as human ...

The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has become the latest major investor to back Tokyo-based K2 Pictures’ pioneering new film production fund, signaling growing institutional confidence in the company ...

The Summit, a feature-length documentary shot by an Irish film crew chronicling one of the deadliest days in modern mountain history when 11 climbers, including Limerick man Ger McDonnell, lost their ...

K2 Pictures, the Japanese film venture founded by veteran producer Muneyuki Kii, has landed some sizable institutional support. Japanese megabank MUFG, part of the country’s largest financial ...

AN Irish documentary about a mountain-climbing disaster has been selected for Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. Produced and directed by Nick Ryan, 'The Summit' tells of how on August 1, 2008, ...

KARACHI: The snowcapped peak of K2, the world’s second highest mountain and also known as the Father of All Mountains, has claimed the lives of many mountaineers while bringing glory to some but ...