Penguins, the charismatic flightless birds of the Southern Hemisphere, are the stars of National Geographic’s latest ...

Rocks, dunes, sand and dust - large areas of Namibia in southwest Africa are characterized by deserts. Riverbeds full of sand meander through these inhospitable regions. Some of these only have ...

Yamanaka was nominated for Best New Director and Kawai for Best Actress at the 2025 Asian Film Awards Desert Of Namibia is Yamanaka’s second feature following her acclaimed 2017 debut AMIKO.

Now, Yamanaka’s second feature “Desert of Namibia” is accumulating accolades of its own. The psychological portrait “Desert of Namibia” had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film ...

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 ...