“In a world filled with self-serious artists and dreadful documentaries Who is Lun*na Menoh is nothing short of a small wonder. Director Jeff Mizushima has crafted a highly playful and downright funny portrait that manages to convey the dynamic energy of a rollicking and remarkable creative spirit. Lun*na Menoh may be an unfamiliar name for most viewers, but by the end of the film she will surely be one of your new favorite artists.”

“Sometimes you instantly love someone and you don’t know why, then you see a documentary about them and it all becomes so clear. Filled with surprises and gotcha moments, Who is Lun*na Menoh? captures all the intangible, incredible qualities that make this artist so singular.”

“What makes a star? A star is a star is a star of it’s own making, and that is what creativity provides us, and it’s garments that we wear. In the case of Lun*na Menoh, is the medium is the message, the life course, the dynamic, and what more appropriate place than in film, in Hollywood? She wears that well with a purpose that fits.”

“A great meditation on artifice. It is an incisive deconstruction of the formulaic presented as a love letter to the creative process. Just when the viewer thinks they have spotted a cliché from every documentary they have ever seen, Lun*na winks at them and a wink from Lu*na is a reward for one’s own sophistication. Satire itself is satirized in Lun*na Menoh’s great send-up of predictable filmmaking. An ode to art, this hero’s journey has more layers than a viewer can count or the average artist could ever imagine - but Lun*na Menoh is just not your average artist.”

“A meta exploration into the mind of the wildly fascinating Japanese visual arts genius that is Lun*na Menoh.”

“Being meta can be cliche nowadays. As boundaries of fact and fiction become more blurred in the Documentary Renaissance that we are currently living in, this film tests said boundaries, veering in left turns that may seem disingenuous, but in the end, is both a commentary and love letter to an artist who navigates and challenges the absurdity of the modern art scene, and always on her own terms. The jury is honored to announce the documentary award to WHO IS LUN*NA MENOH?”

“Celebrates the spirit of creation of independent thought with both wit and passion. Pulls back the curtain on the creative process itself where even what Lun*na had for lunch is a curiosity. In this time of celebrity-based purely on a perverted sense of popularism, the film is a cultural oasis. reassuring in that the anarchy in us is still our greatest weapon in the struggle against mediocrity and Art it’s the foremost expression.”