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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 January 2022 03:18<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] Made in Japan: Yamagata 1989-2021</font>
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<div class="">As some of you know, the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival is teaming up with DAFilms to screen online 10 select Japanese documentaries from the 30+ years of the festival, including work by Kawase Naomi, Sato Makoto, Hamaguchi Ryusuke,
Oda Kaori, Yang Yonghi, and others. The series starts January 17 and is available for everyone outside of Japan. The first week is free. The description is below. </div>
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<div class="">Along with the series, Markus Nornes is writing a post on each film that can be read on the YIDFF feed on Facebook:</div>
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<div class="">There will also be some videos featuring those involved with the festival discussing its history and various aspects. One featuring Oda Kaori and Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni is already up, and the one I did with my partner Ono Seiko will be uploaded
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<div class="">Hope you can check some of these out!</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">++10 Japanese documentaries streaming online worldwide! ++</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">YIDFF partners with streaming service DAFilms, the VOD platform of the festival association Doc Alliance, for an online program available free for one week and on SVOD and TVOD for a further two weeks. The selection by YIDFF programmers
highlights key works from the festival¡¦s more than three decades in existence. This exclusive focus features documentaries by Kawase Naomi, Hamaguchi Ryusuke, and Ogawa Productions, among many others.</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">The complete selection will be available entirely for free on
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DAFilms.com</a> from January 17 - 23 at this link: <a class="x_esr5mh6w x_nhd2j8a9 x_kvgmc6g5 x_cxmmr5t8 x_rz4wbd8a x_qt6c0cv9 x_p7hjln8o x_r7d6kgcz x_rq0escxv x_f1sip0of x_e9989ue4 x_oygrvhab x_qu0x051f x_i1ao9s8h x_esuyzwwr x_py34i1dx x_gpro0wi8 x_a8nywdso x_lzcic4wl x_nc684nl6 x_jb3vyjys x_hcukyx3x x_oajrlxb2 x_g5ia77u1" href="https://dafilms.com/program/1126-made-in-japan-yamagata-1989-2021?fbclid=IwAR2ZggHPvdtQSbYas7rlgNc7mSvfgEv1S2KET5feaYr3R9zqh5nvM2507og" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">
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<div dir="auto" class="">The ten films in Made in Japan, Yamagata 1989 - 2021 trace a curious and inspiring pathway through the history of one of Asia¡¦s most celebrated film festivals. The program is bookended by a cinematic record of the inaugural YIDFF in
1989, produced by Ogawa Shinsuke¡¦s Ogawa Pro (A Movie Capital), and a 2021 documentary about the pandemic-induced closure of a traditional pickle shop, itself a memorable and important social space for the attendees of Yamagata every two years (Pickles and
Komian Club).</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">Between these twin poles from 1989 and 2021, audiences will be able to discover a further 8 titles drawn mostly from the festival¡¦s International Competition and New Asian Currents sections. For these two closely curated festival sections,
only a small number of Japanese films have been invited over the 17 editions of the biennial festival, a sign of the significance of those featured.</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">Together, Made in Japan, Yamagata 1989 - 2021 gives a true sense of the depth of Yamagata¡¦s curatorial vision, ranging from crucial early works by now celebrated auteurs ¡Xincluding The Weald by Kawase Naomi, in the year she completes
her epic film about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Storytellers co-directed by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, in a moment where his work has received truly boundless acclaim by critics, festival programmers, and audiences alike ¡X to lesser known or older titles that as
an ensemble suggest a richness of tone and subject that few documentary festivals can boast.</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">Program Coordinator and YIDFF board member Fujioka Asako says, ¡§This is the first time Yamagata is presenting any online film program on a world-wide scale. Audiences are in for a treat as important rediscoveries (A Movie Capital and
Living on the River Agano) have been digitized with renewed English subtitles. This will give documentary fans around the world a real flavor of what Yamagata is all about.¡¨
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<div dir="auto" class="">¡§Few festivals in the world carry with them the sheer cinephile prestige of an institution like YIDFF,¡¨ says Christopher Small, head curator of
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remarkable Japanese documentary cinema."</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ A Movie Capital // IIZUKA Toshio // 1991</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ Living on the River Agano // SATO Makoto // 1992 // Award of Excellence YIDFF '93</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ The Weald // KAWASE Naomi // 1997 </div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ The New God // TSUCHIYA Yutaka // 1999 </div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ A2 // MORI Tatsuya // 2001 // Special Prize, Citizens¡¦ Prize YIDFF 2001</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ The Cheese and the Worms // KATO Haruyo // 2005 // Ogawa Shinsuke Prize, FIPRESCI Prize YIDFF2005</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ Dear Pyongyang // YANG Yonghee // 2005 // Special Prize, YIDFF 2005</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ Storytellers // SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke // 2013 // SkyPerfectTV IDEHA Prize, YIDFF 2013</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ Cenote // ODA Kaori // 2019</div>
<div dir="auto" class="">¡´ Komian and Pickles // SATO Koichi // 2021</div>
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