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It's a very good point. For those of us in Frankfurt who want to go, it would be useful to know where it is.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><i><a href="http://www.creepinggarden.com/" target="_blank" id="OWA92f7baaf-541a-459b-b443-8bf6ef41fbc4" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The Creeping Garden</a></i></b></span><i> </i>- A Real-Life
Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. </div>
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Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
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The book, <i>The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds
</i>is out now from <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="http://www.alchimiapublishing.com/creeping-garden/" target="_blank" id="OWA3d6ec43c-8f15-8e38-704c-fd16eefd9245" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Alchimia Publishing</a></span>.</div>
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"A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold,
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"An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
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"Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
<i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film" id="OWAc66950bb-ed5c-3d60-cc55-d8c93f355368" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The Guardian</a></i></span>.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 May 2025 13:37<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Eleanor Zhang <eleanor.x.zhang@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Kinema Club at Nippon Connection this week</font>
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<div dir="auto">Dear Alex,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thank you for your email. I’d be really interested! Would you let me know the venue? </div>
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<div dir="auto">Thank you and best wishes,</div>
<div dir="auto">Eleanor </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 10:11, Zahlten, Alexander via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello Everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are in the Frankfurt area, consider dropping by the Kinema Club Conference this week (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) at the 25<sup>th</sup> edition of the Nippon Connection Film Festival. The program
is listed below. For information on the venue, simply send a brief inquiry to: <u>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:kc.at.nc.2025@gmail.com" target="_blank">kc.at.nc.2025@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We hope to see you there!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alex <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CONFERENCE OVERVIEW<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Friday, May 30th<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">9:30 – 10:30: Panel A1<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:40 – 12:00: Panel A2<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12:10 – 13:10: Discussion Session: Possible Futures<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Saturday, May 31st<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">9:30 – 10:10: Panel B1</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:20 – 11:40: Panel B2</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">11:50 – 12:50: Discussion Session: The Graduate Student Perspective</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sunday, June 1st<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">14:00 - 15:30: Roundtable Discussion (Mousonturm Studio 1)</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discussants: Hannah Airriess (University of Indiana Bloomington),</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p4"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kenta Kato (Meiji University) , Takuya Tsunoda (Columbia University)</span></span><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PANEL
SCHEDULES</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p6"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PANEL A1: Landscapes of Cinema<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fűkei Cinema Expanded</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Shayne Bowden (University of Sydney)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fűkei-ron as Theory or History?</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Markus Nornes (University of Michigan)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Cinema Iris” as a Model for Local Film Culture and Film Production in</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Japan</span></i><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Roland Domenig (Meiji Gakuin University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p6"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PANEL A2: Across Media Channels<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Derrida’s Before the Law and Oshima’s Death by Hanging: the Question of</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<i>Hallways in The Trial</i> - Vivien Jiaqian Zhu (Stanford University) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Male-oriented Media and Gender Stratification on Film as Part of the</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<i>Media Mix</i> - Wei Lin Tan (Harvard University) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Voice as Nostalgia - Sound Media Representation in the Post-Silent</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<i>Cinema Era</i> - Eun Jeong Choi (New York University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From the Amateur’s Palm: Obayashi’s Early Cinema and Film Writings</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Alexander
Platt (Kyoto University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><span class="x_m_1028324152427041523s4"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PANEL B1: Mechanical Visions</span></u></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Technology</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Takuya Tsunoda (Columbia University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From Camera’s Eye to Image Networks: Rethinking Art Cinema in Japan</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -
Ziru Chen (Oxford University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Re-)Animating the Ruins: The Destructive Imagination in the Works of</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<i>Ito Takashi</i> - Hal Young (University of St. Andrews)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p6"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PANEL B2: Re-evaluating existing categories<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Historiography of Benshi: An Introduction</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Sonia Cutuli (University of
Geneva)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Feudalism, Or Was It? Kinoshita Keisuke in a Transnational Context</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Kevin
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<p class="x_m_1028324152427041523p7"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ôizumi Akira and the Radical Potential of Program Pictures</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> - Kenta Kato
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