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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Steven,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You might want to contact Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In a recent presentation at YIDFF it was confirmed their collection holds materials related to the work of Fukuoka-born Ito Takashi. Their generic e-mail address,
in the online FIAF directory, is <a href="mailto:filmarchive_2022@toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp">
filmarchive_2022@toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In a broader context and personally speaking, I cannot help but say once again that the desire to project physical film and the concomitant risk to the print by
doing so, not to mention the environmental impact of its shipping and the potential environmental cost of reprinting, if the technology to do so even remains, is a matter that requires serious consideration by all festival programmers and curators.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good luck with your search and the festival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Adrian Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fukuoka, Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://acpacnet.org/about/">ACPAC</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Founder & Coordinator,
<a href="https://restorationasia.org/history/">Restoration Asia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> KineJapan
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Markus Nornes via KineJapan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 19, 2025 9:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Markus Nornes <nornes@umich.edu>; Kilby, Liam <lkilby@ur.rochester.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Seeking Film Prints for Screening: Works by Ito Takashi and Matsumoto Toshio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Love your project!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Start with Filmmakers Coop, Anthology, Canyon. There are other filmmakers represented at these places like Oe and Iimura. It might be easier for you to open it up. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Image Forum can help you with many, if not all, of the films on your list. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been a long time since I’ve programmed these guys on 16mm, so those who have done more recent programming might have other leads for you. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Markus<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 18, 2025, at 11:08<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM, Kielich, Steven via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are writing on behalf of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">On Film</span></strong>, a student-run organization at the
University of Rochester dedicated to presenting important and rarely screened films on 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm. Our mission is to facilitate meaningful encounters with cinema as both material objects and aesthetic experiences, with a focus on how films resonate
across formal, narrative, and historical contexts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Currently, we are curating a two-part series on<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Japanese experimental cinema</span></strong>.
The first half will spotlight the avant-garde short films and documentaries of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Ito</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xapple-converted-space">Takashi</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Matsumoto
Toshio</span></strong>, while the second half will culminate in a centennial screening of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Kinugasa Teinosuke’s</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xapple-converted-space">experimental
1926 feature</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>A Page of Madness</em><span class="xapple-converted-space">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are already coordinating with the<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">George Eastman Museum</span></strong>, which will
provide a 35mm print of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><em>A Page of Madness</em>, but we are currently seeking information on where to acquire<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">film prints</span></strong><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>of
the following works by Ito and Matsumoto:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ātman</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1975, Matsumoto)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spacy</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1981, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Box</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1982, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Shift </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1982, Matsumoto)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thunder </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1982, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ghost </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1985, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Grim</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1985, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Engram</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1987, Matsumoto)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wall</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1987, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Apparatus M</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1996, Ito)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We would be grateful for any guidance or contacts related to archives, institutions, or distributors—whether in the U.S., Japan, or elsewhere—through which we might rent
and obtain screening rights for these films. We are aware of the logistical challenges involved, and we understand that we might have to project some of these digitally, but our priority is to present as many of these works<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">on
film</span></strong><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>as possible, in keeping with our organization’s ethos.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you in advance for any recommendations or direction you may be able to offer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Steven Kielich and Liam Kilby, event programmers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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