R: Japan Foundation

[Lapalorcia]

Dear Mark,
I work for Japan Foundation overseas office in Rome and I can suggest you to
contact the nearest overseas office to you that I guess is The Japan
Foundation New York Office
(152 West 57th Street, 39F, New York, NY 10019 U.S.A - tel +1(212)489 0299
fax +1(212)489 0409)
www.jfny.org/jfny.index.htlm

I write you also the general web address of The Japan Foundation
Headquarters in Tokyo:
www.jpf.go.jp

If I'm not wrong Ozu Yasujiro's Good Morning is one of the JF Film Library
print in 16mm, with english subtitle. You should submit your official
request to the JF overses office to borrow the print and negotiate with
Shochiku about the rights. Infact, wheter the prints are from the JF or not,
your Association must negotiate direcly with the copyright or distribution
rights holder(s) for screening permission of the print that you plan to
show.

I'm not informed about DVD, but I think you should ask for public projection
rights to the DVD company itself.

Best regards

Isabella Lapalorcia

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]Per conto di Mark
Harris
Inviato: luned? 9 agosto 2004 12.28
A: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Oggetto: Japan Foundation


I recall that there has been discussion on the list
about how educational institutions can rent 16mm and
35mm prints of otherwise unavailable films from the
Japan Foundation. Do any of you have an e-mail address
at the Foundation that I could contact to get this
process started? I work on a volunteer basis with the
Green Bay Film Society, and we are interested in
introducing the riches of classic Japanese cinema to
our viewers.

Along the same lines, for those Japanese films that
are available on DVD (mainly through Criterion,
although I have noticed the availability of some
titles from Image and Milestone as well), does one
obtain public projection rights from the DVD company
itself? We are keenly interested in showing Ozu's Good
Morning in Spring 2005. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit
corporation; our screenings take place at a public
museum and we do not charge admission. We do advertise
the titles of the films that we are showing.

Thank you all in advance for your collective wisdom on
these topics.

Mark Harris

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