Yamagata Fest Screenings

Tue Jul 1 22:20:10 EDT 2008

The latest newsletter from Yamagata announces many interesting  
screenings from last year's festival and beyond?most notably an  
appearance by Tamura Masaki at Kobe Planet Film Archives.

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                YIDFF News <2008 July 2 Issue>
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[HEADLINES]
1. Announcement of Dates for YIDFF 2009!
2. Screening Announcements: Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe
3. YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater
4. Screening Announcement: Yamagata
5. From the YIDFF Office
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1. Announcement of Dates for YIDFF 2009!

The eleventh Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
will be held:

          October 8 (Thursday)--15 (Thursday), 2009

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2. Screening Announcements: Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe

+:+: Nagoya Cinema Festival 2008 :+:+
+:+:     YIDFF 2007 Selection    :+:+
As always, this selection focuses on award-winning films from the
YIDFF 2007 International Competition.
A special program of works by Kawase Naomi will also be screened.

Screening Lineup
< YIDFF 2007 International Competition >
(with English and Japanese subtitles)

_FENGMING A Chinese Memoir_
*The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize)
Director: Wang Bing / CHINA / 2007 / Video / 183 min

_12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires_
Director: Arne Birkenstock / GERMANY / 2005 / 35mm / 86 min

_Revolution_
Director: Jouko Aaltonen / FINLAND / 2006 / 35mm / 80 min

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*Runner-up Prize
Director: Nicolas Prividera / ARGENTINA / 2007 / 35mm / 150 min

_Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine_
*Citizens' Prize
Director: Jan Hinrik Drevs, Rene Harder
GERMANY / 2006 / Video / 90 min

_Potosi, the Journey_
*Runner-up Prize
Director: Ron Havilio / ISRAEL, FRANCE / 2007 / 35mm / 246 min

_Since You Left_
Director: Mohammad Bakri / PALESTINE, ISRAEL / 2006 / Video / 58 min

_Encounters_
*Mayor's Prize
Director: Pierre-Marie Goulet
PORTUGAL, FRANCE / 2006 / Video / 105 min

_Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers_
Director: Rithy Panh / FRANCE / 2006 / Video / 86 min

_Lick Salt--A Grandson's Tale_
Director: Ryan Feldman / CANADA / 2006 / Video / 78 min

_I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave_
Director: Hala Alabdalla, Ammar Albeik
SYRIA / 2006 / Video / 110 min

< Kawase Naomi Special Program >(no English subtitles)
_Tarachime birth/mother_
YIDFF 2007 International Competition Special Prize
Director: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 2006 / Video / 39 min

_Embracing ("Ni tsutsumarete")_
YIDFF '95 New Asian Currents FIPRESCI Special Mention
Director: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 1992 / Video (Orig: 8mm) / 40 min

_Katatsumori_
YIDFF '95 New Asian Currents Awards of Excellence
Director: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 1994 / Video (Orig: 8mm) / 40 min

Period: July 5 (Saturday)--11 (Friday)
*Schedule
http://www.nagoyacinefes.org/schedule/index.html (in Japanese)
Venue: Fushimi Mirion-za (Nagoya City)
Admission: Advance tickets: 1,200 yen
           Door sales: general 1,500 yen
                   senior citizens (60 and older): 1,100 yen
*Numbered tickets will be issued from 9:30am
at Fushimi Mirion-za.
Presented by Nagoya Cinema Festival Organizing Committee
Phone: 052-231-2005 (Organizing Committee Office)
http://www.nagoyacinefes.org/yamagata/index.html (in Japanese)

+:+: YAMA-Dokyu in Osaka Vol.4: A Place to Belong :+:+
Documentaries tell the stories of the world.
Be sure to take this opportunity to see rarely-screened works from
the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Osaka.

July 6 (Sunday)
11:00-, 15:00-
_Three-Five People_
YIDFF 2005 New Asian Currents FIPRESCI Prize
Director: Li Lin / CHINA, USA / 2001 / Video / 85 min
with English and Japanese subtitles
http://www.yidff.jp/2003/cat037/03c041-e.html
An Interview with Director Li Lin
http://www.yidff.jp/2003/interviews/03i041-e.html
*Screens with Q&A from YIDFF 2003 (20 min)

12:55-, 16:55-
_The Underground Orchestra_
YIDFF '99 International Competition Special Prize of Jury
Director: Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS / 1997 / 35mm / 115min
with English and Japanese subtitles
http://www.yidff.jp/99/cat015/99c042-e.html

Venue: Visual Arts Osaka 3F Arts Hall (Osaka City)
Admission: Advance tickets: 1,000 yen
?no seat turnover between films?
Phone: 06-6341-4407 (Visual Arts Osaka)

+:+: Kobe Planet Film Archives Cinematheque :+:+

< Ogawa Shinsuke Retrospective 8 >
July 18 (Friday) 13:00-, 20 (Sunday) 18:00-, 21 (Monday) 13:00-
_Narita: The Sky of May ("Sanrizuka satsuki no sora sato no kayoiji")_
Director: Ogawa Shinsuke / 1977 / 16mm / 81 min
No English subtitles

July 18 (Friday) 15:00-, 19 (Saturday) 11:00-, 20 (Sunday) 12:00-
21 (Monday) 15:00-
_Magino Village--A Tale ("Sen nen kizami no hidokei")_
Director: Ogawa Shinsuke / 1986 / 16mm / 222 min
No English subtitles
http://www.yidff.jp/99/cat009/99c011-4-e.html

July 20 (Sunday) 16:30-
Talk: Tamura Masaki (Director of Photography)
and Yamane Sadao (Film Critic)

*Venue: Kobe Planet Film Archives (Kobe City)
*Admission: members 1,200 yen / student and senior members 1,000 yen
            non-members 1,500 yen
           **200 yen discount on second film
*Phone: 078-754-8039 (Kobe Planet Film Archives)
http://www.kobe-eiga.net/schedule/2008/07/ (in Japanese)

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3. YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater

Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present
documentary films and other masterpieces rarely shown on television
or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.

July 11 (Friday)
< Yamagata's Fledgling Filmmakers--Self Documentaries >
14:00-, 19:00- (screens twice, No English subtitles)
_The Apparition of Adolescence ("Shishunki borei")_
Director: Kagami Keigo / 2007 / Video / 25 min

_Family-Real-Illusion ("Kazoku genso")_
Director: Takahashi Yui / 2007 / Video / 27 min

_We Are All Singing Together ("Minna de utatteru")_
Director: Kobayashi Kaori / 2007 / Video / 22 min

_Memories of A Spider and A Leaf Beetle ("Kumo to hamushi no kioku")_
Director: Omori Hiroki / 2007 / Video / 33 min

A selection of self-documentaries from the graduation works of Tohoku
University of Art and Design students. Even here in Yamagata, films
and filmmakers are being made.

July 25 (Friday)
< Masaoka Kenzo: The Father of Japanese Animation >
14:00-, 19:00- (screens twice, No English subtitles)
_The Teakettle Marching Song ("Chagama Ondo")_
Director: Masaoka Kenzo / 1934 / 16mm / 10 min

_Benkei vs Ushiwaka ("Benkei tai Ushiwaka")
Director: Masaoka Kenzo / 1939 / 16mm / 13 min

and more

Masaoka Kenzo is one of the forefathers of 'Japanimation,' an artform
now enjoyed all over the world.
Enjoy the beautiful yet ephemeral world of his works from the pre and
post-war era!

Cooperation: Kobe Planet Archives

Venue: The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library
        (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
Admission: Free for members
**Membership fee: 3,000 yen (12 months)
**One day ticket: 1,000 yen
Phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata Office)

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4. Screening Announcement: Yamagata

+:+: 58th Shonai Documentary Film Tomonokai Screening :+:+
_Wild, Wild Beach_
YIDFF 2007 International Competition
Director: Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Susanna Baranzhieva
RUSSIA, GERMANY / 2006 / Video / 125 min
with English and Japanese subtitles
http://www.yidff.jp/2007/program/07p1-e.html#t15
An Interview with Director Susanna Baranzhieva
http://www.yidff.jp/2007/interviews/07i027-e.html

Date, Time / Venue
July 5 (Sat) 19:00- / Sakata-shi Sogo Bunka Center, Room 401
July 6 (Sun) 19:00- / Tsuruoka Art Forum

Admission: general: 1,000 yen,
           students (university and under)
            / senior citizens (60 and older): 500 yen
**Free admission for Shonai Documentary Film Tomonokai members
Organizers: Shonai Documentary Film Tomonokai, (NPO) YIDFF

+:+: Tohoku University of Art & Design Library Screening :+:+

_Nanook of the North_
Director: Robert Flaherty / USA / 1922 / 16mm / 50 min

Date / Time: July 17 (Thursday) 17:30-
Venue: Tohoku University of Art & Design Library 2F, AV Room
Admission: free
Presented by: Tohoku University of Art & Design, (NPO) YIDFF
Phone: 023-627-2044  (Tohoku University of Art & Design Library)

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5. From the YIDFF Office

The rainy season has finally reached Yamagata.
Yamagata autumns are famous for imoni (a thick potato and meat soup),
but in summer "dashi" is delicious. It's an essential home-cooked
dish of finely chopped summer vegetables, used as a garnish for tofu
or other foods.
At first glance it appears somewhat bland and simple, but it's full
of the diverse flavors of summer.
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival also cooks up
simple and diverse flavors, so why not take a bite?

YIDFF News will be undergoing some changes from the next issue, so
stay tuned.

(OKI Masaharu, Yamagata Office)
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