[KineJapan] Yamagata — Aichi

[Markus Nornes]

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival just announced and the
Aichi Triennale announced their lineups.

Aichi's list is pretty interesting (
https://aichitriennale.jp/news/2019/003415.html). A few films that have
been around, like Toda Hikaru's Love and Law. Two Reifenstahl films (!?),
some kind of collection of Aichi interviews from Company Matsuo (unclear if
it includes all the sex), and the two Japanese films from Cannes, Kuzoku's
Tenzo and the colorful experimental short Grand Bouquet.

バスマ・アルシャリフ『ウロボロス』 77分 2017年制作
キャスリン・ビグロー『デトロイト』 142分 2017年制作
チェ・スンホ『共犯者たち』 105分 2017制作
カンパニー松尾『A Day in the Aichi（仮）』［新作］ 上映時間未定 2019年制作
クレール・ドゥニ『ハイ・ライフ』 113分 2018年制作
小森はるか『空に聞く』 75分 2018年制作
ミロ・ラウ『コンゴ裁判』 105分 2017年制作
レニ・リーフェンシュタール『民族の祭典』（「オリンピア」第一部） 138分 1938年制作
レニ・リーフェンシュタール『美の祭典』（「オリンピア」第二部） 97分 1938年制作
戸田ひかる『愛と法』 94分 2017年制作
東海テレビ放送『さよならテレビ』 77分 2018年制作
富田克也『典座-TENZO-』［日本初上映］ 62分 2019年制作
吉開菜央『Grand Bouquet』［日本初上映］ 15分 2019年制作

I'd heard rumors that the Yamagata competition (
https://www.yidff.jp/2019/program/19p1-e.html) was going to have a lot of
long films. Indeed it does. It's one of the admirable things about
Yamagata. Length doesn't seem to factor into selection for their
competition. So this time around, they've got Anand Patwardhan's new film
clocking in a 240 minutes and Wang Bing's Dead Souls at 495 minutes—over 8
hours long. They make Wiseman's Monrovia feel short at 2 hours, 20+
minutes. I noticed they list Dead Souls as a Swiss, French co-production; I
guess that's one way to get around the new censorship law in China....but I
note that Zhang Menqi's new film is included, most definitely not with the
Dragon Seal, and it is listed as a Chinese film. Interesting.

I was thrilled to see Makino Takashi included in the competition. Looks
great. They'll also have sidebars on 311 (again), films about film (again),
Yamagata and film (again).........they really need to mix things up.

But the original programming includes sidebars on Iran, Oceana, new
Japanese works, and a north Indian archives, and a reevaluation of 1930s
Japanese documentary.

Hint for those thinking of attending. There is a medical conference
overlapping with the festival and it has really sucked up the prime
location hotel rooms. I've had a bunch of people asking me about this.
Thankfully, the festival will be announcing a package tour that includes
Shinkansen and hotel. The price should be decent and the hotel should be
central. I'll forward information when it's announced. Even better: maybe
the YIDFF folks on KineJapan could post this themselves?

YIDFF competition list follows...

Markus

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*Absence*INDIA / 2018 / 80 min
*Director:* Ekta Mittal

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[image: -]*Cachada—The Opportunity*EL SALVADOR / 2019 / 81 min
*Director:* Marlén Viñayo

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[image: -]*The Crosses*CHILE / 2018 / 80 min
*Directors:* Teresa Arredondo, Carlos Vásquez Méndez

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[image: -]*Dead Souls*FRANCE, SWITZERLAND / 2018 / 495 min
*Director:* Wang Bing

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[image: -]*Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?*USA / 2017 / 90 min
*Director:* Travis Wilkerson

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[image: -]*In Our Paradise*FRANCE / 2019 / 76 min
*Director:* Claudia Marschal

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[image: -]*Living the Light—Robby Müller*THE NETHERLANDS / 2018 / 86 min
*Director:* Claire Pijman

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[image: -]*Memento Stella*JAPAN, HONG KONG / 2018 / 60 min
*Director:* Makino Takashi

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[image: -]*Midnight Traveler*USA, QATAR, CANADA, UK / 2019 / 87 min
*Director:* Hassan Fazili

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[image: -]*Monrovia, Indiana*USA / 2018 / 143 min
*Director:* Frederick Wiseman

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[image: -]*Reason*INDIA / 2018 / 240 min
*Director:* Anand Patwardhan

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[image: -]*Self-Portrait: Window in 47 KM*CHINA / 2019 / 110 min
*Director:* Zhang Mengqi

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[image: -]*Transnistra*SWEDEN, DENMARK, BELGIUM / 2019 / 93 min
*Director:* Anna Eborn

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[image: -]*Your Turn*BRAZIL / 2019 / 93 min
*Director:* Eliza Capai

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[image: -]*Yukiko*FRANCE / 2018 / 70 min
*Director:* Young Sun Noh
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