[KineJapan] 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival
Marion Klomfass
marion at nipponconnection.com
Sun May 30 17:24:24 EDT 2021
You can buy the ticket for THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT (6 €) here:
https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1078/the-witches-of-the-orient
The film talk with Julien Faraut via Zoom takes place on June 3 at 11:00
a.m. (CEST). Here you can register for free:
https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1122/film-talk-julien-faraut
Best,
Marion
Am 29.05.21 um 23:44 schrieb LCE via KineJapan:
> Thanks.
> I'm wondering about the documentary about the 1964 Women's Volleyball
> team, THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT. Is there a charge to view it? When
> will it show? I looked on the website but couldn't find it.
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 8:19 PM Linda Ehrlich <odoriko21 at gmail.com
> <mailto:odoriko21 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thank you. The times listed—what time zone are they in?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 28, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Marion Klomfass via KineJapan
>> <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu <mailto:kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> we are pleased to inform you about the program of the *21st
>> Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection*, which will run from
>> *June 1 to 6, 2021*. Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, it
>> will be held entirely online for the second year in a row.
>>
>> Around *80 Japanese short and feature-length films* will be
>> playable as *video-on-demand* throughout Germany and in some
>> cases outside of Germany during the festival period from June 1
>> to 6, 2021. In addition, online live *film talks
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/2021/event/accompanying?english_title=film+talks&event_type_id=&free=0&tag=&date=&english_title=film+talk&event_type_id=&free=0&tag=&date=>*
>> with the directors (including Sion SONO, Koji Fukada, SABU, Miwa
>> Nishikawa, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiaki Toyoda, Shinichiro Ueda,
>> Atsushi Funahashi, Yukiko Sode, Nobuhiro Suwa etc) and *more than
>> 50 workshops, lectures, concerts and performance**s* invite
>> exchange and interaction. All tickets and information are
>> available on the festival website *NipponConnection.com*
>> <http://www.nipponconnection.com>.
>>
>> The majority of the films will have their German, European,
>> International or World Premiere at the festival. From family
>> dramas and musical comedies to socially critical documentaries
>> and independent animated films, the program is a diverse panorama
>> of contemporary Japanese cinema. Big names of Japanese cinema
>> such as Miwa Nishikawa, Takahisa Zeze and Koji Fukada are
>> represented in the *Nippon Cinema
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/2021/section/1/nippon-cinema>*
>> section with their latest works.
>>
>> Among the world premieres is the politically explosive
>> documentary *Ushiku*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1079/ushiku> by
>> award-winning director *Thomas Ash*, filmed with a hidden camera
>> in the immigration center in Ushiku near Tokyo.
>>
>> The thematic focus *Family Matters - The Japanese Family between
>> Tradition and Modernity*
>> <https://nipponconnection.com/en/program/family-matters/> deals
>> with old and new family models, gender norms and unusual
>> perspectives on the institution of family. Complementing the
>> diverse film program, film scholars Chantal Bertalanffy and
>> Claudia Bertolé talk about family images in Japanese cinema in
>> their online lectures.
>>
>> Ten years after the devastating disaster in northeastern Japan on
>> March 11, 2011, two films show the still noticeable effects on
>> Japanese society and for those affected: *Bolt*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1036/bolt> by Kaizo
>> Hayashi and *Voices In The Wind*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1053/voices-in-the-wind>
>> by Nobuhiro Suwa. A *panel discussion
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1131/311-10-years-after-everything-under-control>*
>> moderated by Prof. Dr. Steffi Richter (University of Leipzig)
>> will address the current situation in the disaster region from
>> different perspectives.
>>
>> Unusual perspectives and socially critical films will be shown in
>> the *Nippon Docs*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/2021/section/5/nippon-docs>
>> and *Nippon Visions*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/2021/section/2/nippon-visions>
>> sections. In the Nippon Visions section, *Along The Sea*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1056/along-the-sea> by
>> Akio Fujimoto deals with the precarious situation of migrant
>> workers. *Company Retreat*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1058/company-retreat>
>> by Atsushi Funahashi is a powerful film about sexual harassment.
>>
>> In the Nippon Docs section, we show eight documentaries. As a
>> world premiere we present *Ainu Neno An Ainu*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1072/ainu-neno-an-ainu>
>> by the artist collective Lunch Bee House about the indigenous
>> Ainu population in northern Japan. *I Quit, Being "Friends" *
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1073/i-quit-being-friends>focuses
>> on deaf filmmaker Ayako Imamura's friendship with Ma-chan, who is
>> affected by Asperger's Syndrome, and leads to the question of how
>> people can communicate with each other at all. *Sayonara TV*
>> <https://db.nipponconnection.com/en/event/1076/sayonara-tv> by
>> Koji Hijikata provides an unvarnished look behind the scenes of
>> the Japanese media landscape and plays with the audience's
>> expectations.
>>
>> Please find below the full line-up.
>>
>> We would be happy to welcome you at our Nippon Connection online
>> film festival!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Marion Klomfass
>> Festival director
>>
>> Nippon Connection ONLINE
>> ** * *
>> 21st Japanese Film Festival
>> June 1 – 6, 2021
>> NipponConnection.com
>>
>> Office:
>> Nippon Connection e.V., c/o Atelierfrankfurt, Room 5.08
>> Schwedlerstr. 1-5, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
>> Mobile: +49 177 467 11 41
>> Phone: +49 69 847 765 65, Fax: +49 69 847 765 66
>> Marion at NipponConnection.com <mailto:Marion at NipponConnection.com>
>> NipponConnection.com
>>
>>
>> *The Line-up of the 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival**
>> **June 1–6, 2021**
>> *
>> All films will be shown in the original version with English
>> subtitles except where stated otherwise.
>>
>> NIPPON CINEMA
>> Aristocrats (Anoko wa kizoku) by Yukiko Sode, J 2020, 124 min.,
>> German premiere
>> Bolt by Kaizo Hayashi, J 2019, 79 min., European premiere
>> Can't Stop The Dancing (Dance With Me) by Shinobu Yaguchi, J
>> 2019, 103 min.
>> The Day Of Destruction (Hakai no hi) by Toshiaki Toyoda, J 2020,
>> 57 min.
>> Family Of Strangers (Heisa byoto sorezore no asa) by Hideyuki
>> Hirayama, J 2019, 120 min., German premiere
>> A Girl Missing (Yokogao) by Koji Fukada, J/FR 2019, 111 min.,
>> German premiere
>> his by Rikiya Imaizumi, J 2020, 127 min., German premiere
>> Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Kioku ni gozaimasen!) by Koki
>> Mitani, J 2019, 127 min., German premiere
>> My Blood And Bones In A Flowing Galaxy (Kudakechiru tokoro o
>> misete ageru) by SABU, J 2019, 126 min., German premiere
>> One Night (Hitoyo) by Kazuya Shiraishi, J 2019, 123 min.
>> Our 30-Minute Sessions (Sayonara made no 30 pun) by Kentaro
>> Hagiwara, J 2020, 114 min.
>> The Promised Land (Rakuen) by Takahisa Zeze, J 2019, 129 min.,
>> German premiere
>> Red Post On Escher Street (Escher dori no akai posuto) by Sion
>> Sono, J 2020, 147 min.
>> Sea Of Revival (Nagimachi) by Kazuya Shiraishi, J 2019, 124 min.,
>> German premiere
>> Shiver (Senritsu seshimeyo) by Toshiaki Toyoda, J 2021, 89 min.,
>> no dialog
>> Special Actors by Shinichiro Ueda, J 2019, 109 min., German premiere
>> The Stormy Family (Taifu kazoku) by Masahide Ichii, J 2019, 108
>> min., European premiere
>> To The Ends Of The Earth (Tabi no owari sekai no hajimari) by
>> Kiyoshi Kurosawa, J/Uzbekistan 2019, 120 min., original version
>> with German and French subtitles
>> Under The Open Sky (Subarashiki sekai) by Miwa Nishikawa, J 2021,
>> 126 min., German premiere
>> Voices In The Wind (Kaze no denwa) by Nobuhiro Suwa, J 2020, 139 min.
>> Wolf's Calling (Noroshi ga yobu) by Toshiaki Toyoda, J 2019, 16
>> min., no dialog, German premiere
>> Wonderful Paradise (Noten paradaisu) by Masashi Yamamoto, J 2020,
>> 97 min., German premiere
>> Special screening: A Town And A Tall Chimney (Aru machi no takai
>> entotsu) by Katsuya Matsumura, J 2019, 130 min., original version
>> with German subtitles
>>
>> NIPPON VISIONS
>> Ainu Mosir by Takeshi Fukunaga, J/US/China 2020, 84 min., German
>> premiere
>> Along The Sea (Umibe no kanojotachi) by Akio Fujimoto, J/Vietnam
>> 2020, 88 min., German premiere
>> Aster School Days by Mone Inada, J 2020, 38 min.
>> Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes (Droste no hate de bokura) by
>> Junta Yamaguchi, J 2020, 70 min., German premiere
>> Birdland by Takeshi Kogahara, J 2019, 20 min., European premiere
>> Company Retreat (Aru shokuba) by Atsushi Funahashi, J 2020, 135
>> min., German premiere
>> Daughters by Hajime Tsuda, J 2020, 104 min., German premiere
>> Extraneous Matter–Complete Edition (Ibutsu -kanzenban-) by
>> Kenichi Ugana, J 2021, 61 min., world premiere
>> Idol by Ryushi Lindsay, J 2020, 21 min., German premiere
>> I'm Really Good (Watashi wa genki) by Hirobumi Watanabe, J 2020,
>> 61 min., German premiere
>> It's A Summer Film! (Sama firumu ni notte) by Soshi Matsumoto, J
>> 2020, 97 min., international premiere
>> Kamata Prelude (Kamata zensokyoku) by Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu
>> Akiyama, Yuka Yasukawa & Hirobumi Watanabe, J 2020, 117 min.,
>> international premiere
>> Kontora by Anshul Chauhan, J 2019, 144 min., German premiere
>> Lucky Owl With Shimako by Yoko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita, J 2020,
>> 1 min., no dialog, German premiere
>> Montage Of Hong Kong by Ikuma Hori, J 2020, 28 min., European
>> premiere
>> Muito Prazer by Jengil Park, J 2020, 31 min., European premiere
>> Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (Nosari no shima) by Tatsuya
>> Yamamoto, J 2021, 129 min., European premiere
>> O-Bon, Anecdotes From Kyoto by Jénay Vogel, Schweiz 2021, 10
>> min., German premiere
>> Project TANUKI (Tanuki keikaku) by Yu Hsin Chiueh, J 2020, 41 min.
>> Sasaki In My Mind by Takuya Uchiyama, J 2020, 118 min.,
>> international premiere
>> Stay by Naoya Fujita, J 2020, 37 min., Original version with
>> German subtitles, international premiere
>> Then I Add Colors To A Panda And A Zebra by Karin Takeda, J 2019,
>> 39 min., international premiere
>> The Town Of Headcounts (Ninzu no machi) by Shinji Araki, J 2020,
>> 111 min., German premiere
>> Weather Map by Nana Kawabata, J 2021, 9 min., no dialog, German
>> premiere
>> Where Bibi Went by Tadasuke Kotani, J 2020, 15 min., German premiere
>> yes, yes, yes by Akihiko Yano, J 2021, 75 min., international
>> premiere
>>
>> NIPPON DOCS
>> Ainu Neno An Ainu by Laura Liverani, Neo Sora & Valý
>> Þórsteinsdóttir, J 2019, 72 min., world premiere
>> I Quit, Being "Friends" (Tomodachi yameta.) by Ayako Imamura, J
>> 2020, 84 min. OmeU, international premiere
>> Koshien: Japan's Field Of Dreams by Ema Ryan Yamazaki, J/US 2019,
>> 94 min., German premiere
>> Me And The Cult Leader (Aganai – Chikatetsu sarinjiken to
>> watashi) by Atsushi Sakahara, J 2020, 114 min., German premiere
>> Sayonara TV (Sayonara terebi) by Koji Hijikata, J 2019, 109 min.,
>> international premiere
>> SUMODO ~The Successors Of Samurai~ (Sumodo ~Samurai o tsugu mono
>> tachi~) by Eiji Sakata, J 2020, 104 min., European premiere
>> Ushiku by Thomas Ash, Japan 2021, 84 min., world premiere
>> The Witches Of The Orient by Julien Faraut, Frankreich 2021, 100
>> min., German premiere
>>
>> NIPPON ANIMATION
>> A Break In The Clouds by Anna Takagi, J 2021, 7 min., no dialog,
>> German premiere
>> Boy With Child by Yoshiro Kawakami, J 2020, 10 min., German premiere
>> Castle by Ryotaro Miyajima, J 2019, 5 min., no dialog
>> Difference And Repetition And Coffee by Masa Kudo, J 2020, 5
>> min., no dialog, German premiere
>> Empty Hands by Emari Okayama, J 2020, 7 min., German premiere
>> I Am A Motif by Sijia Luo, J 2020, 8 min., German premiere
>> Leaking Life by Shunsaku Hayashi, J 2019, 15 min., no dialog
>> Locomotor by Isaku Kaneko, J 2019, 3 min., no dialog
>> Lupin III: The First (Lupin sansei THE FIRST) by Takashi
>> Yamazaki, J 2019, 93 min., Original version with German
>> subtitles, German premiere
>> Mubi by Tomoe Obayashi, J 2019, 6 min.
>> ON-GAKU: Our Sound (Ongaku) by Kenji Iwaisawa, J 2019, 71 min.
>> Our House / Notre maison by Caori Murata, J 2020, 3 min., German
>> premiere
>> Our Little Pond by Namiko Ishidate, J 2021, 15 min., German premiere
>> parallax by Hayato Nove, J 2021, 33 min., no dialog, world premiere
>> Seven Days War (Bokura no nanokakan senso) by Yuta Murano, J
>> 2019, 88 min., original version with German subtitles, German
>> premiere
>> Small Life by Yueqi Wu, J 2021, 5 min., German premiere
>> Strawberry Candy by Nianze Li, J 2020, 7 min., German premiere
>> Sumikkogurashi: Good To Be In The Corner (Eiga sumikko gurashi
>> tobidasu ehon to himitsu no ko) by Mankyu, J 2019, 60 min.,
>> original version with English subtitles / original version with
>> German voice-over
>> The Balloon Catcher by Isaku Kaneko, J 2020, 6 min., no dialog,
>> German premiere
>> The Big Tree In Front Of The House by Yinan Liu, J 2020, 6 min.,
>> German premiere
>> The Living Wall by Keita Kurosaka, J 2020, 6 min., no dialog
>> Wandala! by Akimi Miyamoto, J 2021, 6 min., German premiere
>>
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