[KineJapan] Nonaka's Camera—CIFA Launch in Newcastle

[matteoB]

Markus, thank you very much for the fascinating stories about the cameras,
has anything ever been written about the history of cinema seen from the
point of view of one or more of its objects?

mb

Il giorno sab 30 set 2023 alle ore 06:39 Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> ha scritto:

> Roger wrote,
>
>> I guess, even then, there was more the Yamagata selection committee than
>> just Ogawa ?
>
>
> Ogawa probably participated on the 1989 selection, but was basically on
> his death bed on the runup to 1991.
>
> Actually, the selection process for Yamagata is radically democratic and
> complicated.  It's changed, tho not much, over the years. Basically, there
> are layers of selection, featuring the participation of the festival's
> professional programmers, national critics/scholars, city hall people and
> regular citizens. This explains why Yamagata's selection has always been
> unpredictable. There are always films that have been selected that have
> been passed over by other festivals, and sometimes they win.
>
> This frustrates unknowing filmmakers who have shown there in the past but
> don't make the cut; they simply assume Yamagata's like all the
> other festivals and their personal connections can get them in. Doesn't
> work that way.
>
> I'm very much looking forward to the festival next week!
>
> Markus
>
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