[KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà

[Hal Young]

Hi All,

I'm actually visiting Fukuoka in April, on a research trip. The Fukuoka
City Public Library looks fascinating, and I know they have quite an
extensive archive of experimental films which I'm hoping to access whilst
over there. I've tried contacting them on their Facebook page to get some
more information, but I haven't heard back yet. I was wondering if any of
you had any particular advice for how to go about accessing films from
their archive?

Best,
Hal

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:41 AM adrian restorationasia.org via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Resident in Fukuoka for the past seven years I have collaborated with
> colleagues at the Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive on several
> occasions, it has been a very rewarding experience.
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> Last month’s edition of the FIAF BULLETIN ONLINE
> <https://www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/0009185402f9f755f96fc> contains this
> news from the Archive:
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> “Eijun Sugihara is a newly-appointed curator of Fukuoka City Public
> Library Film Archive and Movie Hall Cine-la. After working in programming
> at Auditorium Shibuya in Tokyo, he served as a film curator at Yamaguchi
> Center for Arts and Media and Aichi Triennale 2019. His latest work as a
> producer is *Gama *(2023), directed by Kao­ri Oda. Sugihara was involved
> in various projects and exhibition curations, including the filmmaking
> group Kuzoku’s “ILHA FORMOSA” (2023) at Sapporo Cultural Arts Community
> Center (SCARTS).”
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> For those interested in knowing more about the archive’s Asian film
> collection, details can be found here
> <https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/files/FilmDetail/FilmDetail_509_file.pdf>
> .
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> Adrian Wood
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> Fukuoka
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> *From:* KineJapan *On Behalf Of *Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan
> *Sent:* 23 January 2024 18:07
> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Cc:* Alexander Jacoby <alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk>; shayne bowden <
> swb8 at gol.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà
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> "Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes
> beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience."
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> Yes, I found it pretty tough to adjust to Avengers: Endgame and Avatar:
> The Way of Water myself!
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> Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek response... Thanks for the write-up! I
> haven't seen the Ogawa for many years, but I remember it being captivating.
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> ALEX
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> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 07:31, shayne bowden via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> Hi
>
>
>
> I was recently in Fukuoka and visited the Fukuoka City Public Library
> Movie Hall, Cine-La. The library movie hall has a 242 seat cinema that runs
> monthly programs of Japanese and world cinema.  The January program was
> curated according to the theme of people and nature. I've included some
> links below.  The library has a film archive and film collections of local
> and international cinema. I managed to see a screening of Imamura Shohei’s
> Narayama Bushiko and also Ogawa Shinsuke’s 223-minute film, 1000-nen kizami
> no hidokei: Maginomura monogatari (1987), which was one of the most
> remarkable cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while.  On January 20th
> there was a full day screening of Hara Kazuo’s Minamata Mandara (2021) in
> three parts, which concluded with a talk by Hara himself.  Unfortunately, I
> had to leave after the screening of the first part of the 372-minute
> documentary, but what I saw of it was enthralling and, like Ogawa’s film,
> challenges one’s understanding of cinema and duration.  Some people might
> find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120
> minute conventional cinematic viewing experience.  Anyway, I’m not sure to
> what extent the Movie Hall is of benefit to researchers, but the monthly
> film schedule is interesting and at only 500 yen per film, it is worth the
> visit when in Fukuoka.
>
> https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/
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> http://www.cinela.com/
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> shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)
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> PhD Candidate
> School of Languages and Cultures
> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> The University of Sydney
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