[KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings

[David Averbach]

Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you,
 
I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor.
 
Some very exciting news…we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim’s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujirō Ozu’s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces.
 
Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350.

Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year.
 
THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu’s family. Daniel Raim’s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets.

Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we’ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. (We cannot send screeners to individual students at this time, so if you are a student, please forward this message to one of your professors.)
 
https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form
 
Sincerely,
 
David Averbach, PhD
Creative Director
The Film Collaborative
415-948-1789
david at thefilmcollaborative.org
thefilmcollaborative.org

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