YIDFF ’93

International Competition: 15 outstanding films were screened, selected from entries from around the world. Jurors’ Films: 9 films were screened. Special Invitation Films: 5 films were screened. Asia Program: Special program featuring emerging filmmakers from Asia. This year, the Ogawa Shinsuke Prize was inaugurated and has been presented to the most promising Asian director at each festival since. 28 titles were screened. Japanese Documentaries of the 1960s: 40 films from the 1960s were screened. In Memory of Ogawa Shinsuke: A program paying tribute to filmmaker Ogawa Shinsuke who passed away in February 1992. 11 films were screened, including those about Ogawa Productions. In Our Own Eyes / First Nations’ Moving Images: In an open air theater built especially for the occasion, indigenous filmmakers of the Native North Americans, South American Indians, the Maori (of New Zealand), the Aboriginal people (of Australia), and the Ainu (of Japan) presented their own images of their people. Live music and dance performances and parties were held daily. 23 films were screened. Japanese Films Panorama Theater & YIDFF Network Special Screenings: Coordinated by Yamagata’s citizen volunteer group, YIDFF Network. 2 films were screened. Japanese Classic Films: 6 classic Japanese feature films were screened.

YIDFF ’93 Award Recipients

Prizes for the International Competition

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
Black Harvest  Dir: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson / AUSTRALIA

The Mayor’s Prize (Prize of Excellence):
Zoo  Dir: Frederick Wiseman / USA

Runner-up Prize:
Living on the River Agano  Dir: Sato Makoto / JAPAN
Losses to be Expected  Dir: Ulrich Seidl / AUSTRIA

Special Prize:
Elegy from Russia  Dir: Alexander Sokurov / RUSSIA

Asia Program

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
1966, My Time in the Red Guards  Dir: Wu Wenguang / CHINA

Citizens’ Prize

In the Name of the God  Dir: Anand Patwardhan / INDIA

YIDFF ’93 Facts and Figures

Total Films Shown: 139

Attendance: 20,509