Fifth work in director Tatsumura Jin’s Gaia series. Featured this time are Ishigaki Akiko (textile artist), Ervin Laszlo (philosopher, futurist), and others.

• September 20 (Mon—public holiday) 10:30, 14:00 (program screens twice)

[Venue]

International Exchange Plaza (Yamagata Big Wing) 2nd Floor Conference Hall

[Admission]

Regular pre-purchased ticket 1,500 yen
(regular ticket purchased at door 1,800 yen),
Junior High and High School students
and senior citizens (60 years and older) 1,300 yen

[Contact]

phone: 070-5097-4103 (Gaia Network Yamagata)

Winner of the Special Prize at YIDFF ’91, Canticle of Stones will be screened as a pre-event for the Japan Foundation Arab Film Festival 2005.

• September 3 (Fri) 16:00

Canticle of Stones
Michel Khleifi / BELGIUM / 1990 / 105 min

[Venue]

Japan Foundation Forum (Tokyo)

[Admission]

800 yen (ticket purchased on the day of the screening)

[Contact]

phone: 03-3265-1425 (Japan Foundation Arab Film Festival office)

S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine won the Runner-up Prize at YIDFF 2003, and will be screened as follows:

• September 25 (Sat)

S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Rithy Panh / FRANCE / 2002 / 101 min

[Venue]

Hito Machi Koryukan (Kyoto City)

[Admission]

General 1,000 yen, Members 700 yen

[Contact]

phone: 075-344-2371 (Documentary Film Library)

Tie Xi Qu: West of Tracks, which created a sensation at YIDFF 2003 and won the Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize, will be screened as follows:

Tie Xi Qu: West of Tracks
Wang Bing / CHINA / 2003 / 545 min

• September 22 (Wed) 11:30

[Venue]

Nagaoka Lyric Hall (Niigata Prefecture, Nagaoka City)

[Admission]

2,300 yen (all 3 parts)
* single screenings possible (900 yen each)

[Contact]

phone: 0258-33-1231 (Association for Creating a Citizen’s Movie Theater)

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• September 24 (Fri), September 25 (Sat)

[Venue]

Namura shipyard site (Osaka City)

[Contact]

phone: 075-254-6520 (NAMURA ART MEETING Organizing Committee)