YIDFF 2007 Encore & Director Kawase Naomi Special Screening

• February 9 (Sat)

10:30   Director Kawase Naomi 1

Embracing (“Ni tsustumarete”)
Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 1992 / 16mm (Orig: 8mm) / 40 min / No English subtitles / YIDFF ’95 FIPRESCI Special Mention
Katatsumori
Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 1994 / 16mm (Orig: 8mm) / 40 min / No English subtitles / YIDFF ’95 New Asian Currents Award of Excellence

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12:30

Bingai
Dir: Feng Yan / CHINA / 2007 / Video / 114 min / YIDFF 2007 New Asian Currents Ogawa Shinsuke Prize, Community Cinema Award

15:10

Somewhere over the Cloud
Dir: Hsiao Mei-ling / TAIWAN / 2007 / Video / 102 min / YIDFF 2007 New Asian Currents Special Mention

17:30

Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine
Dir: Jan Hinrik Drevs, René Harder / GERMANY / 2006 / Video / 90 min / YIDFF 2007 Citizens’ Prize

19:30

A Permanent Part-timer in Distress (“Sonan Furiitaa”)
Dir: Iwabuchi Hiroki / JAPAN / 2007 / Video / 67 min / YIDFF 2007 New Docs Japan

• February 10 (Sun)

10:30   Director Kawase Naomi 2

The Weald (“Somaudo monogatari”)
Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 1997 / 16mm / 73 min / YIDFF ’97 International Competition

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12:30

Back Drop Kurdistan
Dir: Nomoto Masaru / JAPAN, TURKEY, NEWZEALAND / 2007 / Video / 100 min / No English subtitles / YIDFF 2007 Citizens’ Prize

15:10

FENGMING A Chinese Memoir
Dir: Wang Bing / CHINA / 2007 / Video / 183 min / YIDFF 2007 The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize)

Jury Comments

[Venue]

Yamagata Central Public Hall 4F

[Admission]

Advance sales: 1 ticket 1,000 yen / 3 tickets 2,500 yen
At the door: 1 ticket 1,200 yen
* Please consult the Yamagata City playguide, YIDFF Yamagata Office for advance ticket sales.
* Number admission ticket is not available.

[Presented by]

YIDFF (NPO)

[Contact]

phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata Office)