Forum Cinema Network × YIDFF 2025 Special Collaborative Screening
To commemorate YIDFF 2025, a special program will be held in collaboration with Forum Cinema Network which manages Forum Yamagata—one of the festival’s main venues. A Japanese documentary will be screened in a barrier-free screening using UDCast.
- About Forum Cinema Network
- Initiated by members of the independent screening group Yamagata Ei-Ai-Ren, Forum Cinema Network is a citizen-led movement that led to the founding of Forum Yamagata, which opened as a cinema in 1984. Today, the network operates theaters across the Tohoku region— including locations in Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka—screening over 400 films annually in partnership with local universities and community organizations. By opening new venues in areas without cinemas, the network continues to nurture a vibrant, locally-rooted film culture.
The Shape of the Wind
(Kazetachi no gakko)- JAPAN / 2023 / Japanese / Color / DCP / 77 min
Director, Photography: Tanaka Kenta
Editing: Tanaka Kenta, Hata Takeshi
Sound Mixing: Kawakami Takuya
Color Grading: Hoshiko Takamitsu
Associate Producer: Hata Takeshi
Co-producer: Kamura Kodai
Production Company, World Sales: NANASHI LLC.
Tsugeno High School in Okumikawa, Aichi Prefecture—a boarding school set amidst rich natural surroundings—welcomes children from diverse situations, including those who have stopped attending school. A vivid portrayal of three years at school for students who carry many personal conflicts yet strive to live as fully as they can.
Dates: Oct 10 (Fri) –16 (Thu)
Venue: Forum Yamagata
*With English subtitles
*This screening supports “UDCast” (accessible subtitles/audio guide).
*Film festival passes and tickets are not valid for this screening.