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Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference 2025
Celebrating UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage:
Cinematic Heritage in Our Communities

Passing on Our Cinematic Memories!

This year’s Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference commemorates UNESCO’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Our special guests include an expert from Busan, South Korea (a UNESCO Creative City of Film) along with three leading figures in Japan. How can we preserve valuable film materials within our communities, ensure access to them, and pass them on to the next generation? We will explore creative approaches and share ideas for safeguarding our cinematic heritage.

Date: Oct 11 (Sat) 14:00–16:00

Venue: Yamagata Creative City Center Q1, 2F (2-C) Event Space

Capacity: 35 seats (no reservation required, first-come, first-served)

Admission: Free

Languages: Japanese, English (English interpretation available)

[Panelists]

Shin Sung-eun (Film Archive Manager, Busan Asia Film Archive – Busan Cinema Center)
Inagaki Chisato (Art Coordinator, Kamoe Art Center / Keisuke Kinoshita Memorial Museum)
Matsumoto Keiji (Film Archivist, Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive)
Morimune Atsuko (Moving Image Culture Specialist, Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library)

[Commentator]

Kato Itaru (Chairperson, YIDFF)

[Facilitator]

Kae Ishihara (Researcher, Yamagata Documentary Film Library)

Related Screening

Date: Oct 10 (Fri) 12:30–14:30

Venue: Forum Yamagata 1

Capacity: 65 seats (no reservation required, first-come, first-served)

Admission: Free

Supported by: Kobe Planet Film Archive

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

CANADA, SPAIN / 2021 / English, French, others / Color / DCP / 120 min

Director, Script: Inés Toharia Terán
Photography: Daniel Vilar
Editing: Abraham Lifshitz, Inés Toharia Terán
Composer: Robert Marcel Lepage
Producers: Isaac Garcia Llombart, Paul Cadieux etc.