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Events


Opening Ceremony
[Date] October 9 (Thu)  
[Venue] Yamagata Central Public Hall 6F
[Admission] Admission Free

Awards Ceremony
[Date] October 15 (Wed)  
[Venue] Yamagata Central Public Hall 6F
[Admission] Admission Free
Closing Film: Voices of the Silenced  Dirs: Park Soo-nam, Park Maeui / 2025 / 148 min

Award Film Screenings
[Date] October 16 (Thu)
The screening program will be announced after the Awards Ceremony.

 


Collaborated Events

Variety Nights @YIDFF 2025

Announcing a wide variety of events hosted in official collaboration with other organizations, to liven up the festival nights!

[Date] October 10 (Fri) –13 (Mon)
[Venues] Yamagata Creative City Center Q1 (2F) 2-C, BOTA theater (BOTA coffee 2F), Playground Cafe BOX



October 10 (Fri)

An Evening with a Young Woman Projectionist
[Venue] Q1 2-C


October 11 (Sat)

DDDD Film School First showcase!!
[Venue] Q1 2-C

Good-bye Yano-san
[Venue] BOTA theater

Student Mixer Night!
[Venue] Playground Cafe BOX



October 12 (Sun)

Film Festival and “Artification”: Festivity, Performativity and Creativity
[Venue] Q1 2-C

Studying Documentary Records
[Venue] BOTA theater


October 13 (Mon)

Revisiting Segawa Junichi
[Venue] Q1 2-C

Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
[Venue] Playground Cafe BOX

 


Festival Related Events

Yamagata Autumn Arts Festival 2025
Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference 2025

Celebrating UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage:
Cinematic Heritage in Our Communities

An expert from Busan, a UNESCO Creative City of Film in South Korea, will join us to reflect on the meaning of filmpreservation in local communities.

[Venue] Yamagata Creative City Center Q1 (2F) 2-C
[Presented by] Yamagata Creative City Promotion Council, Yamagata City
[In cooperation with] Yamagata Autumn and Winter Arts Festival Committee