View People View Cities Films
Co-organized by Yamagata City and
Yamagata Creative City Promotion Council
Yamagata Creative City Promotion Council
In October 2017, Yamagata City became the first city in Japan to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of Film. YIDFF 2025 is pleased to present seven films selected from open call to the 25 cities of the Network, excluding Yamagata, “about cities, its residents, and their daily lives,” following the first edition of this special program in YIDFF 2023. In addition, there will be screenings of four new works from the Yamagata Renaissance Project, featuring traditional Yamagata culture.
- As Day Goes By [Ngima Gelu Sherpa / NEPAL / 2024]
- The Demands of Ordinary Devotion [Eva Giolo / ITALY, BELGIUM / 2021]
- The House Within [Joshua Prendeville / NEW ZEALAND / 2024]
- Siesta [Sofia Mora / ARGENTINA / 2009]
- Stopover [Mariusz Biernacki / POLAND / 2023]
- Such a Beautiful Town [Marta Koch / POLAND / 2019]
- To Insist [Luna Mato Chague / ARGENTINA / 2023]
- Reunion 35 Years of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival [Nagaoka Hiroaki / JAPAN / 2024]
- Memories That Sheep Carry Genghis Khan in Zao Onsen [Fuse Kaho / JAPAN / 2024]
- Sunny Spot Story of a Beloved Local Supermarket [Nagaoka Hiroaki / JAPAN / 2025]
- The Writers of Dewa [Sato Koichi / JAPAN / 2025]