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2010-09-27 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (October–November)

Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present documentaries and movies rarely shown on television or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.

The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater

Wandering Gaze 1
October 8 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Time Has No Name
Dir: Stefan Jarl / SWEDEN / 1989 / 35mm / 61 min / YIDFF ’89 International Competition Special Prize
Highway
Dir: Sergei Dvortsevoy / FRANCE, GERMANY / 1999 / 35mm / 54 min / YIDFF ’99 International Competition


Wandering Gaze 2
October 29 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
(Lineup TBA)


Theatricals: Hungary
November 12 (Fri)
14:00 (single screening)
I am Von Höfler (Variation on Werther)
Dir: Forgács Péter / HUNGARY / 2008 / Video / 160 min / YIDFF 2009 International Competition
19:00 (single screening)
Stubborn Dreams
Dir: Szobolits Béla / HUNGARY / 1989 / 16mm / 93 min / YIDFF ’91 International Competition The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize


Phantasm: Czech
November 26 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
The Emperor’s Nightingale
Dir: Jiří Trnka / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / 1948 / 35mm / 73 min

The toys of a boy suffering from a fever appear in his dreams of an emperor. Trnka adapts Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale in this masterpiece of animation.
Source: Cesky K, Ren Corporation


[Venue] The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission] Free admission for members (Member’s fee: 3,000 yen for one year), One day ticket:1,000 yen
[Presented by] YIDFF (NPO)
[Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)



Upcoming Friday screenings

December 10 (Fri)   The Lightning Testimonies, In the Name of God
December 17 (Fri)  
(This program is subject to change)