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2017-01-20 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)

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

Iraq Year Zero 1
February 10 (Fri)  
14:00 (single screening)
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) (Part 1)
Dir: Abbas Fahdel / IRAQ, FRANCE / 2015 / 160 min / YIDFF 2015 International Competition Award of Excellence, Citizens’ Prize

Iraq Year Zero 2
February 17 (Fri)  
14:00 (single screening)
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) (Part 2)
Dir: Abbas Fahdel / IRAQ, FRANCE / 2015 / 174 min / YIDFF 2015 International Competition Award of Excellence, Citizens’ Prize
19:00 (single screening)
In the Shadow of the Palms—Iraq
Dir: Wayne Coles-Janess / AUSTRALIA / 2005 / Video / 90 min / YIDFF 2005 International Competition, Citizens’ Prize

The Men Who Narrate
March 10 (Fri)  
14:00, 18:30 (screens twice)
Since You Left
Dir: Mohammad Bakri / PALESTINE, ISRAEL / 2006 / 58 min / YIDFF 2007 International Competition
Distinguished Flying Cross
Dir: Travis Wilkerson / USA / 2011 / 62 min / YIDFF 2011 International Competition Special Prize

Special Program for 311
March 24 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Under the Wave, On the Ground
Dir: Komori Haruka, Seo Natsumi / JAPAN / 2014 / 68 min
* Talk session with director Seo Natsumi will be held after either screening.

[Venue]
The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission]
Free admission for members (Member’s fee: free)
[Presented by]
YIDFF (NPO)
[Contact]
phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)