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The YIDFF pre-event festival “Films Under the Blessing of the Great Mountains” is back! Do come to immerse yourself in the grandness of mountains projected on (and brimming out of) the big screen and enjoy the richness of their images.

YIDFF 2021 Preliminary Event
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2020”

Period: November 27 (Fri) –29 (Sun)

• November 27 (Fri) 
10:00

Boku wa ryoshi ni natta
Dir: Kawahara Aiko / JAPAN / 2020 / 99 min

19:30

Gaia Symphony No. 3
Dir: Tatsumura Jin / JAPAN / 1997 / 150 min

• November 28 (Sat)
10:00 

Boku wa ryoshi ni natta
* Talk session with Taguchi Hiromi (Tohoku University of Art and Design) is scheduled after the screening.

13:00

Beyond the Salween River
Dir: Gigi Berardi / BURMA, VIETNAM, THAILAND / 2019 / 65 min / YIDFF 2019 New Asian Currents
Mount Zao
Dir: Tsukamoto Koji / JAPAN / 1935 / Silent / B&W / 12 min / YIDFF 2007 Films about Yamagata
Kurobe Kyokoku tanken
Cinematographer: Shirai Shigeru / JAPAN / 1927 / Silent / B&W / 24 min / Source: National Film Archive of Japan   * Violin Performance: Suzuki Takashi (Composer)

15:15

Shiroki hyoga no hateni (Japan K2 Expedition 77)
Dir: Monden Ryotaro / JAPAN / 1978 / 123 min
* Talk session with Iizawa Masato (alpinist) is scheduled after the screening.

18:30

We Mountain People in the Mountains
Dir: Fredi M. Murer / SWITZERLAND / 1974 / 108 min / YIDFF 2017 Fredi M. Murer Retrospective

20:45

The Green Mountain
Dir: Fredi M. Murer / SWITZERLAND / 1990 / 128 min / YIDFF 2017 Fredi M. Murer Retrospective

• November 29 (Sun)
10:00 

Boku wa ryoshi ni natta

13:00

Koyaban—Karasawa hyutte no shiki
Dir: Ise Shinichi / JAPAN / 2013 / 69 min
Hoshiboshi no Kioku—in the time and light of Hodaka
Dir: Miyata Hachiro / JAPAN / 2017 / 40 min
* Talk session with Ise Shinichi (director) is scheduled after the screening.

16:00

GON, THE LITTLE FOX
Dir: Yashiro Takeshi / JAPAN / 2019 / 28 min
Okon joruri
Dir: Okamoto Tadanari / JAPAN / 1982 / 25 min

17:30

The Creeping Garden
Dir: Tim Grabham, Jasper Sharp / UK / 2014 / 81 min
* Talk session with Kawakami Shinichi (researcher) is scheduled after the screening.

20:00

Alpine Fire
Dir: Fredi M. Murer / SWITZERLAND / 1985 / 117 min / YIDFF 2017 Fredi M. Murer Retrospective

• November 30 (Mon) –December 3 (Thu)
10:00 

Boku wa ryoshi ni natta

Related screenings:
• November 13 (Fri) –19 (Thu) (Screening schedule: TBD)

Ainu Mosir

• December 4 (Fri) –10 (Thu) (Screening schedule: TBD)

A Plastic Ocean

[Venue]

Forum Yamagata (Yamagata City)

[Admission]

Advanced ticket: 1,100 yen (1 program) / 3,600 yen (4 programs) / 6,400 yen (8 programs)

[Presented by]

“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains” Screening Committee

[Collaborated with]

National Film Archive of Japan

[Supported by]

Association for Corporate Support of the Arts “GBFund”

[With the assistance of]

Yamagata Creative City Promotion Council

[Contact]

phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)