Documentaries from around the world!
DOCUMENTARY DREAM SHOW / Yamagata in Tokyo 2010
- Since 1989, the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival has been held biennially in the northern city of Yamagata.
- Every other year, the festival comes to Tokyo!
- This year’s four-week event will showcase most of the 2009 lineup, with additional favorites and classics from the festival’s 20 year history. Most films have English subtitles or are in English.
Where and when?
Sept. 18 – Oct. 1
EUROSPACE (Shibuya)
Q-AX Bldg. 3F, 1-5 Maruyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0044 JAPANTel. 81-3-3461-0211
Oct. 9 – Oct. 29
POLE POLE HIGASHI NAKANO (Nakano)
4-4-1 Higashinakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0003Tel. 03-3371-0088
Tickets available at theaters and playguides:
At door 1,500 yen for 1; 4,200 yen for 3 tickets
Advance sales 1,300 yen for 1; 3,600 for 3 tickets
Pass (admits one to all screenings) 16,000 yen
Eurospace member discounts and Pole Pole multiple tickets are valid.
Co-presented by: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Eurospace, Pole Pole Higashi Nakano
Special thanks to: Tsuda College, Directors Guild of Japan, Golla Japan
Supported by: Geijutsu Bunka Shinko Kikin
With the assistance of: Embassy of Canada
Enquiries: Cinematrix Tel. 03-5362-0671 Email mail@cinematrix.jp
www.cinematrix.jp/dds2010
In the following schedule, E= Eurospace, P= Pole Pole Higashinakano.
EUROSPACE Program
Music, Love, Life / Heddy Honigmann
Oblivion
[THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY / 2008 / The Mayor’s Prize]
9.19 13:45 (with talk show) E
9.22 18:45 E
9.27 11:15 P
Crazy
[THE NETHERLANDS / 1999]
9.18 18:45 E
9.27 11:15 E
Underground Orchestra
[THE NETHERLANDS / 1997 / Special Prize of Jury]
9.18 16:15 E
9.24 21:15 E
Metal and Melancholy
[THE NETHERLANDS / 1993 / The Mayor’s Prize]
9.19 11:15 E (No English)
Continent India, King of Dreams / Amar Kanwar
A Season Outside
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 1997]
9.19 18:30 E
The Lightning Testimonies
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2007]
9.19 18:30 E
10.22 13:30 P
King of Dreams
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2001]
9.19 16:15 E
A Night of Prophecy
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2002]
9.19 16:15 E
9.27 21:15 E
Masters of Craft and Art / Hartmut Bitomsky and Avi Mograbi
Reichsautobahn
[Hartmut Bitomsky / GERMANY / 1985-86]
9.23 16:15 E
Staub (Dust)
[Hartmut Bitomsky / GERMANY, SWITZERLAND / 2007]
9.23 18:45 E
9.27 16:15 E
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
[Avi Mograbi / ISRAEL, FRANCE / 1999 / Runner-Up Prize]
9.23 11:15 E
Z 32
[Avi Mograbi / ISRAEL, FRANCE / 2008 / Award of Excellence]
9.23 13:45 E
10.12 19:00 P
Wang Bin’s World, Apichatpong’s Starting Point
Tie Xi Qu: West of Tracks
[Wang Bing / CHINA / 2003 / The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize]
9.28 16:15 E (Part 1)
9.29 15:15 E (Part 2)
9.29 18:45 E (Part 3)
FENGMING A Chinese Memoir
[Wang Bing / CHINA / 2007 / The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize]
9.30 16:00 E
thirdworld
[Apichatpong Weerasethakul / THAILAND / 1998]
9.27 18:45 E
Mysterious Object at Noon
[Apichatpong Weerasethakul / THAILAND / 2000 / Runner-Up Prize, NETPAC Special Mention]
9.27 18:45 E
From the 2009 International Competition
Encirclement – Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy
[Richard Brouillette / CANADA / 2008 / The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize]
9.18 11:15 E
10.1 18:15 E
10.19 13:30 P
The Fortress
[Fernand Melgar / SWITZERLAND / 2008 / Award of Excellence]
9.18 14:15 E
10.20 11:00 P
The Pier of Apolonovka
[Andrei Schwartz / GERMANY / 2008]
9.20 16:15 E
9.27 13:45 E
Because We Were Born
[Jean-Pierre Duret, Andrea Santana / FRANCE, BRAZIL / 2008]
9.21 18:45 E
9.25 16:15 E
I Am Von Hofler (Variation on Werther)
[Forgács Péter / HUNGARY / 2008]
9.24 18:15 E
10.1 13:15 E
Japan: A Story of Love and Hate
[Sean McAllister / UK, JAPAN / 2009 / Special Prize, Citizens’ Prize]
9.25 11:15 E
10.13 16:00 P
AUTO*MATE
[Martin Mareček / CZECH REPUBLIC / 2009]
9.25 13.45 E
10.1 11:15 E
The Mother
[Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov / SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, RUSSIA / 2007]
9.25 18:45 E
10.1 16:15 E
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
[Brett Gaylor / CANADA / 2008]
9.26 16:15 E
10.20 16:00 P
Driving Men
[Susan Mogul / USA / 2008]
9.26 18:45 E
9.29 13:45 E
20 Years of Documentary
A Tale of the Wind
[Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan / FRANCE / 1988]
9.20 11:15 E (no English)
Pictures of the Old World
[Dušan Hanák / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / 1972]
9.20 13:45 E (no English)
Highway
[Sergei Dvortsevoy / FRANCE, GERMANY / 1999]
9.20 18:45 E
Route One / USA
[Robert Kramer / FRANCE / 1989 / The Mayor’s Prize]
9.21 11:15 E
Against Forgetting
[Robert Kramer and others / FRANCE / 1991]
9.21 16:15 E
One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train
[Ignacio Agüero / CHILE / 1988]
9.22 11:15 E (No English)
SELF AND OTHERS
[Sato Makoto / JAPAN / 2000]
9.22 13:45 E (No English)
Hanako
[Sato Makoto / JAPAN / 2001]
9.22 13:45 E (No English)
La Devinière
[Benoit Dervaux / BELGIUM / 2000]
9.22 16:15 E
Close Up
[Abbas Klarostami / IRAN / 1990]
9.26 11:15 E (No English)
The Bread and Alley
[Abbas Kiarostami / IRAN / 1970]
9.26 13:45 E (No English)
The Traveller
[Abbas Kiarostami / IRAN / 1974]
9.26 13:45 E (No English)
Amsterdam Global Village
[Johan van der Keuken / THE NETHERLANDS / 1996]
9.24 11:15 E (No English)
Death of the Poet
[Elif Ergezen / TURKEY / 2009]
9.24 16:15 E
10.11 13:30 P
10.15 13:30 P
From Language to Language
[Nurith Aviv / FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL / 2004]
9.24 16:15 E
Crumb
[Terry Zwigoff / USA / 1994]
9.28 11:15 E
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
[Errol Morris / USA / 1999]
9.28 13:45 E
9.30 21:15 E
In the Land of the Deaf
[Nicholas Philibert / FRANCE / 1992]
9.29 11:15 E (No English)
Elegy from Russia
[Alexander Sokurov / RUSSIA / 1993 / Special Prize]
9.30 11:15 E (No English)
In Public
[Jia Zhangke / CHINA / 2001]
9.30 19:30 E
Neon Goddesses
[Yu Lik-wai / BELGIUM, HONG KONG / 1996 / “We Love Cinema” Award]
9.30 19:30 E (No English)
Man of Aran
[Robert Flaherty / USA / 1934]
9.30 13:45 E
Music from the World
Revolution
[Jouko Aaltonen / FINLAND / 2006]
9.18 21:15 E
Underground Orchestra
[Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS / 1997 / Special Prize of Jury]
9.18 16:15 E
9.24 21:15 E
A Night of Prophecy
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2002]
9.19 16:15 E
9.27 21:15 E
Check the Changes
[Marc Huraux / FRANCE / 1990]
9.19 21:15 E (No English)
Journeys with Kabir: Bounded – Boundless
[Shabnam Virmani / INDIA / 2008]
9.29 21:15 (Part 1) E
10.10 21:00 (Part 1) P
10.12 21:00 (Part 2) P
10.14 11:00 (Part 3) P
10.14 13:30 (Part 4) P
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
[Errol Morris / USA / 1999]
9.28 13:45 E
9.30 21:15 E
Encounters
[Pierre-Marie Goulet / PORTUGAL, FRANCE / 2006 / The Mayor’s Prize]
9.20 21:15 E
10.1 21:15 E
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
[Helena Solberg / BRAZIL, USA / 1994]
9.21 21:15 E (No English)
Basal Banar – Sacred Ritual of Truth
[Auraeus Solito / PALAWAN-THE PHILIPPINES / 2002]
9.22 21:00 E
12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires
[Arne Birkenstock / GERMANY / 2005]
9.23 21:15 E
Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
[Arthur Elgort / USA / 1992]
9.26 21:15 E
Bishar Blues
[Amitabh Chakraborty / INDIA / 2006]
9.28 21:15 E
POLE POLE Higashinakano Program
KoreAct!
American Alley
[Kim Dong-ryung / KOREA / 2008 / Ogawa Shinsuke Prize]
10.9 18:30 P (talk)
10.22 16:00 P
Weabak: Stayed Out All Night
[Kim Mi-re / KOREA / 2009]
10.9 21:00 P (talk)
The Fool Doesn’t Catch a Cold
[Kim Kyung-man / KOREA / 2008]
10.15 19:00 P
10.22 16:00 P
The Things That We Shouldn’t Do
[Kim Kyung-man / KOREA / 2003]
10.15 19:00 P
The Description of Bankruptcy
[Lee Kang-hyun / KOREA / 2006]
10.15 19:00 P
Seeking Diversity and Co-existence
Encirclement – Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy
[Richard Brouillette / CANADA / 2008 / The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize]
9.18 11:15 E
10.1 18:15 E
10.19 13:30 P
The Lightning Testimonies
[Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2007]
9.19 18:30 E
10.22 13:30 P
Fat Chance
[Sekiguchi Yuka / AUSTRALIA / 2008]
10.10 13:30 P (No English)
Journeys With Kabir (4 films)
[Shabnam Virmani / INDIA / 2008]
9.29 21:15 (Part 1) E
10.10 21:00 (Part 1) P
10.12 21:00 (Part 2) P
10.14 11:00 (Part 3) P
10.14 13:30 (Part 4) P
Tanaka-san Will Not Do Calisthenics
[Maree Delofski / AUSTRALIA / 2008]
10.19 18:30 P
Fence / Part One: Lost Paradise, Part Two: Fragmented Stratum
[Fujiwara Toshi / 2008]
10.21 19:00 P
Children’s Eyes, Family Forms
Bilal
[Sourav Sarangi / INDIA / 2008 / Award of Excellence, Community Cinema Award]
10.9 13:30 P
10.15 21:00 P
The Memory of Being Here
[Kawabe Ryota / JAPAN / 2007]
10.14 21:00 P
10.21 16:00 P
I Wonder…
[Anupama Srinivasan / INDIA / 2009]
10.10 18:30 P
10.20 13:30 P
Crescent Moon Over the Sea
[Yuli Andari / INDONESIA / 2007]
10.11 13:30 P
10.15 13:30 P
The Heart of Jenin
[Marcus Vetter, Lior Geller / GERMANY / 2008]
10.15 11:00 P
About Loving
Japan: A Story of Love and Hate
[Sean McAllister / UK, JAPAN / 2009 / Special Prize, Citizens’ Prize]
9.25 11:15 E
10.13 16:00 P
The Convert
[Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit / THAILAND / 2008]
10.13 13:30 P
10.17 13:30 P
Yuri—About Loving
[Azuma Mieko / GERMANY / 2008 / Citizens’ Prize]
10.13 18:30 P
10.22 11:00 P
Memory of Spider and Moth
[Omori Hiroki / 2008]
10.13 18:30 P
10.22 11:00 P
Path of Anna – Yesterday Today Tomorrow
[Naoi Riyo / JAPAN, THAILAND / 2009]
10.17 11:00 P
Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected Souls
[Tsuchimoto Noriaki / JAPAN / 2004]
10.13 11:00 P
The World is Deep and Wide
Oblivion
[THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY / 2008 / The Mayor’s Prize]
9.19 13:45 (with talk show) E
9.22 18:45 E
9.27 11:15 P
The Fortress
[Fernand Melgar / SWITZERLAND / 2008 / Award of Excellence]
9.18 14:15 E
10.20 11:00 P
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
[Brett Gaylor / CANADA / 2008]
9.26 16:15 E
10.20 16:00 P
Agrarian Utopia
[Uruphong Raksasad / THAILAND / 2009]
10.17 16:00 P
For the Future of the Middle East
Samia
[Ammar Albeik / SYRIA / 2008]
10.10 16:00 P
10.21 13:30 P
This is Lebanon
[Eliane Raheb / LEBANON / 2008 / Award of Excellence]
10.10 16:00 P
10.21 13:30 P
Z 32
[Avi Mograbi / ISRAEL, FRANCE / 2008 / Award of Excellence]
9.23 13:45 E
10.12 19:00 P
Ode for the Disappearing
Nagai Park Elegy
[Sato Leo, NDS / JAPAN / 2009]
10.15 16:00 P
10.22 21:00 P
Chronicle of an Amnesiac
[Anirban Datta / JAPAN / 2007]
10.9 16:00 P
10.21 11:00 P
Green Rocking Chair
[Roxlee / THE PHILIPPINES / 2008]
10.9 16:00 P
10.21 11:00 P
Death of the Poet
[Elif Ergezen / TURKEY / 2009]
9.24 16:15 E
10.11 13:30 P
10.15 13:30 P
Field Feet
[Onishi Kenji / 2008]
10.16 18:30 P (No English)
The Whispered Life
[Gilles Sionnet, Marie-Francine Le Jalu / FRANCE / 2009]
10.19 21:00 P
Relaying Tradition
Hongara – Sacred Torch
[Nagaoka Noa / 2008]
10.10 11:00 P
Ultimate Land – A Year of Iwasaki Onikenbai
[Miyake Nagaru / 2008]
10.20 19:00 P
Ximaojia Universe
[Mao Chenyu / CHINA / 2009 / Special Mention]
10.9 11:00 P
10.18 13:30 P
The Passionate Culture
[Chung Kam-tong / HONG KONG / 2009]
10.14 16:00 P
10.18 11:00 P
Frontlines from China
Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic
[Cong Feng / CHINA / 2008 / Directors Guild of Japan Award]
10.12 13:30 P
10.16 11:00 P
Spiral Staircase of Harbin
[Ji Dan / JAPAN / 2008 / Special Mention]
10.13 21:00 P
10.18 16:00 P
Disorder
[Huang Weikai / CHINA / 2009]
10.16 16:30 P
10.18 19:00 P
Fuck Cinema
[Wu Wenguang / CHINA / 2005]
10.17 19:00 P
Islands / I Lands – Cinemas in Exile
Return in Leyte
[Kum Soni]
10.11 18:30 P
Yellow Bridge
[Maria Rosalie Zerrudo / JAPAN / 2009]
10.11 18:30 P
The Sorceress of Dirah
[Sardono W. Kusumo / INDONESIA / 1992]
10.18 21:00 P
Promised Paradise
[Leonard Retel Helmrich / THE NETHERLANDS, INDONESIA / 2006]
10.18 21:00 P
Kidlat Tahimik Program
10.11 16:00 P
The Place Where I Live – and touch me
[Higa Chiaki / JAPAN / 2004]
10.11 16:00 P (No English)
10.14 18:30 P (No English)
Reflection
[Marutani Hajime / JAPAN / 2007]
10.14 18:30 P (No English)
Films about Yamagata
The Natco Hour
10.11 11:00 P (No English)
Yamagata Household Cinema – A Look at Prewar Japan
10.12 11:00 P (No English)
Live, Live, Live!
Oki Hiroyuki Action Night
10.11 21:00 P (No English)
Material & Memories
[Hara Masato / JAPAN / 2009]
10.16 20:50 P (No English)
KI-SE-KI – GozoCiné
[Yoshimasu Gozo / JAPAN / 2008]
10.22 18:30 P (No English)