Film Letter to the Future
Co-organized by Yamagata University Institute for Visual Arts and Science
Supported by L’Ambassade de France / Institut français du Japon, The Japan Foundation
Supported by L’Ambassade de France / Institut français du Japon, The Japan Foundation
[Venue] CS Yamagata Citizens’ Hall (Small Hall)
To watch a movie is to encounter a life beyond one’s own. It means to consider that life, to be in awe of it. The hope of movies is that the voices coming through the screen and the answers they engender will reach someone, some set of young ears, somewhere in some future. YIDFF has been holding youth-targeted viewing programs and workshops and supported the activities of high school students of the Docuyama Youth initiative. This year, we are excited to welcome a guest from France involved in film education for a special documentary screening and workshop. (Free for high school and university students. Pre-registration required.)
- Once Upon a Time, TV
- FRANCE / 1985 / Digital File (Original: 16mm, 8mm) / 57 min
Director: Marie-Claude Treilhou
- Back to Ghawas
- AFGHANISTAN / 2006 / Digital File / 27 min
Director: Sediqa Rezaei
- Film Letter to the Future Section Overview
- YIDFF2021 Young Solitude (2018, dir. Claire Simon) Talking Architect (2011, dir. Jeong Jae-eun) Beyond the Language (2019, dir. Nishino Madoka) *Facilitators: Dohi Etsuko (Children Meet Cinema), Tsuchida Tamaki (YIDFF)
YIDFF2021 ON SCREEN! Cow (2021, dir. Andrea Arnold) *Facilitators: Nakamura Takayuki (Filmmaker), Tsuchida Tamaki
YIDFF2023 Herman Slobbe / Blind Child 2 (1966, dir. Johan van der Keuken) Beppie (1965, dir. Johan van der Keuken) *Facilitators: Christophe Postic (Lussas International Documentary Film Festival), Nishino Madoka (Filmmaker)