Other Screenings
Special Invitation Films
Yano Kazuyuki, the first YIDFF Tokyo office director, passed away in 2024. Yano laid the foundations for the festival alongside the late filmmaker Ogawa Shinsuke and other collaborators, and in his memory the festival will screen Kidlat Tahimik’s Why Is Yellow Middle of Rainbow? (1994), which was completed through repeated screenings at YIDFF ’89–’93 and dedicated to Ogawa. Additionally, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Ogawa’s birth, there will be a screening of Narita: Heta Village (1973), which also served as the catalyst for Ogawa Productions move to Yamagata. The closing screening will be Voices of the Silenced (2025), co-directed by Park Soo-nam and Park Maeui. This film weaves together the untold stories of Korean victims of the atomic bomb, Korean former military personnel from the Battle of Okinawa, and women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military, based on 16mm footage filmed over approximately forty years, and was made in collaboration with the director’s daughter, a member of the post-war generation.
* Exhibitions related to Yano Kazuyuki and Ogawa Shinsuke will be held at the Former Yoshiike Clinic.
- Why Is Yellow Middle of Rainbow? Dir: Kidlat Tahimik / 1994 / 175 min
Narita: Heta Village Dir: Ogawa Shinsuke / 1973 / 146 min
and more
Closing Film- The Voices of the Silenced Dirs: Park Soo-nam, Park Maeui / 2025 / 148 min
YIDFF Classics on Digital
Yamagata Documentary Film Library Collection Digitization Project
[Venues] CL Yamagata Citizens’ Hall (Large Hall) and more
- Route One/USA Dir: Robert Kramer / FRANCE / 1989 / 255 min / YIDFF ’89 International Competition The Mayor’s Prize
Time Has No Name Dir: Stefan Jarl / SWEDEN / 1989 / 61 min / YIDFF ’89 International Competition Special Prize
Yamagata Autumn Arts Festival 2025
Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference 2025
Celebrating UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage:
Cinematic Heritage in Our Communities
In cooperation with Yamagata Autumn and Winter Arts Festival Committee
[Venue] Q1 Yamagata Creative City Center Q1 2-C
An expert from Busan, a UNESCO Creative City of Film in South Korea, will join us to reflect on the meaning of filmpreservation in local communities.
- Related Screening
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[Venue] F1 Forum Yamagata 1
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory Dir: Inés Toharia Terán / CANADA, SPAIN / 2021 / 120 min
YIDFF Network Special Screening
The YIDFF Network is a volunteer group that was brought together for the inaugural YIDFF in 1989 at the initiative of filmmaker Ogawa Shinsuke. Its wide range of activities includes organizing Friday Theater, a series of screenings for the general public; participation in the selection of films for the festival; and publication activities. In addition, the YIDFF Network Special Screening introduce films reflecting the volunteers’ own perspectives.