YIDFF ’95

International Competition: 15 outstanding films were screened, selected from entries from around the world. Jurors’ Films: 5 films were screened. Special Invitation Films: 11 films were screened. New Asian Currents: New Asian Currents: 35 titles by emerging Asian filmmakers were screened. Japanese Documentaries of the 1970s: Japanese Documentaries of the 1970s: 44 films from the 1970s were screened. 7 Spectres—Transfigurations in Electronic Shadows: In the centennial of the Lumières’ Cinématographe, this program re-examined “the century of visual media” through political, historical, aesthetic, and technological viewpoints, attempting to deepen and broaden our understanding of documentary (and its relationship to the world). From early silent films to the classics in documentary history, on to cutting edge images that foreshadow the future, 160 titles in total were screened. (These included 103 films of the Lumière brothers.) YIDFF Network Special Screenings: 2 titles were screened by Yamagata’s citizen volunteer group, YIDFF Network. Japanese Classic Films: 6 classic Japanese feature films were screened.

International Competition

YIDFF ’95 Award Recipients

Prizes for the International Competition

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
Choice and Destiny  Dir: Tsipi Reibenbach / ISRAEL

The Mayor’s Prize (Prize of Excellence):
Metal and Melancholy  Dir: Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS

Runner-up Prize:
Screenplay: The Times—Three Decades with the Children of Golzow and the DEFA Documentary Film Studio  Dir: Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge / GERMANY
Picture of Light  Dir: Peter Mettler / SWITZERLAND, CANADA

Special Prize:
Father, Son, and Holy War  Dir: Anand Patwardhan / INDIA

New Asian Currents Awards

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
Murmuring  Dir: Byun YoungJoo / KOREA

Awards of Excellence:
Scenes of Violence  Dir: Chen Yi-wen / TAIWAN
Katatsumori  Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN

Special Mentions:
The Clap Trap  Dir: Jill Misquitta / INDIA
The Other Bank  Dir: Jiang Yue / CHINA

Citizens’ Prize

Screenplay: The Times—Three Decades with the Children of Golzow and the DEFA Documentary Film Studio  Dir: Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge / GERMANY

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FIPRESCI Prize

The Square  Dir: Zhang Yuan, Duan Jinchuan / CHINA, JAPAN
Last Farewell USSR  Dir: Alexander Rodnyansky / UKRAINE

Special Mention:
Embracing  Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN

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“We Love Cinema” Awards

Last Farewell USSR  Dir: Alexander Rodnyansky / UKRAINE
Scenes of Violence  Dir: Chen Yi-wen / TAIWAN

YIDFF ’95 Facts and Figures

Total Films Shown: 278

Attendance: 21,028