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2004-07-01 | Tohoku University of Art & Design Library Screenings (July)

Documentary screenings are held once a month (every third Wednesday) at the 2nd floor AV room in the Tohoku University of Art & Design Library. Admission is free, and attendance is open to everyone.

Tohoku University of Art & Design Library Screenings

July 21 (Wednesday) 17:30 (single screening)
Flashback
Dir: Herz Frank
LATVIA / 2002 / Russian, Hebrew / Color, B&W / Video / 105 min

An autobiographical work from Herz Frank, director of Once There Were Seven Simeons (Runner-up Prize in the International Competition at YIDFF’91). Images guide us through the countries in which he worked, interspersed with fragments from his earlier films: births, autopsies, circumcisions, prisoners awaiting execution and other shocking themes. These culminate in scenes from the director’s own heart surgery. The earnestness with which he continues to confront “life” and “death,” using himself as the subject, vividly brings traces of his 75-year journey to the surface.

[Venue] Tohoku University of Art & Design, Library 2F, AV Room
[Admission] Free
[In cooperation with] Tohoku University of Art & Design Library
[Presented by] YIDFF Organizing Committee
[Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata Office)