Japanese
2016-07-12 | YIDFF 2017 Preliminary Event
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2016”

Due to popular demand, we follow up 2014’s screening program featuring the mountain theme with another edition of “Films Under the Blessing of the Great Mountains.” Again a solid program with a fabulous guest list. Welcome to our city named Yama (mountain) Gata (shape)!

YIDFF 2017 Preliminary Event
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2016”

September 9 (Fri) 
13:00
The Sands of Kurobe
Dir: Kumai Kei / JAPAN / 1968 / 196 min
16:50
Seirei no yama Hayama
Dir: Kitamura Minao / JAPAN / 2006 / 100 min
18:50
Hokuheki ni mau
Dir: Matsuyama Zenzo / JAPAN / 1979 / 104 min
20:55
Cerro Torre: A Snowball’s Chance in Hell
Dir: Thomas Dirnhofer / GERMANY, AUSTRIA / 2013 / 103 min

September 10 (Sat)
13:00 
Satoyama no mori kara
Dir: Odachi Aiko / JAPAN / 2016 / 60 min
Tohoku no mori kara
Dir: Odachi Aiko / JAPAN / 2012 / 7 mi
Hayashi Kozue no waza
Dir: Tsuta Tetsuichiro / JAPAN / 2016 / 30 min
and others
* Talk session with directors will be held after screenings.
16:20
Shiba—jomonken no yume
Dir: Ise Shinichi / JAPAN / 2013 / 99 min
* Talk session with director Ise Shinichi will be held after screening.
19:20
Setsuryo ni kuma o karu
Dir: Tsukamoto Koji / JAPAN / 1936 / 30 min
Haru yo koi
Dir: Abiko Wataru / JAPAN / 2015 / 65 min
* Talk session with director Abiko Wataru and researcher Taguchi Hiromi (Tohoku Univ of Art and Design) will be held after screenings.

September 11 (Sun)
13:00 
Echigo okumiomote—Yama ni ikasareta hibi
Dir: Himeda Tadayoshi / JAPAN / 1984 / 147 min
16:00
Echigo okumiomote 2—Furusato wa kietaka
Dir: Himeda Tadayoshi / JAPAN / 1996 / 156 min
19:00
Futari no togenkyo
Dir: Sasaki Akira / JAPAN / 2016 / 87 min
20:50
Dryads in a Snow Valley
Dir: Kobayashi Shigeru / JAPAN / 2015 / 99 min / YIDFF 2015 YIDFF Network Special Screening
[Venue]
Forum Yamagata
[Admission]
Advanced ticket: 1,100 yen (1 program) / 2,700 yen (3 programs) / 6,500 yen (10 programs)
[Presented by]
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2016” Screening Committee
[Contact]
phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)