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2019-11-21 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)

Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present documentaries and movies rarely shown on television or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.

The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater

December 13 (Fri)
14:00 (single screening)
Almost a Revolution
Dir: Kwok Tat Chun, Kong King Chu / HONG KONG / 2015 / Blu-ray / 174 min / YIDFF 2015 New Asian Currents Special Invitation Film
18:30 (single screening)
Sunflower Occupation
Dir: Sunflower Occupation Documentary Project / TAIWAN / 2014 / Blu-ray / 120 min / YIDFF 2015 New Asian Currents Special Invitation Film

December 20 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Divorce Iranian Style
Dir: Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini / UK, IRAN / 1998 / 16mm / 80 min / YIDFF ’99 International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize
15:40 (single screening)
A Report about Mina
Dir: Kaveh Mazaheri / IRAN / 2014 / Blu-ray / 54 min / YIDFF 2015 New Asian Currents Special Mention

January 10 (Fri)
14:00, 18:30 (screens twice)
we began by measuring distance
Dir: Basma Alsharif / PALESTINE, EGYPT / 2009 / Blu-ray / 19 min / YIDFF 2011 New Asian Currents
A World Not Ours
Dir: Mahdi Fleifel / PALESTINE, UAE, UK / 2012 / Blu-ray / 93 min / YIDFF 2013 International Competition The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize

January 24 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Locked Up Time
Dir: Sybille Schönemann / GERMANY / 1990 / 35mm / 90 min / YIDFF ’91 International Competition The Mayor’s Prize
15:50 (screens once)
Paper Heads
Dir: Dušan Hanák / SLOVAKIA / 1996 / 35mm / 96 min / YIDFF ’97 International Competition Runner-Up Prize
[Venue]
The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission]
Free admission for members (Member’s fee: free)
[Presented by]
YIDFF (NPO)
[Contact]
phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)