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Screenings

2025-01-28 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (March)
2025-01-10 Friday Theater Special Edition + Yamagata Film School for Citizens: TV Documentaries produced by Local Yamagata TV stations; Featuring TUY
2024-09-27 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2024-09-26 YIDFF 2025 Preliminary Event: “Envisioning a New Public Sphere for the Future”
2024-09-26 Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2024
2024-09-13 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November)
2024-07-11 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)
2024-05-01 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2024-03-08 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2024-02-29 Yamagata Bunka no Kairo Festival 2024 / Yamagin Kenmin Hall Open House 2024
“Welcome to the World of Stop-motion Animation!”
2024-02-19 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (March)
2024-01-28 Friday Theater Special Edition + Yamagata Film School for Citizens: TV Documentaries produced by Local Yamagata TV stations; Featuring SAY
2023-12-14 Screenings about the Palestine-Israel conflict
2023-11-21 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2023-10-31 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November)
2023-07-07 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August)
2023-04-28 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2023-03-17 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2023-02-24 Yamagata Bunka no Kairo Festival 2023 / Yamagin Kenmin Hall Open House 2023
Book-Paper-Scissors Screening and Kids Film Workshop
2023-01-14 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2022-11-11 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2022-09-22 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November)
2022-07-22 Yamagin Kenmin Hall Outdoor Cinema
2022-06-30 Zao in Film
2022-06-30 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)
2022-05-06 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2022-03-13 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2022-02-05 Yamagata Bunka no Kairo Festival 2022
2022-01-13 Made in Japan YAMAGATA 1989–2021
2022-01-13 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2021-11-23 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2021-11-07 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November)
2021-08-04 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)
2021-06-16 Yamazaki Akira’s Laboratory of Yamagata University + YIDFF Special Screenings
2021-06-16 YIDFF 2021 Preliminary Events: “Special screenings of Ise Shinichi’s early works”
2021-06-16 YIDFF 2021 Preliminary Events in Yamagata:
Sketches of Myahk Screening
Shiroi hana wa naze shiroi, Hodakadake sanka Screening
2021-05-20 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2021-05-13 YIDFF 2021 Preliminary Events in Yamagata:
Pelican: 74 Years of Japanese Tradition Screening
Murasaki Screening
2021-03-17 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2021-01-24 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2021-01-24 Yamagata Bunka no Kairo Festival
2020-12-19 Friday Theater Special Edition + Yamagata Film School for Citizens: TV Documentaries produced by Local Yamagata TV stations; Featuring YTS
2020-11-17 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2020-10-31 YIDFF 2021 Preliminary Event: “Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2020”
2020-10-31 Friday Theater Special Edition + Yamagata Film School for Citizens: TV Documentaries produced by Local Yamagata TV stations; Featuring TUY
2020-09-16 Friday Theater Special Edition + Yamagata Film School for Citizens: TV Documentaries produced by Local Yamagata TV stations; Featuring YBC
2020-09-16 YIDFF special screenings at Yamagata Geijutsuno-mori Ongaku-sai
2020-09-14 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (October–November)
2020-08-18 Outdoor Screening: Long Way North
2020-07-16 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)
2020-06-24 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (July)
2020-03-25 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May) *Canceled
2020-01-25 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2019-11-21 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2019-10-29 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November)
2019-07-18 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)
2019-07-18 Yamagata University Library Screenings
2019-06-19 YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Events in Yamagata
2019-05-22 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2019-03-26 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2019-03-24 YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Event: Forbidden Games Screening
2019-01-23 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2019-01-23 YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Event: “Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2019”
2019-01-19 Bamseom Pirates, Seoul Inferno Screening at Yamagata University
2018-12-14 Sakata Green House Testimonies: Theater Information
2018-11-28 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (December–January)
2018-09-12 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (October–November)
2018-07-19 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August)
2018-07-13 YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Event: “Cinema Under the Stars”
2018-05-16 Yamagata Biennale 2018 + YIDFF: “Evenings on Cinema Street”
2018-05-16 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)
2018-03-16 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)
2018-03-16 Sakata Green House Testimonies: Theatrical Release in Yamagata
2018-01-17 The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (February–March)
2018-01-17 “First Encounters with Documentary: Organized by high schoolers”
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YIDFF 2021 ON SCREEN!

2022-09-15 YIDFF 2021 ON SCREEN! (YIDFF 2021 ON SCREEN! Information)
2022-07-29 YIDFF 2021 revival screening “YIDFF 2021 ON SCREEN!”

Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2024

2024-09-04 Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2024

Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2022

2022-07-29 Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2022

Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2020

2020-10-31 Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2020

Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2018

2018-07-13 Documentary Dream Show—Yamagata in Tokyo 2018

Other Screenings

2025-01-23 Screening Three Films about Women Living in the U.S. Military Base Town in South Kore
2024-12-14 Special Screening “All about Frederick Wiseman”
2024-03-23 YIDFF Films: Theater Information
2024-01-22 Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege, A World Not Ours Screenings in Shimotakaido Cinema
2023-12-14 Sapporo Documentary Film Screening
2023-11-24 Independent Screenings: Encountering Palestinian Voices
2023-06-21 YAMAGATA in Hiroshima—Special Selection from YIDFF 2021
2023-02-24 Cachada—The Opportunity Free Screening
2023-01-21 The 14th ZA-KOENJI Documentary Festival
2022-11-28 YIDFF 2021 Films: Theater Information
2022-09-15 Tact 1 day cinema
2022-08-19 Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2022
2022-08-19 26th Art Film Festival
2022-07-22 Film Journeys on Mountains
2022-06-29 Apichatpong in the Woods 2022 (Kobe)
2022-05-25 Sendai Short Film Festival 2022
2022-05-10 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Athenee Francais Cinematheque
2022-05-03 Apichatpong in the Woods 2022 (Osaka)
Apichatpong in the Woods 2022 (Yokohama)
2022-04-23 Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center: Documentary Film Screening
2022-04-21 Apichatpong in the Woods 2022 (Nagano)
2022-03-22 Peru Film Festival (Nagoya)
2022-03-18 Apichatpong in the Woods 2022
2022-02-15 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Ogawa Shinsuke Retrospective
2022-02-04 The 13th ZA-KOENJI Documentary Festival
2022-01-18 Screening of Standing Men
2022-01-18 Peru Film Festival (Kyoto, Yokohama, Osaka)
2021-12-04 YIDFF Archive Selection (Matsuyama)
2021-12-04 Cachada—The Opportunity Screening at Machinaka Bunkagoya
2021-11-05 YIDFF 2019 & 2021 Films: Theater Information
2021-11-05 Umi ni ukabu eigakan (The Movie Theater Floating on the Sea)
2021-11-05 Peru Film Festival
2021-05-13 Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library: Indonesian Films Special Screenings
2021-05-13 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Athenee Francais Cinematheque
2021-04-12 Experimental film culture vol.3 in Japan—PolePole Alternative
2021-02-20 Documentary Studies
2021-02-20 Middle East Documentary screening: Special Line-up from YIDFF New Asian Currents
2020-08-18 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Pedro Costa Retrospective 2020
2020-08-18 Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2020
2020-07-16 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Wang Bing Retrospective 2020 Additional Screenings
2020-06-13 YIDFF 2019 Films: Theater Information
The 20th Nippon Connection Film Festival
2020-03-11 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Wang Bing Retrospective 2020
2020-03-11 The 34th Takasaki Film Festival
2020-02-19 ASNET Symposium: Mohtarama Screening & Discussion
2020-02-19 Forum Natural Food Film Festival
2020-01-16 The 11th ZA-KOENJI Documentary Festival
2019-12-14 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Special Screening of Santiago Álvarez Works
Special Screening of Santiago Álvarez Works in Kyoto
2019-11-19 Machinaka Bunkagoya: Documentary Now—“Distance to ‘Neighbors’—Living with Others” Vol. 2
2019-10-31 Athénée Français Cultural Center: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
2019-08-15 Motomachi Eigakan: A Selection of Masterpieces from YIDFF Films
2019-06-19 Indonesia and Thailand: Folklore and Fantasy in Cinema
2019-05-14 “In Memory of Jocelyne Saab”: Special Screenings and Talk
2019-04-15 Ammar Al-Beik: Screening and Talk
2019-04-15 Works by Rithy Panh: Special Screenings in Kyoto
2019-02-05 YAMAGATA in Hiroshima—Special Selection from YIDFF 2017
2019-01-23 Kidlat Tahimik Works: Special Screenings
2019-01-19 Bamseom Pirates, Seoul Inferno Screening at Mabashi Wonderland Film Festival
2018-12-18 Mysterious Object at Noon Screening at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
2018-11-15 Bamseom Pirates, Seoul Inferno Screening at Machinaka Bunkagoya
2018-11-15 In the Intense Now Screening at Latin Beat Film Festival 2018
2018-10-16 OZ SHOW-WA Theater: Sakata Green House Testimonies Special Screening
2018-09-27 The Cats of Mirikitani (Special Edition) Screenings in Yamagata
2018-09-19 Nara International Film Festival 2018: Sakata Green House Testimonies Screening
2018-08-28 Pop-Up Screen No.1: Mysterious Object at Noon Screening and 35mm Film Projection Workshop
2018-08-28 The 23rd Nagaoka Film Festival: A Memory in Khaki Screening & Lecture
2018-08-28 Japan Docs Presents “Documentary Night Vol. 6”: A Boatload of Wild Irishmen Screening
2018-08-28 A House in Ninh Hoa Screening at Viet Nam Film Festival 2018
2018-07-13 A Yangtze Landscape Screenings at Image Forum Festival 2018
2018-06-14 A Whispered Life: Theatrical Release in Tokyo
2018-06-14 Thinking “The Present” Through Cinema vol. 01: The Duckling & My No-Mercy Home
2018-05-19 In the Intense Now Special Screening at Institut Francais Tokyo
2018-05-19 Memorial Screening at Manekinema
2018-05-19 The 7th Urayasu Documentary Film Festival
2018-05-19 YIDFF 2017 NAC Films: Theater Information
2018-04-13 YIDFF 2017 IC Films: Theater Information
2018-03-16 Islam Film Festival 3
2018-03-16 Documentary Film Lovers Association Vol. 34
2018-01-18 Saturday Cinema 5: Documentary Now—Special Screening: “Living with the Pain 2”
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Other Information

2018-07-13 Open Lecture Series: “Robert Flaherty and the Transfiguration of Documentary”