YIDFF 2003 Screening List
| International Competition | Jurors’ Films | Special Invitation Films |
| New Asian Currents | New Asian Currents Invitation Film |
| Okinawa—Nexus of Borders: Ryukyu Reflections |
| Yamagata Newsreel! | New Docs Japan | Learning, Teaching, Filmmaking |
| The 18th National Cultural Festival “YAMAGATA 2003” Documentary Festival |
| New Asian Currents | New Asian Currents Invitation Film |
| Okinawa—Nexus of Borders: Ryukyu Reflections |
| Yamagata Newsreel! | New Docs Japan | Learning, Teaching, Filmmaking |
| The 18th National Cultural Festival “YAMAGATA 2003” Documentary Festival |
*=Additional Screenings
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International Competition |  |
- Basal Banar—Sacred Ritual of Truth [Auraeus Solito / PALAWAN-THE PHILIPPINES / 2002]
- Flashback [Herz Frank / LATVIA / 2002]
- Fuente Álamo—The Caress of Time [Pablo García / SPAIN / 2001]
- Gift of Life [Wu Yii-feng /TAIWAN / 2003 / Runner-Up Prize]
- Hunting Down an Angel or Four Passions of the Soothsayer Poet [Andrey Osipov / RUSSIA / 2002]
- IAG BARI—Brass on Fire [Ralf Marschalleck / GERMANY / 2002]
- On Hitler’s Highway [Lech Kowalski / FRANCE / 2002]
- Oui Non [Jon Jost / USA, FRANCE, ITALY / 2002]
- Purity [Anat Zuria / ISRAEL / 2002 / Special Prize, Citizens’ Prize]
- Raymundo [Ernesto Ardito, Virna Molina / ARGENTINA / 2002]
- S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine [Rithy Panh / FRANCE / 2002 / Runner-Up Prize]
- Shepherds’ Journey into the Third Millennium [Erich Langjahr / SWITZERLAND / 2002]
- Stevie [Steve James / USA / 2002 / The Mayor’s prize]
- Tie Xi Qu: West of Tracks [Wang Bing / CHINA / 2003 / The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize]
- The Way to the West [Kyriakos Katzourakis / GREECE / 2003]
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Jurors’ Films | |
- Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom [Kawase Naomi / JAPAN / 2002]
- Little Flowers of Pier Paolo Pasolini [Alain Bergala / FRANCE / 1997]
- Marathon [Amir Naderi / USA / 2002]
- A Repatriation [Kim Dong-won / KOREA / 2003]
- Sparrow Village [Christine Choy / USA / 2003]
- Untamagiru [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1989]
- War and Peace [Anand Patwardhan / INDIA / 2002]
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? [Christine Choy / USA / 1988]
| Special Invitation Films |
- DV2 [Frederick Wiseman / USA / 2002]
- Free Kwangju [Maeda Katsuhiro / JAPAN / 1981]
- Magino Village—A Tale [Ogawa Shinsuke / JAPAN / 1986]
- Number Zero [Jean Eustache / FRANCE / 1971]
- Polluted Japan [Maeda Katsuhiro / JAPAN / 1974]
- Sound of Brasil [Mika Kaurismäki / GERMANY, BRAZIL, FINLAND / 2002]
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New Asian Currents | |
- And Thereafter [Lee Hosup / KOREA / 2003]
- The Ballad of Life [Panah Barkhouda Rezaei / IRAN / 2002]
- The Big Durian [Amir Muhammad / MALAYSIA / 2003 / Special Mention]
- The Circle’s Corner [Lam Kin-hung / HONG KONG, USA / 2002]
- Dandelion [Ren Shujian / JAPAN / 2003]
- Debris [Abdel Salam Shehadeh / PALESTINE / 2001]
- Dust Buries Sabuk [Lee Mi-young / KOREA / 2002]
- Edit [Lee Chang-jae / KOREA, USA / 2003]
- Family Project: House of a Father [Jo Yun-kyung / KOREA / 2002]
- Gina Kim’s Video Diary [Gina Kim / KOREA, USA / 2002]
- Hard Good Life [Hsu Hui-ju / TAIWAN / 2003 / Award of Excellence]
- Her and Him Van Leo [Akram Zaatari / LEBANON / 2001]
- Hibakusha—At the End of the World [Kamanaka Hitomi / JAPAN / 2003]
- Homesick [Lam Chi-hang / HONG KONG / 2003]
- The Maze of Lanes [Kalpana Subramanian / INDIA / 2002]
- Nail [Huang Ting-fu / TAIWAN / 2002]
- Nee Engey—Where Are You [R.V. Ramani / INDIA / 2003]
- NEW (IMPROVED) DELHI—Director’s Cut [Vani Subramanian / INDIA / 2003]
- A Night of Prophecy [Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2002]
- Noah’s Ark [Soudabeh Babagap / IRAN / 2002]
- The Old Man of Hara [Mahvash Sheikholeslami / IRAN / 2001 / Award of Excellence]
- 150 Seconds Ago [Batul Mukhtiar / INDIA / 2002]
- Ordo [Temirbek Birnazarov, Emil Jumabaev / KYRGYZSTAN / 2002]
- Perpetual Motion [Sakhya Byamba / MONGOLIA / 2002]
- The Rhythm in Wulu Village [Wang Chung-hsiung / TAIWAN / 2003]
- Sand and Water [Shaheen Dill-Riaz / BANGLADESH / 2002]
- A Short Journey [Tanon Sattarujawong / THAILAND / 2003 / Special Mention, FIPRESCI Special Mention]
- 3rd Vol. 2—2 Light House [Sanada Misao / JAPAN / 2002]
- Three-Five People [Li Lin / CHINA, USA / 2001 / FIPRESCI Prize]
- Wellspring [Sha Qing / CHINA / 2002 / Ogawa Shinsuke Prize]
| New Asian Currents Invitation Film |
- Time for Radio Exercise [Nose Daisuke / JAPAN / 2003]
| Okinawa—Nexus of Borders: Ryukyu Reflections |
- Act 1, Scene 1 Okinawa Jinruikan [Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1978]
- As Okinawa Goes, So Goes Japan: Secret Documents Shed Light on the Return of Okinawa [Tsuchie Makiko, Kikuzato Itsuko / JAPAN / 1997]
- Breaking through Hard Ground —Okinawa ’71— [Maeda Masaru, Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1971]
- Call [Miyahira Takako / JAPAN / 2001]
- Cries Coral Reef [Numasawa Isezo / JAPAN / 1965]
- A Document of the Battle of Okinawa, Told One Foot at a Time [Shibata Shohei / JAPAN / 1995]
- Eighteen in Okinawa [Toyotomi Yasushi, Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1966]
- Fighting Rabbit [Gushiken Tsuyoshi / JAPAN / 1992]
- Forty Years of the Post-war Series: The Footsteps of Young Okinawans [Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1985]
- From U.S. Military Official Publicity Films (Pacific/Ryukyu Operations, The Conquest of Okinawa, The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa) [USA / 1945]
- A Gap in History: Thirty-five Years Since the Massacre of Okinawans [Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1980]
- The Gentle Japanese [Higashi Yoichi / JAPAN / 1971]
- Hia Sá Sá—Hai Yah! [Olga Futemma / BRAZIL / 1985]
- Hill of No Return [Wang Tung / TAIWAN / 1992]
- History of the Reversion Struggle [JAPAN / 1977]
- Hitchhiker [Jahana Yuzuru / JAPAN / 1977]
- Kadekaru Rinsho: Songs and Stories [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1994]
- Leaving Port: Okinawa [Ikematsu Toshio / JAPAN / 1972]
- Let There Be Light [John Huston / USA / 1946]
- Level 5 [Chris Marker / FRANCE / 1996]
- The Life of Okinawa Part 1: Indigenous Island Fauna [Yoshida Yutaka / JAPAN / 1978]
- Memories of Betrayal [Tsuchie Makiko / JAPAN / 1988]
- The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel [Fujita Toshiya / JAPAN / 1984]
- Monument of Star Lilies [Imai Tadashi / JAPAN / 1953]
- Nanamui (Part 1 Ceremonial Songs, Part 2 Yuqui, Part 3 June Festival: Uchanaku, Part 4 Shinupau) [JAPAN / 2003]
- News Film “Those Times” (from Yomiuri International News) (No. 1044 Turbulent Okinawa, No. 1168 Signing of the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, No. 1215 Okinawa Returns Home) [JAPAN / 1968-72]
- 1975 Okinawa Summer [Tomimoto Minoru / JAPAN / 1975]
- Ninja 2000 Millennium [Kawabata Shoji / JAPAN / 2001]
- Okinauense: Okinawans Living in Latin America <In Bolivia> [Inafuku Kenzo / JAPAN / 1977]
- Okinauense: Okinawans Living in Latin America <In Peru> [Inafuku Kenzo / JAPAN / 1977]
- Okinawa [JAPAN / 1936]
- Okinawa Islands [Higashi Yoichi / JAPAN / 1969]
- Okinawa: Road to the Homeland [Kurosawa Tsuyoshi / JAPAN / 1967]
- Okinawa Yakuza War [Nakajima Sadao / JAPAN / 1976]
- Okinawan Boys [Shinjo Taku / JAPAN / 1983]
- Okinawan Chirudai <Special Edition> [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1976-]
- Okinawan Dream Show [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1974]
- An Overdue Decision [JAPAN / 1988]
- Paradise View [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1985]
- People of the Sea: Okinawa Island Story [Murata Tatsuji / JAPAN / 1942]
- Pineapple Tours [Makiya Tsutomu, Nakae Yuji, Toma Hayashi / JAPAN / 1992]
- Private Images of Ryukyu: J.M. [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1996-]
- Raising Ryukyu [OKINAWA UNDER U.S. OCCUPATION]
- Records of the Battle of Okinawa—from the Collection of the One-foot Film Movement (unedited version) [USA / 1945]
- Ryukyu Arts [JAPAN / 1939]
- Ryukyu Scenes [JAPAN / 1940]
- Ryukyu Underground “Hana—A Flower for Each Person’s Heart” [Gushiken Tsuyoshi / JAPAN / 2003]
- Sashingwa (Dear Photograph) [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1973]
- Scenes from the Main Island of Okinawa and the Surrounding Islands (Unedited film shot by Kawamura Tadao) [JAPAN / 1936-40]
- A Selection from Ryukyu News [OKINAWA UNDER U.S. OCCUPATION]
- Sonatine [Kitano Takeshi / JAPAN / 1993]
- Song of Ajima [Aoyama Shinji / JAPAN / 2002]
- Southern Ryukyu Islands [JAPAN / circa 1940]
- Star Lily War History: Questioning Education and the State Today [Moriguchi Katsu / JAPAN / 1979]
- The Summer Vacation Experiment [Matayoshi Hiroshi / JAPAN / 2002]
- The Teahouse of the August Moon [Daniel Mann / USA / 1956]
- These Ten Years, Part 1 [OKINAWA UNDER U.S. OCCUPATION / circa 1955]
- TOBUKOTSU [Komatsu Hashihito / JAPAN / 2001]
- Tsukishiro Story [Ohinata Den / JAPAN / 1959]
- Tsuru-Henry [Takamine Go / JAPAN / 1998]
- Turbulent Showa History: Battle of Okinawa [Okamoto Kihachi / JAPAN / 1971]
- Ultraseven: The Young Messenger [Mitsuda Kazuho / JAPAN / 1968]
- Unfixed [Kameshima Makoto / JAPAN / 2003]
- Via Okinawa [Sai Yoichi / JAPAN / 1989]
- The Voice of Okinawa [JAPAN / 1969]
- War Stories Told in Shima Kutuba <Six Parts> [JAPAN / 2003]
- When Calling Jahana Noboru [Tomimoto Minoru / JAPAN / 1976]
- Whistle-blowing: Thirty Years Since the Leak of Secrets from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—The Truth That Can at Last Be Told [Tsuchie Makiko / JAPAN / 2002]
- White Mural [Chiba Yasuki / JAPAN / 1942]
- Wonder Frog [Matayoshi Hiroshi / JAPAN / 2001]
- From German Newsreels, “The World in Film” (Welt im Film) (WIF 1, WIF 4, WIF 9, WIF 14, WIF 21) [ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT / 1945]
- Yachimun “Kitamae Song” [Toma Hayashi / JAPAN / 1994]
- Yachimun ’93 LIVE in OFT Opening Movie [Toma Hayashi / JAPAN / 1993]
- Yachimun “Sky Blue” [Toma Hayashi / JAPAN / 1994]
- Yamangunutida (The Gushiken Yoko Story) [Jahana Yuzuru / JAPAN / 1978]
- The Yoshiya Chiru Story [Kinjo Tetsuo / JAPAN, OKINAWA UNDER U.S. OCCUPATION / 1962]
| Yamagata Newsreel! |
- April 27 [USA / 1968]
- Black Panther [USA / 1968]
- Black Panther—Off the Pig <Japanese dubbed version> [USA / 1968]
- Boston Draft Resistance Group [USA / 1968]
- The Case against Lincoln Center [USA / 1968]
- Chicago Convention Challenge [USA / 1968]
- Columbia Revolt [USA / 1968]
- Columbia Revolt <Japanese dubbed version> [USA / 1968]
- Forest of Youth [JAPAN / 1968-69]
- From Spikes to Spindles [Christine Choy / USA / 1976]
- Garbage [USA / 1968]
- Great Society [Oe Masanori, Marvin Fishman / USA / 1967]
- Haight-Ashbury [USA / 1968]
- Hanoi, Tuesday the 13th [Santiago Alvarez / CUBA / 1968]
- Head Game [Oe Masanori, Marvin Fishman / USA / 1967]
- Jeanette Rankin Brigade [USA / 1968]
- Mill-in [USA / 1968]
- No Game [Oe Masanori, Marvin Fishman / USA / 1968]
- Paris in the Month of May <Japanese dubbed version> [FRANCE / 1968]
- A Report from Haneda [Ogawa Shinsuke / JAPAN / 1967]
- Resist with Noam Chomsky [USA / 1968] *
- ’68 Okinawa—Japan [JAPAN / 1968]
- 69.6.15 [JAPAN / 1969] *
- Summer ’68 [USA / 1969]
- Three Day War in Narita [Ogawa Shinsuke / JAPAN / 1970]
- Up against the Wall, Ms. America [USA / 1968]
- What Am I, a Robot? [FRANCE / 1968]
- The Woman’s Film [USA / 1971]
| New Docs Japan |
- Be More Human—Kokuro’s 15-Year Struggle [Matsubara Akira, Sasaki Yumi / 2001]
- Daughter from Yan’an [Ikeya Kaoru / 2002]
- FIVE DAYS [Nakajima Takashi / 2003]
- Now, Where, To? [Shirakawa Toshihiro / 2001]
| Learning, Teaching, Filmmaking |
- Daughter and Father [Tsumoto Mari / 2002]
- GO! GO! fanta-G [Shimizu Hiroyuki / 2001]
- Hinosato [Iioka Yukiko / 2002]
- It Was Alright, Even If the Car Didn’t Run [Oki Chieko / 2002]
- Just a Life [Nagaoka Noa / 2002]
- Live Forever [Imada Satoshi / 2003]
- Until the Wind Blows: The Old Man Rhapsody [Oike Masayoshi / 2002]
- The Way of Making Clay [Tamura Ichiro / 2002]
- With the Sand Still in His Shoes [Oki Masaharu / 2000]
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The 18th National Cultural Festival “YAMAGATA 2003” Documentary Festival Japanese “Dai” Panorama |
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- Because She Cheers Us Up [2003]
- Beyond Borders [2003]
- Confession of Antonio [Honda Soichiro / 2001]
- Deserted Island [Kanai Katsu / 1969]
- Don’t Push Me! Record of a Truant Girl [Watanabe Takashi / 2002]
- Erotic/Girl of Worldly Desire [Yamauchi Yoko / 2002]
- Every Japanese Woman Makes Her Own Curry [Matsue Tetsuaki / 2003]
- Father Complex [Samata Yumi / 2002]
- Hand in Hand [2003]
- How I Survive in Kawaguchi City [Murakami Kenji / 2003]
- Kaiseki Cuisine [Kato Itaru, Sakurai Atsushi / 2002]
- Kato Itaru: 10 works (Fade Out, Fade Out II, Go-round, Suspension Bridge, Focusing, Wiper, Washer, Melt Down, Zero-TV, Sparkling) [1978-91]
- Knock [2003]
- Kyokubushikan [2003]
- Late Summer Dance [2003]
- Lunch Box [2003]
- My Life Is White Rice! [Manma Sachiko / 2003]
- The New God [Tsuchiya Yutaka /1999]
- Ophelia’s Favorite Books [Koguchi Utako / 1995]
- PEEP “TV” SHOW [Tsuchiya Yutaka / 2003]
- Picture Letter [Uchida Nobuteru / 2002]
- A Sole Demonstration [Ando Hisao / 2001]
- The Story of New Town [Honda Takayoshi / 2003]
- Super Documentary Avant-Garde Magic [Kanai Katsu / 2003]
- We Were Born after the War [Araki Masato, Mathis Neuburger / 2001]