YIDFF 2021
October 7–14
YIDFF 2021 Programs
- International Competition: 15 outstanding films selected from entries from around the world.
- New Asian Currents: Introducing up-and-coming Asian documentary filmmakers.
- Perspectives Japan: A selection of new Japanese documentaries.
- Film Letter to the Future
- Cinema with Us 2021
- Yamagata and Film
- Special Invitation Film
- Sharing Air, Living Time (Collaboration project with TFAI Taiwan)
- Agency for Cultural Affairs Documentary Film Awards
- Yamagata Rough Cut!
- Yamagata Film Criticism Workshop
YIDFF ONLINE! (Online Film Festival Site)- YIDFF 2021 Information
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Official Catalog
YIDFF 2021 Visual Booklet
SPUTNIK—YIDFF Reader 2019
Docu-Yama Live!: Yamagata Film Criticism Workshop
YIDFF 2021 Award Recipients
- Prizes for the International Competition
- Jurors: Higashi Takuma (Chair), Asato Mari, Saito Ayako, Mark Schilling, Shiga Lieko
The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
Inside the Red Brick Wall Dir: Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers
The Mayor’s Prize:
Camagroga Dir: Alfonso Amador
Awards of Excellence:
City Hall Dir: Frederick Wiseman
Night Shot Dir: Carolina Moscoso Briceño
Special Jury Prize:
The First 54 Years—An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation Dir: Avi Mograbi
New Asian Currents Awards- Jurors: Hirose Nanako, Lee-Kil Bora
Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege Dir: Abdallah Al-Khatib
Awards of Excellence:
Three Songs for Benazir Dir: Gulistan Mirzaei, Elizabeth Mirzaei
Makeup Artist Dir: Jafar Najafi
Special Mention:
Broken Dir: Nan Khin San Win
Citizens’ Prize- Writing With Fire Dir: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
YIDFF 2021 Facts and Figures
- Total Films Shown: 54
Total Entries: 1,972 Films out of 124 Countries and Areas-
- Internatinal Competition
1,155 Films out of 114 Countries and Areas - New Asian Currents
817 Films out of 70 Countries and Areas
- Internatinal Competition
Attendance: 21,790
Guest: 90- Press: 241
- Volunteers: 27