YIDFF 2021 Information
YIDFF 2021 Schedule
The seventeenth Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival will be held on:
October 7 (Thu) –14 (Thu), 2021
Online
YIDFF ONLINE! (Online Film Festival Site)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
- and more
Films
Jurors
Services
- Poster Design
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- YIDFF 2021 Program Flyer (PDF, 4.7MB) [Last updated: 2021-09-29]
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’ Prizes- Writing With Fire Dir: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
Screening Schedule | Jury Comments | About Prizes
Entry
All film entries for YIDFF 2021 are now closed. Thank you to all who sent in submissions!