YIDFF ’95
October 3–9
YIDFF ’95 Programs
- International Competition: 15 outstanding films were screened, selected from entries from around the world.
- Jurors’ Films: 5 films were screened.
- Special Invitation Films: 11 films were screened.
- New Asian Currents: New Asian Currents: 35 titles by emerging Asian filmmakers were screened.
- Japanese Documentaries of the 1970s: Japanese Documentaries of the 1970s: 44 films from the 1970s were screened.
- 7 Spectres—Transfigurations in Electronic Shadows: In the centennial of the Lumières’ Cinématographe, this program re-examined “the century of visual media” through political, historical, aesthetic, and technological viewpoints, attempting to deepen and broaden our understanding of documentary (and its relationship to the world). From early silent films to the classics in documentary history, on to cutting edge images that foreshadow the future, 160 titles in total were screened. (These included 103 films of the Lumière brothers.)
- YIDFF Network Special Screenings: 2 titles were screened by Yamagata’s citizen volunteer group, YIDFF Network.
- Japanese Classic Films: 6 classic Japanese feature films were screened.
YIDFF ’95 Award Recipients
- Prizes for the International Competition
- The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
Choice and Destiny Dir: Tsipi Reibenbach / ISRAEL
The Mayor’s Prize (Prize of Excellence):
Metal and Melancholy Dir: Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS
Runner-up Prize:
Screenplay: The Times—Three Decades with the Children of Golzow and the DEFA Documentary Film Studio Dir: Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge / GERMANY
Picture of Light Dir: Peter Mettler / SWITZERLAND, CANADA
Special Prize:
Father, Son, and Holy War Dir: Anand Patwardhan / INDIA
New Asian Currents Awards- Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
Murmuring Dir: Byun YoungJoo / KOREA
Awards of Excellence:
Scenes of Violence Dir: Chen Yi-wen / TAIWAN
Katatsumori Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN
Special Mentions:
The Clap Trap Dir: Jill Misquitta / INDIA
The Other Bank Dir: Jiang Yue / CHINA
Citizens’ Prize- Screenplay: The Times—Three Decades with the Children of Golzow and the DEFA Documentary Film Studio Dir: Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge / GERMANY
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FIPRESCI Prize- The Square Dir: Zhang Yuan, Duan Jinchuan / CHINA, JAPAN
Last Farewell USSR Dir: Alexander Rodnyansky / UKRAINE
Special Mention:
Embracing Dir: Kawase Naomi / JAPAN
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“We Love Cinema” Awards- Last Farewell USSR Dir: Alexander Rodnyansky / UKRAINE
Scenes of Violence Dir: Chen Yi-wen / TAIWAN
YIDFF ’95 Facts and Figures
- Total Films Shown: 278
- Attendance: 21,028