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2008-03-28 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (April–May)

Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present documentaries and movies rarely shown on television or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.

The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater

Music Makes the World Go 'round: Brazil’s Queen of Song
April 11 (Fri) 14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
Dir: Helena Solberg / BRAZIL, USA / 1994 / 35mm / 92 min / YIDFF ’95 International Competition

Friday screenings in April and May focus on music documentaries.


Music Makes the World Go 'round: Poetry and Recollections
April 25 (Fri) 14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Encounters
Dir: Pierre-Marie Goulet / PORTUGAL, FRANCE / 2006 / Video / 105 min / YIDFF 2007 International Competition Mayor’s Prize


YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Theater Saturday Roadshow

The YIDFF’s regular Friday screenings switch to a new day and venue for this special program.

Music Makes the World Go 'round: Immigrant Songs
May 10 (Sat)   [Venue] Yugakukan Hall (Yamagata City)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires
Dir: Arne Birkenstock / GERMANY / 2005 / 35mm / 86 min / YIDFF 2007 International Competition
16:10 (single screening)
The Underground Orchestra
Dir: Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS / 1997 / 35mm / 115 min / YIDFF ’99 International Competition Special Prize of Jury


May 23 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
The Virgin of Palermo
Dir: Antonio Guidi / GERMANY, ITALY / 2005 / 35mm / 82 min / YIDFF 2005 International Competition
16:00 (single screening)
Fuente Álamo—The Caress of Time
Dir: Pablo García / SPAIN / 2001 / 35mm / 72 min / YIDFF 2003 International Competition

[Venue] The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission] Free admission for members (Member’s fee: 3,000 yen for one year), One time ticket:1,000 yen
[Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)