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2011-07-27 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (August–September)

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

August 12 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
(Lineup TBA)


YIDFF 2011 Friday Prep School: Islands / I Lands and International Competition
August 26 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Accelerated Development—In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez
Dir: Travis Wilkerson / USA / 1999 / 16mm / 56 min / YIDFF ’99 International Competition
Promised Paradise
Dir: Leonard Retel Helmrich / THE NETHERLANDS, INDONESIA / 2006 / Indonesian / Color / Video / 52 min / YIDFF 2009 Islands / I Lands—Cinemas in Exile


YIDFF 2011 Friday Prep School 2: Jon Jost
September 9 (Fri)
14:00 (single screening)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (Uncommon Senses)
Dir: Jon Jost / USA / 1987 / 16mm / 117 min / YIDFF ’89 International Competition
16:30 (single screening)
London Brief
Dir: Jon Jost / USA / 1997 / Video / 91 min / YIDFF ’97 Special Invitation Film, FIPRESCI Special Mention
19:00 (single screening)
6 Easy Pieces
Dir: Jon Jost / USA, ITALY, PORTUGAL / 2000 / Video / 68 min / YIDFF 2001 International Competition Runner-Up Prize


YIDFF 2011 Friday Prep School 3
September 16 (Fri)
14:00 (single screening)
Encirclement—Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy
Dir: Richard Brouillette / CANADA / 2008 / Video / 160 min / YIDFF 2009 International Competition The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
19:00 (single screening)
American Alley
Dir: Kim Dong-ryung / KOREA / 2008 / Video / 90 min / YIDFF 2009 New Asian Currents Ogawa Shinsuke Prize

* As the festival will be held in October, there will be no Friday screenings during this month.

[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 day ticket:1,000 yen
[Presented by] YIDFF (NPO)
[Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)