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2012-05-08 | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (June–July)

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

In Remembrance of Director Yanagisawa Hisao
June 8 (Fri)  
14:00, 18:15 (screens twice)
Coming and Going with the Wind (“Kaze to yuki kishi”)
Dir: Yanagisawa Hisao / JAPAN / 1989 / 16mm / 154 min

DocBox #13: “Making Films about Social Welfare: Moving Forward and Back Again”


Miyukino Snow Theater International Short Film Festival 2012 in Friday Theater
June 22 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Miyukino Festival Selection (Scandinavian Short Films)
16:00 (single screening)
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Dir: Pirjo Honkasalo / FINLAND, GERMANY, DENMARK, SWEDEN / 2004 / 35mm / 106 min / YIDFF 2005 International Competition


Earthquake and Cinema: Cinema with Us 1
July 13 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)
Nanyadoyara –Songs for the Dead and Alive–
Dir: Hirata Junko / JAPAN / 2011 / 60 min
Fukushima karano message
Dir: Koreeda Hirokazu / JAPAN / 2012 / 10 min
16:00 (single screening)
Sendai Short Film Festival 311: Tomorrow
JAPAN / 2011 / 137 min


Earthquake and Cinema: Cinema with Us 2
July 27 (Fri)  
14:00, 19:30 (screens twice)
Lives After the Tsunami
Dir: Morimoto Shuichi / JAPAN / 2011 / 73 min
16:00 (single screening)
Gift of Life
Dir: Wu Yii-feng / TAIWAN / 2003 / 148 min / YIDFF 2003 International Competition Runner-Up Prize

[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)