| 2012-10-12 | | | Bilal at Your Nearest Japanese Cinema Today! |
Indian documentary Bilal won YIDFF 2009’s Community Cinema Award, chosen by a jury of art house cinema and film festival programmers around the country, in addition to the New Asian Currents Award for Excellence. It will now be coming to a Japanese cinema near you! Telling the story of a three-year-old boy growing up with blind parents in Kolkata, India, the documentary is being released theatrically by Fujioka Asako, YIDFF Tokyo Office Director and colleagues. Running now in Tokyo, at Auditorium Shibuya, it will go on to Osaka, Matsumoto, Yokohama, Kobe and other cities across the country. In Bengali and Hindi with English and Japanese subtitles!
- • October 6 (Sat)–12 (Fri) Daily at 10:30
- • October 13 (Sat)–26 (Fri) Daily at 10:30 and 14:40
- • October 27 (Sat) onwards—please inquire
- Bilal
Dir: Sourav Sarangi / INDIA / 2008 / 88 min / YIDFF 2009 New Asian Currents Award of Excellence, Community Cinema Award
[Venue] Auditorium Shibuya (2F Kinohaus, 1-5 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)- [Contact] phone: 023-5362-0671 (Documentary Dream Center)
For more information 
Documentary Dream Center website: Bilal
| 2012-12-15 | | | Bilal Screenings in Osaka |
Indian documentary Bilal won YIDFF 2009’s Community Cinema Award, chosen by a jury of art house cinema and film festival programmers around the country, in addition to the New Asian Currents Award for Excellence. Telling the story of a three-year-old boy growing up with blind parents in Kolkata, India, the documentary is being released theatrically by Fujioka Asako, YIDFF Tokyo Office Director and colleagues. Screenings in Osaka will start from this month at “Nanagei,” the Seventh Art Theater. Please come to meet with Bilal’s big curious eyes!
- • December 22 (Sat)–28 (Fri) Daily at 11:50
- • December 29 (Sat)–January 4 (Fri) Daily at 14:35 * Closed on Jan 1 (Tue: New Year’s Day)
- • January 5 (Sat)–11 (Fri) Daily at 18:45
- Bilal
Dir: Sourav Sarangi / INDIA / 2008 / 88 min / YIDFF 2009 New Asian Currents Award of Excellence, Community Cinema Award
[Venue] The Seventh Art Theater (6F 1-7-27 Juzo-honcho, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City)- [Contact] phone: 023-5362-0671 (Documentary Dream Center)
For more information Documentary Dream Center website: Bilal
| 2013-01-19 | | | Bilal Screenings Go Nationwide! |
Indian documentary Bilal won YIDFF 2009’s Community Cinema Award, chosen by a jury of art house cinema and film festival programmers around the country, in addition to the New Asian Currents Award for Excellence. Telling the story of a three-year-old boy growing up with blind parents in Kolkata, India, the documentary is being released theatrically by Fujioka Asako, YIDFF Tokyo Office Director and colleagues. Screenings are ongoing nationwide this month. Please come to meet with Bilal’s big curious eyes!
- [Upcoming venues]
- Forum Sendai, Forum Yamagata, Kawasaki Art Center, Cinemonde (Kanazawa)
* For details please refer to the special website below:
Documentary Dream Center website: Bilal Screenings Information (in Japanese) - [Contact]
- phone: 023-5362-0671 (Documentary Dream Center)
| 2013-05-20 | | | Bilal’s triumphant return to Yamagata—Screening Set! |
Bilal, the three-year old mischief-maker who charmed audiences at our 2009 festival, is coming back to Yamagata! We’ve watched this boy play pranks up-and-down the alleyways of Calcutta, as well as assist his blind parents with a helping hand. Bilal’s energy inspires life and laughter in audiences the world over. The film that took home the New Asian Currents Award of Excellence at YIDFF 2009—and doubled that win with a Community Cinema Award from art-house theater owners from across Japan—returns to Yamagata after 4 years. Come and meet Bilal again!
- • June 29 (Sat)–July 5 (Fri) 10:00, 19:00
- Bilal
Dir: Sourav Sarangi / INDIA / 2008 / 88 min / YIDFF 2009 New Asian Currents Award of Excellence, Community Cinema Award
* Talk show titled “Talking about Children in Asia” is scheduled after the 19:00 screening on June 29.
[Venue] Forum Yamagata- [Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)
For more information Documentary Dream Center website: Bilal