| 2019-01-23 | | | YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Event “Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2019” |
Following the sellout 2014 and 2016 editions, the YIDFF pre-event festival “Films Under the Blessing of the Great Mountains” is back! It’s a season of film screenings discussing mountains and cinema. This third edition ambitiously aims to present a multi-dimensional look at mountains by investigating their connection to the river and sea, showcasing a wide assortment of films from around the world. As in previous years, filmmakers and pundits will share their views in talk events, and other events will leave no time for boredom. Yamagata yama (means mountain in Japanese) stories galore! Do come to immerse yourself in the grandness of mountains projected on (and brimming out of) the big screen and enjoy the richness of their images.
YIDFF 2019 Preliminary Event
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2019”
- • March 15 (Fri)
10:00 - Jomon ni hamaru hitobito
Dir: Yamaoka Nobutaka / JAPAN / 2018 / 103 min - 13:00
- Ode to Mt. Hayachine
Dir: Haneda Sumiko / JAPAN / 1982 / 186 min / YIDFF ’97 The Pursuit of Japanese Documentary: The 1980s and Beyond - 17:00
- Manzan Benigaki
Dir: Ogawa Shinsuke + Peng Xiaolian / JAPAN / 2001 / 90 min / YIDFF 2001 Special Invitation Film - 19:30
- The Deer Hunter (Digitally-restored ver. in 4K)
Dir: Michael Cimino / USA / 1978 / 184 min
• March 16 (Sat)
10:00
- Jomon ni hamaru hitobito (3D)
Dir: Yamaoka Nobutaka / JAPAN / 2018 / 103 min
* Talk session with director Yamaoka Nobutaka and Kon Hiromi is scheduled after the screening. - 13:00
- Umi no ubuya—Ogatsu hoinkagura
Dir: Kitamura Minao, Totani Kengo / JAPAN / 2018 / 75 min
* Talk session with directors Kitamura Minao and Totani Kengo is scheduled after the screening. - 15:40
- Oceans: The Secret of the Missing Plastic
Dir: Vincent Perazio / FRANCE / 2016 / 53 min
* Talk session with Kaneko Hiroshi, member of the board of directors, NPO Partnership Office, is scheduled after the screening. - 18:00
- Greenery Will Bloom Again
Dir: Ermanno Olmi / ITALY / 2014 / 76 min - 20:00
- Grandma Taimagura
Dir: Sumikawa Yoshihiko / JAPAN / 2004 / 110 min
• March 17 (Sun)
10:00
- Jomon ni hamaru hitobito
Dir: Yamaoka Nobutaka / JAPAN / 2018 / 103 min - 13:00
- Monte
Dir: Amir Naderi / ITALY, USA, FRANCE / 2016 / 107 min - 15:30
- Himaraya no seiho—Nanda Kot seifuku
Dir: Takefushi Sakuta / JAPAN / 1936 / 28 min
Hyoko 8,163m - Manaslu ni tatsu
Dir: Yamamoto Kajiro / JAPAN / 1956 / 97 min - 18:15
- Kawa wa darenomonoka—Okawa-go ni sake o matsu
Dir: Kikuchi Fumiyo / JAPAN / 2014 / 947 min - 20:30
- The Mt. Fuji Observatory
Dir: Yanagisawa Hisao / JAPAN / 1948 / 21 min / YIDFF ’99 Yanagisawa Hisao Retrospective
Living on the Sea
Dir: Yanagisawa Hisao, Kabashima Seiichi / JAPAN / 1949 / 33 min / YIDFF ’99 Yanagisawa Hisao Retrospective
• March 18 (Mon) –21 (Thu)
10:00
- Jomon ni hamaru hitobito
Dir: Yamaoka Nobutaka / JAPAN / 2018 / 103 min
Related screening:
• March 22 (Fri) –28 (Thu) (Screening schedule: TBD)
- Musashino—Edo no junkannogyo ga ikizuku
Dir: Haramura Masaki / JAPAN / 2018 / 111 min
* Only Manzan Benigaki has English subtitles.
- [Venue]
- Forum Yamagata (Yamagata City)
- [Admission]
- Advanced ticket: 1,100 yen (1 program) / 3,400 yen (4 programs) / 6,000 yen (8 programs)
- [Presented by]
- “Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains 2016” Screening Committee
- [Contact]
- phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)