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YIDFF will hold special screenings and workshops at the upcoming Yamagata Bunka no Kairo Festival.

• March 24 (Wed)
10:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Isha sensei
Dir: Nagae Jiro / 2015 / 106 min
+ Talk session with Abe Mika (screenwriter of Isha sensei)

14:00   [Venue] Studio 1

Screenwriting workshop (capacity: 30 people)
Mentor: Abe Mika

15:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Miyazawa Kenji’s World 1
Night on the Galactic Railroad (Ginga tetsudo no yoru)
Dir: Sugii Gisaburo / 1985 / 113 min

• March 25 (Thu)
10:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Miyazawa Kenji’s World 2
Honto no uta
Dir: Kawai Hiroki / 2014 / 100 min

10:00   [Venue] Studio 1

Filmmaking workshop for children
(Elementary school students only / capacity: 10 people)

14:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Docu-yama Youth Selection
Tokyo High Tide
Dir: Murakami Hiroyasu / 2019 / 83 min / YIDFF 2019 Perspectives Japan
+ Talk session with dir Murakami Hiroyasu (MC: Docu-yama youth)

• March 26 (Fri)
10:00   [Venue] Studio 1

Yanashita Mie’s “Piano on Cinema” 1
Seven Chances
Dir: Buster Keaton / USA / 1925 / 57 min
+ Talk session with Yanashita Mie and Okubo Kiyoaki (Associate professor of Yamagata Univ.)

13:30   [Venue] Studio 1

Yanashita Mie’s “Piano on Cinema” 2
7th Heaven
Dir: Frank Borzage / USA / 1927 / 117 min

17:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Silent Films with Live Katsuben 1
Sasaki Akiko (Benshi) + Nagata Masayo (Piano)
Modan kaidan 100,000,000 en
Dir: Saito Torajiro / 1929 / 16 min
Banba no chutaro—Mabuta no haha
Dir: Inagaki Hiroshi / 1931 / 72 min

• March 27 (Sat)
10:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Silent Films with Live Katsuben 2
I Graduated, But . . . (Daigaku wa deta keredo)
Dir: Ozu Yasujiro / 1929 / 16 min
Taki no shiraito
Dir: Mizoguchi Kenji / 1933 / 98 min

14:00   [Venue] Studio 2

Puppet Animation
Are wa dare?
Dir: Okamoto Tadanari / 1976 / 21 min
Sarukani
Dir: Okamoto Tadanari / 1972 / 19 min
Oni-gakure-yama no soba no hana
Dir: Okamoto Tadanari / 1979 / 23 min
* Picture-story show by Sato Masahiro has been cancelled.

[Venue]

Yamagin Kenmin Hall (Yamagata Prefectural Concert Hall) Studio 1, 2

[Tickets]

Yamagin Kenmin Hall Ticket Office

[Presented by]

Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations (GEIDANKYO), Minguru Yamagata

[Supported by]

Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata City

[Collaborated with]

YIDFF (NPO)

[Contact]

phone: 023-664-2204 (Yamagin Kenmin Hall Ticket Desk)