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YIDFF 2025 Sponsors

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Venues

Yamagata Central Public Hall (AZ Nanoka-machi), Yamagata Citizens’ Hall, Forum Yamagata, Yamagata Creative City Center Q1, The Former Yoshiike Clinic and more

Presented by

YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival (NPO)

Co-Presented by

Yamagata City

Supported by

Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Special Partner

The Japan Foundation, Unifrance

In Cooperation with

Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), German Films Service + Marketing GmbH

With the assistance of

Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Japan Association of Audiovisual Producers, Inc. Japan Film Library Council / Kawakita Memorial Film Institute Foreign Film Importers-Distributors Association of Japan Directors Guild of Japan Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata Prefecture Board of Education Yamagata City Board of Education Yamagata Creative City Promotion Council Yamagata Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Yamagata Prefectural Arts and Culture Association Yamagata Arts and Culture Association Tohoku University of Art and Design Yamagata University Yamagata Convention Bureau Union Motion Pictures Exhibitors’ Association of Yamagata Prefecture Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. Yamagata General Bureau Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. Kyodo News Yamagata Branch The Sankei Shimbun Yamagata Branch Jiji Press Yamagata Branch

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. Yamagata Branch The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Yamagata Branch The Yomiuri Shimbun Yamagata Bureau The Yamagata Shimbun Newspaper / Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd. NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Yamagata Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corp. TV-U Yamagata, Inc. Yamagata Television System, Inc. Broadcasting of FM Yamagata Yamagata Community Broadcasting Co. The Japan Times

Sponsored by

Apache Artification Research Group Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Asian Documentaries Corp. Blackmagic Design coffee higurasi Comfort Hotel Yamagata DDDD Film School Denroku Co., Ltd. ella coffee & Endo Corp. ESTEM The Film School of Tokyo Flex International Fort Cinema Fujisho Printing Inc. gobzib Heta Project (Hokuso Material and Cultural Assets Preservation Network: Film Team) Holic Parts Beauty Salon Ichimura Koumuten Ltd. Inoue C.P.A. Office Island Peak JA Yamagata James English School Japan Film School Association Japan Groundwater Development Co., Ltd. Join Co., Ltd. Kajiwara Coffee Kashiwaya Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.

Kokushokankokai Inc. kunk Little more Co., Ltd. Marutoshi Maruwa Heat Treatment Co., Ltd. Meiko Electronics Co., Ltd. Mon’s kitchen Nishikawamachi Sogo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. Nondelaico Office Miyazaki Inc. Ogawa Food Products Co., Ltd. Okaze Co., Ltd. Revisiting Segawa Junichi Project Ricoh Japan Co,. Ltd. Rockets Sakuhin-sha Co., Ltd. Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corp. Sanseido Co., Ltd. Sanwa Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Shinzaemon no Yu The Shonai Bank, Ltd. Slow Jam Suntory Foods Ltd. Suntory Spirits Ltd. Takayudo Takeda Shoji Shoten Co., Ltd. Tanno Seiso Kogyo Co., Ltd. Team Chonmage Toho Gakuen Film Techniques Training College Toho Gakuen Media Training College

Tohoku Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. Tohoku Regional Advancement Center Tohoku University of Art and Design Toshio Honma & Associates Co., Ltd. Toyo Setsubi Kogyo Co., Ltd. TV-U Yamagata, Inc. Yamagata Ad Bureau The Yamagata Bank, Ltd. Yamagata Beautiful Commission Yamagata Building Services Co., Ltd. The Yamagata Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yamagata Community Broadcasting Co. Yamagata Grand Hotel Yamagata Maruuo Inc. Yamagata Nanokamachi Washington Hotel Yamagata Panasonic Corp. Yamagata Sake Brewers Association The Yamagata Shimbun Newspaper / Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Yamagata Sogo Butai Services Co., Ltd. Yamagata Television System, Inc. Yamagata Tsuyahime Yukiwakamaru Branding Strategy Head Office Yamakokanko Co.,Ltd. Yamaryo YIDFF Network Yokocine D.I.A. Inc. Yukigura Yukihira Coffee Zao Tourist Association