Japan Premiere! Written and directed by: Annemarie Jacir, Cinematographer: Helene Louvart, Editor: Annemarie Jacir, Panos Voutsaras, Starring: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri. 2012, 93 min. In Arabic with English subtitles and Japanese Subtitles for Deaf and hard-of-hearing. The viewing is limited to within Japan.
Getting to Know Our Asian Neighbors Through Good Films: China Dir. Zhang Mengqi. China. 2023, 190 mins. In Mandarin with English & Japanese subtitles. Over the past thirteen years, Zhang has documented her father’s village in Hubei, China, as a repository of ancestral memory.
Director: Lyosuke SAITOH from IXI & Ray, Starring: Kazuma SATO (lead); Lyosuke SAITOH (dancer); E.watson (piano); Kenichi INOUE (drum), Producer: Da-hara, Camera: Ray, Art: Ryota ICHIKAWA, Sound: Danniel-Chan TK. Experimental, 2023, 6min. No words. Japanese SDH subtitle is available in CC.
Director: Amer Shomali & Paul Cowan, Writer: Paul Cowan, 2014, 75min. Palestine, Canada, France. Featuring Alison Darcy, Rosann Nerenberg, Holly O'Brien, Heidi Foss. In English and Arabic with English subtitles and Japanese SDH subtitles. Streaming is limited to the viewers in Japan.
Dir: Akio Fujimoto, starring: HOANG Phuong as Phuong, HUYNH Tuyet Anh as An, QUYNH Nhu as Nhu. Japan/Vietnam, Drama, 2020, 88min. In Vietnamese & Japanese with English and Japanese subtitles (not SDH). Streaming is limited to the viewers in Japan. ©2020 E.x.N K.K. / ever rolling films
Palestinian history on Cinema #1—Nakba, 1948 Online Screening #1: 9/27-10/3 Japan-only on-demand streaming (link to come). Salt of This Sea Dir. Annemarie Jacir, Drama, 2008, 105 min, In Arabic & Hebrew w/ English and Japanese subtitles. Japan Premiere! Limited to the viewers located in Japan. A sensational debut feature by the first Palestinian woman filmmaker. Official [Read more...]
Palestinian history on Cinema #2—Nakba, 1948 Online Screening #1: 9/27-10/3 Japan-only on-demand streaming. Lyd 2023, 78 min. Sci-Fi Documentary. Palestine | UK | US. Co-directors: Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland. Exe. Producer: Roger Waters (Co-founder of Pink Floyd). In Arabic and Hebrew w/ En and Ja subs. Japan Premiere! Limited to the viewers located in Japan. A story of a [Read more...]
A sneak preview before the Japan premiere. Screenings: 8/13 (Sat) 8:00pm (outdoor & indoor, with zoom Q&A with Rea Tajiri), 8/15 (Mon) 1:00pm (indoor), Online UPAF (9/3-11, Japan only, limited to the first 50 viewers -don't miss it!) https://www.wisdomgonewildfilm.com/ (World Premier at BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL, Saturday, August 6th, 2022 In-person & Virtual -if you’re in the US, [Read more...]
Japan Premiere! Screenings: 8/11 (Thu) 8pm (outdoor and indoor), 8/14 (Sun) 3:30pm (indoor), Online UPAF (9/3-11, worldwide) A debut feature and a gift to the world from Sky Hopinka, one of the hottest and coolest and gentriest Indigenous filmmakers today. The first Chinuk Wawa-spoken feature-length film in the world. with English subtitles and Japanese subtitles for Deaf and Hearing-impaired.
8/13 (Sat) 3:30pm & 8/15 (Mon) 7:30pm. In-person screenings only -Do not miss it! Directors: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine, featuring: Ryue Nishizawa, Kazuyo Sejima, Morimoto-san. In English with SDH Japanese subtitles. After the multi awarded “Moriyama-San”, “Tokyo Ride” is a new step of Bêka & Lemoine’s immersion within Tokyo’s busy daily life. Revisiting the genre of the road movie in [Read more...]