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...]
Screenings: 8/15 (Mon) 9:30pm (outdoor and indoor). One-time in-person screening only -Do not miss it! Directors: ILA BÊKA & LOUISE LEMOINE, featuringL Moriyama-san. In English with non-SDH Japanese subtitiles. One week in the extraordinary-ordinary life of Mr. Moriyama, a Japanese art, architecture and music enlighted amateur who lives in one of the most famous contemporary Japanese [Read more...]
Screenings: 8/12 (Fri) 7:30pm (outdoor and indoor), 8/15 (Mon) 3:30pm (indoor), Online UPAF (9/3-9/11, worldwide) To the Girl Who Looks Like Me Director: Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah An experimental poetry piece celebrating Black women who continue to thrive in a system that was not built for them. A study of culture, self-love and self-discovery through a string of vignettes that combine dance, [Read more...]
Screenings: 8/12 (Fri) 3:30pm (indoor), 8/14 (Sun) 7:30pm (outdoor and indoor), Online UPAF (9/3-9/11, worldwide) Kadoma City ZOMBIE Human Resources Center Director, Writer, Editor: Takashi NASU , Music Supervisor: Masatora Goya, Assistant Director: Kyoko Sakuma, featuring: Eito HAYASHI, Hiroshi WATABE, Mayumi, everyone at Kadoma City Silver Human Resources Center, 2021, 29min, color, [Read more...]
Screenings: 8/11 (Thu) 3:30pm (indoor), 8/14 (Sun) 10:00pm (outdoor and indoor), Online UPAF (9/3-9/11, worldwide) Reschedule Director: Takayuki SUZUE, Cinematographer: Misaki KONDO, Sound Recordist: Takeo NAGURA, Stills: Nobu TANAKA, Music: Yuka KONISHI, featuring: Kenya NOJIMA, Daichi NOGAWA, Chiho SHISHIME, Jango YAMADA, 2021, 16.5min, color, fiction Photographer Yusuke (Kenya [Read more...]