YIDFF 2013
October 10–17
YIDFF 2013 Programs
- International Competition: 15 outstanding films selected from entries from around the world.
- New Asian Currents: Introducing up-and-coming Asian documentary filmmakers.
- Perspectives Japan: A selection of new Japanese documentaries.
- Yamagata Rough Cut!: A program transcending the frames of “artist” and “audience” to watch, feel, discuss and learn about moving images that are now in development.
- Memories of the Future: Chris Marker’s Travels and Trials: An unprecedented special retrospective of 45 titles produced by the great French auteur who passed away in 2012.
- The Ethics Machine: Six Gazes of the Camera: Discussions about ethical choices in documentary through a frame of six gazes and the ethics they imply.
- Another Side of the “Arab Spring”: What impact has the “Arab Spring” had on the people living in the world? Screenings of unique 6 works from various angles.
- Yamagata and Film: The fourth edition of this regular program that looks at Yamagata and its relation to cinema.
- Cinema with Us 2013: 16 films shot in the affected areas by filmmakers and people in reconstruction activities, along with symposia.
- Yamagata Manabikan
- YIDFF Network Special Screenings
- Yamagata Film Criticism Workshop: A project aimed to encourage thinking, writing, and reading about documentary while immersed in the film festival.
- YIDFF 2013 Information
- • Jury Comments • International Competition | New Asian Currents | Perspectives Japan | Yamagata Rough Cut! | Memories of the Future: Chris Marker’s Travels and Trials | The Ethics Machine: Six Gazes of the Camera | Another Side of the “Arab Spring” | Cinema with Us 2013 | Yamagata and Film | Special Invitation Films | YIDFF Network Special Screenings | Yamagata Manabikan | Yamagata Film Criticism Workshop • Schedule | Events | Festival Venues | Tickets | Accommodation • Volunteers | Photo of Farewell Party • Sponsors •
Official Catalog
YIDFF 2013 Interviews
SPUTNIK—YIDFF Reader 2013
YIDFF 2013 Award Recipients
- Prizes for the International Competition
- Jurors: Adachi Masao, Lav Diaz, Jean-Pierre Limosin, Amir Muhammad, Dorothee Wenner
The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
A World Not Ours Dir: Mahdi Fleifel
The Mayor’s Prize:
The Act of Killing Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer
Awards of Excellence:
Revision Dir: Philip Scheffner
The Other Day Dir: Ignacio Agüero
Special Prize:
Tour of Duty Dir: Kim Dong-ryung, Park Kyoung-tae
New Asian Currents Awards- Jurors: Philip Cheah, Takashi Toshiko
Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
Mrs. Bua’s Carpet Dir: Duong Mong Thu
Awards of Excellence:
Raging Land 3: Three Valleys Dir: Chan Yin Kai, Choi Yuen Villagers
Mohtarama Dir: Malek Shafi’i, Diana Saqeb
Special Mention:
War Is a Tender Thing Dir: Adjani Arumpac
Citizens’ Prizes- The Punk Syndrome Dir: Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi
The Targeted Village Dir: Mikami Chie
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Community Cinema Award- We Want (U) to Know Dir: Ella Pugliese, Nou Va, The people of Thnol Lok
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Directors Guild of Japan Award- Jurors: Hara Kazuo (President), Suzuki Junichi, Yamamoto Tatsuya, Sekiguchi Yuka, Irie Yu
The Targeted Village Dir: Mikami Chie
Special Mention:
Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born? Dir: Jewel Maranan
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Sky Perfect IDEHA Prizes- Jurors: Paolo Bertolin, Yang Yonghi
Sound Hunting Dir: Murakami Kenji
Storytellers Dir: Sakai Ko, Hamaguchi Ryusuke
YIDFF 2013 Facts and Figures
- Total Films Shown: 212
International Competition 15 _ Jurors’ Films 8 Special Invitation Films 8 New Asian Currents 19 Perspectives Japan 6 Yamagata Rough Cut! 5 Memories of the Future: Chris Marker’s Travels and Trials 45 The Ethics Machine: Six Gazes of the Camera 7 Another Side of the “Arab Spring” 7 Yamagata and Film 64 Cinema with Us 2013 16 Yamagata Manabikan 9 YIDFF Network Special Screenings 2 Other Events 1
Total Entries: 1,761 Films out of 123 Countries and Areas
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- Internatinal Competition
1,153 Films out of 117 Countries and Areas - New Asian Currents
608 Films out of 63 Countries and Areas
- Internatinal Competition
Attendance: 22,353
Guest: 238- Press: 278
- Volunteers: 390