MOVIE COMMITTEE SCREENING HISTORY 2012

Special Screenings, Sneak Previews 

  1. JAPAN’S WILDLIFE: THE UNTOLD STORY (日本列島 いきものたちの物語) with producer Taka Ichise and director Keizo Izuta
  2. THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN (キツツキと雨)with director Shuichi Okita and actor Kanji Furutachi
  3. TRUE TO MYSELF (“私”を生きる) with director Toshikuni Doi and subjects Kimiko Nezu and Nobuo Dohi

TRIBUTE WEEKEND — INDELIBLE IMAGES: 3/11 CAPTURED ON FILM 

  1. RADIOACTIVISTS: PROTEST AND DISCOURSE IN JAPAN SINCE FUKUSHIMA, directed by Julia Leser and Clarissa Seidel
  2. ROKKASHO RHAPSODY and ASHES TO HONEY (clips only) with director Hitomi Kamanaka
  3. PRAY FOR JAPAN, directed by Stu Levy
  4. LIGHT UP NIPPON, directed by Kensaku Kakimoto
  5. BLIND, directed by Yukihiro Shoda and Jamie Holland
  6. THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM (津波そして桜), directed by Lucy Walker, with production manager James MacWhyte
  7. LIVING IN THE WAKE OF 311 (3.11後を生きる) with director Hideo Nakata
  8. KESENNUMA, VOICES (Kesennuma, Voices. 東日本大震災復興特別企画~堤幸彦の記録~) with director Yukihiko Tsutsumi and stars Yuki Ikushima and Sho Ikushima
  9. REBUILDING JAPAN: BEYOND THE TSUNAMI (津波を乗り越えて~渡辺謙が見た東北~) directed by Vikram Channa, Keiko Bang, Yasushi Koyama
  10. OYAKO FOREVER: PRESENT TO THE FUTURE, with director Toshi Inomata and star Bruce Osborn
  11. FUKUSHIMA HULA GIRLS (がんばっぺ フラガール! ~フクシマに生きる。彼女たちのいま~), directed by Masaki Kobayashi
  12. A GENTLE RAIN FALLS FOR FUKUSHIMA (トテチータ・チキチータ) with director Atsushi Kokatsu, producer Masahito Furukawa and stars Chieko Matsubara and Shono Hayama

—[end Tribute Weekend]—

  1. STANDING ARMY (誰も知らない基地のこと) with codirectors Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi
  2. CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (わが母の記) with director Masato Harada and stars Kiki Kilin and Koji Yakusho
  3. BATTLESHIP (バトルシップ) with star Tadanobu Asano
  4. MY HOUSE with director Yukihiko Tsutsumi and producer Koko Maeda
  5. HERB & DOROTHY (ハーブ&ドロシー アートの森の小さな巨人) with director Megumi Sasaki
  6. OUR HOMELAND (かぞくのくに) with director Yang Yonghi 
  7. I’M FLASH! with star Tatsuya Fujiwara and writer-director Toshiaki Toyoda
  8. 5 BROKEN CAMERAS (壊された5つのカメラ パレスチナ・ビリンの叫び) with directors Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
  9. A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (拳銃は俺のパスポート) with Joe Shishido, Special Nikkatsu Screening
  10. GFP BUNNY (タリウム少女の毒殺日記) with director Yutaka Tsuchiya [also TIFF Chair Tom Yoda]
  11. Highlights of North Korean cinema with Johannes Schonherr