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Japan CineFest:
Short Film Program
When: Friday, June 8,
2012, 6:30 PM
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street,
NYC
Map here
Next Friday, Asia Society NY and Mar Creation, Inc. will present a program of seven Japanese short
films. Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema,
these seven award-winning shorts, including live action and animation,
offer rich insight into the imagination and creative impulse of seven
U.S.-based filmmakers. The evening includes a humorous fictional story
behind the making of Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai, an underwater dance
uniting a human and dolphins, tender tales of Japanese living in the United States,
a stop-motion animation, and more.
Filmmakers will be present.
Reception to follow, sponsored by Asahi Beer.
Filmmakers will be present.
Reception to follow, sponsored by Asahi Beer.
Program trailer here.
And look for reviews here at AsianCineFest over the next week.
Tickets: $7 members; $9 students/seniors; $11 nonmembers. Purchase
online at tickets.asiasociety.org
or call 212-517-ASIA (2742) for more information.
Film Selections:
Radius Squared Times Heart
Dir. Yasu Suzuki. 2009. 34 min.
Love is in the air when Ken, a Japanese scientist, invites Michelle, an
American anthropologist, home for dinner after a Tango lesson. Shy in
demeanor, Ken impresses with his culinary prowess. Will he be able to
win the lady’s heart?
- Best Comedic Short Film, Manhattan Film
Festival
Uguisu
Dir. Kosuke Furukawa. 2009. 22 min.
A Brooklyn diner waitress comes across
two mysterious customers: a distressed young artist who struggles with
a drawing of a Uguisu, a Japanese songbird, and an enigmatic Japanese
old man who seems to hold the key to the secrets of the universe.
- Best Short Film, Best
Cinematography, International Film Festival Manhattan
Frog in the Well
Dir. Ken Ochiai. 2010. 15 min.
On a mission to scatter his mother's ashes, Joe leaves Tokyo
and embarks on a journey across Japan. The meditative and
transformative experience allows him to discover the beauty of everyday
life.
- Minister's Award, Audience Award,
Short Shorts Film Festival
- Best Editing Award, Sapporo
International Short Film Festival
- Best Short Film, Philadelphia
Asian American Film Festival
- Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival
- Special Jury Prize, Miami
Short Film Festival
- Honorable Mention, Los Angeles
International Film Festival
Into The New
World
Dir. Haruhito Naka. 2011. 25 min.
Mariko travels all the way from Japan
to New York
to look for her missing boyfriend, who had last told her that he's
living with God. When Mariko finally comes face to face with God, who
is disguised in an African mask, she enters an unexpectedly
hallucinatory world.
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| Corazon en Fuego / Heart on Fire |
Corazon en Fuego / Heart on Fire
Dir. Yoriko Murakami. 2005. 8 min. Stop-motion animation.
A lonely woman who lives in a country home on her own mournfully
remembers her lost love. Suddenly, she is visited by an unexpected
guest who will change her life forever.
- Jury Special Mention Award, Short
Shorts Asia
The 8th Samurai
Dir. Justin Ambrosino. 2009. 28 min.
Can you imagine if Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai was intended
to be Eight Samurai? In this wildly humorous film, a struggling actor
plays all the tricks at his disposal to be the 8th samurai. Will he
succeed? Watch to find out. This film toured with the Akira Kurosawa
100th Anniversary Tour.
- Best of Fest Award, LA Shorts
Festival
- Golden Kahuna Award, Honolulu
International Film Festival
- Best Director, Best Cinematography, Staten Island
Film Festival
- Audience Award, Big Muddy Film Festival
- Best Student Film Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Show Off Your
Shorts Festival
Together: Dancing with Spinner
Dolphins
Dir. Chisa Hidaka. 2010. 3 min.
In the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean,
a human dancer and wild Spinner dolphins forge a tender relationship
through the language of dance.
- Best Experimental Film, Big Apple
Film Festival
- Best Short Film Animal Advocacy, Artivist Film Festival
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