The Japan Foundation Asia Center is co-organizing "Visual Documentary Project" with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University. The project aims to offer a platform for Asian Filmmakers in the region to express their realities through documentaries and introduce them to a broader audience.
"Politics in Everyday Life" as the theme of 2016
This year, we called for short documentaries under the theme of "Politics in Everyday Life in Southeast Asia" overviewing various aspects of political expression in everyday life.
Award winning director Rithy Panh from Cambodia and Professor Kenji Ishizaka joined as juries to select short documentaries.
Admission is free, and directors and team members from Southeast Asia will have a talk and discussion after the screening.
We received 75 wonderful works from across Southeast Asia. Out of 75 works, following successful documentaries were selected. We will screen those works in Kyoto and Tokyo this December. Also, directors and team members will be invited to Japan for the screening and have a talk and discussion with commentators. We look forward for your participation!
Event detail
[Tokyo Screening]
| Date | December 17, 2016 (Sat) |
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| Time | 15:30 - 20:00 (Doors Open 15:00) You can enter or exit anytime during the event |
| Venue | Tokyo Women's Plaza 5-53-67 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ≫Access From Omote-sando Station of Tokyo Metro Giza Line, Hanzomon Line, and Chiyoda Line Walk for seven minutes from Exit B2 |
| Program | 15:30 Women of the Forest Screening Q&A 16:00 Mother & Son Screening Q&A 16:30 60 Days Screening Q&A 17:15 Break 17:30 Vein Screening Q&A 18:15 Discussion *All the documentary works will be played by DVD |
| Participants | Director: Inshallah P. Montero Researcher: Sunitha Bisan (Women of the Forest) Director: Thwe Myo Nyunt, Editor: Zaw Win Htwe (Mother & Son) Director: Htut Ye Kyaw, Sett Paing Aung (60 Days) Director: Htet Aung San, KO JET (Vein) |
| Commentators | Kenji Ishizaka (Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image) Makiko Wakai (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Tokyo Office) |
| Admission | Free (Maximum capacity: 200) (Reservation first) |
| Reservation | Please send us email to jfac_vdp_info@jpf.go.jp with your name / affiliation / contact information with the subject "VDP2016 Screening" (Deadline: December 15) *Priority will be given to the guests with reservation |
| Language | Japanese / English Subtitles and Translation |
| Organized by |
The Japan Foundation Asia Center |
| Co-organized by |
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| Supported by |
Society for Asian Cinema Studies |
[Kyoto Screening]
| Date | December 15, 2016 (Thurs) |
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| Time | 13:30 - 18:00 (Doors Open 13:00) You can enter or exit anytime during the event |
| Venue | Large-sized Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto ≫Access From Jingu-Marutamachi Station of Keihan Railway Walk for five minutes to the north |
| Program | 13:30 Women of the Forest Screening Q&A 14:00 Mother & Son Screening Q&A 14:30 60 Days Screening Q&A 15:15 Break 15:30 Vein Screening Q&A 16:15 Discussion *All the documentary works will be played by DVD |
| Participants | Director: Inshallah P. Montero Researcher: Sunitha Bisan (Women of the Forest) Director: Thwe Myo Nyunt, Editor: Zaw Win Htwe (Mother & Son) Director: Htut Ye Kyaw, Sett Paing Aung (60 Days) Director: Htet Aung San, KO JET (Vein) |
| Commentators | Kenji Ishizaka (Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image) Makiko Wakai (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Tokyo Office) |
| Admission | Free, No reservation is equired |
| Language | Japanese / English Subtitles and Translation |
| Organized by |
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| Co-organized by |
The Japan Foundation Asia Center |
