Film Festival 2002 symbolAichi International Womenfs Film Festival 2002

Aichi International Womenfs Film Festival 2002@program

PlaceFWill Hall (4F)

DATE

1ST SCREENING

2ND SCREENING

3RD SCREENING

4TH SCREENING

 

9/4

(Wed)

10:00SPECIAL PROGRAM

WOMEN IN MIRROR

Mr. Kijyu Yoshida

(Japan/Japanese)

14:00

NEVER MIND THE WALL

Ms. Connie Walther

(Germany/German)

 

 

 

 

18:50

GAEA GIRLS

Ms. Kim Longinotto

/Ms. Jano Williams

(U.K./Japanese)

12:20

Guest Talk

15:50

Guest Talk

9/5

(Thu)

10:00

MINOR MISHAPS

Ms. Annette K. Olesen

(Denmark/Danish)

14:00

WAIKIKI BROTHERS

Ms. Yim Soon-Rye

(Korea/Korean)

 

18:50

REPLAY

Ms. Catherine Corsini

(France/French)

12:00

Guest Talk

16:00

Guest Talk

9/6

(Fri)

10:00

SEND MORE CANDY

Ms. CACILIA HOLBEKTRIER

(Denmark, Sweden/Danish)

14:00

FAITHLESS

Ms. Liv Ullmann

(Sweden/Swedish)

 

18:50

ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED

Ms. Doris Dorrie

(Germany/German)

11:50

Guest Talk

9/7

(Sat)

10:00

THE LIFE OF RAICHO

Ms. Sumiko Haneda

(Japan/Japanese)

14:10

I LOVEBEIJING

Ms. Ning Ying

(China/Chinese)

16:40

THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN

Ms. Marziyeh Meshkini

(Iran/Iranian)

19:00

KILL ME LATER

Ms. Dana Lustig

(U.S.A./English)

12:30

Guest Talk

9/8

(Sun)

10:00

CANON ON TUESDAY

Ms. Shiori Kazama

(Japan/Japanese)

14:00

CHARLOTTE GRAY

Ms. Gillian Armstrong

(U.K./English)

 

 

12:20

Guest Talk

Place : Conference Room (3F)

DATE

PROGRAM 1

PROGRAM 2

PROGRAM 3

PROGRAM 4

9/4

(Wed)

10:00

Till@We@Meet@Again

Mr. Tadashi Imai

 (Japan/Japanese)

 

 

18:50

SEND MORE CANDY

Ms. CACILIA HOLBEKTRIER

(Denmark,Sweden/Darnish)

9/5

(Thu)

10:00

Floating@Clouds

Mr. Mikio Naruse

(Japan/Japanese)

 

16:10

KEEPING THE VISION ALIVE

&

Symposium

18:50

NEVER MIND THE WALL

Ms. Connie Walther

(Germany/German)

9/6

(Fri)

10:00

TWENTY-FOUR EYES

Mr. Keisuke Kinoshita

(Japan/Japanese)

14:00

IN THE VILLAGES OF THE TARAHUMARA

Ms. Hiroko Yamazaki

(Japan/Japanese)

 

18:50

MINOR MISHAPS

Ms. Annette K. Olesen

(Denmark/Danish)

16:00

Guest Talk

9/7

(Sat)

10:00

Love@Affair@at@Akitsu Spa

Mr. Kijyu Yoshida

(Japan/Japanese)

13:30

Lecture

 

18:30

Party

9/8

(Sun)

10:00 special program

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Mr. Frederick Wiseman

(U.S.A./English)

 

 

 

Other@Place

DATE

PLACE

PROGRAM

GUEST TALK

9/7

(Sat)

TOYOKAWA|CITY

 

TOYOKAWA@ CIVIC CENTER

13F30

SEND MORE CANDY

Ms. CACILIA HOLBEK TRIER

(Denmark, Sweden/Danish)

15:30

GUEST TALK

CHIRYU-CITY

 

CHIRYU@PUBLIC@TEATER

@ePATIO@CHIRYUf

13:30

NEVER MIND THE WALL

Ms. Connie Walther

(Germany/German)

15:30

GUEST TALK

SHIKATSU-TOWN

 

Shikatsu@Gymnasium

13:30

MINOR MISHAPS

Ms. Annette K. Olesen

(Denmark/Danish)

15:40

GUEST TALK

9/8

(Sun)

INUYAMA-CITY

 

Inuyama International@Sightseeing@Center@eFREUDEf

13:30

NEVER MIND THE WALL

Ms. Connie Walther

(Germany/German)

15:30

GUEST TALK

¦Please note that screening schedules are subject to change.

AICHI INTERNATIONAL WOMENfS FILM FESTIVAL 2002 Line-up

WOMEN IN MIRROR        Kijyu Yoshida
Date: September 4th, Wed.10:00žJapan/ 2002 / Color / 129 min.

For Japanese people, atomic bombings are traumatic events throughout 20th century. Three generations, an old woman who was the victim of the atomic bomb, her amnesia daughter, and granddaughter come to Hiroshima retracing the event back then about 50 years ago. Through this trip, they regain family ties and comfort. Mr. Kijyu Yoshida directs a film for the first time in 14 years, which organizes his works. WOMEN IN MIRROR was invited to Cannes Film Festival as special program.

NEVER MIND THE WALL        Connie Walther
Date: September 4th, Wed.14:00
September 5th, Thu.18:50
September 7th, Sat.13:30 CHIRYU
September 8th, Sun.13:30 INUYAMA
žGermany/ 2001 / Color / 94 min.

Berlin 1982. 17-year-old Nele was born and raised in West Berlin, with the ever-present Wall. She first crossed through the Iron Curtain for her grandmotherfs funeral, where she met the young Punk, Captain. A fleeting moment, an exchange of glances-for Nele itfs love at first sight. The Stasi (Secret Service) estranges Nele from Captain. They are united against the obstacle, the Wall, just for love.

GAEA GIRLS   Kim Longinotto/Jano Williams
Date: September 4th, Wed.18:50žU.K. / 2000 / Color / 106 min.

In the Gaea Japan led by charismatic Nagayo Chigusa, girls are being trained as professional wrestlers, dreaming to be a somebody. Some run away because of strict training and hierarchy there. The camera focuses on the track of hard days of Takeuchi Saika, one of those wannabe wrestlers, up to the tryout test. This documentary provides efforts of women in challenging professional wrestling.

MINOR MISHAPS         Annette K. Olesen
Date: September 5th Thu. 10:00
September 6th Fri.18:50
September 7th Sat.13:30 SHIKATSUžDenmark / 2001 / Color / 104 min.

The death of the mother brings about a sort of state emergency in the rest family members, forcing them all to re-think their lives together. Romance at the age of 50. The son who doesnft think about his wife and children because his career overshadows everything else. The daughters in want of parental love. MINOR MISHAPS makes us to realize distressing part of modern life. MINOR MISHAPS is the best European film at Berlin International Film Festival 2002.

WAIKIKI BROTHERS         Yim Soon-Rye
Date: September 5th, Thu. 14:00žKorea/ 2001 / Color / 105 min.

The man earns a living by the band. The members get wary of a barnstorming tour and the band is dissolved. The man goes back to his hometown to start fresh, where he meets his old band members and his first crush. Cherishing a memory of their life in the 80fs, golden oldies in WAIKIKI BROTHERS made a big hit. WAIKIKI BROTHERS was the opening film atCheju film festival. This film shows grief of the middle-aged.

REPLAY          Catherine Corsini
Date: September 5th, Thu. 18:50žFrance/ 2000 / Color / 96 min.

Natalie and Louise were both wannabe a stage actress. Though Natalie is still pursuing an actress career, Louise is a dental technician. Louise becomes an agent for Natalie to succeed in show business. The relationship between them becomes distorted thereafter. REPLAY bears the attraction of Emmanuelle Beart, the number one actress in France.

SEND MORE CANDY    Cacilia Holbek Trier
Date: September 4th, Thu. 18:50
September 6th, Fri.10:00
September 7th, Sat.13:30 TOYOKAWAžDenmark, Sweden / 2001 / Color / 76 min.

Two sisters, 11-year-old Anjelica and 9-year-old Lone, come to the farm where their grandparents live from the big metropolis Copenhagen to spend their summer holidays. The grandparents and the girls all are embarrassed each other. After a while, however they begin to become accustomed to their new environment. The two girls hatch a plot to save their grandparents in trouble.

FAITHLESS         Liv Ullmann
Date: September 6th, Fri.14:00žSweden / 2000 / Color / 154 min.

It seemed to last forever the friendship of three, a man who is a film director, his close friend who is an internationally famous orchestra conductor, and the conductorfs beautiful wife. The flame of love between the director and the conductorfs wife burns involving everyone. Faithless is a work written by Ingmar Bergman, the master director, based on his real life. Liv Ulmann is an excellent actress of his films and once his partner.

ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED   Doris Dorrie
Date: September 6th, Fri. 18:50žGermany /1999/Color / 108 min.

Two brothers want to get their screwed-up lives together by going to Japan for a retreat in a Zen monastery. On their way to the Zen monastery, they get lost in Tokyofs neon jungle. The enigma of enlightenment seems just within their grasp, however, it continues to elude them. The German brothers encounter mysterious Japan and Zen Buddhism.

THE LIFE OF RAICHO       Sumiko Haneda
Date: September 7th, Sat.10:00žJapan / 2001 / Color / 140 min.

The life of Raicho from youth to middle-age is portrayed. Following the track of her life enables us to see the history of womenfs study. She is the founder of Seitoh. She had embodied womenfs independence in her own way, not so radically, which reminds us of empathy for her. The second best film of 2001 cultural films.

I LOVE BEIJING        Ning Ying
Date: September 7thSat.14:00žChina / 2000 / Color / 87 min.

In 1999. Beijing is preparing for 50th anniversary of foundation of the country, changing itself radically like great economic reform and in transition into a new era, into which Hong Tao, a taxi driver, also gets involved. After divorce, Hong Tao still feels emptiness having his love affairs. This film is about bittersweet memory in Beijing.

THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN Marziyeh Meshkini
Date: September 7thSat.16:30žIran / 2000 / Color / 78 min.

Havva, a nine-year-old girl, is about to begin life as a woman wearing chador. Ahoo participates in a bicycle race wanting divorce. Houra, an old woman, remembers her once-dreamed marriage life. Their escape from reality in Islamic society contrasts remarkably with the island beneath the blue sky. This film provides Islamic womenfs strong spirits and emotional cues.

KILL ME LATER      DANA LUSTIG
Date: September 7th Sat.19:00žU.S.A. / 2000 / Color / 89 min.

Shawn, a banker, is weary of protracted affair and on the brink of jumping from a high-rise bank tower, when she is foiled by a robbery gone awry. She proposes a strange deal; unless he agrees to kill her later, she wonft go along with him at all. They are launched on a wild ride through the city streets, with the law in close pursuit and the future in serious doubt. Love within the time limits.

CANON ON TUESDAY       Shiori Kazama
Date: September 8th, Sun.10:00žJapan / 2001 / Color / 121 min.

Kinuko, 29, has been dating with a 43-year-old office worker, Kohei. It is only on Tuesday when she sees him; he spends his time with his family except on Tuesday. One day, she got to know Manabe, a street-poet, and Hijiri who crashes in Manabefs apartment. She got on famously wit the two people and they decided to have a meal at Manabefs apartment. In shopping, she came across Kohei, who was accompanied by his daughter, which got her down. Hijiri worried about her. After a while, love triangle developed. This film is about a city working woman just before the age of 30 having an external affair.

CHARLOTTE GRAY        Gillian Armstrong
Date: September 8th, Sun.14:00žU.K. / 2001 / Color / 121 min.

A movie heroine, Charlotte Gray, full of passion, searches for her identity through love and Resistance. A young Scottish woman uses a false name and joins the French Resistance during World War‡U risking all dangers to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France. Cate Blanchett of  ELIZABETH plays the courageous heroine.

IN THE VILLAGES OF THE TARAHUMARA Hiroko Yamazaki
Date: September 6th, Fri.14:00žJapan / 2001 / Color / 118 min.

An NGO eSchool of Windf, working for the agricultural and well-digging technical transfer in Asia and Africa, was asked to dig wells in villages of the Tarahumara aborigines who live in the Mexican rocky mountains. Well-digging expert Keiji Ishida was dispatched. The well-digging in the rocky region poses many difficulties. IN THE VILLAGES OF THE TARAHUMARA is a documentary of Ishidafs three years in a Tarahumara village where he began to be attracted to the simple life of the inhabitants.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE    Frederick Wiseman
Date: September 8th, Sun.10:00žU.S.A. / 2001 / Color / 195 min.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE reveals domestic violence in modern American society with the interviews done in the communityfs shelter for abuse victims, the biggest of its kind in Florida. This film follows after the police officers rushing to the scene and the children accompanying their mother. What is the solution to this form of violence? This film would raise awareness about domestic violence involving abusers, the abused, and those who care them.


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