presents
the
Tojin-machi Independent Film Festival
As part of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Tojin-machi, EIGA ARTS presents a two-day festival of independent films from America and Japan. San Francisco filmmaker, Scott Stark, has been invited to show his own work and introduce some of the best recent films from the USA. Tokyo filmmakers, Onishi Kenji and Yamada Isao will also be present to introduce their own work and a selection of the best independent films from around Japan.
The festival is free and will take place over the 13th and 14th of November in Kyoenji temple, screening four programmes of short films at 1.30pm and 7pm each day.
EIGA ARTS is Kyushu's most active underground cinema, screening avant-garde, independent and experimental film from around the world, each month in Saga City.
Interviews with Onishi Kenji and Yamada Isao can be arranged prior to the festival. Interviews will be available with all filmmakers throughout the festival weekend. Preview tapes are available prior to the festival.
For information in English call: 090 7165 9998
For information in Japanese call: 090 8761 3041
click the map for directions
Tojin-machi Independent Film Festival Programme
November 13th
1:30pm
Programme one
Immer Zu
Janie Geiser
Glass: Memories of Water
Leighton Pierce
Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Martin Arnold
Floating by Eagle Rock/She is Asleep
Konrad Steiner
Secure the Shadow
Kerry Laitala
The Snowman
Phil Solomon
I'll Walk with God
Scott Stark
Tuning the Sleeping Machine
David Sherman
92 minutes
***
Programme two
7.00pm
Celluloid Memories
Onishi Kenji
Short Summer Collection :
Soul Mouth; Air Head; Sleep; Waterbed; Window.
Onishi Kenji
Monochrome Head
Ito Takashi
POACHED FILM
Sueoka Ichiro
Showa Showa
Kurokawa Michiko
Myself Timer
Okuyama Jun'ichi
Anala
Manjome Jun
90 minutes
***
November 14th
1:30pm
Programme one
Fragment of The Night
Yamada Isao
Sad Gadolf
Yamada Isao
GESTALT
Ishida Takashi
Killer Camera
Serizawa Ichiro
Incorrect Continunity
Ota Yo
Cloned Chromosomes
Tachibana Kaoru
Industry and the Sex Doll
Shirao Kazuhiro
88 minutes
***
Programme two
7:00pm
if you stand with your back to the slowing of the speed of light in water
Julie Murray
The Sound of His Face
Scott Stark
Marietta's Lied
Lewis Klahr
Home Stories
Mathias Müller
Mercy
Abigail Child
Little Lieutenant
Henry Hills
Horse/Kappa/House
Abraham Ravett
89 minutes
