Shinsedai is back for a second year. After a successful inaugural edition last August, co-programmers Chris Magee (J-Film Powwow) and Jasper Sharp (Midnight Eye) have curated an even stronger lineup of new independent Japanese cinema. This year’s festival runs from July 22–25 at the gorgeous Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. For such a young festival, Shinsedai has been able to attract not only a strong lineup, but a significant number of directors and actors will actually be making the trip to introduce their films and conduct Q&A sessions with the audience.
If you’re interested in where Japanese cinema is heading, you need to check out the Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Check the site for film listings, schedule, ticket prices and directions.
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The inaugural edition of the Shinsedai Festival is approaching quickly and I wanted to draw your attention to some of the interesting independent Japanese cinema that will be unspooling there between August 21–23. The screenings will take place at the fabulous new cinema at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Shinsedai is a Japanese word that means “new generation” and this festival aims to break new ground by featuring the work of directors who are underexposed in the West. Curated by knowledgable cinephiles Jasper Sharp (Midnight Eye) and Toronto’s own Chris MaGee (J-Film Pow-Wow), the three-day event will screen more than 20 works by some of Japan’s most exciting directors.
I’m planning to catch the entire Sunday (August 23) programme:
And if I can manage it, I’m trying to get to the Peaches programme of shorts, playing Saturday August 22 at 2:00pm.
Tickets are available at several downtown locations as well as at the door and are $12 per screening. You can also buy a 5-film pass for $50 or a Deluxe Pass (all screenings) for $105. Hope to see you there!
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Co-founded by my friend Chris Magee from authoritative Japanese film blog J-Film Pow-Wow, the inaugural Shinsedai Festival will take place from August 21–23, 2009 at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Subtitled The New Generation Japanese Film Festival (“shinsedai” is a Japanese term meaning “new generation”), this three-day event promises to screen some of the best new independent films coming out of Japan today.
Here is the lineup so far, though I believe this may be augmented in the weeks to come:
- Electric Button (Moon and Cherry) (Dir: Yuki Tanada)
- Freeter’s Distress (Dir: Hiroki Iwabuchi)
- Hottentot Apron: A Sketch (Dir: Rei Shirichi)
- Naked of Defenses (Dir: Masahide Ichii)
- Now, I… (Dir: Yasutomo Chikuma)
- Peaches (Bunny in Hovel, emerger & Ciskopost) (Dir: Mayumi Yabe, Aki Sato, Yumiko Beppu)
- Suzuki & Co. (Dir: Kazuo Kono)
- The New God (Dir: Yutaka Tsuchiya)
- Vortex & Others: 5 Short Films (Dir: Yoshihiro Ito)
More information, including trailers and reviews, available from the festival web site.
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