Female Futures ¼
Female Futures? –
New Visions Of Women In Japan
Since the turn of the millennium, the role of women in front of and behind the camera has become more differentiated in Japan. More than half of the young Japanese film talent is female. But will the young directors encounter an industry that promotes their careers and makes their attitudes visible? We are interested in what has changed in the industry and what forms of expression Japanese filmmakers use to encounter today’s gender relations in their society. With our focus on FEMALE FUTURES? we are therefore investigating the question of how the role of women in contemporary cinema will shape the images of women in the future.
The film program will be complemented by an online lecture on the role of women in Japanese film by Chantal Bertalanffy (University of Edinburgh) and a live streamed panel discussion with Japanese women directors, moderated by film critic and curator Maggie Lee.
The program focus FEMALE FUTURES? – NEW VISIONS OF WOMEN IN JAPAN is supported by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
Films and events:
Constant Metamorphosis – Independent Animated Shorts by Women
JVTA meets PIA Film Festival: Shorts
100 Yen Love by Masaharu TAKE
Ainu – Indigenous People Of Japan by Naomi MIZOGUCHI
Book-Paper-Scissors by Nanako HIROSE
Ts’onot / Cenote by Kaori ODA
i -Documentary Of The Journalist- by Tatsuya MORI
Infinite Foundation by Akira OSAKI
Listening To The Air by Haruka KOMORI
Little Miss Period by Shunsuke SHINADA
Makuko by Keiko TSURUOKA
Me & My Brother's Mistress by Takashi HAGA, Sho SUZUKI
Minori, On The Brink by Ryutaro NINOMIYA
Miss Hokusai by Keiichi HARA
Mrs. Noisy by Chihiro AMANO
My Sweet Grappa Remedies by Akiko OKU
Prison Circle by Kaori SAKAGAMI
Shape Of Red by Yukiko MISHIMA
Tamaran Hill by Tadasuke KOTANI
The Journalist by Michihito FUJII
This Planet Is Not My Planet by Miwa YOSHIMINE
Under Your Bed by Mari ASATO
Lecture: Women In Contemporary Japanese Cinema
Panel discussion: Female Futures? – New Visions Of Women In Japan