DOCUMENTARY DREAM SHOW
-YAMAGATA in Tokyo 2026

The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival runs every other year in Yamagata. In the off-years, the festival brings a part of the previous year's screening program to Tokyo. 50 films will be screened during the festival period of Oct. 17–Nov. 12 this year at an art house K's cinema in Shinjuku and Athene Francais Cultural Center in Ochanomizu.
Most films will be screened in English or with English subtitles, including many from Asia and Japan.

Dates & Venues

October 17 [Sat] – November 6 [Fri]
at K’s cinema

SHOWAKAN Bldg. 3F, 3-35-13,
Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
http://www.ks-cinema.com/
Phone 03-3352-2471

November 6 [Fri]-12 [Thu]
at Athénée Français Cultural Center

Athénée Français 4F, 2-11,
Kanda-surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
infor@athenee.net
Phone 03-3291-4339

Schedule

K’s cinema

10/17 (Sat)

[American Direct Cinema Special Selection]

Breaking it Up at the Museum

USA / 1960 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 8 min / English
Dir. D.A. Pennebaker

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

USA / 1964 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 12 min / English
Dir. D.A. Pennebaker

Cut Cut Piece, 1964/1965

USA / 1965 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 9 min / English
Filmmakers: Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Panola

USA / 1970 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 21 min / English
Dir. Ed Pincus, David Neuman

Primary

USA / 1960 / Blu-ray (Original: 16mm) / 53 min / English
Producer: Robert Drew

Appalachian Lenses

JAPAN / 2024 / DCP / 85 min / English, Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Kasezawa Atsushi

10/18 (Sun)

DIRECT ACTION

GERMANY, FRANCE, KOREA / 2024 / DCP / 212 min / French, English, Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize)

No Exorcism Film

THAILAND / 2024 / DCP / 20 min / English, Thai with English subtitles
Dir. Komtouch Napattaloong

Track_ing

KOREA, KAZAKHSTAN / 2024 / DCP / 22 min / English, Korean, Kazakh, Russian with English subtitles
Dir. Cho Hanna, Lee Chanyeol, Samgar Rakym, Ali Tynybekov

10/19 (Mon)

THE BAZOO (Working Title)

PHILIPPINES, GERMANY, AUSTRIA / 2024 / DCP / 90 min / Tagalog with English subtitles
Dir. Jarell Serencio

The Denroku Award (Award of Excellence)

SPI

TAIWAN / 2025 / DCP / 98 min / Tayal, Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. Sayun Simung

10/20 (Tue)

Malqueridas

CHILE, GERMANY / 2023 / DCP / 74 min / Spanish with English subtitles
Dir. Tana Gilbert

Flex International Award (Award of Excellence)

Rising Up at Night

CONGO (DRC), BELGIUM, GERMANY, BURKINA FASO, QATAR / 2024 / DCP / 96 min / Lingala with English subtitles
Dir. Nelson Makengo

Hakishka

IRAN / 2024 / DCP / 49 min / Azerbaijani with English subtitles
Dir. Narges Judaki, Iman Paknahad

10/21 (Wed)

Welded Together

FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM / 2025 / DCP / 96 min / Russian with English subtitles
Dir. Anastasiya Miroshnichenko

Hair, Paper, Water...

BELGIUM, FRANCE / 2025 / DCP / 71 min / Ruc, Vietnamese with English subtitles
Dir. Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý

The Last Visit

ESTONIA, THAILAND / 2023 / DCP / 16 min / English
Dir. Keawalee Warutkomain

SIE...

INDONESIA / 2024 / DCP / 30 min / Sika, Indonesian with English subtitles
Dir. Yosef Levi

10/22 (Thu)

Time to the Target

LATVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, UKRAINE / 2025 / DCP / 179 min / Ukrainian with English subtitles
Dir. Vitaly Mansky

CycleMahesh

INDIA / 2024 / DCP / 61 min / Odia, Marathi, Hindi with English subtitles
Dir. Suhel Banerjee

10/23 (Fri)

3350 KM

SYRIA, FRANCE / 2023 / DCP / 13 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Sara Kontar

Dancing Palestine

PALESTINE, UK / 2024 / DCP / 37 min / Arabic, English with English subtitles
Dir. Lamees Almakkawy

With Hasan in Gaza

PALESTINE, GERMANY, FRANCE, QATAR / 2025 / DCP / 106 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Kamal Aljafari

The Mayor’s Prize

Collective Dreams Stitched into December

INDIA / 2025 / DCP / 60 min / Hindi, Marwari, Bengali, English with English subtitles
Dir. Bappadittya Sarkar

10/24 (Sat)

The Seasons

PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN, AUSTRIA / 2025 / DCP / 83 min / Portuguese, German with English subtitles
Dir. Maureen Fazendeiro

The Tales of the Tale

TAIWAN / 2024 / DCP / 30 min / Taiwanese, Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. Song Cheng-ying, Hu Chin-ya

Tohoku Denka Kogyo Award (NAC Award of Excellence)

When the Trees Sway, the Heart Stirs

KOREA / 2025 / DCP / 40 min / Korean with English subtitles
Dir. Lee Jiyoon
The Yamagata Shimbun and YBC Award (NAC Award of Excellence)

Hakishka

IRAN / 2024 / DCP / 49 min / Azerbaijani with English subtitles
Dir. Narges Judaki, Iman Paknahad

10/25 (Sun)

Letters to My Dead Parents

CHILE / 2025 / DCP / 106 min / Spanish with English subtitles
Dir. Ignacio Agüero

Special Jury Prize

Malqueridas

CHILE, GERMANY / 2023 / DCP / 74 min / Spanish with English subtitles
Dir. Tana Gilbert

Flex International Award (Award of Excellence)

You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer

BELGIUM, HONG KONG / 2023 / DCP / 5 min / English
Dir. Max Ferguson

A Stone’s Throw

PALESTINE, LEBANON, CANADA / 2024 / DCP / 40 min / Arabic, English with English subtitles
Dir. Razan AlSalah

10/26 (Mon)

Welded Together

FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM / 2025 / DCP / 96 min / Russian with English subtitles
Dir. Anastasiya Miroshnichenko

Luo Luo’s Future

CHINA / 2024 / DCP / 69 min / Chinese (Sichuan Dialect) with English subtitles
Dir. Luo Luo

Hair, Paper, Water...

BELGIUM, FRANCE / 2025 / DCP / 71 min / Ruc, Vietnamese with English subtitles
Dir. Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý

10/27 (Tue)

The Last Visit

ESTONIA, THAILAND / 2023 / DCP / 16 min / English
Dir. Keawalee Warutkomain

SIE...

INDONESIA / 2024 / DCP / 30 min / Sika, Indonesian with English subtitles
Dir. Yosef Levi

Time to the Target

LATVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, UKRAINE / 2025 / DCP / 179 min / Ukrainian with English subtitles
Dir. Vitaly Mansky

10/28 (Wed)

Collective Dreams Stitched into December

INDIA / 2025 / DCP / 60 min / Hindi, Marwari, Bengali, English with English subtitles
Dir. Bappadittya Sarkar

The Silent Path

INDONESIA / 2024 / DCP / 77 min / Indonesian, Dutch with English subtitles
Dir. Yonri Revolt

Inside Mind

JAPAN / 1999 / Blu-ray (Original: 16mm) / 89min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Oki Hiroyuki

10/29 (Thu)

No Exorcism Film

THAILAND / 2024 / DCP / 20 min / English, Thai with English subtitles
Dir. Komtouch Napattaloong

The Seasons

PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN, AUSTRIA / 2025 / DCP / 83 min / Portuguese, German with English subtitles
Dir. Maureen Fazendeiro

Spring, On the Shores of Aga

JAPAN / 2025 / DCP / 64 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Komori Haruka

10/30 (Fri)

Letters to My Dead Parents

CHILE / 2025 / DCP / 106 min / Spanish with English subtitles
Dir. Ignacio Agüero

Special Jury Prize

L’Homme-Vertige: Tales of a City

FRANCE, GUADELOUPE / 2024 / DCP / 93 min / Creole, French with English subtitles
Dir. Malaury Eloi Paisley

Special Mention

10/31 (Sat)

I Was, I Am, and I Will Be!

JAPAN / 2025 / DCP / 100 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Itakura Yoshiyuki

Park

TAIWAN / 2024 / DCP / 101 min / Indonesian, Javanese, Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. So Yo-Hen

Denroku Award (Award of Excellence)

11/1 (Sun)

What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov?

GERMANY / 2024 / DCP / 81 min / Farsi with English subtitles
Dir. Faraz Fesharaki

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize

The Yoshida-ryo Dormitory

JAPAN / 2025 / DCP / 107 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Fujikawa Keizo

11/2 (Mon)

Rising Up at Night

CONGO (DRC), BELGIUM, GERMANY, BURKINA FASO, QATAR / 2024 / DCP / 96 min / Lingala with English subtitles
Dir. Nelson Makengo

3350 KM

SYRIA, FRANCE / 2023 / DCP / 13 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Sara Kontar

Once Upon a Time, TV

FRANCE / 1985 / Blu-ray (Original: 16mm, 8mm) / 57 min / French with English subtitles
Dir. Marie-Claude Treilhou

Back to Ghawas

AFGHANISTAN / 2006 / Blu-ray / 27 min / Persian (Dari) with English subtitles
Dir. Sediqa Rezaei

11/3 (Tue)

With Hasan in Gaza

PALESTINE, GERMANY, FRANCE, QATAR / 2025 / DCP / 106 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Kamal Aljafari

The Mayor’s Prize

A Fidai Film

PALESTINE, GERMANY, QATAR, BRAZIL, FRANCE / 2024 / Blu-ray / 78 min / Arabic, Hebrew, English with English subtitles
Dir. Kamal Aljafari

You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer

BELGIUM, HONG KONG / 2023 / DCP / 5 min / English
Dir. Max Ferguson

A Stone’s Throw

PALESTINE, LEBANON, CANADA / 2024 / DCP / 40 min / Arabic, English with English subtitles
Dir. Razan AlSalah

11/4 (Wed)

CycleMahesh

INDIA / 2024 / DCP / 61 min / Odia, Marathi, Hindi with English subtitles
Dir. Suhel Banerjee

SPI

TAIWAN / 2025 / DCP / 98 min / Tayal, Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. Sayun Simung

The Silent Path

INDONESIA / 2024 / DCP / 77 min / Indonesian, Dutch with English subtitles
Dir. Yonri Revolt

11/5 (Thu)

Pictures of Germany

GERMANY / 1983 / DCP (Original: 35mm) / 61min / German with English subtitles
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky, Heiner Mühlenbrock

The Tales of the Tale

TAIWAN / 2024 / DCP / 30 min / Taiwanese, Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. Song Cheng-ying, Hu Chin-ya

Tohoku Denka Kogyo Award (NAC Award of Excellence)

When the Trees Sway, the Heart Stirs

KOREA / 2025 / DCP / 40 min / Korean with English subtitles
Dir. Lee Jiyoon

The Yamagata Shimbun and YBC Award (NAC Award of Excellence)

L’Homme-Vertige: Tales of a City

FRANCE, GUADELOUPE / 2024 / DCP / 93 min / Creole, French with English subtitles
Dir. Malaury Eloi Paisley

Special Mention

11/6 (Fri)

TrepaNation

SYRIA, FRANCE, GERMANY / 2025 / DCP / 222 min / Arabic, German, French, Dari, Filipino, Czech with English subtitles
Dir. Ammar al-Beik

Athénée Français Cultural Center

11/6 (Fri)

Pictures of Germany

GERMANY / 1983 / DCP (Original: 35mm) / 61min / German with English subtitles
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky, Heiner Mühlenbrock

Reichsautobahn

GERMANY / 1985-1986 / 16mm / 92 min / German
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky

B-52

GERMANY, USA / 2001 / DCP (Original: 35mm) / 112 min / English
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky

Staub (Dust)

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND / 2007 / 35mm / 94 min / German with English subtitles
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky

11/7 (Sat)

Reichsautobahn

GERMANY / 1985-1986 / 16mm / 92 min / German
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky

B-52

GERMANY, USA / 2001 / DCP (Original: 35mm) / 112 min / English
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky

Pictures of Germany

GERMANY / 1983 / DCP (Original: 35mm) / 61min / German with English subtitles
Dir. Hartmut Bitomsky, Heiner Mühlenbrock

11/10 (Tue)

DIRECT ACTION

GERMANY, FRANCE, KOREA / 2024 / DCP / 212 min / French, English, Arabic with English subtitles
Dir. Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize)

[American Direct Cinema Special Selection]

Breaking it Up at the Museum

USA / 1960 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 8 min / English
Dir. D.A. Pennebaker

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

USA / 1964 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 12 min / English
Dir. D.A. Pennebaker

Cut Piece, 1964/1965

USA / 1965 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 9 min / English
Filmmakers: Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Panola

USA / 1970 / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 21 min / English
Dir. Ed Pincus, David Neuman

Fertile Memory

PALESTINE, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, BELGUIM / 1980 / 16mm / 99 min / Arabic

11/11 (Wed)

I Was, I Am, and I Will Be!

JAPAN / 2025 / DCP / 100 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Itakura Yoshiyuki

TrepaNation

SYRIA, FRANCE, GERMANY / 2025 / DCP / 222 min / Arabic, German, French, Dari, Filipino, Czech with English subtitles
Dir. Ammar al-Beik

Luo Luo’s Future

CHINA / 2024 / DCP / 69 min / Chinese (Sichuan Dialect) with English subtitles
Dir. Luo Luo

11/12 (Thu)

Primary

USA / 1960 / Blu-ray (Original: 16mm) / 53 min / English
Producer: Robert Drew

Mirror Works ’89: Yamagata Central Public Hall

JAPAN / 2025 / DCP / 28 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Iizuka ToshioStructure, Editing: Oe Yuta

A Movie Capital

JAPAN / 1991 / Color / DCP (Original: 16mm) / 98 min / Japanese with English subtitles
Dir. Iizuka Toshio

Feb 11, 1990 Rough Cut Screening: The Other Version

JAPAN / 2025 / Digital File / 120 min / Japanese
Dir. Iizuka Toshio

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