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New techniques of digitally producing films give more and more filmmakers the opportunity to realise their very personal ideas in bold, provocative and experimental cinema beyond the mainstream. NIPPON DIGITAL presents the future of animation, short and documentary films and has become an insider tip for everybody who is interested in exciting, challenging and fiercefully entertaining new ways of filmmaking.

Venue: Festivalzentrum (Studierendenhaus Campus Bockenheim, Jügelstr. 1, Frankfurt)


PROGRAM

All films with English subtitles!

893239 I (Short Film Program)
101 Min., OmeU, EP

893239 II (Short Film Program)
86 Min., OmeU, EP

A Permanent Part-Timer in Distress (Sônan furiitâ)
R: Hiroki IWABUCHI, Japan 2007, 67 Min., OmeU, EP

After Ten Thousand Years (Ichi-man nen, ato….)
R: Isao OKISHIMA, Japan 2007, 77 Min., OmeU, IP

Benshi-Brilliance! Ichirô KATOAKA presents A Page of Madness
R: Teinosuke KINUGASA, Japan 1926, 78 Min., with film narrator performance and DJ

Benshi Brilliance! Hirono YAMADA′s Benshi Heaven
Short Film Program with film narrator performance, OmeU, IP

Beyond the Fence (Sakugoe)
R: Ryûichi HONDA, Japan 2007, 98 Min., IP *

Digista Vol. VI (Short Film Program)
67 Min., OmeU
New supporting film: Yugamu Jikan - Twisting Time
R: Masayo Kajimura, Germany 2007, Video, 5 Min.


Family Matters (Kazoku no hiketsu)
R: Shôtarô KOBAYASHI, Japan 2006, 82 Min., OmeU, IP *

Fragment
R: Makoto SASAKI, Japan 2006, 92 Min., OmeU, IP *

Girl Sparks
R: Yuya ISHII, Japan 2007, 94 Min., OmeU, DP

Image Rings Planet+1 Selection I: Immoral Films (Short Film Program)
70 Min., OmeU, IP *

Image Rings Planet+1 Selection II (Short Film Program)
64 Min., OmeU *

JVC Tokyo Video Festival Vol. IV (Short Film Program)
90 Min., OmeU, EP

Lazarus – The House of the Rising Sun (Razaro - Asahi no ataru ie-hen)
R: Kishû IZUCHI, Japan 2007, 81 Min., EP

NEGADON: The Monster from Mars (Wakusei daikaijû negadon)
R: Jun AWAZU, Japan 2005, 25 Min., OmU

Now, I … (Ima, Boku wa…)
R: Yasutomo CHIKUMA, Japan 2007, 87 Min., OmeU, WP *

Open Art Animation (Short Film Program)
72 Min., OmeU, EP

Route 20 (new title: Off Highway 20) (Kokudô nijûgô-sen)
R: Katsuya TOMITA, Japan 2007, 77 Min., OmeU, IP

Shadow of Sand (Suna no kage)
R: Yusuke KAIDA, Japan 2008, 76 Min., DP

The Virgin Wildsides (Dotei. O purodyûsu)
R: Tetsuaki MATSUE, Japan 2007, 80 Min., OmeU, IP *

This World of Ours (Oretachi no sekai)
R: Ryo NAKAJIMA, Japan 2006, 92 Min., OmeU, DP

Vortex and Others
5 short works by Yoshihiro ITÔ, 98 Min., IP *

Waseda Musabi Student Film Explosion (Short Film Program)
86 Min., OmeU, IP *

Why the Japanese Do Not Have Dishwashers?
R: Cecilia Antoni, Japan/Deutschland 2007/08, 7 Min., OmU *

Wings of Defeat (Tokkô)
R: Risa MORIMOTO, USA/Japan 2007, 90 Min., engl.+ japan. OmeU, DP

EXPLANATION:
OmeU = Original Version with English Subtitles
OmU = Original Version with German Subtitles
DP = German premiere
EP = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
* = guest(s) attending



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