Films list
STARTING with ZERO - 8 days to embrace the city of Nara and films!
Film Festival for the Youth, by the Youth:
Nara International Film Festival for Youth September 17-19
Showcase Films of Up-and-Coming Directors from Around the World:
Nara International Film Festival 2022 September 19-24
Japanese Films
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to mainland Japan, under the cherry blossoms in full bloom at Kiyoharu Art Village in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Ryukyuan dancer Shigeo Miyagi dances and film director Naomi Kawase creates a fantastic fantasy.
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23min.
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Natsuko works at a nursing home. Every day is the same, and she wonders what the purpose of her life is.
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25min.
(Free)
Finding peace is a therapeutic film. In a world where the Covid has put the whole world on pause, the Senegalese director tried to explore, to question and to experience the Japanese culture.
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10min.
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As a 24th generation Kikuoka, running the family practice in the wake of a global pandemic, he explains the role of traditional medicine in a modern world, with modern diseases.
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10min.
(Free)
While I was in Japan, the news that reached me from my country was not good. Japan was able to recover from the second world war. My country must also stand up and take its destiny in hand.
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12min.
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A short film project "MIRRORLIAR FILMS" that screens unique works by popular and notable directors selected across age, gender, occupation, young and veteran, major and independent. In Season 4, 9 people including Asami Mizukawa, Eliza Ikeda, Takumi Saito, and Tsuyoshi Muro participated as directors.
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126min.
Shouldn't I follow you? Even if my body breaks down, I will not be distraught.
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155min.
One thought that everyone thinks when they fall in love, "This love is the truth, the love of a lifetime." But most of the time, in the course of daily life, that feeling fades and is forgotten.
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92min.
By definition femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviours, and roles generally associated with women and girls. In this film, you will witness a conversation with conflicting views on the social perspective of womanhood.
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10min.
(Free)
Two artists; one living in Nara, Japan and the other in Nairobi, Kenya, make music together while exploring the similarities and differences in their creative lives.
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12min.
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In Nara prefecture’s Kawakami Village, the Japanese inn ‘Asahikan’, stands among the mountains. It is here that NARAtive's first Japanese director, Daichi Murase, depicts the story of a family that runs a Japanese inn.
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30min.
The director of this film, Yang, is just another ethnic minority in Japan. She hopes younger generations won’t struggle with their own identity.
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11min.
(Free)
“The Bigger Picture” is a story of an eighty-three-year-old Japanese painter. He has painted the same building for more than 50 times now and still counting.
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11min.
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My presence in Japan allowed me to look at martial arts, disciplines par excellence of non-violence, and to focus on their teachings. I believe that endogenous solutions are possible.
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9min.
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In Wolof, Saaraba means Paradise. In Japanese, it means Farewell. In the streets of Nara, I put down my camera, I question nature, deer, and some people.
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10min.
(Free)
