The Road Home

Oura Miran was a university student when she shot this documentary about her family in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The Oura family are forced to leave their hometown of Namie because of the…

Path of Destiny

The Sikawasay, from the Amis tribe in Hualien, are known as the people who possess spirits. They are fated to maintain traditional rituals in service of the tribe, their lives a process of interacting with the gods.…

I Want to Run for Office

Lee is attempting to become Japan's first "Chinese-born politician". In the past, Lee had once held mixed feelings for his parents who received unfair treatment during the Cultural Revolution and the rift dividing…

The Power of Expression: The Minamata Producer Speaks

Feature-length documentary by directors Kataoka Nozomi and Inoue Minoru of Kiraigo - Town Where Ogres and Buddha Live. Interweaves interviews and film excerpts to create a contemporary rendition of the filmmaking methods…

"Children of the Hakkyo School Project”, Work-in-Progress 2017

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Documentary about kids growing up as they attend the Korean school in Edakawa in Tokyo's Koto district. Footage covering first-graders in 2010 through graduation was edited as a work-in-progress and given a special…

Mabuigumi

On his first visit to New Caledonia, Miki meets the elder Kana Obry, who has been searching for word about his father ever since war tore him from the family some sixty years ago. When Miki returns to Okinawa he uses…

Mitsuaki Iwago's World "Cats" Travelogue

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Mitsuaki Iwago embarks on a journey around the world to film cats for the first time.

Face Taiwan

30 years after the Taiwanese New Wave first emerged, the veterans such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming Liang remain active in their careers. Ten of Edward Yang’s former assistants have become directors. The filmmakers…

Jung Il Woo, My Friend

Born in the United States, Jung Il Woo (Jesuit Father John Vincent Daly until his 1998 naturalization as a Korean citizen) lived in Korea since the 1960s and advocated for the poor until his death in 2014. He set an…

Onna ni Naru

Documentary that captures the genuine emotional state of a college student with Gender Identity Disorder who undergoes sex reassignment surgery. Miyu has dreamed of becoming a female since early childhood and undergoes…