Panel Discussion

© Armin Ritter
  • Coproducing Documentary films with Japan
  • Free admission
  • Panel discussion in English
  • Saturday, June 2, 16:00 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • Coproduce Documentary films with Japan
  • Saturday, June 2, 16:00 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • participants:
  • Moderation: Markus Nornes (University of Michigan)
  • Hikaru TODA (director OF LOVE & LAW)
  • Takeshi HATA (producer TRACE OF BREATH)
  • Emi UEYAMA (producer THE LEGACY OF FRIDA KAHLO)
  • Takaharu YASUOKA (producer and lecturer at Japan Institute of the Moving Image)
  • Duration: approx. 1,5 hours
  • Panel discussion in English
  • Free admission

Our new section NIPPON DOCS represents the ascent of the Japanese documentary, which today belongs to the top exports of Japanese film production with respect to quality content. Yet filmmakers from both the field of documentary and fictional films are equally affected by a lack of funding; little money is available, and it is becoming lesser still. But the industry has discovered a new panacea in international co-productions. Our panel discussion focuses on the question if money from abroad can secure the future of Japanese documentaries.

In cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan in Frankfurt am Main and the Filmhaus Frankfurt e.V., and kindly supported by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain

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