Monday, June 22, 2009
Pia Film Festival Unveils Full 2009 Lineup
Received some materials from the Pia Film Festival the other day. They've announced the lineup of the 31st edition, which runs July 17 - 31 at the National Film Center in Kyôbashi (no more screenings at Shibuya's Cross Tower). The main competition lineup titles had been announced back in April but now you can check out the updated official site and download the flyer here (both Japanese only).
One of the competition features, Sasaki Sô's Puritan, was shortlisted during my stint as a pre-selection committee member for Skip City's new domestic feature category (article on Screen, collected SC entries). Puritan is an odd, schizophrenic film. Festival darling Ishii Yûya's Kawa no Soko kara Konnichiwa (『川の底からこんにちは』) will have its world premiere as this year's PFF scholarship film.
There's also a 16-film Clint Eastwood tokushû (which runs August 1 - 5, after the festival proper) and 3-film one on Ôshima Nagisa. A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs (Nihon Shunka-kô, 『日本春歌考』) and Death By Hanging (Kôshikei,『絞死刑』) will be introduced by Kurosawa Kiyoshi while In the Realm of the Senses (Ai No Corrida, 『愛のコリーだ』) will be introduced by Wakamatsu Kôji. Director Kore-eda Hirokazu will give a special talk on Ôshima's TV documentary work on July 30 (free entry).
If that wasn't enough, Pia and the National Film Center are running the second installment of their "History of Japanese Independent Cinema" from June 30 - July 24. Details here (Japanese only, for now).
I'm pleased that Skip City and PFF only overlap 3 days this year instead of fully. You'll see me loitering at both events.
Collected entries on the Pia Film Festival.
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