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SELF AND OTHERS - Eiga Dojo Workshop film (2009)

Directed by Weikai Huang, Mieko Azuma, Cong Feng, Leo Sato, Akiyama Tamako, Omori Hiroki, Fujioka Asako, Kawaguchi Hajime, Ken Sato

Overview

A very special event that took place immediately following the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Furuyashiki Village. They held a ‘dojo,’ a school where the veteran independent filmmakers from Japan taught the younger generation of independent filmmakers from China and Japan. They watched films, shot and hand-developed Super-8 films. Participants: Azuma Mieko, Cong Feng, Huang Weikai, Ji Dan, Kawabe Ryota, Mao Chenyu, Sato Leo, and others… The participants formed teams. Each received a camera, several rolls of film, and a CD with (mostly urban) sounds to use as a soundtrack. They were to plan and shoot a short film using in-camera editing. (total 4 short films).

Length 25 minutes

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