Screen Asia: Japan Cinefest
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAsia Society warmly welcomes back partner MarCreation this April to present Japan Cinefest, an annual short film festival featuring an engaging collection of short films. With films spanning genres from drama to dance to animation, the festival celebrates the work of emerging Japanese and Japanese-American filmmakers.
Schedule
7:00 pm | Short film screenings
8:30 pm | Q&A with Jonathan Minard, co-director of Toru
9:00 pm | Reception
Short Films
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Wasabi |
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The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere |
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Broken Memory |
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In the Clock |
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01001001. |
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I & Myself |
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Toru |
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Sociopaths |
About the Director
Jonathan Minard is a writer and director working between science fiction and documentary. His films examine the changing nature of being human and the unforeseen side-effects of new technology. His works include The Information Age (2013), a series of short films on the past, present and future of the internet and Herders (2009), a portrait of modern nomadic life in Mongolia. His virtual reality debut, Clouds (2014), premiered at Sundance: New Frontier. Minard’s films have been screened at Tribeca Film Festival, New York Japan CineFest, Imagine Science Film Festival, CERN: CineGlobe in Switzerland, The ArtScience Museum in Singapore, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Japan Series at Asia Society Texas Center is presented by Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), with additional support from Kuraray and Nanako and Dale Tingleaf. Major support for Performing Arts programs comes from Nancy C. Allen, Ellen Gritz and Milton Rosenau, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, and the Anchorage Foundation. Generous funding also provided by AARP, The Clayton Fund, Miller Theatre Advisory Board, New England Foundation for the Arts. Additional support provided by the Wortham Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and through contributions from the Friends of Asia Society, a premier group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing exceptional programming and exhibitions to Asia Society Texas Center.
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Event Details
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