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APR 19, 2015 SUN 19:00–20:00

[Cinema Program] Alexander Zahlten “Mirrorball on Asia”

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[Cinema Program] Talk 3: Yang Yong-hi & Alexander Zahlten

Yang Yong-hi, Alexander Zahlten

Parasophia will be presenting a series of film screenings at the Film Theatre of the Museum of Kyoto as the Cinema Program portion of Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015. One series of screenings is curated by participating artist and film scholar Alexander Zahlten, featuring Japanese films from the 1960s to the present with the theme of “East Asia in Japanese cinema,” and another series is selected by participating artist Emiko Kasahara in connection with the historical background on which her work for the exhibition is based, with films from Manchukuo among others. Further screenings of works by Parasophia’s participating artists and other related films are also scheduled, bringing the total to approximately 20 films in all.
[Cinema Program] Alexander Zahlten “Mirrorball on Asia” features eleven entertainment, documentary, and experimental Japanese films from the 1960s to the present with a special focus on “East Asia in Japanese cinema.”

For the third talk to be held in connection with this program, we invite Yang Yong-hi, the director of Dear Pyongyang, to take part in a talk with Zahlten related to Dear Pyongyang, The Far East Apartment, and The Rambler under the Southern Cross.

Alexander Zahlten
b. 1973 in Madison, WI, USA; based in Boston and Kyoto. Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 participating artist. Read more: Alexander Zahlten

Dear Pyongyang
Directed by Yang Yong-hi, 2005, 107 min., 35 mm

Director Yang Yong-hi presents a view on her own family’s dispersion across countries and generations. In long discussions full of tension and humor with her father she tries to understand his complex relationship to North Korea, the country he sent three of his sons to live in. (Zahlten)

Title: [Cinema Program] Talk 3: Yang Yong-hi & Alexander Zahlten
Date: April 19, 2015 7:00–8:00 PM
* Related screenings on the same day:
April 19 (Sun.) 1:30 PM - E-1. The Far East Apartment (Directed by Tetsuya Mariko, 2003, 32 min., 8 mm [DVD screening])
April 19 (Sun.) 2:30 PM - E-2. The Rambler under the Southern Cross (Directed by Buichi Saito, 1961, 79 min., 35 mm)
April 19 (Sun.) 5:00 PM - E-3. Dear Pyongyang (Directed by Yang Yong-hi, 2005, 107 min., 35 mm)
Venue: Film Theatre, The Museum of Kyoto
Speakers: Yang Yong-hi, Alexander Zahlten
Language: Japanese
Admission: Free for Parasophia ticket-holders.
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Reservations: Not required
Seats available: 174 seats