{"id":43542,"date":"2014-06-12T08:15:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=43542"},"modified":"2014-06-03T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:19:12","slug":"new-york-japan-cinefest-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=43542","title":{"rendered":"New York Japan CineFest 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, June 12, 2014, 6:30 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM<br \/>\nAsia Society New York<br \/>\n725 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10021<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/New-York-Japan-CineFest-2014.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[43542]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/New-York-Japan-CineFest-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York Japan CineFest 2014<br \/>\nCo-presented by Asia Society and Mar Creation, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, these six award-winning shorts, including live action and animation, offer rich insight into the imagination and creative impulse of emerging filmmakers. Program attended by filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Minka<br \/>\nDir. Davina Pardo. 2011. 15 min. Documentary.<br \/>\nMinka is a short documentary about a remarkable Japanese farmhouse and the memories it contains. In 1967, an American journalist and a Japanese student rescued the ancient house from the snow country of Japan, and their lives were forever changed.<br \/>\nFlorida Film Festival: Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short<br \/>\nSavannah Film Festival: Special Jury Award<\/p>\n<p>2. Abita<br \/>\nDir. Shoko Hara, Paul Brenner. 2012. 4 min. Animation.<br \/>\nAnimated short film about Fukushima children who can&#8217;t play outside because of the radioactivity. About their dreams and realities.<br \/>\nInternational Uranium Film Festival 2013: Best Animated Film<\/p>\n<p>3. Junk Head 1<br \/>\nDir. Takahide Hori. 2014. 30 min. Animation.<br \/>\nAfter a conflict between humans and clones, the clones have been driven far below, to the lower levels of the city. Now, 1,200 years later, humans are sending a research pod down below to study the clones&#8217; habitat.<br \/>\nClermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2014: Best Animation<\/p>\n<p>4. The Misadventures of Incredible Dr. Wonderfoot<br \/>\nDir. Grier Dill\/Brett Glass. 2013. 12 min. Comedy.<br \/>\nThis high-octane sci-fi comedy follows an aging Japanese podiatrist down a rabbit hole of unbelievable stories from his buried past.<\/p>\n<p>5. Lil Tokyo Reporter<br \/>\nDir. Jeffrey Gee Chin. 2012. 15 min. Drama.<br \/>\n1935 Los Angeles: community leader Sei Fujii uncovers the corrupt activities of his community&#8217;s underground mafia. He must choose between saving the face of his deteriorating community and confronting the issues head-on through his newspaper. Based on a true story.<br \/>\nCalifornia International Shorts Festival: Best Short Film<br \/>\nDisOrient Oregon Asian American: Best Short Film<br \/>\nLA International Underground: Best Short Film<br \/>\nSacramento International: Best Short Film<br \/>\nTreasure Coast International: Best Short Film<br \/>\nTreasure Coast International: Best Cinematography<br \/>\nAsians on Film 2014: Best Cinematography<br \/>\nAsians on Film 2013: Best Cinematography<\/p>\n<p>6. Little Kyota Neon Hood<br \/>\nDir. Satsuki Okawa. 2012. 20 min. Comedy\/Drama.<br \/>\nTen-year-old Kyota lives in Kiryu City with his single mother. There are two items he cannot live without \u2014 a worn-out English vocabulary book and a disaster prevention hood. One day Kyota&#8217;s English teacher Tim, who went back to the UK following an earthquake, returns to his school.<br \/>\nYubari International Fantastic Film Festival: Grand Prix for Short Film Category<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, please visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nyjcf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/nyjcf.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, June 12, 2014, 6:30 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM Asia Society New York 725 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43546,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43542\/revisions\/43546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}