Digista

Thursday, July 5 at 8:45 pm
Monday, July 9 at 6:40 pm 

Digista (Digital Stadium) is a show on the Japanese television network, NHK, where artists and filmmakers compete for their work to be aired. Over the years, it has grown into a multimedia platform dedicated to the discovery of innovative new talents in the field of digital visual media. With over 20 titles, screenings feature an astounding selection of the best of Digista 2006, part of Nippon Connection Festival on Tour, including:

Chojukenshi, by Yuichiro Natori
The Telegraphic Pole Mother (Denshinbashira no okasan), by Yusuke Sakamoto
Interval (Intabaru), by Maki Sakate
Child’s trip (Kodomo no tabi), by Kei Takahashi
Onna no amazake, by Shinichi Murakami
Home Movie (Homu mubi), by JET* Daisuke
Tokimeki@Style (Tokimeki@sutairu), by Soichi Yamazaki
Fosia (Fusa), by Takashi Miyata
The Kiss, by Seishi Hashimoto
Mashed Toy Box (Yunibasaru shiriaru basu), by Yu Sato
Michild, by Shohei Saito
Odeki, by Naoki Yamaji
Crow that Wear Clothes (Fuku wo kita karasu), by Kazuo Ebisawa
Mouheki (Moheki), by Jun Oniki
Celestial Observation (Seikai), by Mitsuo Tomiyama
Stetec (Suteteku), by Takafumi Mori
Zunnira Show Time, by Kento Suto
Sous, by Mikiko Takahashi
Each Life, by Ryoichi Mori
Imagination Girl (Kuso shojo), by Akira Noyama
The Last Breakfast (Kanashii asagohan), by Hiroko Ichinose

Tickets: Free admission.  First-come, first-served.

Nippon Connection Festival on Tour was compiled by Nippon Connection, the Japanese film festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2000, Nippon Connection is fast becoming one of the leading festivals devoted to contemporary Japanese films. http://www.nipponconnection.de

See overview of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film.