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2021-11-08(Mon)

Online screening of Singing in the Dark: Erasing the Disabled of Okinawa is sold out

The Nov. 14 screening of Singing in the Dark: Erasing the Disabled of Okinawa is fully booked out. Thank you for the high interest in this film.
= For further viewing opportunities of the documentaries awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, see below.
= We hope you choose to attend physical screenings whenever possible. 

Other screenings
Planet of the Crabs → https://higata.tokyo/
Songs of Entoko → https://www.isefilm.com/%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%A0%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1-1/
Silence on that Day  →
10/16～29 Kawagoe Scala-za (Saitama) 10/17 Otsuchi (Iwate) with director attending
11/13 Shibata (Miyagi) with director attending
11/20 Maniwa (Okayama) with director attending online
12/4～9　Tokyo International Deaf Film Festival (online screenings)
（https://tidff.tokyo/online/）
Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions
→ https://kotaichi.com
Singing in the Dark: Erasing the Disabled of Okinawa
→ https://yoake-uta.com/info/theater
2021-11-06(Sat)

Online screening of Double Layered Town／Making a Song to Replace Our Positions is sold out

The Nov. 14 screening of Double Layered Town／Making a Song to Replace Our Positions is fully booked out. Thank you for the high interest in this film.
= For further viewing opportunities of the documentaries awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, see below.
= We hope you choose to attend physical screenings whenever possible. 

Other screenings
Planet of the Crabs → https://higata.tokyo/
Songs of Entoko → https://www.isefilm.com/%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%A0%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1-1/
Silence on that Day  →
10/16～29 Kawagoe Scala-za (Saitama) 10/17 Otsuchi (Iwate) with director attending
11/13 Shibata (Miyagi) with director attending
11/20 Maniwa (Okayama) with director attending online
12/4～9　Tokyo International Deaf Film Festival (online screenings)
（https://tidff.tokyo/online/）
Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions
→ https://kotaichi.com
Singing in the Dark: Erasing the Disabled of Okinawa
→ https://yoake-uta.com/info/theater
2021-10-22(Fri)

Booking starts 10/22 19:00- (UTC+9) for online screenings for documentaries awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs

Awarded documentaries of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 will be presented online on 11/7 and 11/14. 
All films are scheduled to stream at a set date and time (times are Japan Standard Time – UTC +9 hours). 
Tickets are limited to 200. Online screening is for free, mostly available worldwide.
For advance booking -> https://online.yidff.jp/en/event-en/acadfa/
2021-10-13(Wed)

Tickets for the screenings of the award-winning films will go on sale today, October 13 at 19:00 19:30 !

Tickets for the screenings of the award-winning films in the International Competition and New Asian Currents Competition, which will be announced at the awards ceremony today, will be on sale from 19:00 19:30 today on the YIDFF ONLINE! For more details, please check the top page from 19:00 19:30 .
2021-10-09(Sat)

Apology and Notice for the screening of “The First 54 Years—An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation” (Oct 9)

The screening of “The First 54 Years—An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation” (International Competition) on Saturday, October 9 at 19:30 will be with Japanese subtitles only, due to the availability of the screening material. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who wish to view the film with English subtitles, but we ask that you consider the other screening of this film on Monday, October 11 at 11:00.
2021-10-07(Thu)

Announcing: The Agency for Cultural Affairs Documentary Film Awards

The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, honors outstanding Japanese documentaries with awards each year. In collaboration with YIDFF for the first time, a program of awarded documentaries of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 will be presented online for free on November 7 (Sun) and 14 (Sun). The screenings are viewable from most regions worldwide. For details, go to ->
2021-9-28(Tue)

Screening confirmed! We are pleased to announce that the online screening of New Asian Currents title Three Songs for Benazir is now confirmed possible.






Screening confirmed! We are pleased to announce that the online screening of New Asian Currents title Three Songs for Benazir is now confirmed possible.  Go here for details of the film.  


        		
       

        
        

        
        
        2021-9-24(Fri)
        
        
        
About film tickets


YIDFF 2021 is an online film festival. Access to the films is limited to viewers in Japan. All films are scheduled to stream at a set date and hour. You will need to go to the streaming site on time and click play.  





Ticket sales start
Film tickets go on sale Oct. 1, 2021 at 19:00





Prices
One program 1,300 yen * No discounts for advance purchase and no Festival Passes 





Attention! 
There’s a limit to the number of tickets each online screening offers. Make sure to buy yours early before they sell out. 


        		
       

        
        

        
        
        2021-9-24(Fri)
        
        
        
YIDFF ONLINE! site is now open.


YIDFF ONLINE! is now open.