SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2007

7/14〜22 SKIP CITY Audio Visual Hall & Convention Hall (Saitama, Kawaguchi)

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Special Program : Camera Crayon

A gathering of the Works of the future generation of film directors!

With the development of digital tools, children all over the world are starting to make stories with digital cameras. Now is the time when their imagination is at its most potent. The films made by kids from 5 to 18 years-old are so well done that you will be surprised to find that they are all made by kids. When cameras replace crayons as the tool to express their imagination, what do children see through the camera lens? From countries active in youth filmmaking: UK (First Light), Denmark (Station Next), USA(Listen Up!) and Korea (Seoul International Youth Film Festival), we will select and screen some of the most talented works. Also from Japan, we will show films made by younger generation directors-to-be.

[Program A] 7/16 (MON) 14:00 111min.
[Program B] 7/20 (FRI) 11:30 97min.

Place: Convention Hall
Admission Free (first come first served)
Courtesy remarks by director and guests are scheduled.

Symposium - Children Making Films for the Future

From Japan

Selected works from Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza workshop, high schools in Saitama prefecture and Sony corporation's annual filmmaking workshop, Sony Movie Works.

[Program A]

escape room	2min. / Azusa Kaijo / age 17 / Saitama Prefectural High School Of The Arts Opening the door, there were sweets on the floor. Trying to pick them up, they run away. Sweets are chased into the corner...
Inside	2min. / Rina Hosokawa / age 17 / Saitama Prefectural High School Of The Arts A moment trying to recall “memories”, I have created this as an image of what people might feel when something is being recalled.
Prologue	8 min. / Shogo Kawata / age 17 / Saitama Prefectural Matsuyama High School Kawata finds a walky-talky at the school rooftop and talks his troubles to it. Koyama accidentally hears this and each talks.
Runner	10 min. / Takashi Usui / age 17 / Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa Senior High School / Sony Movie Works A boy runs with no reason. He catches a light. What did he find?
Get The Tail	4 min. / age 11 / SKIP City Visual Museum Workshop On a stage in a strange forest, 15 clay characters are performing a show. Each one can only change their looks one time, so it is the one and only performance.
BICYCLE	3 min. / Hikari Ichikawa / age 15 / SKIP City Visual Museum Workshop A bicycle that children found near an accident follows them as if it has something to tell them. It wants to go back to its owner.

[Program B]

A Wedding anniversary	3 min. / Minami Yahiro / age 17 / Saitama Prefectural High School Of The Arts A married couple being bored has a dinner at the wedding anniversary in the bad mood. The bread growing into insects bolsters them up.
caramel factory	2 min. / Koji Hirano / age 17 / Saitama Prefectural High School Of The Arts At the factory, 12 toffees are made at once, but only 6 can be boxed. Only the good ones are put there. Still, they are made every day.
Makers	5 min. / Itsumi Sano / age 18 / A graduate from Saitama Prefectural High School Of The Arts A film showing 8 girls, each trying to make their wish come true.
Dream for sale	11 min. / Yuta Kaneko / age 13 / Konosu Nish Municipal Junior Highschool / Sony Movie Works One day a boy whose been buried at school receives a letter from strange man saying he sells dream. Can a boy really get his dream?
REVENGE	3 min. / Tatsuki Furuichi / age 12 / SKIP City Visual Museum Workshop After drinking a can, 3 friends begin kicking the can. Suddenly after going into a bush, the can jumps back and starts to attack them.

From USA

"Listen Up!" is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media. Selected works show American youths' splendid ideas and their social concerns.
(Listen Up! : Website http://www.listenup.org)

[Program A]

A Girl Like Me	8min. / Kiri Davis / age 16 / Reel Works Teen Filmmaking A film that explores the standards of beauty imposed on today's black girls.
Why I love my sisters	5min. / Jessica Hoffses / age 17 / Real to Reel Digital Film School Aren't sisters annoying? Then, why do they love each other so much?

[Program B]

Pencilmation	3min. / Ross Bollinger / age18 / Light House A tiny drawn man is tortured by his artist.
Demise of the Swingline	2min. / Michael M. / age 16 / John Jay High School The stapler, being the social outcast among the office supplies, decides to commit suicide.
No more Regrets	6min. / Antonette Santiago / age16 / Bay Area Video Coalition When someone passes away, you realize how big an impact the person has made on your life.

From Denmark

Zentropa, the production of Danish representative director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dogville) helms Station Next, offering children and young people the chance to learn about and experience the magic of film. You can enjoy the selection from touching drama to hard-edged jokes.
(Station Next : Website http://www.station-next.dk)

[Program A]

Coffieterror	8min. / Magnus Skovrind Pedersen / age 16 / Station Next How people react to others in the busy life or they don't? Preben is kidnapped at his office by a terrorist, while his colleges have a cup of coffee.
The Asphalt Angel	9min./ Angus Stevner / age 14 / Station Next Oliver tears all of pictures due to the Grandpa's death loving drawing with him. At the funeral a girl helps him to cope with his grief.

[Program B]

Fish	6min. / Jakob Rasmussen / age16 / Station Next The young couples, Carsten and Louise are eating fish at a restaurant. Suddenly Carsten chokes on a fish bone and the story takes a surprising turn.
The Art of Conjuring	11min. / Simon Starski / age 15 / Station Next Matthias wants to be a magician but fails to show it to his friends and meets Mr. Mox teaching him the right moves and boosting his self-confidence.

From UK

"First Light" is an innovative project dedicated to fostering film culture for young people from all social backgrounds. It funds and inspires young people, throughout the UK, to make films reflecting the diversity of their lives. The selected works including fantastic shadowgraph and clay animation will be screened.
(First Light : Website http://www.firstlightmovies.com)

[Program A]

The Lonliness of a Spot-Kick Penalty Taker	6min. / age14-15 / Living Derwent A young footballer dreams of becoming the next Wayne Rooney but his Dad, bitter from past experience, has other ideas.
Every street dreams	7min. / age 14-18 / Cornerhouse This film produced by 12 people aged from 14 to 18, offers glimpses of some residents' dreams at a typical terraced street in Manchester.
The Princess and the Pendant	7 min. / age 5 / Hartside Primary School The 21 five-year-olds made this animated fairytale. Princess Rose breaks the rule set by her father the King not to go to Horrid Land in search of her lost necklace where meets a witch.

[Program B]

A Right Mayer	7min. / age 14-16 / Intuition PPIMS A young boy wakes up one day to find himself installed as Mayor of London.
No Joy	6min. / age10-11 /Showroom Cinema A story about the dangers of street racing and how two brothers affect each other. Over 30 youths aged 10 and 11 produced this film.
Walking and Talking	7min. / age 17-18 / 104films Are first impressions everything that they seem? The tale of an awkward blind date.

From Korea

Since its founding in 1999, Seoul International Youth Film Festival [SIYFF] has grown into a place of media education for the youth in Korea. Selected works made by high school students surprise audiences with their skillful scenario and technique.
(Seoul International Youth Film Festival : Website www.http://www.siyff.com)

[Program A]

The Father of Komjangeo	25min. / Song Do-kyung / age 18 / Dongduk Women｡os High School One day, Jinju saw her father with a woman working together. She hates him and misses her mother. She faces the same daily routines...

[Program B]

Story about K	19min. / Kha Sung-moon / age 18 / Ayang High School of Art Black money for a worker's life is spread among the people selling their conscience. 'Black Korea' is under the vicious circle.
Eraser	6min. / Kim Jong-chul, Noh Poongun, Choi Yong-sung / age 17 / Gyeonggi Art High School One night, a picture coming out of a paper is chased by an eraser and escaped with the drawn characters' help on the bookshelf.

SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2007

7/14〜22 SKIP CITY Audio Visual Hall & Convention Hall (Saitama, Kawaguchi)

Program

Special Program : Camera Crayon

A gathering of the Works of the future generation of film directors!

From Japan

From USA

From Denmark

From UK

From Korea

Offical Partners

Supporter

SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2007

7/14〜22 SKIP CITY Audio Visual Hall & Convention Hall (Saitama, Kawaguchi)

Program

Special Program : Camera Crayon

A gathering of the Works of the future generation of film directors!

From Japan

From USA

From Denmark

From UK

From Korea

Offical Sponsors

Offical Partners

Supporter