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From 2004/05/14
Last Update
2009/09/25
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Outline of
Kawasaki Shinyuri Film Festival |
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Kawasaki Shinyuri Film Festival started in 1995 and its 14th event is going to be held this year.
Aiming at “a film festival created by all the citizens”, it has been planned and managed by its voluntary staff members, being supported by Japan Academy of Moving Images and by the local residents and businesses. The Kawasaki municipal government also supports the festival. We believe that we have developed and achieved a new style of a film festival.
Our program includes films from various genres--old and new, Japanese and foreign.
Events like talks by directors/actors, symposiums, or mini-concerts, among others, are planned every year. |
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The Kawasaki Art Center
The Aruterio cinema in the Kawasaki Art Center is the main site of our film festival. The Center is located 3 minutes’ walk from the Shin-yurigaoka station, Odakyû line. It also has the Aruterio mini-theater.
Address: 6-7-1 Manpukuji, Asao-ku, Kawasaki |
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Volunteers
Registered volunteers play major roles in planning and arranging the film festival. They select the films, plan entertaining events, and also engage in public relations. They edit official leaflets and program brochures, and produce the official website. |
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Barrier-free aspects
--For the auditory handicapped, we have been screening some Japanese films with Japanese subtitles.
--For the visually handicapped, we have been screening some films with our audio-guide system. This was made possible by voluntary scriptwriters and voice-over dubbing actors.
--A babysitting service supported by experienced volunteers is available for some programs.
--Wheelchair users are welcome to all programs. |
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The Junior Film-making Workshop
We started the Junior Film-making Workshop program in 2000, hoping so that the junior-high school students in Kawasaki get to know various people in their area as well as discover their creativity through film-making. Supported by teachers of Japan Academy of Moving Images (Nihon-eiga-gakko) and film festival volunteers among others they have created high-level films. |
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Open-air screening
Since 2000, we hold an open-air screening event in summer at a local school ground, which re-creates a good old village festival.
All these projects aim to make the Film Festival enjoyable by “everybody in town” not only by movie fans. |
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Cinema-uma
The zebra, symbol of the film festival, is called cinema-uma which sounds a bit like shima-uma meaning zebra in Japanese with celluloid strips as its coloring. |
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