SELF AND OTHERS Eiga Dojo Workshop film

A very special event that took place immediately following the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Furuyashiki Village They held a dojo a school where the veteran independent filmmakers from Japan taught the younger generation of independent filmmakers from China and Japan They watched films shot and handdeveloped Super8 films Participants Azuma Mieko Cong Feng Huang Weikai Ji Dan Kawabe Ryota Mao Chenyu Sato Leo and others The participants formed teams Each received a camera several rolls of film and a CD with mostly urban sounds to use as a soundtrack They were to plan and shoot a short film using incamera editing total 4 short films