Japanese title: フィシスの波文 / Director Ayako Mogi / Producer Sanae Kawai / Japan / documentary / 2023 / 85min / Japanese / Subtitle: English

A journey led by patterns, far and deep.Starting from the karakami patterns handed down for 400 years in Kyoto, Japan,going around the world pursuing physis (nature as it is), which has been transformed into patterns since the Paleolithic period. Transcending time and space, you will see in between...Karacho is a traditional workshop in Kyoto. For 400 years, products and art called karakami, which are handprinted patterns on Japanese paper, have been handed down. This film begins from a scene of this workshop. Since the Edo period (17th-19th century), Karacho has inherited wooden painting blocks, on which patterns with motifs of plants, clouds, swirls and ripples are carved. The film shows the work performed in the workshop: earth- and mineral-derived paint and mica are placed on the painting block to make patterns printed on washi paper. The karakami produced by repetition is breathtakingly beautiful; itself a form of nature, with movements, rhythms and coloring that emerge. The camera carefully captures the patterns, forms of nature, and the atmosphere. Patterns have lived on in many places, like the Aoi Matsuri and Gion Matsuri festivals in Kyoto, temples, shrines, and tea ceremony spaces. Also, they are found in the line engravings on rocks in Italy from about 10,000 years ago, and in mosaics adorning ancient Roman cathedrals, as well as in the culture passed down among the Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan. As if guided by patterns, places are connected across time and space, becoming a journey. The film includes interviews with notable figures: an artistic director of Hermès, Akira Minagawa, designer of minä perhonen, and Hiroshi Tomura, a contemporary artist. They speak about their inspiration from nature and their own creations. The secret Ainu rituals and prayers to deities in the mountains show the relationships among people, nature and patterns. A record of the journey through patterns, expanding from a small workshop in Kyoto to multiple layers around the world, will remind us again of the important senses that we have forgotten and the connection to the archaic layer of all humanity.

Japanese title: 竹とタケノコ / Japan / drama / 2024 / 37min / Japanese / Subtitle: English

A story of a father and son over the Tezutsu fireworks, which are believed to have originated in Toyohashi. Akira's son Yuto, who is obsessed with handheld fireworks, is handicapped in communicating with others, but has a talent for drawing pictures. However, Akira shows no interest in Yuto's drawings. One day, Akira falls ill and is told he has little time left to live after a check-up at the hospital.

February 15th Snow Theater around 19:00 Screening of 37 minutes uncut version!
Producer Yuriko Taniguchi is here! Q&A time scheduled after the movie screening
【From the film festival office】
Movies are a way to express feelings. In addition to becoming a director and making movies myself, I sometimes start making movies in the position of a ``producer.'' There are times when you can complete a movie by connecting people and things that you can shoot yourself and do without editing. This movie is about Yuriko Taniguchi who meets the people of Toyohashi and says, ``Let's make a movie with these people and this place!'' I worked hard with this passion, and it took shape. Fierce fireworks are set off on a snowy screen to connect the feelings of parents and children. Please come and see it. We have warm drinks ready for you.

We are planning to have hot drinks made over a bonfire at the Snow Theater during the screening.
【menu】
１．Sweet and sour warm Swedish hot berry juice
２．Finnish coffee is made in the forest by putting beans in a kettle and setting it on a bonfire.

※The screening will be held outdoors in a snowy mountain, so it will be held close to nature. We would like to implement this event with the safety of our audience and staff as our top priority. Screening times and drink schedules may change depending on weather conditions. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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