Our guests

Nippon Cinema

Kiyoshi KUROSAWA (Nippon Honor Award honoree; director JOURNEY TO THE SHORE / CREEPY / CURE / TOKYO SONATA)
Isao YUKISADA (director PINK AND GRAY)
Daishi MATSUNAGA (director PIETA IN THE TOILET)
Satoko YOKOHAMA (director THE ACTOR)
Rikiya IMAIZUMI (director THEIR DISTANCE)
Kento HAYASHI (actor HIBANA)
Kazuki NAMIOKA (actor HIBANA)
Shinji KUMA (director HIBANA)
Kiyohiko SHIBUKAWA (actor LOWLIFE LOVE / THAT'S IT / LOVE & PEACE)
Adam Torel (producer LOWLIFE LOVE)
Takashi MAKINO (director & musician CINÉMA CONCRETE - FILM / MUSIK-PERFORMANCE)
Hilary Jeffery (musician CINÉMA CONCRETE - FILM / MUSIK-PERFORMANCE)

Yukiko SODE (director GOOD STRIPES)
Atsushi URABE (director THE LOOK)
Ikuma HORII (producer & cameraman THE LOOK)
Takashi IRIE (actor THE LOOK)
Takuya MATSUNAGA (actor THE LOOK)
Inori IMAMURA (actress THE LOOK)
Kei TANAKA (director UNDER THE CHERRY TREE)
Ichiro YAMAMOTO (director ANOHITO - THE ONE)
Ayaka KOTERA (assistant director ANOHITO - THE ONE)
Kazuaki TAI (actor ANOHITO - THE ONE)
Tony NAKAJIMA (actor HAKODATE COFFEE)
Ken KAWAI (director THE SHEEP STORY)
Keisuke KONDO (director THE MAN WHO WAS EATEN)
Tomoko KANA (director A LULLABY UNDER THE NUCLEAR SKY)
Daniel López (director KATABUI — IN THE HEART OF OKINAWA)
Takako MIYAHIRA (producer KATABUI — IN THE HEART OF OKINAWA)
Hitoshi DOI (associate producer KATABUI — IN THE HEART OF OKINAWA)
Daisuke HOSAKA (director DAISUKE HOSAKA SPECIAL)
Shigeo OSAKO (actor DAISUKE HOSAKA SPECIAL)
Takamasa IWASAKI (director NATURE AND SYMPTOMS - FROM FOUR POEMS / LANDSCAPES AFTER 3/11)
Yui OKUBO (director CLOSE BUT DISTANT / LANDSCAPES AFTER 3/11)
Noriko YUASA (director GIRL, WAVERING / SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL Presents)
Heath Cozens (director DOGLEGS)
Yuka KIMBARA (Nippon Visions Jury)
Shozo ICHIYAMA (Nippon Visions Jury)
Gunter Deller (Nippon Visions Jury)

Michael Arias (director HARMONY)
Hiromitsu MURAKAMI (Assistant professor TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: ANIMATION)
Kiyotake ISHII (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy TWILIGHT OF THE COCKROACHES)
Nami ASAKAWA (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy TWILIGHT OF THE COCKROACHES)
Dr. Catherine Munroe Hotes (curator A WILD PATIENCE - INDIE ANIMATED SHORTS BY WOMEN)
Maya YONESHO (director A WILD PATIENCE - INDIE ANIMATED SHORTS BY WOMEN)

Dimitri Ianni (introduction NIPPON RETRO)
Sebastian Lauritz (introduction NIPPON RETRO)

Cuushe (singer NIPPON LIVE ON STAGE: CUUSHE)
Yasuhiko FUKUZONO (musician & DJ NIPPON LIVE ON STAGE: CUUSHE)
Tom Mes (VHS Night)
Jonathan M. Hall (introduction INSECT OPTICS AND GLOBAL ANIME / Subtitling Workshop)
Dr. Elisabeth Scherer (introduction GHOST NARRATIVES IN JAPANESE CINEMA)
Stephan Holl (panel discussion)
Dr. Alex Zahlten (VHS Night, panel discussion)
Kenta FUDESAKA (panel discussion)
Maggie Lee (moderator filmmaker talk)
Alex Oost (moderator filmmaker talk)
Madeline Reinaldo Mendoza (Anime-Synchronisations-Workshop)
Kim Reif (Anime-Synchronisations-Workshop)