This year’s Cinephile JEONJU not only screens the restored versions of great classics such as Jean EUSTACHE’s THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (1973) and SUZUKI Seijun’s Branded to Kill (1967), it also screens the recently-restored and less-screened work such as Valeria SARMIENTO’s short film, A Dream as in Colours (1972). There is also the documentary to rescue the memory of historical greats such as Pier Paolo Pasolini seen through the eyes of Agnès VARDA, a symbolic figure in the history of experimental cinema such as Jonas Mekas, as well as Sergio Leone best known for their spaghetti Western genres. Much like the previous year, double-feature films are prepared by combining a classic and a film that was inspired by it. Paulo ROCHA’s The Green Years as well as the documentary Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After (João Pedro RODRIGUES, João Rui GUERRA DA MATA) that recalls the scenes from The Green Years at the filming sites in Lisbon, Portugal. We ask the audience to watch The Green Years first and then the new documentary following that. Not only that, some films deserve to be dubbed anonymous heroes. The creators of Festival international du Jeune Cinéma, Kim Yongman of New York’s iconic Kim’s Video, the lost ghosts of Filipino film history, the much-too underrated Japanese experimental director Okuyama Jun’ichi, and the last work by the Latin American cinema hero, the Columbian director Luis OSPINA, who presented powerful sociopolitical documentaries, will all be great opportunities to look back on the heart of film history as well as to shed light on its surrounding figures. The Cinephile JEONJU has also prepared a small memorial for Godard. However, instead of screening his films, we intend to commemorate him through two documentaries that show his life and ideas. GODARD CINEMA is a guide to his life and work, and Godard Is Here, an interview that is filled with gems from which we can enjoy his thoughts about cinema in his own words. Lastly, the mini-section called Guest Cinephile that launches this year is an opportunity to invite important figures in film restoration and preservation every year. From archive directors to companies dedicated to bringing film’s past back to life, and research institutes, everyone who is in the business of film history will be curators to JEONJU’s cinema lovers. And the first person to honor this occasion will be Haden Guest, Director of Harvard Film Archive (HFA). Med HONDO’s masterpiece, West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979) that innovatively reveals the sociopolitical issues of slave trading, and the less-known but surprising modern autobiographical film, Diaries (1971-1976) (1982) by Ed PINCUS have been digitally restored for screening. Moreover, the North American experimental filmmaker Godfrey REGGIO’s documentary, Koyaanisqatsi (1983) and the legendary director Stan BRAKHAGE’s short film, The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981) will be screened in HFA’s 35mm format. A special commentary by Director Haden Guest will also be available before/after the screenings. Programmer Sung MOON
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The Harvard Film Archive is among the world’s largest and most significant university-based motion picture collection, with strong holdings in the areas of avant-garde cinema, Soviet silent film, post-WW2 European art cinema, South Korean and Japanese cinema, documentary, LGBTQ film, Classical Hollywood and 90s Indie cinema. The HFA is home to a year-round cinematheque presenting originally curated programs that explore film history and contemporary cinema. The HFA’s preservation program focuses on independent, avant-garde and African cinema. Founded in 1976 as part of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, the HFA is today a division of the Harvard College Library.
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