Tsuchimoto Noriaki at Courtisane

Just a quick note, but I will be traveling to Ghent in Belgium this week to participate in Courtisane Festival 2019. This year���s film festival will feature the sidebar�����Artist in Focus: Tsuchimoto Noriaki��� and I have been invited to give a talk on Tsuchimoto and the background to his films. The Festival will show seven of Tsuchimoto���s works:

An Engineer���s AssistantOn the RoadExchange Student Chua Swee-LinPrehistory of the PartisansMinamata: The Victims and Their WorldThe Shiranui SeaUmitori���The Stolen Sea at the Shimokita Peninsula��

My talk will be on Saturday, April 6, at 15:00 in the Paddenhoek. The page on the retrospective is here.��

In addition to talking about Tsuchimoto, Minamata, Iwanami, and his approach to documentary, using several clips from his films, I will introduce the Tsuchimoto Collection, his personal papers that have been donated to Yale. Not just their contents, but the Collection itself I think speaks to important aspects of his character and approach to cinema.��

If you are in Belgium, come and say hello. If not, stay tuned for future announcements about Tsuchimoto related events and developments.