The Report of Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2015 �

The Museum of Kyoto Dec 18, 2015

Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2015 was a filmmakers’ development camp for young filmmakers from both Japan and all over the world. This program provided the opportunity to make short period drama films and experience shooting in open sets and using set decoration, light and wardrobe as same as the equipments and facilities being used for a feature epic film. (This program was held in English mainly.) We also had the “Masters Session”, collaborated with Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) this year. We invited various gests that participated in TIFF as guests and juries. From 28th July to 18th September, 140 applicants from 50 countries applied to the workshop through online application. As a result of selection, 40 participants who are directors, producers, scriptwriters, cinematographers and animators etc from 18 countries such as Japan, Taiwan, USA, England, India, Austria, Canada, Gabon, Singapore, Swiss, Slovakia, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Brazil, France, Malaysia, and Romania were selected. 27 participants are foreigners including 7 participants whose residence is Japan among those participants. <HANDS ON JIDAIGEKI> The 4 days program was held from October 25th to October 28th, 2015 in Toei Studios Kyoto and Shochiku Studios. Participants stayed all together in same guesthouses during the program. Throughout the program, Film director, Shigeru Ishihara and Lighting professional, Kiyoto Ando supervised Hands-on “Jidaigeki” which is a samurai epic filmmaking. Also, participants attended film screenings and seminars of an epic film festival “HISTORICA” as a joint program and it was optional. <MASTERS SESSION>

The 4 days program was held from October 28th to October 30th, 2015 in Toei Studios Kyoto and Shochiku Studios, Ooe Nohgakudo Theater, Kyu Butokuden, NHK Kyoto and The Museum of Kyoto. We had 8 sessions include sword’s action lecture presented by Toei Tsurugikai. Participants stayed all together in same accommodation, CHIONJI temple during the program. Organizer: Kyoto Filmmakers Lab organizing committee

Kyoto Prefecture Government, Visual Industry Promotion Organization Kyoto office, The

Museum of Kyoto, Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios, Ritsumeikan University, Iwamoto Kinzoku

Cosponsor: Tokyo International Film Festival, KYOTO Cross Media Experience Project Entity: Visual Industry Promotion Organization Special Supporter: Director’s Univ, Inc.,

1 Application

Period: July 28nd to September 18th, 2015 How to apply: Online application from the website. (DVD as a sample of work within 3 minutes in length had to be sent to Kyoto Filmmakers Lab office by mail.)

Applicants: 140 applicants 21 from Japan, 15 from India, 12 from U.S.A, 10 from Nepal, 9 from Philippines, 9 from Poland, 4

from France, 4 from Indonesia,3 from England, 3 from Malaysia, 2 from Bulgaria, 2 from Canada, 2 from Iran, 2 from Mexico, 2 from Rumania, 2 from Serbia, 2 from Singapore, 2 from Slovenia, 2 from Spain, 2 from Thailand, 2 from Vietnam, 1 from Taiwan, 1 from Albania, 1 from Argentine, 1 from Chile, 1 from Austria, 1 from Brazil, 1 from Columbia, 1 from Croatia, 1 from Chez/Japan, 1 from Gabon, 1 from Hungary, 1 from Italia, 1 from Lithuania, 1 from Luxembourg/France, 1 from Netherland, 1 from NZ, 1 from Pakistan, 1 from Peru, 1 from Romania/ Canada, 1 from Russia, 1 from Scot land, 1 from Slovakia, 1 from Slovenia/Germany, 1 from Sweden 1 from Swiss/Portugal/ Cabo Verde, 1 from Tanzania, 1 from Japan/Hawaii, 1 from Mexico/USA

2 Selection of Participants

Selection date: September 26th, 2015 Venue: Meeting room on the 7th floor at The Museum of Kyoto Juries: Ken Takahashi from Toei Studios Kyoto and Hitoshi Nakajima from Shochiku Studios Selected Participants: 40

26 non Japanese (6 of them were in Japan), 14 Japanese and 28 male, 12 female. <Japan, Taiwan, U.S.A, England, India, Austria, Canada, Gabon, Singapore, Swiss, Slovakia, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Brazil, France, Malaysia, Rumania, Poland >

3 candidates canceled cause of VISA issue and there is one observer Ruz Orland Brennan. Finally we welcomed 38 participants to Kyoto.

3 Script and director’s competition and the selection of participants’ role

Script competition and the selected script: Call for script was open to participants. Script had to be 3 minutes in length. 5 scripts were submitted and under considerations of location and actors’ availability, 1 script was selected for the workshop by the KFM program team (This was the first challenge to one scenario for both team).

1. “Heart of Sword” by Hannah Espia Shot at Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios

Director’s selection: 2 participants were selected as a director referring to the score in participant selection. Director for Toei team – Matthew Gentile Director for Shochiku team – Patiparn Boontarig Selection of each role: Program team decided participants’ role according to their wish list. Toei team Supervisor: Kiyoto Ando (Lighting Specialist)

Matthew Gentile(Director, USA), Kenji Nakashima(DP/Camera operator, Japan), Hiroki Kataoka(Assistant Director, Japan), Hannah Espia(Art Director, Philippines), Rodney Ndong-Eyogo (Sound Recordist/Boom, Gabon), Tomohiro Ohgishi (Electrics/Grips, Japan), Shuhei Settsu (Electrics/Grips, Japan), Thim Kian Cheng (Production Manager, Malaysia)

Shochiku team Supervisor: Shigeru Ishihara (Director)

Patiparn Boontarig (Director, Thailand), MARK PAUL LIMBAGA (DP/Camera operator, Philippines), Koichiro Kuriki(Assistant Director, Japan), Jim Ballard (Assistant Director, England), Victor Villanueva(Art Director, Philippines), Grace Simbulan(Electrics/Grips, Philippines), Ken Yoshizumi(Electrics/Grips, Japan), Akie Yano (Production Manager, Japan/Philippines), Denis Cordier (Production Manager, France)

Masters Session

Chen-Chieh Hsu(Taiwan), Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro (Brazil), Manu Bogad (Austria), Takeaki Yamashita (Japan), Marc Menish (USA), Yuki Tsuruoka (Japan), Toshimi Ono (Japan), Minami Nakatsuka (Japan), Michelle Kim (Canada), Susan Xu (USA), Jason Lau (USA), Kyle McCloskey (USA), Christopher McCarthy (USA), Nic Wassell (England), Yukari Morishita (Japan), Andrej Farba (Slovakia), Anish Dedhia (India), Aurélien Lainé (France)

4 Program Schedule

Hands-on Jidaigeki

October 25th, Sunday

1 Orientation 13:00-14:00 Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto 2 Pre Production Meeting 14:00-18:00 Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios

Accommodation: CHIONJI Temple

October 26th to 27th 08:00-18:00 3 Shooting Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios

October 28th 11:00-11:30 session 4 Rush Screening Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto

■MASTERS SESSION

Octover 27th 14:00-18:00 Shooting and Studio Tour Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios

October 28th 12:00-14:30 Closed session (English lecture) Venue: The Museum of Kyoto session1 Filmmaker Lightning Talk 3min presentation 68 participants talked about their projects and dreams

14:45-16:15 Open session <<Japanese, English>> 72 participants session 2 Golden Harvest Talk of Japanese Film Artisan

Masato Harada (Director)

16:30-17:30 Open Session <<English>> 72 participants session 3 YouTube: Contents Aggregators are waiting for your talents

David McDonald (Head of YouTube content operations for Asia Pacific at Google Inc.) Anthony Knight (YouTuber, Director)

18:00-19:00 Reception Party Venue: The Museum of Kyoto

October 29th

10:30-12:00 Closed Session <<English, Japanese>> 48 participants session4 Golden Harvest

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Sound and Music in Early Projects 0 The Sound of Jidaigeki Yuichi Kishino Musician

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13:30-15:00 Semi-Closed Session <<English, Japanese>> 52 Participants

session 5 Cross-Media Talk For Surviving the Cross-Media Era in Japan Jet Inoue

CGCG STUDIO Inc., Director of TV animation program ”GINTAMA”, Storyboard Artist of “SENGOKU BASARA 2”

Takanori Tsujimoto Director of “Battle of Kyoto: The Future Special District NEO UZUMASA”, “THE NEXT GENERATION PATOLABER”, TV series ”ULTRAMAN X”

15:45-16:45 Closed Session <<English, Japanese>> 38 Participants

session 6 Sword Action Lecture and Demonstration Venue: Kyu Butokuden Lecturer: Taketo Nakamura Sword Action Choreographer

October 30th 10:00-12:00 Open Session <<English, Japanese>> 78 Participants

session 7 Now and Future for Asian Cinema: The Standing Point of Asian Cinema Jacob Wong Curator of Hong Kong International Film Festival, Jury of Tokyo International Film Festival

Asian Future Best Asian Future Film Award Olivier Père

Arte France Cinema Executive Director and Director of Film Acquisitions, Jury of Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future Best Asian Future Film Award

Tatsushi Omori Director, Jury of Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future Best Asian Future Film Award

Jeane Huang President of Core Cultural Management, Organizer of Urban Nomad Film Festival, Jury of

Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash Best Picture Award Mark Peranson

Head of Programming of Festival del film Locarno, Jury of Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash Best Picture Award

Mako Tanaka Vice Chairman of Japan Film Commission, President of Kobe Film Office

13:30-14:30 Open Session <<English, Japanese>> 76 Participants session 8 Indie Tokyo : Future of Indies Movie Shinsuke Odera Critic, Presidency of Indie Tokyo

15:00 17:00 Open session <<English, Japanese>> 38 Participants

session 9 MPTE Special – Cutting Edge Japan- Introducing 8K and the Trend of the Japanese Visual Industry at NHK KYOTO