9th Yamagata Documentary Film Festival

Japan, October 7 - October 13 2005

The jury

Chris Fujiwara (US), Madhu Eravankara (India), Atsuko Saito (Japan)

Awarded films

Keep the Change by Ceren Bayar
(Turkey, 2003, 27 mins)
The Cheese and the Worms by Kato Haruyo
(Japan, 2005, 98 mins)

Reports

Against Removal from the World By Chris Fujiwara by Chris Fujiwara
"Escaping" from History? By Madhu Eravankara by Madhu Eravankara
The Young Asian Documentarists By Atsuko Saito by Atsuko Saito

At this biennal Japanese event dedicated to documentary, our jury prized the Japanese film The Cheese and the Worms (Chizu to ujimushi) by Haruyo Kato as well as the Turkish short film Keep the Change (Üstü Kalsin) by Ceren Bayar, Dilek Iyigün, Elif Karadenizli, Ozge Kendirci, Savas Ilhan.