It took me a while but I managed to put the first chunk of pictures, there is a thousand more and I don’t know if I’ll manage to upload everything but if you went to the festival and want your picture, get in touch.
Click here to go to the thumbnail (which is not a thumbnail). Enjoy the pictures…
One more thing, Chris is at Index Office video-editing… just so you know…
Director/Producer/Cinematography/Editor/: Motoharu Iida
Music: Kazutoki Umezu
Screening at TEN FEET AWAY INTERNATIONAL
Friday 3.00pm @ the screning room
“Ashigara-san” (Mr. Ashigara) is a homeless man who has been living on the streets for more than 20 years. He eats food that he finds in garbage bags. He does not talk much, and he does not associate with others. One day the director saw him smiling and decided that he would like to get to know Ashigara-san better. That is when he started filming him. He has listened to Ashigara-san’s words and become very close to him in the very situation that has changed time and time again. During the 3 years of filming, a unique sense of trust has developed between them, which led to unexpected changes in Ashigara-san’s life. Watching Ashigara-san as he begins a new life gives us hope and makes us smile. This film quietly asks us many questions, such as, “What is life?”, “What is hope?”, and “What is the connection between people?”
Director’s profile: Motoharu Iida was born in 1973. From 1996, he started helping homeless people as a volunteer in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Currently he makes images and films as a freelancer. This is the first work he made in the long piece documentary movie as independent production.
E-mail: motoharu@mse.biglobe.ne.jp
“Ashigara-san” website: http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ashigara/
following their excellent video post (click on video section on the right to find it) here are some photos from Yoyogi park in Tokyo. The residents of the park live in blue tents, and do art. Click on the photos for larger versions of the images. All photographs are credited to Geoff Read.
Ten Feet Away.
I live in a park in Tokyo. I was asked to send a message to your website. Performance from Tent City Tokyo - this is a big .mov file about 5 megs. click here for video
Misako Ichimura
