| Screening Schedule |
| Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 |
| Sunday, November 15, 2009 |
| Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
| Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
The screening schedule of the 50th T.I.F.F. is also available in.pdf format
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| Director | | Hirokazu Kore-Eda | 
Filmography
1995 Maborosi
1998 After Life
2001 Distance
2004 Nobody Knows
2006 Hana
2008 Daijobu de aruyo ni: cocco owaranai tabi
2008 Still Walking
2009 Air Doll
Biography
He was born in Tokyo in 1962 and graduated from Waseda University in 1987. He soon joined TV Man Union, directing several prize-winning documentaries. His first feature film, Maborosi, won the Osella d’Oro at the Venice FF in 1995. His second feature, Afterlife, distributed in over 30 countries, brought himinternational acclaim. His third film, Distance, was selected to screen in Competition at the Cannes IFF 2001 and his fourth film, Nobody Knows, received the Best Actor Award (Yagira Yuuya) at the Cannes IFF 2004. In 2008, Still Walking had its international premiere in Toronto, and won the Best Director Award at the Asian Film Awards and the Golden Astor Prize at the Mar del Plata IFF.
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Air Doll / Hirokazu Kore-Eda |  A life-size Air Doll “lives” in a shabby apartment in Tokyo. Her middle-aged master talks to her, puts her in a bath and makes love to her every day after he returns from work. This routine is disrupted when fantasy turns into reality. One morning, the Air Doll suddenly comes to life, filled with a soul. Exploring the world around her, she soon falls in love with Junichi, a video store clerk. She discovers what it means to live, to love, to be lonely. Everything is going well, until one day her hand is accidentally cut and she begins to deflate in front of Junichi...
| | Director: | Hirokazu Kore-Eda | | Script: | Hirokazu Kore-Eda, based on the graphic novel "Gouda’s Philosophical Discourse, the Pneumatic Figure of a Girl" Yoshiie Gouda | | Photographer: | Mark Lee Ping-Bing | | Montage: | Hirokazu Kore-Eda | | Sound: | Yutaka Tsurumaki | | Music: | World’s End Girlfriend | | Art Direction: | Hiroki Kaneko | | With: | Doona Bae (Air Doll), Arata (Junichi), Itao Itsuji (Hideo), Joe Odagari (Sonoda), Masaya Takahashi (Keiichi) | | World Sales: | Fortissimo Films, The Netherlands T. +31 20 627 3215 F. +31 20 626 1155 info@fortissimo.nl www.fortissimofilms.com | | Production Design: | Taneda Yohei | | Producer: | Toshiro Ratani, Hirokazu Kore-Eda | | Production: | TV Man Union, Japan T. +81 3 6418 8700 F. +81 3 6418 8747 direct@tvu.co.jp www.tvu.co.jp | | Production Country: | Japan | | Type: | 35mm Color | | Duration: | 116' | | Production Year: | 2009 |
| Screening Schedule | | FRIDA LIAPPA: | Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 17:30 | ID:644 | | FRIDA LIAPPA: | Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 22:30 | ID:846 | | Return |
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