Although I have had the honour of screening in Holland's Camera Japan Festival three times before (with "In the Grey Zone" in 2012, "A2-B-C" in 2013 and "-1287" in 2014), this year was the first time for me to have the additional honour of actually attending the festival. Arriving on Thursday (Sept 21), the opening day of the festival, I stayed through the end of the festival on Sunday (Sept 24), experiencing wonderful films, food, and cultural events.
The screening of "Boys for Sale", for which I was the executive producer, was on Friday (22nd), the second day of the festival (
INFO), and during the post-screening Q&A, led by festival director Alex Oust, the audience asked really engaging questions.
It was a wonderful time to meet old friends like Alex and to meet new ones as well. Among the new ones, were the cast and crew of the film "Noise", a sharp, reflective feature based loosely around the Akihabara massacre (
WEBSITE).
Several of the films that were screening in Camera Japan, went on to screen in London's Raindance Film Festival, including "Boys for Sale" and "Noise", so on Monday, I traveled with the "Noise" crew to London. Our trip included such adventures as running for the plane, getting stopped at the border, one person losing a train ticket, with time for a few drinks along the way; and with two of the "Noise" members never having left Japan and none of them able to converse in English, I was really glad I could be there to help out! Thinking about it, there's a film in there somewhere...
~~ to be continued ~~
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