PROGRAM

《L》Cruising in the Realm of the Unreal

6 works, 86 min.

【TOKYO】Theatre Image Forum:9/29(MON) 4:00pm & 10/1(WED) 9:00pm
【KYOTO】N/A
【NAGOYA】Nagoyakinema Neu:11/30(SUN)7:20pm

Sightjacking
Japan / UK / Hong Kong / Italy + Switzerland

Cruising in the Realm of the Unreal

6 works, 86 min.

Playing in the space between the real and the unreal. A new avant-garde? Video games + movies = the world of machinima.

“Machinima” is moving image art that sees the world of video games as a new frontier in cinema, creates artistic worlds with video game engines as virtual readymade resources, and takes inspiration from video game culture. Artists and curators involved in a major machinima program at the 2023 Oberhausen Short Film Festival in Germany have been invited to introduce trends in this comparatively new form of moving image expression.

Interchange SATO Ryotaro / digital / 9min / 2024(Japan)
There is no spoon Natalie MAXIMOVA / digital / 16min / 2021(UK)
Rabu Rabu TSUI Hou Lam / digital / 19min / 2023(Hong Kong)
Sightjacking 2girls1comp / digital / 10min / 2025(Italy + Switzerland)
New Old Homeland TANIGUCHI Akihiko / digital / 25min / 2025(Japan)
Outlet SATO Ryotaro / digital / 12min / 2025(Japan)

► Curated by IP Yuk-Yiu (filmmaker, independent curator)
► Mon, Sep 29 at 4:00pm – Guest talk by IP Yuk-Yiu following the screening

◎Special Talk
Cruising in the Real of the Unreal: Between Game and Cinema
Date&Time: Mon, Sep 29 at 6:45pm / Venue: Terayama Shuji (3rd floor, Image Forum) *Admission Free
Host: Dmitry FROLOV (curator)
Guest: IP Yuk-Yiu, TANIGUCHI Akihiko (media artist)



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