{"id":840,"date":"2025-09-10T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:31:00","slug":"program-n","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/en\/program-n\/","title":{"rendered":"\u300aN\u300b[ Filmmakers In Focus ] The Kingdom of Surrealism: A Tribute to KANAI Katsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaker KANAI Katsu, who passed away in April, 2026, honed his unique style of cinematic expression while moving freely across established genres such as dramatic films and documentaries. As an important focal point of Japanese experimental and personal cinema, today his world of freely conceived works centered on the creed of \u201cbattling with the viewer\u201d inspires more filmmakers than ever.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"program-d-grid\">\n<a href=\"..\/program-n1\">\n<div class=\"program-d-list\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/2026\/images\/N1-A_The-Desert-Archipelago.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><big>N1<\/big>A Tribute to KANAI Katsu #1:<br class=\"pc\">The Desert Archipelago<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"..\/program-n2\">\n<div class=\"program-d-list\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/2026\/images\/N2_GOOD-BYE.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><big>N2<\/big>A Tribute to KANAI Katsu #2:<br class=\"pc\">GOOD-BYE<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"..\/program-n3\">\n<div class=\"program-d-list\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/2026\/images\/N3_Kingdom.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><big>N3<\/big>A Tribute to KANAI Katsu #3:<br class=\"pc\">The Kingdom<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"..\/program-n4\">\n<div class=\"program-d-list\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/2026\/images\/N4_The-Stormy-Times.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><big>N4<\/big>A Tribute to KANAI Katsu #4:<br class=\"pc\">The Stormy Times<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"..\/program-n5\">\n<div class=\"program-d-list\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/2026\/images\/N5-1_Holy-Theater.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><big>N5<\/big>A Tribute to KANAI Katsu #5:<br class=\"pc\">Holy Theater + Super Documentary: The Avant-Garde Senjutsu<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaker KANAI Katsu, who passed away in April, 2026, honed his unique style of cinematic expression while moving freely across established genres such as dramatic films and documentaries. As an important focal point of Japanese experimental and personal cinema, today his world of freely conceived works centered on the creed of \u201cbattling with the viewer\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"program.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"http:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/?page_id=838","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-27 09:58:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageforumfestival.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}