BendFilm Festival 2020

Documentary Shorts #1

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6 films in package
THE MISSFITS
An all-girls robotics team competes to smash stereotypes and prove themselves in a male-dominated field, while also trying to get through high school.
VIEWFINDER
Every day for the past 23 years, Michael has taken a single photo with a film camera.
VOLUNTEER
92-year-old Howard Henry chooses to stay busy and avoid aging by going to work every day.
BEYOND NOH
3,475 individual masks from all over the world.
TEARS TEACHER
Yoshida is a self-proclaimed 'tears teacher': he makes people weep.
A HEAD SHORTER
An animated documentary about a 12-year-old boy in the Holocaust and how he survived multiple concentration camps.
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This program include six (6) short films! Please click through the films on the right to see details about each one.


Film sponsored by Ravenrock Wealth Partners


TEARS TEACHER


Yoshida is a “tears teacher.” A firm believer that weekly crying promotes healthier living, he’s made it his mission to make more people weep. Running workshops all over Japan extolling the benefits of vulnerability and tear-jerking films, books and music, he makes a convincing argument for welling up as wellness.


Director's Bio:

Noemie is a French/Japanese filmmaker, who was selected for the 2020 Sundance / NHK screenwriting lab. She is also part of the BFI x BAFTA crew program that supports emerging writer/directors. TEARS TEACHER premiered at Hot Docs and was acquired by the New York Times for their Op-Docs series. Her earlier shorts films were picked up by Film Movement to be distributed with their release of Hirokazu Koreeda’s “After The Storm”, and were selected in festivals all around the world. Her next project received the main award at Busan film festival’s Asian Project Market.

  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Premiere
    West Coast Premiere
  • Rating
    G
  • Director
    Noemie Nakai
  • Cast
    Hidefumi Yoshida
  • Cinematographer
    Shen Lin
  • Editor
    Macarena De Oto
  • Sound Design
    Jason Pinches
  • Music
    Kyo Acerbis Kitayama
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