Aruongaku

Director: Tomohisa Takashi
Music & visuals on concert: Takagi Masakatsu
2009   72 min.

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE co-presented with Reel Asian International Film Festival

30-year-old video artist and composer Takagi Masakatsu has toured with Sigur Rós, David Sylvian as well as directed music videos for Japanese recording artists Yuki and UA. On top of that he’s had nine solo exhibitions of his work and released over a dozen CDs and DVDs. With that kind of résumé why isn’t Takagi Masakatsu a household name? The Shinsedai Cinema Festival will try and remedy that situation by highlighting four of Masakatsu’s sumptuous short films as well as hosting the North American premiere of his recently completed concert documentary Aruongaku shot last November at the Grand Gallery of the Iwate Museum of Art in Morioka, Japan.

*Aruongaku will be presented with the following Takagi Masakastu short films:

18 Portraits of Atlas
2006/ 5 min.

Tidal
2007/ 3 min.

Philharmony
2007/ 3 min.

Lava
2008/ 3 min.

Screening Time: Saturday, August 22nd @ 6:00 PM

Canada’s premier pan-Asian international film festival, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival takes place annually, showcasing independent Asian film and video from Canada, the U.S. and around the world. Reel Asian fosters the exchange of cultural and artistic ideals between East and West, provides a public forum for homegrown Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada. The 13th annual edition of Reel Asian will take place November 11-15, 2009. Sign up for our e-newsletter to get updates about the festival! Visit www.reelasian.com.

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