Sub-venue

Sakurazaka Movie Theater 〒900-0013 3-6-10 Makishi, Naha City

Naha Culture Arts Theater Naha Hato 〒900-0015 3-26 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture

Times Hall 〒900-0015 2-3-1 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture

Azama Sunsun Beach 〒901-1502 1141-3 Chinen Azama, Nanjo-shi, Okinawa

Advance booking discount admission ticket 1000 yen

Same-day admission ticket 1,300 yen

Students appreciation ticket 500 yen

Outdoor screening/VR experience screening admission ticket 500 yen

A new international film festival focusing on the Pacific Rim region. It aims to deepen mutual understanding among cultures, ethnic groups, and individuals of each country through the discovery and dissemination of excellent films, and for Okinawa to become a new place for international cultural exchange in the Pacific Rim region in the future.

During the period, in addition to selecting and screening excellent films in a competition format for films produced in countries and islands around the Pacific Rim, red carpets (first day) and talk events will also be held.

●Program & Screening Schedule
https://www.cinema-at-sea.com/img/sche_2023.pdf

●Implementation venue
11/23 (Thu) Times Hall/Sakurazaka Theater/Hotel Collective (red carpet, special exhibitions during the period)
11/24 (Friday) Tenbus Hall/Azama Azama Sunsun Beach (outdoor screening)
11/25 (Sat) Times Hall/ Sakurazaka Movie Theater Theater/ Azama Sunsun Beach (outdoor screening)/Naha Culture and Arts Theater Nahato (VR experience screening)
11/26 (Sun) Sakurazaka Movie Theater Theater/Tenbus Hall/Cinema Palette/Naha Culture and Arts Theater Nahato (VR experience screening+forum)
11/27 (Mon) Naha Culture and Art Theater Nahato
11/28 (Tue) Tenbus Hall
11/29 (Wednesday) Tenbus Hall/Times Hall (Closing Ceremony)

[Related Events]
@Times Hall ※All participation fees are free
●Talk Event “Takane Tsuyoshi and the Geniuses: A Dream Afternoon”
11/25 (Sat) 13:00-14:00
Director Takane Tsuyoshi from Ishigaki Island, who is the winner of the “1st Mavui Special Award,” and members of the cast and staff have a dreamily, pleasant and suspicious talk while remembering the time of filming. What is the appeal of Takane movies made by a diverse group of faces, from major figures of Okinawan play to critics, architects, and editors? The content can be enjoyed by both core enthusiasts and beginners.
Participating guests: Takane Tsuyoshi (film director)/TAIRA Susumu (actor, “Paradise View” and “Dream Ryukyu Tsuru Henry”)/Nakazato Miku (video critic, “Dream Ryukyu Tsuru Henry” co-screenwriter)/Oyadomari Nakama (architect/actor, “Dream Ryukyu Tsuru Henry” and “Fallen Fish Road”)/Okamoto Yukiko (“Converted Fish Road” general producer)/Moderator: Fujishiro Takasuke (Cinema at Sea Programmer)

●Talk Event “We Are the World's Uchinanchu Filmmakers”
11/25 (Sat) 15:00 to 16:00
Christopher Makoto Yogi from Honolulu is currently one of the hottest indie film directors in the world. Kamiya Joseph Yoshimasu was born in Los Angeles and co-produced, composed, and edited the film “Rejection of Our Ancestors.” Two people who are 4th generation prefectures who both have Okinawan roots think about the meaning of making a film as the world's Uchinanchu.

●Talk Event “The Boy in “Running Boy” Is Now - The Growth of Children in the Movie”
11/25 (Sat) 17:00-18:00
The famous Iranian master Amir Naderi, who is the head of the jury for this film festival, takes Majid Nirmand, who played the leading role in the 1985 Nantes Three Continents Film Festival Grand Prix winning film “Running Boy,” and narrates the secret story of the shooting. The aftermath of the boy whose life changed as a result of the movie is now revealed. A talk coveted by movie fans, where the creators themselves look back and thoroughly dissect masterpieces that remain in film history.

@Naha Culture and Arts Theater Nahato Small Studio ※Participation fee is free
●VR Forum
11/26 (Sun) 16:00 to 17:00
A professional at the forefront of video production talks about VR. The first half is a talk show by Yang Nai Zhen, director of the content planning department of “HTC,” the largest VR device manufacturer in Asia and number two in the world. In the second half, there was a conversation between Lee Sang-chao, curator of the VR section of the Kaohsiung Film Festival, and Chen Xian, director of the exhibited film “Off the Island of Orchid Island (Ransho).”

@Punga Ponga ※All participation fees are 500 yen (1 drink included)
●Chat show “What was the Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater)?”
11/24 (Friday) 21:15 to 22:45
A small talk event where MAKIYA Tsutomu (Okinawa Archived video Research Institute) and Taira Ryuji (NPO Cinema Lab Breakthrough Kozo), who are members of the Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater) Research Team, and film director Lim Kawai, who performed the location of the Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater) for the movie “Your Smile,” talk about the story of the Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater) called “Okinawa's Last Wooden Theater,” which was dismantled last month, and their feelings for movie theaters.

● “BEE's Mysterious Spectrum World” Mini Live+Talk
11/26 (Sun) 20:30 to 21:30
Elea called BEE, the main character of the competition film “BEE's Mysterious Spectrum World” at this film festival, is here. A concert (4 to 5 songs) will be performed by two people with Hugo, who also appeared in the movie.

●Talk Show “Okinawan Film Producers Talk Big”
11/27 (Mon) 21:30 to 22:30
Shogen, the ambassador of this film festival, and filmmakers currently active in Okinawa, Tsukasa Kishimoto (film director) and Heiichi Hiroshi (film director) asked, “What is the appeal of Okinawa as a place where stories are born?” “What are the significance and challenges of continuing film production in rural areas?” An hour where we talk all about Okinawa and movies, etc.

@Restel Naha ※Participation fee 500 yen (1 drink included)
●Talk Event “Chinese Film Night”
11/28 (Tue) 19:30 to 20:30
An exchange party where directors from Chinese-speaking countries (Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau) who come to the festival are invited.
Participating Guests: Jin Ong (“Abang and Addy” director) /John Yulin (“The Green Imitator” director) /Tracy Choi (“Lonely Eighteen” director) /Moderator: Wonder On (Cinema at Sea program director)

[Event commemorating the event]
●Hwang In-ik and Yuntaku Kai “Okinawa's New Film Festival? What is “Cinema at Sea”?
10/27 (Friday) 19:00-20:00 @Punga Ponga
Admission is free (1 drink not included), capacity 40 people (no reservation required)
Yuntaku party by Taiwanese Huang Yin-ik, who works as the executive director of the film festival. As a film director and producer, he talks offline (real venue) and online (meaning “chatting” in the Okinawan dialect) about the highlights of the actual film festival and the vision of the film festival while listening to what kind of feelings he Yuntaku about holding a film festival in Okinawa, what “Pacific Rim” is, etc.

●Hwang In-ik ✕ Shogen Talk Event
11/3 (Friday holiday) 15:00-16:00 @Junkudo Bookstore Naha
Admission is free
A dialogue event between Shogen, who serves as the ambassador for this film festival, and director Hwang In-ik. The two people, who continue to be passionate about movies, discuss what kind of seeds they will sow in the Okinawan movie scene in the wake of this film festival, and what kind of prospects they have in the future.

Film festival official website

https://www.cinema-at-sea.com/

Crowdfunding (until 10/31)

https://motion-gallery.net/projects/Cinema_at_Sea