greetings, heARTists and heART lovers all over this great big planet and beyond!
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| Yuri as a young woman in Japan, front, 2nd from right |
it’s the 8th day of the 12th (and last) month, and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.
we recently spent several weeks cataloguing her paintings, wood carvings, handmade dolls and other trinkets, so now we have a good record of all Yuri’s incredible heARTwork.
in 2020, we’ll begin a film about her life, so we’ll be posting some never-before-seen photos. please stay in touch!
meanwhile this month, we’re once again veering from Yuriko's heARTwork to tell you about the many awards that our “War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory” has won. after all, the film reflects Yuri’s story, too.
several days ago, we learned that we're a Finalist in the Rome Prisma Film Awards. our trailer, “The Chase”, was first an Official Selection, then a Semi-Finalist, and now a Finalist. we will know in a few days if we will be the final winner, but it doesn’t really matter because we are just so proud to have been selected for the Finalist category in the first place.
*Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival, Rishikesh Uttarakhand India:
in November, we had several Official Selections in this fest. the final result was that we won a Best Trailer award for “The Chase” and a Best Film Poster award for “The Culture”.
*Indie Visions Film Festival, Tehran Iran and the State of Virginia:
in October, our trailer, “The Chase”, was an Official Selection in this fest.
*Visualis Film Festival, St. Petersburg Federated States of Russia:
we had two film posters, "The Kids" and "The Culture" that were selected as Semi-Finalists in this fest.
*Great Message International Film Festival, Pune Maharashtra India:
in September, several of our entires became Official Selections in this fest, including “The Chase”, which earned a Best Trailer award, and “Herstory”, a short experimental doc featuring two historians discussing Japanese war brides.
*Lift-Off Global Network, Sessions 2019, Pinewood Studios, England:
the first festival we entered in January, was an online competition. for that, we presented a 5-minute short titled “The Race” which was a conglomeration of snippets from our 5 short films.
also, when we first began in September 2016, we were the Featured Documentary of the Month of our Fiscal Sponsor, *From the Heart Productions--due to our fundraising campaign.
we cannot thank our generous donors enough! you guys rock!
TRENDING TRAILERS:
The Chase:
Herstory:
and, here are the 5 films available on Vimeo:
Herstory:
The Brides:
The Kids:
The Culture:
BFF’s; Buddhist Friends Forever:
and, please stay updated at these links:
for more on Yuriko’s heARTwork, please visit this website:
omedettou gozaimasu! happy new year, and see you in 2020 on January 8.
Yuri’s Fans Forever
