Thanks to the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Brown University for hosting a terrific screening of 95 AND 6 TO GO! Kimi also led a research seminar discussing her filmmaking process at CSREA.
ONLOOKERS to screen at Black Canvas Film Festival in Mexico City, Mexico
ONLOOKERS screening from September 27th - October 6th, 2024.
ONLOOKERS as “The Best Documentaries of 2024, So Far” in THE NEW YORK TIMES
Onlookers is one of three documentaries featured in The New York Times article “The Best Documentaries of 2024, So Far” by Alissa Wilkinson.
ONLOOKERS to screen at Festival Film Dokumenter in Indonesia
Dec. 4th, 2023 at Institute Francais Indonesia — Yogyakarta, Indonesia
& Dec. 8th, 2023 at Sonobudoyo Museum — Yogyakarta, Indonesia
ONLOOKERS will have its CANADIAN PREMIERE at the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival
Fri Nov 17, 2023 / 5:45pm - Cinema du Parc, Montreal
ONLOOKERS will screen at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Sat Nov 4, 2023 / 10:30am - Edwards Mira Mesa
ONLOOKERS will screen at AMHERST CINEMA in Kimi’s hometown
Thurs. Sept 28, 2023 / 7pm - Amherst, MA
ONLOOKERS will have its ASIAN PREMIERE at the 15th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Sept. 16 & Sept. 19, 2023 - Korea
ONLOOKERS screens at the 46th Asian American International Film Festival
July 29, 2023 - Quad Cinema - New York City
ONLOOKERS screens at the 63rd Krakow Film Festival
May 31 & June 3, 2023 - Krakow, Poland
ONLOOKERS has its NYC PREMIERE at Prismatic Ground Film Series, Brooklyn Academy of Music
May 4, 2023 - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City
ONLOOKERS has its INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE at the 45th Cinema du Réel Film Festival
March 29 & March 31, 2023 - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
ONLOOKERS has its WORLD PREMIERE at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival - Breakouts Competition [WINNER: HONORABLE MENTION]
January 21 & January 23, 2023 - Utah
HEAVEN’S CROSSROAD screens at Center for Contemporary Art Singapore: Nov. 15th-28th
HEAVEN’S CROSSROAD is screening FREE and WORLD WIDE on-line for as part of the series SPEAKING / THINKING NEARBY at the Center for Contemporary Art Singapore!
15 – 28 November 2020
Heaven’s Crossroad, Kimi Takesue, 2002
Video, colour, sound, 35 min
Festivals: Locarno Film Festival; Rotterdam Film Festival; Vancouver Film Festival; Slamdance: Spirit of Slamdance Award; Thessaloniki Film Festival; Philadelphia Film Festival: Best Short Documentary
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What does it mean to “look” cross-culturally? This film follows up on this question by creating a visual journey through Vietnam. Instead of following the established patterns of the classic documentary, Takesue creates an experimental experience that challenges the audience and invites us to reflect on what it means to “truly see another culture”. Within this beautiful visual travelogue, questions of desire, projection, and communication begin to appear, that are embedded in this idea of the cross-cultural encounter.