OUTCAST Film Festival
Close Encounters With A Different Way Of Life
“If ever I meet someone society has designated as an outcast, I invariably feel affection for him, an emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness.” ― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
What is it like to live outside the mainstream of society? What can we learn from people whose lives are not only radically different from our own, but from most people in their societies? Outcasts, a MadeGood Film Festival featuring extraordinary documentary films from around the world, will bring us on a curated adventure of everyday experiences, challenges, relationships and emotions that we may never have encountered before.
Are people living on the fringe really so different from us? What can we learn from their stories? See and explore these MadeGood films and find out for yourself.
Stay tuned for a complete timetable of events.
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Yoshihiro Masamichi
Based in Tokyo, Yoshihiro Masamichi works as a film journalist. He writes movie articles for numerous media outlets including sweet, SPA!, with, and Screen, and also contributes film reviews to websites such as Pia and Eiga.com. He is a member of the Japan Film Pen Club of the International Federation of Film Critics and a member of the Japan Academy Prize. With over 20 years of experience as a freelance journalist, he is active across a wide range of media including magazines, web, radio, and television.
Kim Longinotto
Kim Longinotto is a British documentary film maker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core.
David France
David France is an American investigative reporter, non-fiction author, and filmmaker. He is a former Newsweek senior editor, and has published in New York magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and others. France, who is gay, is best known for his investigative journalism on LGBTQ topics.
Ryan Laney
On Welcome to Chechnya, VFX supervisor Ryan Laney introduced game-changing tools with huge implications for the future of documentary filmmaking.
Luke Lorentzen
Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Stanford University's department of Art and Art History. His most recent film, Midnight Family, tells the story of a family-run ambulance business in Mexico City.
Barbora Kysilkova
Stare of the documentary film, The Painter and the Thief", a critical success, winning awards at various international film festivals for its unique storytelling and emotional depth. The film not only showcases Kysilkova's art but also delves into her personal life, showing her resilience against past traumas, including an abusive relationship, and her journey towards healing through art.
Erika Toh
Toh is a journalist, moderator, and podcaster with almost 30 years of experience at the Asahi Shimbun. She has reported on topics including online defamation and the responsibility of social media; labor issues surrounding gig workers and independent contractors; gender equality in the workplace; immigration issues, and Hollywood. Her books include The Napalm Girl Who Crossed the Sea, and The 50 Year Story of the Napalm Girl.
Gon Matsunaka
Gon Matsunaka is founder and former President of the Pride House Tokyo consortium and the Director of the Marriage for All movement in Japan. A former advertising executive for one of Japan’s top firms, Dentsu, Mr Matsunaka hid his sexuality for decades. “For me there was no future in my rural hometown, so I left for Tokyo,” he said. He then studied in Australia, worked in Tokyo as well as New York City and ultimately left his firm.
Hiraku
Growing up in the Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop, his multicultural background provided him with a unique perspective on fashion, diversity, and society. In 2010, he worked as a Creative Director under Patricia Field, the stylist and costume designer for the TV show "Sex and the City" and the movie "The Devil Wears Prada," while also being active as a nightlife personality and model. Since 2014, he has been working as a director at the Keith Haring Museum in Nakamura, organizing various exhibitions and events nationwide. Currently, he is actively involved in social activities, utilizing his life experiences as a racial minority and queer individual in the U.S., as well as through the art and persona of Keith Haring. These efforts include participating in movements advocating for the basic human rights of the LGBTQ+ community in Japan and activities aimed at deepening correct knowledge and understanding about HIV/AIDS.
ISO
Writes movie reviews, music reviews, and travel columns. A writer who loves movies, music, America, baths, and cats. Has written for numerous publications including theatre programs, MOE, WWD JAPAN, CINRA, and appears monthly on J-WAVE 81.3 FM's PEOPLE'S ROASTERY.
Miku Sano
Founding member of "The Big Issue Japan Edition", a magazine sold on the streets by homeless people. She came across Big Issue in the UK in 2002, which aimed to create immediate jobs by publishing high-quality magazines and selling them exclusively through homeless people. In 2003, she and two others founded Big Issue Japan.
Misako Ichimura
Lives in Blue Tent Village, a park in Tokyo. She started a group called `Nora' for homeless women. She has given presentations and exhibited her work on gentrification and feminism both domestically and internationally. Books include: "Being Homeless: Between the Visible and the Invisible'' (Sogensha), "Dear Kikuchi-san, Blue Tent Village and Chocolate" (Kyotot Publishing), Editor-in-Chief "Etcetra VOL.7 Special Feature: Places Found Through the Passage” (Etcetra Books).
Radu Ciorniciuc
Radu Ciorniciuc co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania, Casa Jurnalistului. He works as a long-form writer and undercover investigative reporter, focusing on human rights, animal welfare, and environmental issues across the globe. His work has been published on Channel 4 News, the Guardian, and Al Jazeera and has received numerous international awards, including from Amnesty International, the Royal Television Society, and the Wincott Foundation. In 2012 he co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania, Casa Jurnalistului, a community of reporters specialized in in-depth, long-form, and multimedia reporting. His debut ACASA, MY HOME (2020) received the Sundance fest's World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography. His latest feature, TATA (2024), which had been selected at CPH:Forum 2021 as a project, premiered at TIFF 2024.
Sasaki Toshinao
"By analyzing various experiences in my head, such as the information I come across, books I read, and people I meet, I construct my own thoughts. I believe that choosing my path and way of living through this process is the key to surviving in the society of the future."
Tetsuo Kogawa
Born in 1970, Tetsuo Kogawa spent his childhood playing on the banks of the Tama River. After graduating from high school, he turned to art. Since 2003, he has been living as a homeless person in a tent village in a Tokyo park. He operates the goods exchange cafe "Enoir" in front of the tent, and participates in "Neru Kaigi", an organization for homeless people.
Yoichi Fujiyabu
Chairman of the Shirahama Rescue Network, a specified non-profit organization Working as a pastor since 1999, he has been involved in suicide prevention activities in Sandanbeki, Shirahama Town. The Shirahama Rescue Network has protected over 1,700 people to date, living with them in order to support their reintegration into society. In order to continue their activities and serve as a vocational training facility, they also run the Machinaka Kitchen, a delivery bento prepared food shop. In order to solve the root cause of suicide, the Rescue Network is focusing on children's education, starting an after-school day care and children's cafeteria in 2005, and opening a high school in 2020. Last year, they opened the Kumanokko Child and Family Support Center, a counseling center for children and parents, and are working to create a place where people of all generations can live with peace of mind.
Akinori Yamazaki
Building a brewery in an area once notorious for alcohol-fuelled riots may not seem like the most sensible idea. But Derailleur Brew Works, a craft brewery in the Japanese city of Osaka started by Akinori Yamazaki, is helping transform this unfashionable district with the help of men and women who once thought they were unemployable.
Atsushi Kasezawa
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1976, Kasezawa made Aozora (2001) about an open-air kindergarten for his senior project at the Film School of Tokyo, awarded 2nd place at the largest documentary festival run by university students. Before joining Documentary Japan, Inc. in 2002, he worked as assistant director for Makoto Sato (Living on the River Agano). As a TV director he’s made numerous programs featuring young people committed to social change and preserving nature.
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