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We are beyond excited to announce that A CENTURY IN SOUND has been invited to have its Australasian premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival screening at the The Capitol theatre on the 18 August and the Kino theatre on the 20th August.
In the words of the festival :
“Slip into the serene surrounds of Japanese ‘listening cafés’, where music lovers, audiophiles and locals come together to hear records.
Ongaku Kissa are some of Japan’s greatest cultural hubs; within these settings, people from differing walks of life congregate to relax, indulge and take in music in a collective setting. They are often institutions, like the Meikyoku Kissa Lion, a 100-year-old classical music café in Shibuya. As its title suggests, the limited series A Century in Sound chronicles the history of music in the country through the prism of these spaces, from their social importance as gathering places in postwar times to how they heralded the arrival and influence of Western culture during the second half of the 20th century.
Much like MIFF 2021 favourite Come Back Anytime, this loving, endearing portrait from New Zealand filmmakers Tu Neill and Nick Dwyer – who previously made Diggin’ in the Carts, a 2014 documentary series about Japanese videogame music – transports audiences to the world of a uniquely Japanese phenomenon. Fresh off its premiere at CPH:DOX, MIFF will screen three instalments of A Century in Sound as a single program; the trio of episodes will profile cafés spinning classical, jazz and J-rock records, respectively.”
Tickets available through the
@melbfilmfest site from Tuesday 16th July.
Really looking forward to seeing so many old (and new) friends there.
If you know someone in Melbourne or the surrounding areas who might be interested then please feel free to tag them here!
Jazz Kissa Eigakan poster featuring
@jazzkissaeigakan designed by
@cmyka.type
A CENTURY IN SOUND “Crane” design by
@ligh.inc
As always so much love to
@tuneill @tim_flower @mappasun and
@icalledhimmorgan and all others that played a helping hand in getting us this far xx
The journey continues!
❤️🇯🇵🔊
