ちよ Chiyo
2019, 16mm transferred to HD, colour, sound, 12:39
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Chiyo is a poetic exploration of the Japanese suburbs through the artist's reflection on the life of her grandmother. With a series of everyday moments in Yashio, from a summer fair to Buddhist rituals, the film meditates on family, intimacy and ageing.
日本の郊外に住む祖母のもとで、短い期間生活を共にしながら、彼女の見た夢、郊外での生活、
夏祭り、お盆風景を通して、作者が描く祖母像を16ミリフィルムで描く。
家族、老齢、親密さ、時間、記憶をテーマとした短編作品。
Chiyo Kobayashi as Chiyo
Sound mix by Ed Chappell
Colour grading by Alex Grigoras
Written, produced, directed, shot, sound recorded, and edited by Chiemi Shimada
Exhibitions & Screenings
2025
Available Light, Courtisane Festival, Ghent, BE
Grandma's Grammar, Sapieha Palace, Vilnius, LT
2024
Open City Documentary Festival, London, UK
films. Domestic/Intimate, Feb gallery Tokyo, JP
2023
I was baptised in Fortnite, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester, UK
Otonari san Short Film Festival, SOOO dramatic!, Tokyo, JP
2022
NAE Open, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
Girls in Film Festival Baesianz presents: short films from Asian diaspora, House of Vans, London, UK
Babfilmfest, Matchstick Piehouse, London, UK
aCinema, Wisconsin, US (streaming)
Slow Forward #4, Indeks, Bandung, ID (streaming)
2021
hungry eyes festival, Giessen, DE
Sixteen Journal, Paris, FR (streaming)
Gunma Biennale for Young Artists, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, JP
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, RU
Typography Center for Contemporary Art, Krasnodar, RU
Wathann Film Festival, Yangon, MM
Videograms Film programme "Desire-Love", Vilnius, LT
2020
London Short Film Festival, UK
Aswan International Women Film Festival, EG
Courtisane Festival, Ghent, BE (canceled due to COVID)
Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection, Frankfurt, DE
Minikino Film Week: Bali International Short Film Festival, ID
SeaShorts Film Festival, Ipoh, MY
Vdrome (15-28 September/ streaming)
dresdner schmalfilmtage, Dresden, DE
Linea d’Ombra Festival, Salerno, IT
Visions in the Nunnery, London, UK
2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK
San Sebastián International Film Festival, ES
Open City Documentary Film Festival, London, UK
Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Nagoya & Kyoto, JP
Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival, London, UK
Unforeseen International Experimental Film Festival, Belgrade, RS
Place M Film Festival, Tokyo, JP
Wilden: Mekas, Menken, Rindland, and Shimada, Wolf Kino, Berlin, DE
System of Care Season, Deptford Cinema, London, UK
Nagaoka Geijutsu Koujichu (長岡芸術工事中), JP
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