FAST FORWARD 2024 / Projections:
12/12/2024 / 18h00 / Montenegrin Cinematheque / Podgorica
12/12/2024 / 20h00 / Cultural Centre / Berane
13/12/2024 / 20h15 / Cinema “Boka” / Kotor
Shiori Itô / USA, United Kingdom, Japan / 2024 / 102’
Director: Shiori Itô
Screenplay: Shiori Itô
Producers: Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Itô, Eric Nyari
Co-producers: Ryô Nagai, Yuta Okamura, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Takashi Shinomiya, Ryô Yukizane
Music: Mark De Gli Antoni
Editor: Ema Ryan Yamazaki
SYNOPSIS
Journalist Shiori Itô conducts an investigation into her own sexual assault, aiming to bring the prominent perpetrator to justice. Her pursuit evolves into a significant legal case, revealing the antiquated judicial and societal frameworks in Japan.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shiori Itō is a Japanese journalist and filmmaker. Her work focuses on gender equality and human rights issues. Itō’s activism led to her inclusion in the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Itō gained international attention after speaking out about her experience of sexual assault, a case that became a landmark for the MeToo movement in Japan. In 2017, Itō published the memoir Black Box and in 2024 her documentary Black Box Diaries was released.
FESTIVALI I NAGRADE / FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Sundance Film Festival 2024
- CPH:DOX 2024
- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2024
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2024
- Seattle International Film Festival 2024
- Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival 2024
- Zurich Film Festival 2024
- Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards 2024
- International Documentary Association Awards 2024
- Cinema Eye Honors 2024