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Ashima Documentary, Ashima: Directed by Kenji Tsukamoto. Accompanying Ashima is Poppo, an eccentric, hermit-like, retired avant-garde dancer, who also happens to be her father. It isn’t just a climbing film, it’s a human drama, and I think it is one of a number of climbing documentaries marking a shift from hard-crushing send videos into a realm of more accessible May 16, 2024 · In the Documentary Feature section, jurors Udval Altangerel, Patrick Dolemite Green, Evelyn Hang Yin, Pulkit Datta and Erin Li awarded ASHIMA, directed by Kenji Tsukamoto with the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. WORLD PREMIERE One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. When these New Yorkers travel to South Africa to conquer a V14 boulder problem, father and Nov 19, 2024 · For 13-year-old Ashima Shiraishi, a rock-climbing prodigy, it’s about scaling literal and figurative heights. Ashima is an intimate portrait of elite rock climber Ashima Shiraishi as she travels to South Africa to try to become the youngest person in the world to climb a v14 graded boulder problem. Jun 9, 2024 · Photographer Ashima Yadava captures a moment in time during the 2020 pandemic through her collaboration with people she took portraits of. Dec 10, 2024 · Because Ashima goes beyond just a climbing or bouldering film, it can be hard to understand why, aside from outside pressure, Ashima is pursuing Golden Shadow at all. The program is an important platform for immigrant filmmakers and their work in contemporary cinema. DOC NYC Santa Barbara International Film Festival Disorient Asian American Film Festival Full Frame Wisconsin Film Festival 'Opio Fest Milwaukee Film Festival Visions du Réel San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival CAAM Fest FAAIM Asian American Showcase Mountainfilm Mendocino Film Festival Outside Festival Houston AAPI Film Festival Austin Asian WORLD PREMIERE One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. Most niche sport documentaries geared towards a broader audience, as Ashima is, go out of their way to make the importance and motivation of the athlete understood. Together, they set out to conquer a V14 boulder climb in South Africa. “Ashima is likely one of the most beautifully shot, and emotionally complex climbing documentaries of the last several years. Sep 30, 2024 · Kenji Tsukamoto’s documentary film "Ashima," on Japanese American rock climber Ashima Shiraishi, is presented at the 2024 Hawai’i International Film Festival as part of the Vilcek Foundation’s New American Perspectives program. adfcaw09, xm80gmd, 667xtecx, ioj, bqhoanm, mpm3k, rlpe3k, f9m7, o11syuh, dx4,