Screening of the feature film “Ainu Mosir” and the documentary “Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan”

From 12:00. “Ainu Mosir” (2020) A film by director Takeshi Fukunaga (a film by the Nikkatsu Corporation studio) Kanto is a fourteen-year-old boy descended from Japan's indigenous Ainu people. He lives with his mother Emi (43), who runs a souvenir shop in a small town in northern Japan, on Hokkaido, where the Ainu community is developing tourism in order to preserve its culture and create jobs. Kanto is struggling to cope with the loss of his father a year earlier. The Ainu community leader Debo (56) tells him about a small opening in a rock in a nearby forest, which the Ainu regarded as a path to the afterlife – the place where the dead dwell. Kanto decides to visit this cave, hoping to see his deceased father. Film in Japanese with English subtitles Duration: 1 hr 24 min. From 13:30. “Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan” (2019) In the film “Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan” (2019), director Naomi Mizoguchi attempts to reveal the various efforts of modern-day Ainu to reclaim and pass on their cultural identity. It tells of the daily life of four elderly members of the Ainu community living in the town of Biratori on the island of Hokkaido. Born in the 1930s, they were not taught the Ainu language within their families because of society's attitude at the time towards Ainu identity. After decades of changing attitudes, they became interested in their heritage and turned into active local leaders, helping to revive their language and culture. The film focuses on their experience and their efforts to preserve history and culture through Ainu language classes and participation in various everyday activities. It tells how Ainu culture and traditions live on and flourish thanks to people's efforts, and this gives hope that Ainu culture will be passed on to future generations. Film in Japanese with English subtitles Where? In the educational hall of the House of Histories (T. Kosciuškos g. 3, Vilnius)

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