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johatsu - the missing
2022
in production
feature length documentary film
by Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori
In contemporary Japan, people vanish without a trace with the support of so-called “Night Moving Companies”, which help people to disappear from their current life. Known as the Johatsu, or “the evaporated”, these people leave everything behind to start a new life somewhere else.
Documentary in development, 90 min and 52 min
In co-production with BR/ARTE and in participation with SRF and yesDocu
Expected Release: 2022
Grants and Awards
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Development supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW “Gerd Ruge Grant”
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Selected for the “Masters Pitch” at the DOK.fest Munich 2019
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Nominated for the “German Composition Funding Award” at the DOK.fest Munich 2019
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“Sunny Side of the Doc Pitch Prize” at the DOK.fest Munich 2019
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Participant at the Sunny Side of the Doc international marketplace, La Rochelle – France 2019
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Selected for the DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market 2019
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Production grants by BKM – Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien and Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
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