J opening, after the club's annihilation / launch. The reason why a man attracted by football in Yokohama has a soccer film festival.

J enthusiasm for the opening ceremony, awaken to football.

Mr. Fukushima Mr. Fukushima who is the executive chairman of the Yokohama Football Film Festival met soccer in 1993. It was the start of the opening of the J - League which caused the unprecedented football boom in Japan.
Mr. Fukushima who graduated from high school in Wakayama prefecture and came up to Tokyo was then a third grader at Yokohama City University.Although I had no experience of playing, I was drawn to attracted the charm of soccer one day and I was deeply enthusiastic. The favorite club is Yokohama Fluoride with Yokohama base.
However, the J League immediately after the opening of the J. League had high ticket magnifications and cost, so for university students they could not go to see frequently.
"But in return, I devoured magazines to gather all sorts of information. I loved learning about the world through things like the state of overseas football and match reports from people who watched matches there. Since I didn't play myself, I don't know the finer details. But in return, I was able to see foreign cultures through football and movies. I think that really broadened my perspective."

Because there are not many opportunities to watch directly, we have put an antenna on information about soccer more than others, and have thought of the unknown culture behind that.

Club annihilation triggered the appeal of soccer

After graduating from college, I joined Gaga Communications (now · Gaga). Recently he is a film company that produces and distributes hit works such as "Lalandland" and "become a father".
Mr. Fukushima 's career as a societyman from there has always been with football. We have been watching various events happening in the Japanese football world in real time, such as Doha's tragedy and joy of Johor Bahru, in real time, but the most impressive thing is the disappearance of my beloved club, Yokohama Flugels.
"I am one person who has watched over the circumstances as a member of the" Socio Friesta "who was formed when the Ferguses disappeared and launched Yokohama FC.I think that this series of sorts was a social problem , I think that there were many people who supported Yokohama FC not only from the traditional football fans, but also from that side, with interest.
So I wanted to make people like football love by those who start supporting them newly, so I joined the event to lecture about fun. "
 
In any case, Mr. Fukushima, who began to engage in the opening of spectators and talk shows with commentaries so that novice footballers with an interest can enjoy more.
Among them, 2002 World Cup host country will be decided. I would like to hospitality to foreign supporters as a host national football fan. I consulted with Mr. Yoshiyuki Osuzu, a soccer journalist from such a thought.
"Mr. Osumi advised me to create inexpensive souvenirs that would still make good memories. He explained that supporters generally spend their money watching lots of matches, so they want to stay in cheap accommodations and keep costs down as much as possible, which is why they don't really want to buy official souvenirs."
So we decided to create original pin badges and exchange them with foreigners who came to the matches, and also sell them at booths at World Cup-related events held at the Red Brick Warehouse.

In order to continue to spread the way of enjoying football even after the end of the World Cup Japan-Korea, we decided to establish a new NPO corporation Yokohama Sports Communication with members at that time.
Activities should be about 4 times a year, talk show with soccer pub. In the past we have invited football journalists such as Mr. Kenji Nishi, Mr. Tetsuichi Utsunomiya and Mr. Ichiro Hirose. 

The form of fusion of work and hobbies was a film festival

When I was continuing such activities, contact from juniors of the gaga era entered. He said he had produced a film about football. That work was a movie "Pride in Blue" depicting a team challenging "another World Cup" with the subject of the Japanese national football team with intellectual disabilities.
Director Kazuhiko Nakamura, who helmed this film, has also directed several other films related to soccer. Fukushima decided to organize a screening of one of his works.
When fusion of work and hobby is realized in the form of "holding a soccer film screening", in a few years later, Mr. Utsunomiya Tetsuichi will be asked to consult about the promotion of the movie "Classico".
"Classico" is a work depicting the Shinshu derby of AC Nagano Parseiro and Matsumoto Yamashi who belonged to the regional league then. Because it is a work with a bit of maniac content, I was asked for an idea on how to spread it to football fans outside Nagano prefecture.
"We found it to be a very interesting film, so we decided to gather several soccer-related movies and hold a screening event to get more people interested in them."

This will be the first memorable occasion of the later Yokohama Football Film Festival.The first edition featured four works. This year, the eighth edition, that number has increased to eight.


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Yokohama Football Film Festival 2018 will be held from February 11th (Sunday) to 12th (Monday · Holiday)
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