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.
「でもその分雑誌読み漁っていろいろな情報を仕入れていて、海外サッカーの状況はもちろん、現地の観戦記などを通して世界のことを知るのが好きでした。 自分はプレーしていないので、その辺りの細かいことは分かりません。でもその分サッカーや映画を通して、海外の文化を見ていたということです。そのおかげで視野がすごく広がったと思っています。」

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.
「大住さんからは安価で記念になるお土産を作るようにアドバイスされました。 基本的にサポーターたちはたくさん試合を観ることにお金をかけるので、安い宿に泊まり、可能な限りコストを抑えたいから、オフィシャルなお土産にはなかなか手が出ないということでした。
それでオリジナルの缶バッチを作って、試合に来た外国人と交換したり、赤レンガ倉庫で行われたワールドカップ関連のイベントのブースで販売することにしました。」  

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.
メガホンを取った中村和彦監督はその他にもサッカーにまつわる映画を複数手掛けている。福島氏はその作品の上映会を企画することにした。  
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.
「観てみるとても面白い作品だったので、それならより多くの人に関心を持ってもらえるようにいくつかサッカー関連の映画を集めて上映会をしようということになりました。」  

This will be the first memorable occasion of the later Yokohama Football Film Festival. 第1回の作品数は4。それも8回目を迎える今年は8作品まで増えた。    


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