Audience Award — Documentary Feature (Won)
are attacked,
civilians will be killed.”
- Hiroshi Hoshino
- 14 years old at the time of the bombing
In 1945, the US firebombed Tokyo, destroying a quarter of the city and killing 100,000 people. Now, in a society rapidly forgetting, three elderly survivors fight to leave behind a public record of their experiences before they pass away. Paper City explores what we choose to remember, and aim to forget—and what the consequences of that are.
“If towns and cities
are attacked,
civilians will be killed.”
are attacked,
civilians will be killed.”
“We mustn't go
to war again.”
to war again.”
- Minoru Tsukiyama
- 16 years old at the time of the bombing
“The line between
life and death
was paper-thin.”
life and death
was paper-thin.”
- Michiko Kiyooka
- 21 years old at the time of the bombing
- AWARDS
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Tokyo Documentary Film Festival
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40th ATOM Awards
Best Documentary — History (Won)
Best Documentary — General (Finalist)
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22nd Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival
Nippon Docs Award — Best Documentary (Nominee)
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7th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Best Melbourne Documentary (Won)
Best Emerging Director (Australia) — Adrian Francis (Won)Best Australian Documentary (Nominee)
Best Director (Australia) — Adrian Francis (Nominee)
- Current Screenings
- Hyogo — Kobe Planet Film Archive
June 2 — June 13
- Upcoming Screenings
- Chiba — 9th Urayasu Documentary Film Festival
July 8 — 10:30 am
- Free screening & Director Q&A at Sophia University (Tokyo)
June 21 — 6:30-8:30 pm
Must register in advance through the link above
- Saitama — Fukuya Cinema
July 9 — July 15
- Nagano — Nagano Aioiza Roxy
June 30 — July 6
- Hokkaido — Sapporo Theatre Kino
August 11 — one screening only
- Toyama — Hotoriza
Coming soon
- Hiroshima — Yokogawa Cinema
June 10 — June 23
- Kagoshima—Garden’s Cinema
Coming soon
- Past Screenings
- Kyoto — Demachiza
- Kanagawa — Yokohama Cinemarine
- Belleville Downtown DOCFEST—Documentary Film Festival (Canada)
- Aichi — Nagoya Cinemark
- Nagano — Ueda Eigeki (Ueda City)
- Osaka — Dainana Geijustu Gekijou
- Tokyo — Theatre Image Forum (Shibuya)
- Nippon Connection On Demand 2022: Replay!
- 19th Barcelona International Film Festival, 2022 (Spain)
- Africa International Film Festival, 2022 (Lagos, Nigeria)
- Tokyo Documentary Film Festival, 2022 (Japan)
- 31st Heartland International Film Festival, 2022 (Indiana, US)
- 19th SIMFEST International Film & Television Festival, 2022 (Romania)
- 18th Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2022 (Massachusetts, US)
- 14th Rasnov Film & Histories Festival, 2022 (Romania)
- 7th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, 2022 (Australia)
- Nippon Connection on demand, 2022 (Germany)
- 22nd Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival, 2022 (European premiere, Germany)
- 25th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2022 (US)
- 37th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2022 (International premiere, US)
- 69th Melbourne International Film Festival, 2021 (World premiere, Australia)
A film by Adrian Francis. Financed with the assistance of Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund, Screen Australia, CAMPFIRE/Good Morning, and Documentary Australia Foundation.
