yearbook 2010/11 - The European Film College

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fi n a lCu t 2011||a Ja P a n e s e f i l m a P P r e n t i C e in eur o P e
A JAPANESE FILm APPrENTICE
IN EuroPE
From osaka in Japan to European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. Japanese
EFC student Shiori hashimoto talks about culture clashes, language barriers and
her surprising limited knowledge of Japanese film.
What was the most difficult challenge of being Japanese at European Film College?
It may sound weird, but I’m not very familiar with Japanese film, especially not the
classics, horror or animation films. So it was hard every time someone who had just
watched Japanese film wanted to talk to me about it, and I hadn’t watched the film!
It was a shame that I didn’t watch more famous Japanese films.
How did you manage the language barrier at first? Was it hard?
At first, after introducing myself and just chatting with people, I said to myself: ”It’s
easier than I thought!” But during my first course, the Directing course, it was very
difficult for me to keep up with the class. The only thing I could do was to use filmlanguage
instead, I guess. In that point, it was a good opportunity to get such an
experience, which is helpful even now.