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“Camden feels like such filmmaker’s film festival,” Titley says. “It’s wonderful when people love your film, but when your peers love your film and people in the industry that you respect say that they love your film, that’s the ultimate accolade.”
The U.K.-based documentary filmmaker began working on “The Contestant” seven years ago. In the film, Titley interviews Nasubi, his family, and Japanese television producer Toshio Tsuchiya to reveal the “reality” behind what happened more than two decades ago.In the film, Nasubi is very candid about what happened to him.
Last night, after the CIFF screening, you read a statement that Nasubi wrote for you to read out loud to the audience. Can you read it again?“I’m in a complicated state of mind mixed with anxiety and expectations about how the people who watched this movie feel. I think this kind of work is probably often made after the main character’s death, but fortunately, I’m alive and well. And many people may think that I am an unhappy and poor person who lives a life hit by tragedy.
Japanese culture is part of the doc. As a U.K.-based filmmaker, was there any hesitancy around examining that culture?I don’t think it’s a film about Japanese culture. I think that’s an accidental theme. I’ve been really, really cautious of the fact that I’m a Western filmmaker making a film about two Japanese men that is based in Japan. I worked very closely with Japanese producer Megumi Inman on this film. I spoke with her and Nasubi about what I felt my responsibilities were.
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