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『L'Ilya〜イリヤ〜』収録
モントリオール国際
ファンタスティック映画祭
（FANTASIA）短編集DVD

カナダ・モントリオールで毎年開催される国際映画祭FANTASIAから、
過去に上映された短編を集めたDVDが北米向けに発売されました。
日本からの作品としては『L'Ilya〜イリヤ〜』と、
なにわ天閣監督作品『みどりちゃん』が収録されています。

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（リージョンコードは日本国内のものと異なりますので、ご注意下さい）

LIST OF SHORTS
  • ABUELITOS a.k.a. GRANDFATHER (15 minutes, Directed by Paco Plaza)
  • CHAMBRE JAUNE (8 minutes, Directed by Helene Cattet and Brunco Forzani)
  • FLAT - N - FLUFFY (7 minutes, Directed by Benoit Boucher)
  • GORGONAS (15 minutes, Directed by Salvador Sanz)
  • I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (20 minutes, Directed by Miguel Vivas)
  • INFINI a.k.a. INFINITY (9 minutes, Directed by Guillaume Fortin)
  • L'ILYA (39 minutes, Directed by Tomoya Sato)
  • LOVE FROM MOTHER ONLY (21 minutes, Directed by Dennison Ramalho)
  • MISS GREENY (0:30 seconds, Directed by Tenkwaku Naniwa)
  • RUTA DESTROY! (15 minutes, Directed by Diego Abad)
  • THE SEPARATION (10 minutes, Directed by Robert Morgan)
  • SISTER LULU (5 minutes, Directed by Philip John)
  • TEA BREAK (7 minutes, Directed by Sam Walker)
DVD released: July 25, 2006.
Approximate running time: 180 minutes
Aspect ratio: Anamorphic 1.85.1 Widescreen
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
DVD Release: Synapse Films
Region Coding: NTSC Region 1
Retail Price: $24.95		 REVIEW OF L'ILYA (by Ian Jane)

The longest of the movies on the disc is this 16mm Japanese production from 2001. L'Ilya is a videographer who specializes in a rather taboo subject in that she records people as they commit suicide. She doesn't interfere, she simply documents and then later shows the footage as background entertainment at a swanky nightclub where people drink and socialize.

At just shy of forty minutes in length, this is too short to be a feature but too long to really be a short - that being said, it's a seriously moving and very, very somber piece of work. The suicides that are shown are grisly enough on their own but adding to the strangeness here is that the deaths are very personal in their execution. L'Ilya's camera captures them and they are later exploited in a sense after they're gone but at the time that they're happening, we're almost able to connect with the people for a second or two, to get a sense for what makes their lives so upsetting without really knowing what their reasons are. This is a very strange and very grim piece of work but it is very well made and one that will surely stick with you for some time afterwards.