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AYA \/ IT Business Manager<\/span><\/strong>
\nAs I grew into an adult, the things that resonated with me when watching movies with sexual minorities as the theme also changed. When I watch the same movies over and over again, my feelings react in places they wouldn\u2019t have when I was younger, I\u2019ll remember someone and things that are on my mind or that I\u2019m interested in are now reflected on the screen. I feel like the movies are developing with me, that I\u2019m overcoming something. LGBT people also feel different before and after they come out, no matter if they are living together with someone or alone the feeling changes each time. It\u2019s interesting because there are so many discoveries to make. Sexuality and gender too, there\u2019s no end to what can be learned when you watch a movie and talk about it with someone who has led a completely different life to you, even if it is just one movie. I look forward to seeing who\u2019s available for me to invite to this event this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yu Ishizuka \/ Model<\/span><\/strong>
\nI watched a lot of movies on my own when I was young and worrying about who I was and if it was really OK to be who I am. I can\u2019t say that they were perfect, but I was greatly encouraged by the characters saying \u201cIt\u2019s ok, it\u2019s ok!\u201d in a lively way and since then movies became an integral part of my life.
\nNo matter how you are rejected by people, even if you don\u2019t have any confidence, just living is a beautiful thing. Even now, I\u2019m alive with the hope that movies that make me believe this will still be produced even as they are being updated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Audrey Tang \/ Digital Minister, Taiwan<\/span><\/strong>
\nBiology should not determine one\u2019s destiny. I take pride in #Taiwan being the first in Asia to legalize marriage equality, embracing #diversity and #inclusion in the process. Around the world, every step toward this direction deserves to be celebrated. The art of filmmaking allows our imagination to transcend spacetime boundaries, to enable us to take all sides, and guide us toward this shared path — somewhere over the #Rainbow, where skies are blue and dreams do come true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yutaka Kubo \/ Film Scholar<\/span><\/strong>
\nInside\/Out: LGBTQ+ Representation in Film and Television at Waseda University\u2019s Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum was colored by voices from the visitors. Those voices showed the nostalgic yearning for the works they watched in youth, taught us where to look for the works undiscovered, and expressed the relief of being alive. I hope that our future will be filled with more films with love and humor that enrich our lives and make us live to see another day. I wish Rainbow Reel Tokyo continues to offer a platform and a community where people can run into such films.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shonen Aya \/ Essayist<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn this absurd world where things constantly change every day, my story, our story, is treated as meaningless or otherwise as though it doesn\u2019t exist. However, is that really so? If that\u2019s not the case then I want to believe that as one of the minorities that society is made of, I hope that this event will strengthen that conviction.
\nEven if your story isn\u2019t here I pray that, whatever your story is, this festival becomes the catalyst for you to share your story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fuyuhiko Takata \/ Artist<\/span><\/strong>
\nWhen I was aspiring to become an artist in my teens, I watched a lot of films about the experiences of the gay filmmakers Kenneth Anger and Derek Jarman. They were curiously eccentric, and in a poetic sense they saved me. Then, while doing a small scale individual production, I learned that there is as strength to that and I gained courage through this.
\nThere are various backgrounds to the films being screened at this festival, which is important, and I pray that the people who need to see them do see them, which is something I\u2019m cheering for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Takeuchi Sachiko \/ Manga Artist<\/span><\/strong>
\nFor me, movies that deal with LGBTQ people exist to show the troubles and loneliness of people \u201cseen as foreign by society\u201d in a kind, enjoyable and interesting way. This film festival is an irreplaceable venue to heal and help my heart, and share a harsh reality with everyone, so one day this word \u2018LGBTQ\u2019 can become a word that isn\u2019t special or really anything at all and then society will become a place that is easy for everyone to live in \u2013 not just LGBTQ people. Congratulations for your event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NANANO Wabisen \/ Manga Artist<\/span><\/strong>
\nI first began worrying about my gender when I was a small child and it wasn\u2019t until I turned 30 that I began living my life as myself. The time that passed while I worried was meaningful, but I do hope that everyone can live without suffering.
\nWhen it comes to things created by people, you convey all kinds of hopes and dreams with a sense of kindness that reaches the depths of people\u2019s hearts and minds.
\nWith this festival\u2019s movies as a start, I\u2019ll be delighted when our hopes and dreams and those of many other people become connected. I\u2019m looking forward to Rainbow Reel Tokyo!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mo Tzu-yi \/ Actor<\/span><\/strong>
\nIt is such an honor that “Dear Tenant”, in which I play the lead, will be screened at the Rainbow Reel Tokyo -Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival-.
\nI hope that you will like the film.
\nI believe that love is love regardless of gender.
\nMy hope is that one day the world will be a place where all people can love and be loved equally.
\nI wholeheartedly support all sexual minorities.
\nMy heart is with you all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Message AYA \/ IT Business Manager As I grew into an adult, the things that resonated with me when watching mov […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainbowreeltokyo.com\/2021web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}