“Slightest Pretense” has been selected for the Beijing International Short Film Festival. This will be the film’s Asian premiere.

 

Festival dates: November 8 (Sat) - 16 (Sun), 2025

Venue: (Beijing, China)

Artists: Sam Drake, Jad Youssef, Diandra Arriaga, Justin Jinsoo Kim, Eri Saito

https://www.bisff.co/single-post/bisff2025-international-competition-%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E7%AB%9E%E8%B5%9B%E5%8D%95%E5%85%83

I am participating in TAAP, a program that supports emerging artists in the fields of art and film. I will give a 10-minute presentation about my work and take part in a Work-in-Progress exhibition at TODA HALL & CONFERENCE TOKYO, Hall A.

Please note that the presentation will be given in Japanese only.

https://taap.art/english/

 

Presentation Schedule:
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 13:00–17:30
Presenting Artists: Tomohiro Kubotaoguiss, Satomi Kondo, Eri Saito, Shibachu, Seiko Hihara, Arata Mino
Selection Committee: Anna Ueda, Masako Hosoi
Mentors: Daisuke Awata, Yukiko Fujimoto

Sunday, November 9, 2025 | 13:00–17:30
Presenting Artists: Shun Ikezoe, Chiaki Orita, Nozomu Kubota, Yasuaki Kuroda, hayate kobayashi, Aoi Wakita
Selection Committee: Ryudai Takano, Miwa Taguchi
Mentors: Taro Amano, Kyoko Ebata

Monday, November 10, 2025 | By Invitation Only
Selection Committee: Eiichi Yamaguchi
Mentor: Mahiko Kobayashi

 

Work-in-Progress Exhibition Schedule:

Saturday, November 8 – Sunday, November 9, 2025

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
*Monday, November 10 is by invitation only

 

Venue:
TODA HALL & CONFERENCE TOKYO, Hall A
4F, 1-7-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo
Support: Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai)
Management: Fujihane LLC + NINE LLP.
Contact: TAAP Office info@taap.art

“Social Circles” will be screened at the Wuhan Bǎilín Film Festival.

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Festival dates: October 31 (Fri) - November 9 (Sun), 2025

Screening Date: November 9 (Sun), 2025

Venue: Newbeacon Film Art Park (DIC) (Wuhan, China)

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5MajajI197hy-R-JO9u4IQ?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAac4wCB8QpABCSwKJbLKjWT4lA3rmRRo8KMsXs9CpgZjkIfWK3hKgFZejD4Ttg_aem_q0aOB6Iw05KxPv2kr4l6sg

Slightest Pretense has been selected for the Fascinations section at the 29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
This will mark the film’s European premiere.

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Festival dates: October 24 (Fri) – November 2 (Sun), 2025

Screening Date: Oct 26 (Sun) 17:00~, Oct 31 (Fri) 17:00~

Venue: DIOD (Jihlava, Czech Republic)

Artists: Charlotte Clermont, Kyle Petty, Tridisha Goswami, Hajime Kawaguchi, Katelyn Rebelo, Eri Saito

https://www.ji-hlava.com/programove-sekce/fascinace

I will be participating in the exhibition program of Katsurao AIR, an artist-in-residence project held in Katsurao Village, Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture. I will present my video work New Tree, which I previously showed at OPEN AIR last year, in a screening format.

 

Dates: Thursday, October 2 – Sunday 5, 2025
Hours: 9:30AM – 8:30PM (*until 6:00PM on the final day)
Venue: Sendai Mediatheque 1F Open Square (2-1 Kasugamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0821, Japan)
Artists: Yume Akasaka, Hiroyuki Abe, Eri Saito, Fumihito Nagai, Jiro Hashimoto, Ryo Yamaguchi
Organizer: Katsurao Village
Implemented by: Katsurao Collective

https://katsurao-collective.com/2411

I will participate in the screening on September 27 at black cat day dream, a renovated machiya (traditional townhouse) space in Kyoto. Please check the details via the link.

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Dates: Monday, September 22 - Monday, October 6

Closed: Wednesday, Sept 24, Thursday, Sept 25, Tuesday, Sept 30

Hours: 13:00-18:00 *Reservation only

Venue: black cat day dream (Kyoto)

Admission: Free

Organizer: black cat day dream

Supported by: City of Kyoto

https://blackcatdaydream.jp/skies/moons/

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Artists: Tomoko Hayashi, Ju Eugene, Kojiro Kisaka, Foster Mickley, Eri Saito, Barbara Signer, Masahiko Takeda, Hiroko Watanabe, Akihisa Yamamoto

Special Participating Artist: Shuhou Kashi

Curation: Isabelle Olivier (black cat day dream)

Film Curation: Yu Araki

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This event is held as part of Kyoto City’s “*** in Residence Kyoto” week-long program.
https://asterisk-kyoto.info/residences-network/nuitblanchekyoto2025

“Slightest Pretense” is now streaming on Festival Scope Pro.

https://pro.festivalscope.com/film/slightest-pretense

The theatrical version of the video installation Slightest Pretense, created during an artist residency and presentation at Fujisawa City Art Space, will have its world premiere in the Wavelengths program at the Toronto International Film Festival.

 

Dates: September 4–14, 2025

Screening Schedule: Sunday, September 7, 3:30PM~ 

Venue: TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3 - Piers Handling Cinema (Toronto)

Artists: Fredj Moussa, Friedl vom Gröller, Eri Saito, Björn Kämmerer, Basma al-Sharif, Blake Williams

Capacity: 223 seats 

*Post-screening greeting scheduled

https://www.tiff.net/films/wavelengths-3-slightest-pretense

I will be participating in “NEW FES,” an event held at Art Center NEW, a new interdisciplinary art space that opened in June. For this event, I will be collaborating with ju sei through live performance and video to create an immersive spatial experience.

 

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025
Doors open: 18:00 / Start: 19:00 / End: 21:00
Venue: Art Center NEW (Yokohama)
Line-up: Nick Klein, Flora Yin Wong, ju sei, Eri Saito, The Great △, DJ: Le Perrie

Tickets:
Advance | General: ¥2,500 / Student: ¥2,000
Door | General: ¥3,000 / Student: ¥2,500
*Free admission for children under 15 (Please bring ID confirming age)
Capacity: First 100 guests, includes 1 drink

Tickets & Info: https://artcenter-new.stores.jp

"Social Circles" will be screened as part of an event that brings together sound art, performance, film screenings, and exhibition. This will be its first screening in the UK.

 

Screening Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 6:00PM~
Venue: All is Joy (London)

Artists: Yen Hao-hsuan, Charayet Ritaram, Chongyan Liu, Tan Jiali & Zhu Haoyuan, Eri Saito, Gong Seonjeong

"Social Circles" will be screened at the Images Festival in Toronto.

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Screening Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 — 12:30 PM
Venue: Innis Town Hall (Toronto)

Artists: Ayo Akingbade, Adebukola Bodunrin, Alex Lo, Annie Sakkab , Evelyn Pakinewatik, Eri Saito, Mona Benyamin, Jia-Chae Chang

Curator: Jaclyn Quaresma

https://imagesfestival.com/events/nowhere-close-to-halfway

This exhibition is based on research related to mixed roots. Momoyo Iijima explores the theme of the "Grave of Mixed-Race Children in Japan," while Eri Saito examines "Microaggressions."

 

Dates: April 3 (Thu) - April 13 (Sun), 2025  *Open every day during the exhibition period
Hours: 10:00AM - 6:00PM  *Last entry at 5:30PM
Admission: Free of charge

Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Exhibition Room B1F

Organized by: Momoyo Iijima + Eri Saito
Supported by: The Matsuura Cultural Foundation

 

Gallery Talk
Date & Time: April 5 (Sat), 2025, from 3:00PM
Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Exhibition Room B1F

"Social Circles" will be screened at an independent space in Seoul.

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Period: February 23 (Sun) – March 22 (Sun), 2025

Artusts: Jacques Perconte, Josh Weissbach, Vicky Smith, Laura Moreno Bueno, Gevorg Galstian, Sebastian Vaccaris, Damien Cattinari, Antoni Orlof, Lynne Siefert, Eri Saito, Erik Semashkin, Agnes Hayden, Sapphire Goss, James Edmonds, Park Koonje, Jeon Taehwan, Lee Chaemin, Kim Ji-hwan, Sohn Koo-yon

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Screening Dates:
March 14 (Fri), 2025 — 7:00 PM
March 23 (Sun), 2025 — 7:00 PM

Venue: SORIGRIM (Seoul)

Social Circles will be exhibited.

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Festival Dates: January 31 (Fri) - February 16 (Sun), 2025

Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo) 

https://www.yebizo.com/en/

I will be participating in the Artist-in-Residence program 'Artists in FAS 2024' held at Fujisawa City Art Space in Kanagawa Prefecture

 

Residency: 2024/10/05 (Sat) - 12/27 (Fri) 

Exhibition: 2025/01/11 (Sat) - 03/16 (Sun) *Closed on Mondays

Venue: Fujisawa City Art Space (Kanagawa)

Artists: Yukiko Koyama, Eri Saito, Miho Saito, Kanako Ban

https://www.city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp/bunka/FAS/event/ev2024-7-2/index.html

Social Circles will be screened in the International Competition section of the Beijing International Short Film Festival. This will mark its premiere in mainland China.

 

Festival Dates: November 23 (Sat) - December 1 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/11/30 (Sat) 20:40~

Venue: Goethe-Institut China (Beijing, China)

https://www.bisff.co/selection2/2024in

CIFRA Casa Àsia screening program. Works selected by chief curator of CIFRA, Olga Shishko; director of Culture and Exhibitions at Casa Àsia, Menene Gras; and artistic director of CIFRA, Anastasia Stravinsky. 

 

Festival Dates: November 11 (Mon) - 24 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/11/23 (Sat) 20:00~

Venue: Cinemes Girona (Barcelona, Spain)

Artists: Sharon Cheuk, Eri Saito, Amie Barouh, Popo Fan, Axl, Chen Zhou, Almagul Menlibayeva, Shuree Sarantuya

https://loop-barcelona.com/loop-festival-2024/

I will be participating in the Short Term II of the Artist-in-Residence program "Katsurao AIR" held in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Short Term II: 2024/10/01 (Tue) - 11/30 (Sat)

Artists: Yuki Okawa, YuUkiKATAYAMA, Eri Saito

https://katsurao-collective.com/

"Social Circles" will be screened at JAPAN CUTS 2024, the largest Japanese film festival in North America.

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Festival Dates: July 18 (Thu) - 25 (Thu), 2024

Date: 2024/07/20 (Sat) 12:00~

Venue: Korean Film Archive (Seoul)

Artists: Carl Elsaesser, Matt Whitman, Eri Saito, YAN Wai Yin, Ivan Faktor

https://ex-is.org/info/2024/6/17/2024-ex-now-for-international-competition-section

"Social Circles" will be screened at JAPAN CUTS 2024, the largest Japanese film festival in North America.

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Festival Dates: July 10 (Wed) - 21 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/07/20 (Sat) 11:00~

Venue: Japan Society (New York)

Artists: Eri Saito, Toru Masuyama, Rintaro

https://japansociety.org/events/japan-cuts-2024-shorts-program-2/

At the New York film festival Prismatic Ground, which focuses on experimental films and documentaries, the video work "Social Circles" will be screened.

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Date: 2024/05/11 (Sat) 13:00~ 

Venue: Anthology Film Archives (New York)

Artists: Eri Saito, Tsai Ming-Liang

https://www.prismaticground.com/2024/wave-3-program-3

The video work "May All Your Wounds Heal" won the 2nd prize at the first e-flux film award.

The ceremony and screening will be held at the e-flux Screening Room. The jury for this award was composed of Charles Tonderai Mudede, Anri Sala, and Anocha Suwichakornpong, and the pre-selection committee was conducted by Lukas Brasiskis, Dmitry Frolov, and Steff Hui Ci Ling.

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Date: 2024/01/18 (Thu) 19:00~

Venue: e-flux Screening Room (New York)

Artists: Maurício Chades, Eri Saito, Bo Wang

https://www.e-flux.com/events/581701/e-flux-film-award-ceremony-inaugural-edition/

Eri Saito will participate in "VISITOR CUE," a two-day exhibition and event curated by Kyoto-based art collective Retronym, consisting of actor Samon Seto, artist Momo Takeuchi, who works with ceramics as material, and director Masato Nomura.

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Date: 2023/11/11(Sat) - 11/12(Sun) 13:00~19:00 

Venue: Yamanaka Suplex annex "MINE"

Address: GALLERY 02 NANEI Shinmachi bld. 2-9-4 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Admission fee: ¥500 

Artists: Yui Kuroki, Eri Saito, Hirotaka Fukui, Ryusei Miyazaki, Leon Koh Yonekawa

Curator: Retronym

https://theatre-sokudo.jimdofree.com/visitor-cue/?preview_sid=191681

Curated by non-syntax（Jin Qiuyu & Hsu Chun Yi）

Eri's work will be screened in the ASIA FORUM section under the theme of "SISA Parallax".

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Date: 2023/7/21(Fri)16:00~

Venue: Korea Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA Theater 2

Work: mistake, blockade, fancy, panky, 2020, B&W, 5.1ch surround sound, 4min.44sec.

https://ex-is.org/asia-forum

Artists: Rena Kudoh, Eri Saito

Date: 2023/7/19 (Wed) - 7/30 (Sun)

Open Hour: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-21:00

  *Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: break from 16:00 to 18:00)

  *Close on Monday and Tuesday

Venue: Art Center Ongoing (1-8-7 Kichijoji Higashimachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0002, Japan)

https://www.ongoing.jp/tag/video/friends/

Festival: 19 - 23 April 2023

Exhibition: 19 April - 29 May 2023

in various venues across Osnabrück, Germany

https://www.emaf.de/en/

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International Competition: Living Alphabet

21 April 2023, 10.30 pm at Cinema Hasetor.

- Is it a knife because..., Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat, 25min

- May all your wounds heal, Eri Saito, 5min

- Skola di tarafe, Filipa César, Sónia Vaz Borges, 35min

Date: 2023/2/17 (Fri) –19 (Sun)

Preview: February 16 (Thu) and February 17 (Fri) until 14:00 *Invited guests and press only

Hours: February 17 (Fri) 14:00-19:00, February 18 (Sat) 12:00-19:00, February 19 (Sun) 12:00-17:00

Venue: Science Museum (2-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0091, Japan)

Ticket: [1-day ticket] Adult 2,000 yen / Under 23 1,000 yen, [3-day pass] Adult 5,000 yen / Under 23 2,500 yen

https://easteast.org/2023/exhibitors/projects/1559/

ワークショップ成果発表「小さく街をあるく、街をつくる〈港区、東京タワーこんにちわー編〉」

https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/program/aokid/

Date: 2023/2/12 (Sun) 14:30−15:30

Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE

Program leader: Aokid

Guest Lecturers：Shu Ishimi, Eri Saito

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Eri Saito "Quietly There"

https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/program/saito/

Date: 2023/2/10 (Fri) 18:00−20:40, 2/11 (Sat) 10:30−20:30, 2/12 (Sun) 11:00−19:30

Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE

※連続して上演プログラムが実施される会場内での展示のため、作品の鑑賞が困難な場合があります。ご了承ください。

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Ticket: https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/ticket/

Peatix（要事前購入）※下記は一般料金。港区・U24/O65割引あり。

2/10 (Fri) 1日券3,000円

2/11 (Sat) 1日券3,000円｜半日券（前半・後半）2,000円、※前半：10:30−15:00｜後半：15:00−20:30

2/12 (Sun) 1日券3,000円｜半日券（前半・後半）2,000円、※前半：11:00−15:30｜後半：15:30−19:30

SHIBAURA HOUSE 2日セット券5,000円・3日セット券7,000円

会期：2022年11月17日（木）- 12月4日（日）

開催エリア：JP木更津駅西口から木更津港までの各所

開催時間：10:00-16:00（観覧無料）

参加作家：荒木美由、石城麻衣、加藤修、刈込芳一、小林雅子、斎藤英理、関直美、永津守、西村陽平、宗政浩二、矢成光生

アクセス：電車（東京駅〜JR木更津駅 90分程度）／車（アクアライン木更津金田ICより15分）／高速バス（東京駅より約60分 1500円）

https://art-kisarazu.jp

Curated by Mia Parnall, CCJ presents the work of filmmakers Eri Saito and Masanobu Nakamura as part of Meander Program.

https://www.collabjapan.org/events/2022/8/6/the-compulsive-landscape-eri-saito-amp-masanobu-nakamura

 

PROGRAM: 

Eri Saito, Shake: dreaming body. 2018, 3min 38sec, b&w, silent.

Masanobu Nakamura, Flying Image. 1989, 11min, colour, 16mm.

Eri Saito, mistake, blockade, fancy, panky. 2020, 4min 43sec, b&w, 5.1ch.

Masanobu Nakamura, The Emptiness That Is Close to Me. 1994, 22min, 8mm

Artists: Makoto Ishii, Ai Ozaki, Yui Kuroki, Yuya Koyama, Wataru Koyama, Eri Saito (curated by Ai Ozaki)

Date: 2022/5/27 (Fri) - 6/12 (Sun)

Open Hour: Wed, Thu, Fri 18:00-21:00 / Sat, Sun 12:00-21:00 / Closed Mon, Tue

Venue: Art Center Ongoing (1-8-7 Kichijoji Higashimachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0002, Japan)

Admission: ¥400 (with tea)

https://www.ongoing.jp/tag/video/wvlog/

カナダの歴史ある映画祭、Le FIFA（The 40th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art）に参加します。恵比寿映像祭でお世話になったプログラマーの清水裕さんの選定で、今回わたしは3本の短編映像を出しています。期間中はカナダ国内限定でオンライン配信予定です。

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Date: 2022/3/16 (Wed) - 27 (Sun)

Artists: Shun Ikezoe, Kaori Oda, Aya Kawazoe, Eri Saito

Venue: online *Available for viewing only in Canada

https://lefifa.com/en/catalog/carte-blanche-yu-shimizu-vipo-tokyo?fbclid=IwAR2LaWcE3XOaf7OEZCpU0990q5AxxO1d48gjhVXmBoo66orkztKLrftiggs

作家：ビー・ガン、川添彩、斎藤英理、池添俊

ゲストプログラマー：清水裕

https://www.yebizo.com/2022/jp/program/57799

 

上映日程：

2022年2月6日（日）18:00-（トーク：斎藤英理、池添俊、清水裕）

2022年2月10日（木）15:00-（トーク：ビー・ガン、清水裕）

2022年2月18日（金）18:00-（トーク：川添彩、山本圭将、清水裕）

会場：東京都写真美術館 1Fホール（〒153-0062 東京都目黒区三田1-13-3 恵比寿ガーデンプレイス内）

アクセス：JR・東京メトロ日比谷線「恵比寿駅」より徒歩8分

料金：前売 500円 / 当日 1,000円

＊前売り一般発売・事前予約受付開始：2022年1月28日（土）〜

https://www.yebizo.com/jp/ticket

会期：2021年6月10日（木） - 30日（水） *21日（月）休室

時間：9:30~17:30 *入室は閉室の30分前まで

会場：東京都美術館 ギャラリーB（〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園8-36）

作家：飯嶋桃代、池添俊、石川亮、斎藤英理、南俊輔

https://until-it-gets-dark.tumblr.com/

 

主催：暗くなるまで、公益財団法人東京都歴史文化財団 東京都美術館

助成：公益財団法人野村財団、公益財団法人朝日新聞文化財団

協賛：コダック ジャパン

 

アクセス：JR上野駅公園口より徒歩7分、東京メトロ銀座線・日比谷線 上野駅7番出口より徒歩10分、京成電鉄 京成上野駅より徒歩10分

https://www.tobikan.jp

作家：硬軟、斎藤英理、新宅睦仁、TYM344、平田尚也、間庭裕基、三原回

会期：2020年12月19日（土）- 2021年1月10日（日）14:00-20:00

　　　※会期中の土・日のみオープン（1月2日・3日は休廊）

第1会場：YUMI ADACHI CONTEMPORARY / 第2会場：あをば荘（東京都墨田区文花 1-12-10-103）

入場料：500円（再入場無料）

アクセス：押上駅（京成電鉄・都営浅草線・東京メトロ半蔵門線・東武スカイツリーライン）から徒歩15分ほど

日時：2020年9月28日 15:45~, 10月1日 18:30~

場所：シアター・イメージフォーラム

料金：一般1500円・学生800円

http://www.imageforumfestival.com/.../IFF2020_tokyo.pdf

http://www.imageforumfestival.com/2020/

Date: 2020/9/12 (Sat) - 9/13 (Sun)

Open Hours: 11:00 - 20:00

Venue: Spiral Hall

Artists: 麻烦代理社、板垣竜馬、Ai Ozaki, カタナカナオト、川崎龍、Wataru Koyama, Eri Saito, Seiko Hihara, 柳澤佑磨、Nimuё

Admission: ¥500 *Reservations required

https://www.spiral.co.jp/topics/art-and-event/1gb