Dream Window:

Reflections on the Japanese Garden

Monday October 3rd 2011 | 20.30 
De Balie | Kleine zaal
English subtitles
Co presented with IBFF
In combination with Aung San Suu Kyi - Lady of no Fear  

Japan/USA - 58min - 1992

A journey through some of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Renowned for their beauty, Japanese gardens have been retreats for people to rediscover the natural world and themselves for more than a thousand years. Dream Window: reflections on the Japanese Garden is a documentary exploring the powerful effect that Japanese gardens have on the people who come in contact with them. 

The movie offers you the art of the Japanese garden as you have never seen before. Prominent Japanese personalities add commentary which sheds light on the role of gardens in Japanese society today. Dream Window is a rare public screening of a contemporary classic.

The documentary reveals the secrets of both classical and contemporary Japanese gardens, including the legendary Moss Temple Saihō-ji. Saihō-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Matsuo, Japan. The temple is famous for its moss garden, ‘Koke-dera’ in Japanese. Also Shūgakuin Katsura Imperial Villa and Sogetsu Hall are Japanese gardens that you will see in Dream Window. 

Director: John Junkerman
Writer: Peter Grilli
Music: Tôru Takemitsu
Produced by: Kajima corporation