Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Directed by Jessica Oreck
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER
CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL
CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
AFI
AFI
WINNER
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
CINEMA EYE HONORS
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
CINEMA EYE HONORS
2009, 90 min
Working backwards through history, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the mystery of the development of Japan's love affair with bugs using insects like an anthropologist's toolkit, the film uncover Japanese philosophies that will shift Westerners' perspectives on nature, beauty, life, and even the seamingly mundane realities of their day-to-day routines.
Screenings
- April 25, 2010
- Off Screen - University of Virginia Screening series
- Charlotesville, VA
- May 12-18, 2010 ONE WEEK ONLY
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Film Forum
Director Jessica Oreck in person with live insects! Wed., 5/12 & Thur., 5/14 at 6:30pm & 8:20pm Jessica Oreck and Hugh Raffles, author of Insectopedia, Sun., May 16 at 4:40pm - New York, NY
- May 21- June 3, 2010
- IFC Center
- New York, NY
- May 31 & June 2, 2010
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Seattle, WA
- June 1, 2010
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Cinema Arts Centre
Jessica Oreck in Person! - Huntington, NY
- June 3-10, 2010
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Denver Film Society
Jessica Oreck in person! - Denver, CO
- June 4-10, 2010
- Real Art Ways
- Hartford, CT
- June 9-13, 2010
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Museum of Fine Arts
June 9: Jessica Oreck in person! - Boston, MA
- June 16, 2010 7:30pm
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Rivertown Film Society
Director Jessica Oreck in person - Nyack, NY
- June 18-20, 2010
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art
- Oklahoma City, OK
- July 8- 10, 2010
- Time & Space Limited
- Hudson, NY
- June 27, July 4, 11, 2010 5:15pm
-
Symphony Space
6/27: Director Jessica Oreck in person at the 5:15pm show - New York, NY
- July 9-22, 2010
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Sundance Kabuki Cinema
Director Jessica Oreck in person 7/9 & 7/10 at the 7:10pm show with live insects. Copresented by SaveNature.Org and the Japan Society of Northern California. - San Francisco, CA
- July 10-14, 2010
- The Guild Cinema
- Albuquerque, NM
- July 15, 16, 20, 2010
- Cornell Cinema
- Ithaca, NY
- July 13, 15, 2010
- Maine International Film Festival
- Westville, ME
- July 17-18, 23-25, 2010
- Detroit Institute of the Arts
- Detroit, MI
- July 16-22, 2010
- Gene Siskel Film Center
- Chicago, IL
- July 21, 2010
- The Loft
- Tuscon, AZ
- July 30 - August 5, 2010
- Grand Illusion Cinema
- Seattle, WA
- July 30 - August 11, 2010
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The Screen
HELD OVER - Santa Fe, NM
- August 20-23, 2010
- Pittsburgh Filmmakers
- Pittsburgh, PA
- September 11, 2010
- BUGFEST, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- Raleigh, NC
- September 9-12, 2010
- Martha's Vineyard Film Festival
- Martha's Vineyard, MA
- September 24-30, 2010
- Ross Arts Center
- Lincoln, NE
- October 2-3, 2010
- Pickford Film Center
- Bellingham, WA
- October 6, 7, 2010
- Union Theatre
- Milwaukee, WI
- October 15 & 17, 2010
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Cleveland, OH
- October 19, 2010
- Michigan Theater
- Ann Arbor, MI
- October 19-21, 2010
- Reel Pizza Cinerama
- Bar Harbor, ME
- October 21, 2010
- The Horticultural Society of New York
- New York, NY
- October 21-23, 2010
- East Oregon Film Festival
- La Grande, OR
- October 29-31, 2010
- Sonoma Film Institute, Sonoma State University
- Rohnert Park, CA
- November 13, 2010 1pm
- Norton Museum Of Art
- West Palm Beach, FL
- November 11, 2010
-
Ibrahim Theater @ International House
Director Jessica Oreck in person - Philadelphia, PA
- November 10 - 14, 2010
- Lone Star International Film Festival
- Fort Worth, TX
- Dec 22, 23, 26, 2010
- Portland Art Museum NW Film Center
- Portland, OR
- February 19-27, 2011
- Visions of Nature, Voices of Nature Environmental Film Festival
- St. Petersburg, FL
- February 24 - March 2, 2011
- FilmBar
- Phoenix, AZ
- May 6, 2011
- Hot Docs
- Toronto, ONT Canada
- May 19, 2011
- Bell Museum of Natural History
- Minneapolis, MN
- June 3-5, 2011
- Mendocino Film Festival
- Mendocino, CA
- October 20, 2011
- Carbon Arc Cinema
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- March 29-30, 2013
- Culver Center for the Arts
- Riverside, CA
- March 18, 2014
- Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
- Charleston, IL