Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in December 2017

Film Screenings Presented by Embassies of Japan Overseas and The Japan Foundation

Asia & Oceania

2017 Japanese Film Festival - Classics (Australia)
Dates: October 1 - December 3, 2017
Venues: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne / Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Films Provided by JF: 8 films including Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill, and Zigeunerweisen by Seijun Suzuki

The Americas

Japanese Film Festival (Canada)
Dates: August 21 - January 14, 2018
Venues: Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Nanaimo, Halifax, Montreal, London, Hamilton, Vancouver, etc. / Canada
Embassy of Japan in Canada; The Japan Foundation, Toronto; Globe Cinema; The University of Winnipeg; St. Mary's University; Cinemateque Quebecoise; Vancouver Island University; Carleton University; etc.
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Canada, Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto, Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary, Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver, Consulate-General of Japan in Montreal
Films Provided by JF: 7 films including KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, The Vancouver Asahi by Yuya Ishii, and Time of EVE the Movie by Yasuhiro Yoshiura

Europe

“Living in the Nature” (Spain)
Dates: November 1 - December 31, 2017
Venues: Zaragoza, Valencia, Barcelona/Spain
Filmoteca de Zaragoza, IVAC, Filmoteca de Catalunya
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Filmoteca de Zaragoza, IVAC, Filmoteca de Catalunya
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including WOOD JOB! by Shinobu Yaguchi, Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday by Shuichi Okita
Retrospective (Germany)
Dates: November 6 – December 31, 2017
Venue: Cologne/ Germany
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 10 films including I HATE BUT LOVE by Koreyoshi Kurahara. THE RED SCHOOL ROOM by Chusei Sone
The 51th Japanese Film Festival (Russia)
Dates: December 6 - 12, 2017
Venue: Saint-Petersburg/Russia
Kinocenter Rodina
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Russia, Consulate General of Japan in Saint-Petersburg
Films Provided by JF: 6 films including Maestro! by Syoutaro Kobayashi, A Band Rabbit and a Boy by Takuji Suzuki
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