Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in March 2018

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

The Americas

Japanese Film Festival (Canada)
Dates: August 21, 2017 – March 10, 2018
Venues: Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Nanaimo, Halifax, Montreal, London, Vancouver/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; Western Ontario University; Bloor Hot Docs Cinema; the Cinematheque
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
24th Annual Honolulu Festival (U.S.A.)
Dates: March 10 – 11, 2018
Venues: Honolulu/Hawaii
Hawaii Convention Center
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu, Honolulu Festival Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including Beyond the Crimson Sky by Masaki Hamamoto, Silver Spoon by Keisuke Yoshida
Retrospective - Kenji Mizoguchi (Brazil)
Dates: February 20 – March 18, 2018
Venues: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Apresentacao do Instituto Moreira Salles(Sao Paulo); Apresentacao do Instituto Moreira Salles(Rio de Janeiro)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Consulate-General of Japan in Sao Paulo, Consulate-General of Japan in Rio de Janeiro, Apresentacao do Instituto Moreira Salles
Films Provided by JF: 11 films including Life of Oharu, Sisters of Gion and Ugetsu (Tales of the Rainy Moon) by Kenji Mizoguchi
Ciclo de cine japones (Peru)
Dates: March 12 – 16, 2018
Venue: Lima/Peru
Asociacion Peruano Japonesa
Presented by: The Japan Foundation; Perú, Embajada del Japónv; A sociacion Peruano Japonesa
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, Los condominios Kuroyuri by Hideo Nakata
Alternative Japanese Cinema 2018 (Venezuela)
Dates: February 22 – March 2, 2018
Venue: Caracas/Venezuela
National Cinemateque Foundation of Venezuela
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, The Embassy of Japan in Venezuela, National Cinemateque Foundation of Venezuela
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, The Complex by Hideo Nakata and The Mohican Comes Home by Shuichi Okita

Europe

The 4th Japanese Film Festival (Denmark)
Date: March 1, 2018
Venue: Torshavn, the Faroe Islands/Denmark
The Nordic House
Presented by: Embassy of Japan in Denmark
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including Silver Spoon by Keisuke Yoshida, It's a Beautiful Life - IRODORI - by Osamu Minorikawa
Japanese Film Week (Germany)
Dates: February 27 – March 15, 2018
Venue: Berlin/Germany
Embassy of Japan in Germany
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Germany
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including Maestro! by Syoutaro Kobayashi, “A Band Rabbit” and a Boy by Takuji Suzuki
Nikkatsu Retrospektive (Germany)
Dates: March 3 – 31, 2018
Venue: Berlin/Frankfurt
Deutsches Filmmuseum
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 3 films including Red Lust by Takashi Ishii, I Hate But Love by Koreyoshi Kurahara
“Japanese Film Festival in Stockholm”(Sweden)
Dates: February 28 – March 2, 2018
Venue: Stockholm/Sweden
Filmhuset, Stockholm
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Sweden, Filmjuset
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including WOOD JOB! by Shinobu Yaguchi, Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday by Shuichi Okita
(Un)true Colours: Secrets and Lies in Japanese Cinema (United Kingdom)
Dates: February 2 – March 28, 2018
Venue: London, Leicester, Edinburgh, Nottingham etc. 18 cities/United Kingdom
ICA, Phoenix, Filmhouse, Broadway etc. 18 venues
Presented by: The Japan Foundation and all the venues
Films Provided by JF: 16 films including Room for Let by Yuzo Kawashima, Sing My Life by Nobuo Mizuta

Middle East & Africa

14th Japanese Film Festival in Istanbul (Turkey)
Dates: March 8 – 10, 2018 (Venue1), March 5,12,19, 26, 2018 (Venue2)
Venue: Istanbul/Turkey
Tekfen Tower Conference Hall (Venue1), Yeldegirmeni Art Center (Venue2)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Consulate-General of Japan in Istanbul, Tekfen Holding, City of Kadikoy
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including A Living Promise by Kan Ishibashi, The Vancouver Asahi by Yuya Ishi
Japanese Film Week 2018 (Egypt)
Dates: February 25 – March 1, 2018
Venue: Cairo/Egypt
Artistic Creativity Centers
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Cultural Development Fund
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including ST: THE MOVIE by Touya Sato, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
Invitation to Japanese Films (Mauritius)
Dates: March 22 – 24, 2018
Venue: Ebene, Flacq/Mauritius
One&Only Le Saint Géran, National Productivity and Competitiveness Council
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Mauritius
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, The Complex by Hideo Nakata
Japanese Film Festival in Kampala (Uganda)
Dates: February 22 – 24, March 1 – 3, 2018
Venue: Kampala/Uganda
Cinemax
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Uganda
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including Key Of Life by Kenji Uchida, The Mohican Comes Home by Shuichi Okita
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