Film and Broadcast

The Japan Foundation (JF) provides opportunities for people around the world to better understand Japan through visual media. Our activities include screening Japanese films, streaming Japanese visual content and broadcasting Japanese television programs in countries all over the world.

Japanese Film Screenings Overseas

The Japan Foundation provides Japanese films with foreign-language subtitles to support the cultural activities of its overseas offices and Japanese embassies.
We also organize screenings of Japanese films, as well as lectures by directors and film critics, in collaboration with international film festivals and prominent film institutions overseas.

Scene from the Japanese Film Festival in Prague, Czech Republic

Japanese Film Festival (JFF)

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is a film festival organized by the Japan Foundation, bringing a variety of Japanese films to audiences all over the world.
Since JFF started in 2016, it has expanded to more than 100 cities in 19 countries, attracting a cumulative audience of over 900,000 people as of July 2025.

Special photo shooting of Makoto Shinkai with several anime club members from all over India. (At the premiere of Suzume in India)

JFF Theater

JFF Theater is a global streaming platform that offers Japanese films and video content with multilingual subtitles, free to watch anytime. JFF Theater provides audiences around the world with diverse opportunities to experience Japanese culture through films and videos.

Professional Development and Networking Initiative for Film Programmers and Curators from ASEAN and Japan

This program focuses on the exchange of professionals involved in film curation and programming. It is part of the comprehensive project "Partnership to Co-create a Future with the Next Generation: WA Project 2.0," which aims to foster exchange and human resource development among the next generation in Japan and ASEAN countries.

Workshop in Tokyo

Japanese TV Broadcasting Abroad

The Japan Foundation offers various Japanese television programs (TV series, animations, documentaries and feature films) to TV stations overseas with a view to introducing Japanese culture and society.

Japanese Film Classics

In order to encourage the screening of classic Japanese films overseas, we are issuing Japanese Film Classics, an English-language resource that introduces untranslated materials (monographs, criticism, academic articles, catalogue essays, etc.), as well as basic reference information. Please visit the Film Catalogs page for more details.

Film Catalogs

Japanese Film Database

The Japanese Film Database is jointly operated by the Japan Foundation and UNIJAPAN. It allows you to look up information on Japanese films based on title, cast and crew, or distributor/production company.