Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in December, 2008
The Japan Foundation is pleased to present
and co-sponsor ongoing screenings of Japanese films at the following
exhibitions and international film festivals around the world.
Regularly-presented Japanese film shows
Organized
Japanese Film Festival
| Date: |
September to December |
| Venue: |
Canada /
Hamilton-Empire Jackson Square 6 Cinemas (12/1)
Victoria-the CINECENTA at University of Victoria (12/16) |
| Presented by: |
The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Canada |
| Films Screened: |
Shangri-La (Japan Goes Bankrupt) by Takashi Miike, The Book of the Dead by Kihachiro Kawamoto, Half a Confession by Kiyoshi Sasabe, Breathe in, Breathe out by Tetsuo Shinohara |
Japanese Film Festival
| Date: |
September to December |
| Venue: |
Russia / Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg, Khabarovsk, Vladovostok, Uizhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Presented by: |
The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Russia |
| Films Screened: |
Dodes’ka-den,Doomed by Akira Kurosawa, Priest of Dark,Ballad of the Paper Balloons by Sadao Yamanaka, Sudden Rainby Mikio Naruse, Lady Oyu by Kenji Mizoguchi, Floating Weeds by Yasujiro Ozu, The River Fuefuki by Keisuke Kinoshita, The Masseurs and a Woman by Hiroshi Shimizu, The Inheritance by Masaki Kobayashi, Where Chimneys are Seen by Heinosuke Gosho, The Owl by Kaneto Shindo, Kamikaze Girls by Tetsuya Nakashima, A Stranger of Mine by Kenji Uchida |
Documentary Film
| Date: |
October 2 to December 22 |
| Venue: |
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Presented by: |
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Films Screened: |
Narita: Heta Village by Shinsuke Ogawa, Minamata: The Victims and Their World by Noriaki Tsuchimoto, A Dedicated Life by Kazuo Hara |
Japanese Film Festival
| Date: |
October 16 to January |
| Venue: |
India /Chennai (December 17 to 26) , Calcutta (January, 2009) |
| Presented by: |
The Japan Foundation, Calcutta
Consulate-General of Japan, Chennai
Consulate-General of Japan |
| Films Screened: |
The Scent of Incense (Koge), Twenty-Four Eyes, Spring Dreams by Keisuke Kinoshita |
Retrospective of Yasujiro Ozu
| Date: |
October 24 to December |
| Venue: |
Equador/Quito, Guayaquil |
| Presented by: |
The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Ecuador |
| Films Screened: |
Yasujiro Ozu: I flunked, but…, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Early Spring, and other films |
Supported
Retrospective of Nagisa Oshima
| Date: |
September, 2008 to June, 2009 |
| Venue: |
U.S.A., Canada / Toronto -Cinematheque Ontario (10/14-12/19), Cambridge - Harvard Film Archive (12/7-12/22)
|
| Presented by: |
Cinema theque Ontario |
| Films Screened: |
Nagisa Oshima:Street of Love and Hope, Boy, Naked Youth, The Sun’s Burial,
and other films |
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