Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in January 2019

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

The Americas

Japanese Film Festival (Canada)
Dates: January 17(Ottawa)
January 13, January 19 (Toronto)
Venues: Ottawa, Toronto/Canada
Embassy of Japan in Canada (Ottawa),
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (Toronto)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Canada, Consulate- General of Japan in Toronto
Films Provided by JF: GOLDEN ORCHESTRA! by Toru Hosokawa, When the Curtain Rises by Katsuyuki Motohiro, SURVIVAL FAMILY by Shinobu Yaguchi., CLOSE-KNIT by Naoko Ogigami
Morikami Film Series (U.S.A.)
Dates: October 25, 2018-March 22, 2019
Venue: Delray Beach, Florida/U.S.A.
Morikami Theater
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Films Provided by JF: The Mohican Comes Home and A Story of Yonosuke by Shuichi Okita, 5 Centimeters per Second by Makoto Shinkai, CLOSE-KNIT by Naoko Ogigami
J-Film Japanese film screening (U.S.A.)
Dates: October 24, 2018-January 16, 2019
Venue: Washington, D.C./U.S.A.
Japan Information & Culture Center
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the U.S.A.
Films Provided by JF: Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S. Champions?! by Hayato Kawai, PARKS by Natsuki Seta, Her Sketchbook byMasaya Ozaki, Tremble All You Want by Akiko Ooku
Japanema (U.S.A.)
Dates: January 9, 2019
Venue: Los Angeles/U.S.A.
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Film Provided by JF: Yoko the Cherry Blossom by Gen Takahashi
Ciclo de Cine Japones 2019 (Paraguay)
Dates: January 15-February 12, 2019
Venue: Asuncion/Paraguay
Cine Fuente (Fuente Shopping de Salemma)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embajada del Japón en Paraguay, Fuente Shopping de Salemma, Comisión Organizadora de los Eventos Conmemorativos de los 100 años de Amistad Paraguay-Japón
Films Provided by JF: KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, Los condominios Kuroyuriby Hideo Nakata, SAMURAI DEL GATO by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, El Mohicano vuelve a casa by Shuichi Okita, PATEMA INVERTED by Yasuhiro Yoshiura (* with Spanish subtitles)

Europe

Contemporary Japanese Cinema (Portugal)
Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27
Venue: Lisbon/Portugal
Oriente Museum
Presented by: Oriente Museum
Films Provided by JF: A living Promise by Kan Ishibashi, The Vancouver Asahi by Yuya Ishii, Sing My Life by Nobuo Mizuta, A Sparkle of Life by Bunji Sotoyama
Ciclo de cine "Comedia japonesa" (Spain)
Dates: January 9-Feburary 25
Venue: Granada, Almería, Sevilla, Córdoba, Zaragoza/Spain
Filmoteca de Andalucia (Granada), Filmoteca de Andalucia (Almería), Filmoteca de Andalucia (Sevilla), Filmoteca de Andalucia (Córdoba), Filmoteca de Zaragoza
Presented by: The Japan Foundation in Madrid, Filmoteca de Andalucia
Films Provided by JF: Key Of Life by Kenji Uchida, KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR by Noboru Iguchi, The Projects by Junji Sakamoto, The Mohican Comes Home by Shuichi Okita
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