Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in February 2019

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

Asia & Oceania

Japan Film Festival 2019 (Micronesia)
Dates: February 5 - 6, 2019
Venues: Kolonia, Pohnpei/Micronesia
Pohnpei Cinemas
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the FSM, and Pohnpei Cinemas
Films Provided by JF: Time of EVE the Movie by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, The Complex by Hideo Nakata, It's a Beautiful Life - IRODORI – by Osamu Minorikawa, SURVIVAL FAMILY by Shinobu Yaguchi

The Americas

Japanese Film Festival (Canada)
Dates: February 20, 2019
Venues: Whitehorse/Canada
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver, and Japanese Canadian Association of Yukon
Films Provided by JF: CLOSE-KNIT byNaoko Ogigami
Morikami Film Series (U.S.A.)
Dates: October 25, 2018 - March 22, 2019
Venues: 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 byNaoko Ogigami
Ciclo de Cine Japones 2019 (Paraguay)
Dates: January 15 - February 12, 2019
Venues: Asuncion/Paraguay
Cine Fuente (Fuente Shopping de Salemma)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embajada del Japón en el 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 Kuroyuri by Hideo Nakata, SAMURAI DEL GATO byYoshitaka Yamaguchi, El mohicano vuelve a casa by Shuichi Okita, PATEMA INVERTED by Yasuhiro Yoshiura (* with Spanish subtitles)

Europe

Japanese Film Festival 2019 (Faroe Islands)
Dates: February 7
Venues: Torshavn, the Faroe Islands
King's Hall, University of the Faroe Islands
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Denmark, University of the Faroe Islands
Films Provided by JF: The Mohican Comes Home by Shuichi Okita
Retrospective Yasuzo Masumura (Greece)
Dates: February 14 - 17, 2019
Venues: Athens/Greece
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Greece
Films Provided by JF: Dr. Hanaoka's Wife, The Kiss, The Blue Sky Maiden, Hoodlum Soldier by Yasuzo Masumura
Ciclo de cine "Comedia japonesa" (Spain)
Dates: January 9 - Feburary 25
Venues: 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
Sarajevo Winter Festival, Japanese Film Week (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dates: February 28 - March 3, 2019
March 21-24, 2019
Venues: Sarajevo, Banja Luka/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Meeting Point, Dom omladine
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, International festival Sarajevo Sarajevska zima, University of Banja Luka Academy of Arts
Films Provided by JF: Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to by Hayato Kawai, PARKS by Natsuki Seta, Her Sketchbook by Masaya Ozaki, Tremble All You Want by Akiko Ooku
Japan Film Festival (Latvia)
Dates: February 21 - 22, 2019
Venues: Riga/Latvia
Splendid Palace
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Latvia
Films Provided by JF: HIS MASTER’S VOICE by Hiroyuki Itaya, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
18th Japanese Film Festival (Lithuania)
Dates: February 27 - March, 2019
Venues: Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevezys/Lithuania
FORUM CINEMAS, Cinema "Romuva"
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Lithuania
Films Provided by JF: Time of EVE the Movie by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, The Complex by Hideo Nakata, It's a Beautiful Life - IRODORI– by Osamu Minorikawa, SURVIVAL FAMILY by Shinobu Yaguchi, 5 Centimeters per Second by Makoto Shinkai, Bushido Sixteen by Tomoyuki Furumaya
5th Japanese Film Festival (Poland)
Dates: February 6 - 17, 2019
Venues: Warsaw, Poznan/Poland
Elektronik Cinema, Zamek Culture Center
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Poland, Elektronik Cinema, Centrum Kultury Zamek
Films Provided by JF: Rudolf the Black Cat by Kunihiko Yuyama, His Master's Voice by Hiroyuki Itaya, Oshin by Shin Togashi, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Mawari Kagura by Kano Endo and Mirai Osawa
Japan Film Festival 2019 (Slovakia)
Dates: February 7 - 10, 2019
Venues: Bratislava/Slovakia
Kino Lumiere
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the Slovak Republic
Films Provided by JF: Time of EVE the Movie by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, The Complex by Hideo Nakata, It's a Beautiful Life - IRODORI – by Osamu Minorikawa, SURVIVAL FAMILY by Shinobu Yaguchi

Middle East & Africa

The Second Japan Film Festival (Iran)
Dates: February 26 - March 1, 2019
Venues: Tehran/ Iran
Kiarostami Hall
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Iran
Films Provided by JF: Rudolf the Black Cat by Kunihiko Yuyama, His Master's Voice by Hiroyuki Itaya, Oshin by Shin Togashi, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Pop In Q by Naoki Miyahara
15th Japanese Film Festival (Turkey)
Dates: February 22 - 24, 2019
Venues: Ankara/Turkey
Buyulu Fener Theater
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Turkey, Buyulu Fener Theater
Films Provided by JF: Rudolf the Black Cat by Kunihiko Yuyama, His Master's Voice by Hiroyuki Itaya, Oshin by Shin Togashi, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
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