Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in October 2020

Asia & Oceania

2020 Japanese Film Festival (New Zealand)
Dates: October 23 - December 13, 2020
Venues: Wellington, New Plymouth, Dunedin/New Zealand
Roxy Cinema, Govett-Brewster Art Gallary, Dunedin Public Art Garally
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in New Zealand
Films Provided by JF: Iwane:Sword of Serenity by MOTOKI Katsuhide, Almost a Miracle by ISHII Yuya, A Banana? At this Time of Night? by MAEDA Tetsu, A Beautiful Star by YOSHIDA Daihachi, Samurai cat by WATANABE Takeshi/YAMAGUCHI Yoshitaka, Pecoross/Mother and Her Days by MORISAKI Azuma

Europe

Rassegna cinematografica: omaggio a Ozu Yasujiro (Italy)
Dates: October 16 - November 27, 2020
Venues: Rome and online / Italy
The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome, Online Platform MyMovies.it
Presented by: The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome
Films Provided by JF: A Hen in the Wind, Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, Early Spring, The End of Summer by OZU Yasujiro
Kinuyo Tanaka Retrospective (Spain)
Dates: October 1 - November 30, 2020
Venues: San Sebastian, Barcelona, Valencia/Italy
Filmoteca Vasca (Tabakalera), Filmoteca de Catalunya, La Filmoteca・Valencia
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Basque Film Center, Catalunya Film Center, Valencia Film Center / Casa Asia, Donostia Kultura.
Films Provided by JF: Chibusa yo eien nare, The Wandering Princess, Girl of Dark, Love Letter by TANAKA Kinuyo
Animatsuri2020 Japan Month Japanese Film Festival (Estonia)
Dates: October 12 - 28, 2020
Venues: Tartu/Estonia
Tartu Electric Theatre
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Estonia, Japanese Culture Club Asashio
Films Provided by JF: DEAR ETRANGER by Mishima Yukiko, Three Stories of Love by HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke, THE TOKYO NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THE DENSEST SHADE OF BLUE by ISHII Yuya, HANAGATAMI by OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
Japanese New Wave: Retrospective of Kei Kumai and Shuji Terayama (Russia)
Dates: October 9 - December 31, 2020
Venues: Moscow/Russia
The State Tretyakov Gallerya
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Estonia, Japanese Culture Club Asashio
Films Provided by JF: A Chain of Island, Rise, Fair Sun, The Sea and Poison, Sandakan No.8, Death of a Tea Master, The Sands of Kurobe by KUMAI Kei, Farewell to the Ark, PASTORAL HIDE-AND-SEEK, Emperor Tomato Ketchup by TERAYAMA Shuji, The Dry Lake, The Burning Sunset, A Flame at the Pier by SHINODA Masahiro, A Boy Called Third Base by HIGASHI Yoichi, The Inferno of First Love by HANI Susumu
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