Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in October 2021

Asia & Oceania

Japanese Film Festival (New Zealand)
Dates: October 4 - 14
Venues: Wellington, New Plymouth, Dunedin / New Zealand
Roxy Cinema, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gellary
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: The Phone of The Wind by SUWA Nobuhiko, Restaurant From The Sky by HUKAGAWA Yoshihiro, After the sunset by KOSHIKAWA Michio, Our 30-Minute Sessions by HAGIWARA Kentaro, Show Me the Way to the Station by NAOKI Hashimoto, Stopmotion Animation Films by Takeshi Yashiro, ONLY THE CAT KNOWS by KOBAYASHI Shotaro

The Americas

KUROSAWA Akira, KYO Machiko Retrospective (Argentina)
Dates: October 2 - December 14, 2021
Venues: Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Córdoba / Argentina
Teatro Municipal General San Martín; Sala Leopoldo Lugones, Teatro Municipal General Buenos Aires; Teatro Colón, Teatro Municipal General Córdoba; Cineclub Municipal Hugo del Carril
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) , Teatro Municipal General San Martín, Fundacion Cinemateca Argentina, Teatro Municipal General Córdoba; Cineclub Municipal Hugo del Carril
Films Provided by JF: 9 films by KUROSAWA Akira including The Quiet Duel, Scandal, DODES'KA-DEN, 7 films featuring KYO Machiko including Ugetsu, Gate of Hell, Floating Weeds
Canada Touring Japanese Film Festival (Canada)
Dates: October 22, 2021 - March 26, 2022
Venues: Montreal, Saint John’s, Vancouver, Whitehorse, Port Moody / Canada
La cinémathèque Québécoise, Memorial University of Newfoundland, UBC Robson Square Theater (C300), Yukon Theater, Inlet Theater
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Consulate-General of Japan in Montreal, Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver, UBC Robson Square Theater
Films Provided by JF: They Say Nothing Stays the Same by ODAGIRI Joe, Sea of Revival by SHIRAISHI Kazuya, Another World by SAKAMOTO Junji, And Your Bird Can Sing by MIYAKE Sho, Rent-a-Cat by OGIGAMI Naoko, Her Sketchbook by OZAKI Masaya, A Town and a Tall Chimney by MATSUMURA Katsuya
Japanema (U.S.A)
Dates: October 31, 2021 - March 12, 2022
Venues: Los Angeles / U.S.A
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 6 films including The Complex by NAKATA Hideo, Jesus by OKUYAMA Hiroshi, Makuko by TSURUOKA Keiko

Europe

2021 Ireland Japanese Film Autumn Screening (Ireland)
Dates: October 4 - 14, 2021
Venues: Galway, Dublin / Ireland
National University of Ireland Galway, The University of Dublin
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Ireland, access CINEMA
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
AniMatsuri 2021 “Japan Month” Japanese Film Festival (Estonia)
Dates: October 11 - 20, 2021
Venues: Tartu / Estonia
Tartu Electric Theater
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Japanese Culture Club ASASHIO
Films Provided by JF: Sea of Revival by SHIRAISHI Kazuya, Another World by SAKAMOTO Junji, They Say Nothing Stays the Same by ODAGIRI Joe, And Your Bird Can Sing by MIYAKE Sho
Japanese Film Week 2021 (Slovenia)
Dates: October 18 - 30, 2021
Venues: Slovenj Gradec, Ljubljana / Slovenia
Slovenj Gradec Cultural Center, Kino Bežigrad
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Slovenj Gradec Cultural Center, Kino Bežigrad
Films Provided by JF: Restaurant From The Sky by HUKAGAWA Yoshihiro, ONLY THE CAT KNOWS by KOBAYASHI Shotaro, Show Me the Way to the Station by NAOKI Hashimoto, Stopmotion Animation Films by Takeshi Yashiro
Japanese Film Retrospective “TOYODA Shiro Retrospective” (Russia)
Dates: October 19 - December 9, 2021
Venues: Moscow / Russia
The State Tretyakov Gallery
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, The State Tretyakov Gallery
Films Provided by JF: 13 films by TOYODA Shiro including Spring on Leper's Island, The Wild Geese, Marital Relations
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