Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in February 2023

Asia & Oceania

Japanese Film Festival (Nepal)
Dates: February 24 – 25
Venues: Pokhara / Nepal
Pokhara Chmber of Commerce & Industey
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Nepal, Language Association of Nepal(LAN)
Films Provided by JF: We Make Antiques! by TAKE Masaharu, Nosari - Impermanent Eternity by YAMAMOTO Tatsuya, A Story of Yonosuke by OKITA Shuichi, Penguin Highway by ISHIDA Hiroyasu, Ride Your Wave by YUASA Masaaki

The Europe

"Japanese Contemporary Cinema Film Days" (Spain)
Dates: February 1 – March 31
Venues: Zaragoza, Madrid, Valencia / Spain
Filmoteca de Zaragoza, Cineteca Madrid, La Filmoteca・Valencia
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Cineteca Madrid, La Filmoteca・Valencia, Zaragoza Film Center
Films Provided by JF: ON-GAKU: Our Sound by IWAISAWA Kenji, Shape of Red by MISHIMA Yukiko, Killing by TSUKAMOTO Shinya, AINU MOSIR by FUKUNAGA Takeshi
Japanese Film Week (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dates: February 4 – March 7
Venues: Sarajevo, Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Meeting point, Akademija umejetnosti Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, MEETING POINT,University of Banja Luka
Films Provided by JF: We Make Antiques! by TAKE Masaharu, AWAKE by YAMADA Atsuhiro, Nosari - Impermanent Eternity by YAMAMOTO Tatsuya, After the sunset by KOSHIKAWA Michio
Japanese Film Festival 2023 (Slovakia)
Dates: February 8 – 19
Venues: Bratislava, Kosice / Slovakia
Kino Mladost', USMEV
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the Slovak Republic
Films Provided by JF: BENTO HARASSMENT by TSUKAMOTO Rempei, Finding Calico by FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro, Mentai-piriri by EGUCHI Kan, The Takatsu River by NISHIKORI Yoshinari
9th Japanese Film Festival (Poland)
Dates: February 10 – 12
Venues: Poznan / Poland
Zamek Culture Center
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Poland, Zamek Culture Center
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
Japanese Film Week 2023 (Serbia)
Dates: February 9 – 27
Venues: Belgrade, Vrsac / Serbia
Yugoslavia Film Archive, ”Borislav Petrov Braca" High School
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Serbia, Yugoslavia Film Archive, Vrsac Japan Friendship Association Hanami
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
Japanese Film Festival 2023 (Greece)
Dates: February 16 – 19
Venues: Athens/ Greece
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation Cinema Hall
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Greece, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation
Films Provided by JF: One Night by SHIRAISHI Kazuya, My Sweet Grappa Remedies by OHKU Akiko, I Never Shot Anyone by SAKAMOTO Junji, The Phone of The Wind by SUWA Nobuhiro
16th Festival of Japanese Film and Culture (Czech republic)
Dates: February 20 – 25
Venues: Prague/ Czech republic
Kino Lucerna
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in the Czech Republic,
Czech-Japanese Association, Palace Lucerna
Films Provided by JF: Born Bone Born by TERUYA Toshiyuki, Killing by TSUKAMOTO Shinya, ON-GAKU: Our Sound by IWAISAWA Kenji, Okko’s Inn by KOSAKA Kitaro, Step by IIZUKA Ken
16th Japanese Film Festival (Armenia)
Dates: February 22 – March 4
Venues: Yerevan, Ejmiatsin, Armavir, Gyumri/ Armenia
Moscow Cinema, Ejmiatsin City hall, Cultural Center, October Cinema
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Armenia,
Armenia-Japan Cultural-Educational Center ’HIKARI'
Films Provided by JF: Samurai Cat by YAMAGUCHI Yoshitaka, DESTINY: The Tale of Kamakura by YAMAZAKI Takashi
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023 (United Kingdom (UK))
Dates: February 3 – March 31
Venues: London, Kendal, Derby, Norwich, Chester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Colchester, Exeter, Dundee, Plymouth, Coventry, Leicester, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Bristol, Manchester, Lewes, Belfast, Aberystwyth, York, Birmingham, Cardiff/ United Kingdom (UK)
Insitue of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Brewery Arts Centre, QUAD, Cinema City, Storyhouse, Tyneside Cinema, Broadway, Firstsite, Exeter Phoenix, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Warwick Arts Centre, Phoenix Leicester, University of Cambridge, Cameo, Picturehouse, Showroom, Watershed, HOME, Depot, Queens Film Theatre, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, City Screen, MAC Birmingham, Chapter
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Institue of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Brewery Arts Centre, QUAD,Cinema City, Storyhouse, Tyneside Cinema, Broadway, Firstsite, Exeter Phoenix, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Warwick Arts Centre, Phoenix Leicester, University of Cambridge, Cameo, Picturehouse, Showroom, Watershed, HOME, Depot, Queens Film Theatre, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, City Screen, MAC Birmingham, Chapter
Films Provided by JF: The Million Ryo Pot by YAMANAKA Sadao, The Past is Always New, The Future is Always Nostalgic Photographer Daido Moriyama by IWAMA Gen, Mata au hi made by IMAI Tadashi, THE TOKYO NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THE DENSEST SHADE OF BLUE by ISHII Yuya
Japanese New Cinema (Germany)
Dates: February 23 – March 31
Venues: Cologne/ German
Japan Cultural Institute Cologne
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: We Make Antiques! by TAKE Masaharu, One Night by SHIRAISHI Kazuya, After the Sunset by KOSHIKAWA Michio, ON-GAKU: Our Sound by IWAISAWA Kenji, The Phone of The Wind by SUWA Nobuhiro, I Never Shot Anyone by SAKAMOTO Junji, My Sweet Grappa Remedies by OHKU Akiko

Middle East & Africa

Japane Film Festival 2023 (Kingdom of Bahrain)
Dates: February 15 – 17
Venues: Manama / Kingdom of Bahrain
Auditrium of National Museum
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bahrain, Bahrain Authority of Culture ＆ Antiquities
Films Provided by JF: DESTINY: The Tale of Kamakura by YAMAZAKI Takashi, ON-GAKU:Our Sound by IWAISAWA Kenji
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