With over 35+ films, CAMERA JAPAN Festival is proud to announce their full and diverse programme, combining films ranging from de newest and best Japanese arthouse, animation, documentaries, short films and experimental cinema.
The 15th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 24th with the Dutch premiere of TANADA Yuki's Romance Doll. The yearly unofficial kick-off will be held on September 23rd at WORM with a screening of the experimental The Day of Destruction by TOYODA Toshiaki. From 1 to 4 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam's LAB111.
With five international and eight European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba, Fancy, Haruka's Pottery, Mother and The Other Home, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at CAMERA JAPAN Festival.
As usual, animation film will be present at CAMERA JAPAN Festival. Besides a handful of animated shorts, the festival will show the prize-winning ON-GAKU: Our Sound, the playful Happy-Go-Lucky-Days, and the fascinating Seven Days War.
Lectures, workshops and exhibitions
Besides offering a rich variety of Japanese films, the festival also includes several cultural and culinary workshops and photo- and illustration exhibitions. The three workshops consist of fermentation, miso & onigiri, and calligraphy. Last but not least, the festival also includes two lectures. Prof. dr. Ivo Smits (Leiden University) will give a lecture about MISHIMA Yukio. 2020 marks the 50th year of his passing. In Amsterdam, translator and Japan expert Luk van Haute will give a lecture on nationalism in Japanese film.
COVID-19 measurements
CAMERA JAPAN Festival and its partner venues are keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 developments and will take all necessary measurements to create a safe environment to enjoy the festival responsibly.
Programme 2020
FEATURE FILMS
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (MATSUO Suzuki)
A Girl Missing (FUKADA Koji)
Beautiful, Goodbye (IMAMURA Eiichi)
Cry (WATANABE Hirobumi)
Extro (MURAHASHI Naoki)
Fancy (HIROTA Masaoki)
The Hardness of Avocado (MASAYA Joe)
Haruka's Pottery (SUETSUGO Naruhito)
his (RIKIYA Imaizumi)
It Feels So Good (ARAI Haruhiko)
Kakame – Vampire Clay Derivation (UMEZAWA Soichi)
Minori on the Brink (NINOMIYA Ryutaro)
Mother (OMORI Tatsushi)
The Murders of Oiso (MISAWA Takuya)
My Identity (SUZUKI Sae)
Not Quite Dead Yet (HAMASAKI Shinji)
Obake (NAKAO Hiromichi)
One Summer Story (OKITA Shuichi)
The Other Home (NISHIKAWA Tatsuro)
Romance Doll (TANADA Yuki)
Shape of Red (MISHIMA Yukiko)
Take Over Zone (YAMASAKI Shinpei)
Talking the Pictures (SUO Masayuki)
Taro the Fool (OMORI Tatsushi)
Three Nobunagas (WATANABE Kei)
Voices in the Wind (SUWA Nobuhiro)
ANIMATION
Animation Shorts (various directors)
Happy-Go-Lucky-Days (SATO Takuya)
ON-GAKU: Our Sound (IWAISAWA Kenji)
Seven Days War (MURANO Yuta)
DOCUMENTARIES
I-Documentary of the Journalist (MORI Tatsuya)
Prison Circle (SAKAGAMI Kaori)
EXPERIMENTAL
The Day of Destruction (TOYODA Toshiaki)
SHORT FILMS
New Directions in Japanese Cinema (various directors)
SPECIAL SCREENING
Conflagration (ICHIKAWA Kon)
Ticket sales will start on the 2nd of September. More news and information about CAMERA JAPAN Festival can be found on the Official Website.
