With over 40+ 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 16th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 23rd with the European premiere of Motoki Katsuhide's “Angry Rice Wives”. The yearly unofficial kick-off will be held on September 22nd at WORM with a screening of the experimental “Luginsky” and “Project Tanuki”. From 30 September to 3 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam's LAB111.
With two international and nine European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as “My Name is Yours” and “Jun Kasai Crazy Monkey”, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at CAMERA JAPAN Festival.
As usual, animation films will be present at CAMERA JAPAN Festival. Besides a handful of animated shorts, the festival will show special stop motion “Junk Head”, the imaginatively “The Deer King”, and the colorful “Pompo the Cinephile”.
Besides offering a rich variety of Japanese films, the festival also includes several cultural and culinary workshops and photo-exhibitions. The three workshops consist of flower composition, calligraphy and Tea tastings. Last but not least, the festival also includes an exclusive lecture by Dr. Michael Crandon (Leiden University), who will speak about the origin of Japanese Horror, titled “Before J-horror: The Origins of the Japanese Horror Film”.
Ticket sales will start on the 1st of September. More news and information about CAMERA JAPAN Festival can be found here: www.camerajapan.nl.
