Japan Foundation New Delhi launched the Fourth edition of Japanese Film Festival (JFF) 2020 in India on December 4, 2020.
The ten-day digital Film Festival will be held till December 13 and entails 30 of Japan’s most acclaimed films of varied formats and categories including animation, feature drama, romance, thriller, classic and documentary.
The Fourth edition of the Japanese Film Festival is accessible to everyone across the country and patrons can enjoy the best of Japanese cinema from the safety of their homes. From the curated list of films, three movies will be screened each day and will be available for 24 hours on the festival watch page: https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/india/
Patrons can enjoy unlimited access to multiple movies from the film line-up without any subscription cost. The films selected will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles for the viewer’s convenience.
“We are very excited to open the Film Festival in India. The last few months have been reassuring to see the excitement across our platforms. India is an important and growing market for the Japanese art houses as there is notable inclination and interest for Japanese culture amongst Indians. We have closely mapped audience demand and accordingly created a list of 30 popular Japanese films suited to cater to a wider audience base addressing to varied age groups. The response so far has been overwhelming also from cities like Hyderabad, Jaipur etc. in addition to the metros,” said Kaoru Miyamoto, director-general of the Japan Foundation New Delhi.
The Japanese Film Festival is showcasing popular Japanese films such as Sumikkogurashi: Good to be in the corner, Production I.G Animation: Tokyo Marble Chocolate, Production I.G Short Animation: (Drawer Hobs), One Night, 0.5mm, Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday, Our 30-Minute Sessions, Little Nights, Little Love, Stolen Identity, Tremble All You Want, The Great Passage, RAILWAYS, Cafe Funiculi Funicula and more. Also, the Japan Foundation New Delhi is holding ‘Young Critic Contest’. The contest seeks participation of young elementary and middle school students to write critical responses to the selected animation films from the Festival’s movie line-up. Six winners will be declared by December 24, 2020, and will be awarded a Certificate of Excellence along with exclusive Japanese Film Festival goodies.
