Japan Foundation Launches Sixth Annual Japanese Film Festival 2023 in India for an Unforgettable “Cinematic Journey to Japan”
Japan Foundation announces the launch of the sixth edition of its Japanese Film Festival (JFF) in India in association with PVR INOX. This annual edition will be held in 7 cities, starting in Delhi from 12th – 15th October at PVR Saket (Anupam). This will be followed by Hyderabad and Chennai from 2nd – 5th November at PVR Next Galleria Mall, Punjagutta, (Hyderabad), and PVR Escape, Express Avenue, (Chennai), Mumbai and Bengaluru from 7th – 10th December at PVR ICON Infinity mall, Andheri West, (Mumbai), and INOX Mantri Square Mall, (Bengaluru), and finally Kolkata and Pune from 18th – 21st January at INOX South City, (Kolkata), and PVR ICON Pavilion Mall, (Pune).
The sixth edition of the festival, in association with PVR INOX, aims to screen 10 critically acclaimed and popular titles made by award-winning casts and crews. Each title offers insightful stories about morality and human behavior, moving and thought-provoking tales about family, support, social identity and exclusion, and enlightening narratives about the realities of adult life. Beloved anime from the Detective Conan franchise and the first animation film by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki will also be screened at the festival.
With regards to this year’s festival, Mr. Koji Sato, Director General of the Japan Foundation New Delhi, stated, “Cinema fans in India are quite familiar with Japanese films and are eager to watch more of them on the big screen. In response to the demand of our Indian audience, the Japan Foundation launched the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) in 2017, and we have been committed to offering the best selection of Japanese films ever since. We are working tirelessly to ensure that the sixth edition of the Japanese Film Festival 2023 provides the best cinematic experience, with a thoughtful selection of films that capture the essence of contemporary Japanese cinema.”
The Japanese Film Festival will showcase an exciting lineup, including the much-anticipated ‘We Made a Beautiful Bouquet,’ written by famed screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto, who bagged the Best Screenplay award for ‘Monster’ at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023. The festival will also screen a 4k remastered edition of ‘Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro,’ a beloved anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1979. In addition, selected masterpieces such as ‘A Man, ‘Anime Supremacy!,’ ‘Father of the Milky Way Railroad,’ ‘Intolerance,’ ‘MONDAYS: See you “this” week!,’ ‘Detective Conan the Movie: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital,’ ‘Detective Conan: Episode “ONE”’, ‘Detective Conan the Movie: The Last Wizard of the Century,’ will be screened at JFF 2023. The films will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles for the viewer’s convenience across select PVR INOX’s Multiplex and will offer the Indian audience a chance to experience the culture, art, and life of Japan.