Japanese Film Festival Classics 2020
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Fri 08 Jan 2021 - Wed 27 Jan 2021
The unveiling of the
Japanese Film Festival 's
Classics: Provocation and Disruption is touted as being psychedelic, surrealist and subversive. It's radical Japanese filmmaking from the 1960s to the 2000s, and it's FREE. This program is coming to cinemas in
Brisbane: 8-27 Jan 2021 (QAGOMA) and
Sydney: 2 Feb-3 Mar 2021 (AGNSW). Get your
tickets here .
Take a whole different look at what you've come to expect as Japanese cinema and look forward to boundary-shattering masterpieces from avant-garde Japanese auteurs. This is a celebration of visionary filmmakers that transcended the cultural conventions of their times and redefined the paradigms of Japanese cinema. Unfortunately, only four of the Classics will be screening in Canberra.
From the visually audacious to the sonically shocking, highlights include award-winning horror films like
Tetsuo: The Iron Man , a horrific, visceral story of revenge that explores the relationship between humanity and technology. Then there's
House , about six school girls' deadly visit to a supernatural mansion with a predisposition for devouring humans.
Other award-winning films include Brisbane International Film Festival FIRPESCI Prize Winner,
Pistol Opera. A stylistic action-packed drama about a number 3 ranked assassin who embarks on a bloodthirsty mission to ascend to the top rank in the hierarchy of assassins at her secretive workplace.
Mind Game is also a Fantafestival Best Film and Best Director winner about a mind-bending animation chronicling the psychedelic journey of an aspiring manga writer, following his murder at the hands of Yakuza loan sharks.
Funeral Parade of Roses gives you a rare glimpse into the queer community of 1960s Japan. Intoxicating, it follows the trials and tribulations of Tokyo's underground gay scene.
Eros Massacre on the other hand, intertwines two parallel stories from like-minded anarchists living in different time periods and explores political radicalism in this arthouse biopic.
Immerse yourself in the chaotic love story between a book thief and a woman posing as a store clerk who catches him in the act in the anti-establishment New Wave film
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief . Rounding out the program you have Nobuhiko &
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Emotion: That Dracula We Once Knew , which melds reality and dreamlike imagery to craft a bizarre love story between a young girl and an enigmatic vampire.
Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney and made possible by The Japan Foundation Film Library, enjoy this FREE library of the Classics of rare 35mm and 16mm films. Stay in touch on social media via
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In case you missed it, JFF 2020 has gone ONLINE with events coming soon. Also, the program formerly known as JFF Regional has a brand new name:
JFF Satellite . JFF will continue to bring a selection of hand-picked Japanese films for free screenings across Australia with the support of their local collaborators
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