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Japan Foundation New Delhi, in partnership with PVR Cinemas has announced the fifth edition of Japanese Film Festival to be held from 4 th ...
Japan Foundation New Delhi, in partnership with PVR Cinemas has announced the fifth edition of Japanese Film Festival to be held from 4th - 6th March’22 in the city of Delhi. Celebrating Japanese culture through specially curated films; the festival will screen eleven globally popular Japanese movies of varied genres and styles. The 3-day festival will open with the critically acclaimed film WIFE OF A SPY by filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, at PVR, Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi.
The
festival will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations
between Japan and India, with a lineup of acclaimed, highest-grossing, and
award-winning films such as Wife of a Spy, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish,
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, AI Amok, Under the Open Sky, Not Quite
Dead Yet, and many more from Japanese showbiz. The films selected will carry
English subtitles for the viewer’s convenience and bookings of seats are only available
online through Bookmyshow website and App for FREE starting from
the evening of 25th February’22.
Mr.
Koji Sato, Director General, Japan Foundation New Delhi,
marking the launch of the onground edition of the festival said, “’We
are extremely delighted to organize the fifth edition of the Japanese Film
Festival in Delhi in the year 2022 which also marks the 70th Anniversary of the
Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between Japan and India. The success
of the last four editions of the festival and the overwhelming response of
Indian audience towards embracing Japanese culture have prompted us to bring it
back to some of our target cities. JFF-India 2022 aims to strengthen the
longstanding relationship between the two nations by offering Indian audience a
sense of contemporary Japanese film culture and everyday experience. I am sure
this film festival will help further consolidate the friendship between the
people of our two countries.’’
He
further added, ‘’The festival will run at 50% capacity. Keeping
consumers safe as much as possible, together with PVR’s expertise, we are
confident we will provide a safe viewing experience to our customers. So far,
we have been receiving immense response from our online festival running from
14-27th February and we look forward to the same for our offline
edition in Delhi.”
JFF India 2022 aims to
strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two nations by offering
Indian audience a glimpse of contemporary Japanese films, culture and
lifestyle. The
three-day long Film Festival is showcasing a diverse line-up of popular
Japanese films like Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Talking
the Pictures, Poupelle of Chimney Town, Liar x Liar, Step, Under the Open Sky,
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Not Quite Dead Yet, Wife of a Spy, AI Amok
and The Night Beyond the Tricornered window.
Get ready to experience the best of Japanese Cinema in your city!
Date: 4 - 6 March’22
Venue: PVR Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi
MOVIE SCHEDULE
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DELHI |
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PVR
SELECT CITYWALK: AUDI 3 |
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SHOW
TIMINGS |
March
4, 2022 |
March
5, 2022 |
March
6, 2022 |
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11:00 - 13:00 |
|
TALKING THE PICTURES (historical
drama) |
JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH (animation,
romance) |
|
13:30 - 15:30 |
LIAR
X LIAR (romance,
comedy) |
POUPELLE
OF CHIMNEY TOWN (animation,
heartwarming) |
STEP (Drama) |
|
16:00 - 18:00 |
NOT
QUITE DEAD YET (dark
comedy) |
UNDER
THE OPEN SKY (drama,
redemption) |
RAMAYANA:
The Legend of Prince Rama |
|
18:30 - 21:00 |
WIFE
OF A SPY *Opening
film |
AI
AMOK |
THE
NIGHT BEYOND THE TRICORNERED WINDOW |
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Entry to film
screening begins 10 minutes prior to the show timing mentioned above |
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About
Japan Foundation
The
Japan Foundation is Japan’s only institution dedicated to carrying out
comprehensive international cultural exchange programs throughout the world.
With the objective of deepening mutual understanding between the people of
Japan and other countries / regions, our various activities and information
services create opportunities for interpersonal interactions. The Japan
Foundation develops programs in three different fields—arts and cultural
exchange, Japanese Language education overseas, and Japanese studies and
intellectual exchange.
The
Japan Foundation has a global network consisting of the Tokyo headquarters, the
Kyoto Office, two Japanese-language institutes, and 25 overseas offices
in 24 countries (including two Asia Center liaison offices).
The
Japan Foundation, New Delhi was officially established in January 1994 and
since then has been carrying out the Foundation’s programs thoroughly.
For
Further information, please visit: https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html or https://www.jfindia.org.in/
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