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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • The Pinkie

    Japanese filmmakers are brought up on genre films, TV nonsense, manga and street fashion. The result: films full of genre nonsense and manga fashion.
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  • Strangers When We Meet

    A car accident and a secret date cause Ryoichi (Kobayashi himself) and his wife to stop talking to each other. Intensely sad.
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  • The Ugly One

    Adachi, ex-member of the Japanese Red Army, narrates a story taking place in Beirut. The melancholy of war, the pain of disillusionment. A story being
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  • Celery

    There’s a first time for everything, even celery. Unexpected end to a sensual story.
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  • The Great Passage

    A young Japanese filmmaker here speaks the language of great classic cinematography, with the contemporary element hidden in the details. The film fol
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  • Tamako in Moratorium

    Charming domestic drama. Tamako (pop star Maeda Atsuko) has graduated, but doesn’t really know what she wants to do yet and is living with her…
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  • Mr X

    After his first two succesful films, the reputation of Leos Carax shifted from prodidgy to problem child. Shrouding his own persona in mystery only ma
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  • The Lake

    Cameraman crawls from lake and squirms through cinema screen. Experimental, yet fun. Burlesque essay on film and drowning yourself.
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  • The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

    Anyone who falls asleep during this extremely exuberant film can ask for his money back. Reiji is basically a failed cop. The idea is that…
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  • Real

    Kurosawa is one of the most-screened filmmakers at this festival. During the past 20 years, he has had a new film virtually every year –…
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