Film Japan Film Festival

The Festival is organized by the Embassy of Japan and hosted by Goethe-Institut Kigali on two days in February.
 

Sessions

  • Children Who Chase Lost Voices

    Thursday, 08.02.2018 , 6:30 PM , 9:00 PM

    Directed by Makoto Shinkai (2011) | Original Japanese Version with English subtitles, colour, 116 min.
     
    In this animated film the young girl, Asuna, meets a man named Shun who comes from a faraway land called “Agartha”. The two reach out to each other but Shun suddenly disappears and Asuna hears the terrible news.... She departs for a journey to say ‘farewell’.
     

  • Spirited Away

    Friday, 09.02.2018 , 6:30 PM , 9:00 PM

    Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli (2001) | Original Japanese version with English subtitles, colour, 135 min.
     
    A grumpy 10-year-old girl named Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park and enter the spirit world where no human is allowed to step into. Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku (Miyu Irino), who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.
     
    The film won the Golden bear at the Berlinale in 2002.
     

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