Welcome To JFF 2022! Ireland's only truly national film festival
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Featured Films
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Arthur Harari, 2021
In 1944, the Japanese army sends 22-year-old specialist Hiroo Onoda to the island of Lubang in the Philippines with orders to coordinate a guerilla warfare campaign against soon-to-arrive American troops. He joins a small group of soldiers, who conti
Looking for Magical Doremi
Junichi Sato, 2020
Sora, Mire and Reika are three women in different stages of their 20s, living in different parts of Japan, and all dealing with their own personal dilemmas. They have one big thing in common: their shared love for Magical Doremi (Ojamajo Doremi) - a
The Murders of Oiso
Takuya Misawa, 2019
Oiso is a town on Japan’s Pacific coast, located between Yokohama and Mount Fuji. Four friends - Kazuya, Shun, Tomoki and Eita - work in a local construction company, although it’s clear the firm is also involved in some very shady business. Kazu
Ito
Satoko Yokohama, 2022
In the small town of Itayanagi in northern Japan, Ito (Ren Komai) is a downcast teenager living with her father and grandmother. She’s a talented musician, skilled at playing the traditional shamisen. Recently, though, she has lost all interest in
Summer Ghost (with Making of)
Loundraw, 2021
Tomoya, Aoi and Ryo are three high schoolers who meet online, brought together by their shared interest in a particular urban legend. The legend speaks of the ghost of a young woman, who appears when fireworks are set off. The three teenagers each ha
Junk Head
Takahide Hori, 2021
In the distant future, humankind is facing extinction as people - now genetically-modified to live extremely long lives - have lost their ability to reproduce. In a mysterious and vast underground world, however, an artificial life-form is able to re
Welcome To JFF 2022! Ireland's only truly national film festival
AUDIENCE AWARD:
Vote for your favourite JFF22 film HERE
We're back for 2022 in our usual April spot!
Thanks to everyone who was able to attend our smaller editions in 2020 & 2021 and to all of our loyal supporters.
We're not quite back to all our previous locations just yet, but we are visiting Cork, Galway, Dublin, Waterford, Tipperary and Dundalk in the coming weeks.
The 2022 Festival features another diverse and packed programme of films, which includes work of the most acclaimed filmmakers from contemporary Japanese cinema, and covers a variety of themes, genres and topics.
We're looking forward to welcoming you back.
Enjoy & Arigato!