Welcome To JFF 2026! Ireland's only truly national film festival
Featured Films
ChaO
Yasuhiro Aoki, 2025
In the future, merpeople and humans co-exist but live in largely separate societies. In Shanghai, a rare opportunity for both sides arises when office worker Stephan is rescued by mermaid princess Chao. Chao is clearly smitten with Stephan, and wants
Akira
Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988
Katsuhiro Otomo's cyberpunk classic Akira makes its welcome return to the big screen. In a dystopian neo-Tokyo, Kaneda and Tetsuo are members of a vigilante biker gang. When his best friend Tetsuo is captured by the authorities after an accident, the
An Autumn Afternoon
Yasujiro Ozu, 1962
Yasujiro Ozu’s final film is one of the great director’s finest works. Revisiting the themes and story of Ozu’s earlier classic Late Spring (1949), An Autumn Afternoon stars his regular collaborator Chishu Ryu as Hirayama - an ageing widower un
The Curse
Kenichi Ugana, 2025
When Riko spots some odd, disturbing online posts from her Taiwanese friend Shufen, she attempts to intervene. She’s shocked to discover her friend actually died in mysterious, violent circumstances several months earlier. Determined to find out w
Suzuki=Bakudan
Akira Nagari, 2025
When a bomb explodes in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, it seems police have an important head start in the investigation: they already have a suspect, Tagosaku Suzuki, in custody. As they question him, they learn there are other bombs planted across t
Millennium Actress
Satoshi Kon, 2001
JFF is delighted to present 25th anniversary screenings of Millennium Actress, directed by the late, great Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers). The modern anime classic tells the life story of famed film actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, loosely bas
Welcome To JFF 2026! Ireland's only truly national film festival
Welcome to the Japanese Film Festival 2026!
Full details of this year's lineup are now online!
You can download the full 2026 programme here: PDF