Welcome To JFF 2022! Ireland's only truly national film festival
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Featured Films
Under the Open Sky
Miwa Nishikawa, 2021
Middle-aged former yakuza Mikami (Koji Yakusho) has been released from prison after a lengthy term for murder. After years of following the yakuza code of conduct, a reformed Mikami struggles to adjust to his new normal and the social stigma of being
Tokyo Revengers
Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021
26-year-old Takemichi Hanagaki (Takumi Kitamura) is stuck in a rut - lazily drifting through life without direction. One day, he gets the shocking news that his high school sweetheart Hinata (Mio Imada) and her younger brother Naoto (Y?suke Sugino) h
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
The Asadas!
Royota Nakano, 2020
Ever since he was a teenager, Masashi Asada (Kazunari Ninomiya) has loved photography. For a college assignment, he decides to take a staged photo of his own family. The Asadas enjoy the experience so much that they decide to take part in a whole ser
Dawning on Us
Kenji Yamauchi, 2021
During the COVID-19 lockdown, young married couple Kosuke and Sara found themselves isolating in the same house as Kosuke’s parents. With society finally reopening, Kosuke and Sara find themselves wondering whether they should finally try to have a
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!