Welcome To JFF 2025! Ireland's only truly national film festival
Featured Films
The Making of a Japanese
Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 2023
Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s delightful documentary follows two sets of students - first graders and sixth graders - over the course of a year in a Tokyo public elementary school. Filmed during the peak of the pandemic, this is a rich portrait of the ups an
Cloud
Kiyoshi Kurosawa , 2024
Yoshii is determined to make his fortune ‘reselling’ in-demand goods such as electronics, anime figurines and video games. After a few successful deals, he quits his job to become a full-time reseller. He also starts making riskier bets - includi
Teki Cometh
Daihachi Yoshida, 2023
Retired academic Gisuke lives a quiet life in a traditional Japanese house. His daily routine is interrupted only by visits from old colleagues and the occasional odd job. One day, Gisuke starts receiving cryptic emails warning that an ‘enemy’ is
The Snow Woman
Tokuzo Tanaka, 1968
Dublin-raised writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is best known for his work in Japan, collecting classic Japanese ghost stories and folk tales. To mark the 175th anniversary of his birth, we’re pleased to screen 1968’s The Snow Woman, based on a s
Cottontail
Patrick Dickinson, 2023
Following the death of his wife Akiko, devastated Kenzaburo is presented with a letter from her requesting that her ashes be scattered at Lake Windermere in England, a place that held precious memories from her childhood. Kenzaburo reluctantly agrees
Kanasando
Toshiyuki Teruya (Gori), 2024
After growing up on the Ryukyu Islands in the south of Japan, Mika - traumatised by her father's infidelity and her mother's death - left her island home, intending to never return. However, when her father is diagnosed with a serious illness, she tr
Welcome To JFF 2025! Ireland's only truly national film festival
JFF is back for 2025 in our usual April spot!
Between April 1 - 27, we are presenting screenings in Bray, Dundalk, Sligo, Cork, Waterford, Galway, Wexford and Dublin.
Tickets are on sale now. We look forward to seeing you at JFF25!