Welcome To JFF 2022! Ireland's only truly national film festival
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Featured Films
Pompo the Cinephile
Takayuki Hirao, 2021
Pompo is an ambitious and passionate film producer working in the movie capital of the world - Nyallywood. So far, she’s mainly had success with her b-movies. When her talented but nervous ‘movie buff’ assistant Gene discovers a script for a fi
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
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
Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021
Celebrated filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi takes on three different stories in this anthology film. In episode one, model Meiko is shocked to discover her friend Tsugumi’s new love interest is her own ex-boyfriend Kazuaki. In episode two, married mothe
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
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
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!