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
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 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
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
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
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!