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Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2022!

In Frankfurt 24th – 29th May and online 30th May to 6th June

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

21st Nippon Connection ONLINE Film Festival Confirms Full Program

Runs online 1st to 6th June!

May 10, 2021 • Subscribe

December (2023) review [Nippon Connection]

A highly moving and emotionally powerful narrative that explores the struggle of a subject to shake of the winter of his subjectivity.

Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Kanon

Thorns of Beauty (2023) [Nippon Connection 2023]

Hideo’s latest uncovers the deep marks that the thorns of phallic beauty have left on contemporary society.

Jun 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Egoist (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Matsunaga’s heartfelt and heart-breaking narrative goes beyond the gay-dynamic to show that the lack that injures the subject complicates and radically determines the way he approaches the object…

Jun 14, 2023 • Subscribe

New York Asian Film Festival Confirms 2023 Lineup

Runs July 14 to 30.

Jul 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2025

Films, Events, Trailers, Dates – Early Information on Nippon Connection 2025! (May 27-June 01)

Apr 7, 2025 • Subscribe

Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

Apr 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Giant, Phoenix, The Concierge

Baby Assassins: 2 babies (2023) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Sakamoto’s latest film has such a irresistible charm that even those who normally shy away of action or comedy narratives will leave satisfied.

Jun 8, 2023 • Subscribe

22nd Nippon Connection: Recommendations

This list does not only reveal the variety of unique perspectives that mark Japanese Cinema, but also echoes that what directors, from a cinematic perspective, put into question…

May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Udine Far East Film Festival Confirms Lineup for 23rd Edition

Online and in Udine 24th June to 2nd July

Jun 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Udine Far East Film Festival Confirms Lineup for 24th Edition

In person in Udine and streaming online 22nd to 30th April

Apr 20, 2022 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Visions

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021: the films of the Nippon Visions section – Company Retreat, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes , Daughters, It’s a Summer Film, Sasaki…

May 26, 2021 • Subscribe

School Days

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Special A

New York Asian Film Festival Confirms Lineup For 2021 Hybrid Edition

In-person at Lincoln Center & SVA Theatre and online across the US Aug. 6 – 22

Jul 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Backlight (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

An elegantly constructed and highly impactful exploration of the inhibiting fear of being rejected by one’s beloved.

Jun 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Festival Report: Nippon Connection 2012

by Marc Saint-Cyr Those initially scanning the program for the 12th Nippon Connection film festival , hosted in Frankfurt, Germany from...

May 15, 2012 • Subscribe

Jumping, Mirai

Intolerance (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

Yoshida’s narrative hits all the right emotional notes for the audience and that its message will long linger in the spectator’s mind.

Jun 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection 2021: our recommendations

“While we of course encourage the audience to explore the many films this rich festival has to offer, we do want to introduce our recommendations, films that we…

May 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Ripples 波紋 (2023) Director: Naoko Ogigami [Nippon Connection 2024]

Ripples 波紋 (2023), written and directed by Naoko Ogigami, [Nippon Connection 2024] [Nippon Connection 2024]

Jul 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Mondays: See You This Weekend! (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Introduction One successful screening at a reputable film festival has the ability to launch the career of young directors. This year, it might very well be the turn…

Jun 17, 2023 • Subscribe

I Am What I Am (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Toko Miura, with her layered performance, gives the emotional struggle of her character its genuine flavour.

Jun 20, 2023 • Subscribe

New York Asian Film Festival Confirms 2022 Lineup

At Lincoln Center & Asia Society 15th – 31st July

Jul 13, 2022 • Subscribe

BFI Flare Confirms Complete Programme for 2023

At BFI Southbank 15th to 26th March

Mar 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Popran (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great narrative that questions in a light-hearted way the relation between the male subject and his member as well as the role the real member plays within…

Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

His (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A touching and heartwarming romance drama that captivates the spectator not only because it’s driven by romantic feelings feel genuine, but also because the truth of love is…

Jul 8, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

May 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Bolt (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative by Kaizo Hayashi that explores, via the structure fiction, the truth of three different affects – responsibility, guilt, and sadness through loss – during and…

Jun 11, 2021 • Subscribe

A Look at Nippon Connection 2024 with Florian Höhr, the Festival’s Programmer [Nippon Connection 2024]

A Look at Nippon Connection 2024 with Florian Höhr, the Festival’s Programmer [Nippon Connection 2024] The festival takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to…

May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro [Nippon Connection 2024]

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023), by director Atsuro Shimoyashiro, gains strength by playing against noir genre expectations and presents a heart-warming tale of people finding connection in ea…

May 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Fantasia Confirms First Wave of Titles for 2023

Runs in Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

May 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2023

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

Jul 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Penalty Loop (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

The way Araki resolves the narrative’s thematical questions concerning vengeance and the working-through of trauma will divide spectators

Jun 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Ninja Girl (2021) review [22nd Nippon connection]

“A political satire that will not fail to please audiences, but lacks the thematical punch to make a statement that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”

Jun 10, 2022 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Animation

A Preview of the Animated Films at Nippon Connection 2021: On-Gaku: Our Sound, Seven Days War, Sumikkogurashii: Good to Be in the Corner

May 28, 2021 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Die! Directors, Die!

死ね ! 死ね ! シネマ (Shine! Shine! Shinema) Released: 2011 Director: Makoto Shinozaki Starring: Kyoko Mori …

May 5, 2012 • Subscribe

Stormy Family (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative that succeeds in exploring the very way that imaginary injuries and resentments erode family bonds, by causing a subjective blindness for the suffering of the…

Jun 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Megumi

Wonderful Paradise (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A great experiment of the absurd, but its full potential to satisfy the spectator is hindered by its somewhat lackluster composition.

Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021 – Highlights

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021 that offers some highlights: Dance With Me, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, The Day of Destruction, Beyond the…

May 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Just Remembering (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

An experience that will stir the spectator’s unconscious and affect his heart.

May 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Chinese Visual Festival 2021 Announces Full Lineup

Runs at BFI Southbank and Genesis Cinema 15th to 25th July

Jul 11, 2021 • Subscribe

BFI London Film Festival Confirms Complete Programme for 2023

In cinemas across London 5th to 15th October 2023

Aug 31, 2023 • Subscribe

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro [Nippon Connection 2024] Second Draft

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023), by director Atsuro Shimoyashiro, gains strength by playing against noir genre expectations and presents a heart-warming tale of people finding connection in ea…

May 30, 2024 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Sound of Light

ひかりのおと (Hikari no oto) Released: 2011 Director: Juichiro Yamasaki Starring: Yoshitomo Fujihisa …

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

A Madder Red (2021) review [Nippon Connection 2022]

Machiko Ono and Yuki Katayama breathe extra-ordinary life and realism into the pain, the hopes, the white lies, the tears, the smiles, and the anger of contemporary female…

May 24, 2022 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Come as You Are

ソーローなんてくだらない (Sôrô nante kudaranai) Released: 2011 Director: Kôta Yoshida Starring: Tateto Serizawa…

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: About the Pink Sky

ももいろそらを (Momoiro sora o) Released: 2011 Director: Keiichi Kobayashi Starring: Ai Ikeda Ena…

May 2, 2012 • Subscribe

The Promised Land (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A beautifully composed and highly relevant narrative about destructive kinds of social violence, a social violence against the Otherness present in the community and an ostracizing violence to…