The Line Up of Films for 2023 JIFF Japan Indies Film Festival
Welcome one and all the the listing of the 2023 JIFF Japan Indies Film Festival. This listing is of all films Selected at the 2023 JIFF Japan Indies Film Festival. All films listed here are in competition. (All times are approximate!)
Thanks goes out to our Jury and Judges teams. Thanks to: Suzanne Ballantyne (Program Director Raindance), Elliot Grove (Founder Raindance), Stephen David Brooks (Multi Award Winning Director), Nikita Hattangady (Festival Programmer), Kenjo McCurtain (Grand Prix Winning Director), Donie Ordiales (Multi-Award Winning Director), Sheena Rogers (Youtuber, influencer), Catherine Scaillet Van Der Stappen (Musician, director, Co-chair JIFF)
And thanks to Daikanyama Theater Guild Mr. Niiyama and Mr. Kado!
Japan Indie Film Festival 2023 - An international independent film festival certified by the UK Raindance Film Festival. Will be held for two days on November 27th and 28th, at Daikanyama Theater Guild. 16 indie films carefully selected from submissions from all over the world will be screened. An award ceremony, and social gathering will be held at the same time.
Admission is 2,000 yen for 1 day, 3,000 yen for 2 days (If you are looking for a 2-day combined ticket, please select the 3,000 yen ticket when making a reservation on the 27th)
https://theaterguild.co/movie/detail/japanindies/
Theater Guild in Daikanyama is the best movie theater in all of Japan but few people know about it. Super high tech. No screen. LED light bank for showing movies. It's beautiful! Sofas and EZ chair recliners. There are no theater-style seats. There's no sound! Everyone gets their own headphones! It's a silent theater! A theater that looks like the lobby of a 5-star hotel! Nice bar too! This place seems like the perfect place for a first date or even a proposal of course, it is the most awesome place in Japan to watch a movie! https://theaterguild.co/
See you at the JIFF 5th year Film Festival!
SCREENINGS & SCHEDULE
11/27: 3 pm ~ 9:30 pm Film Screenings
11/28: 3 pm ~ 9:00 pm Film Screenings
11/28: 9:00 pm ~ 10:00 pm Awards Presentation
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NARRATIVE FEATURES & DOCUMENTARIES
Ones Left Behind
Directed by Rionne McAvoy (Japan)
Length 1:17:00
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 15:00
This documentary depicts the theme of "hidden poverty" of single mothers that has occurred in-spite of Japan's rapid economic growth in such a short period of time immediately following World War II.
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The 10 Rooms
Directed by Tsukasa Kishimoto (Japan)
Time: 1:51:00
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 17:00
Koza, Okinawa, rose to prominence as a gateway town for the U.S. military. Four omnibus dramas unfold in the town where Japanese, American, and Okinawa culture intersect."
Tsushima
Directed by Takafumi Yamane (Japan)
Time: 1:38:00
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 19:00
As the House of Representatives was dissolved and the election campaign began, a beautiful candidate, 27-year-old Yuriko Sato, quietly began her activities on Tsushima, a remote island in Nagasaki, which is known as an island where the gods reside.
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Ghosts of Chelsea Hotel
Directed by Daniel Garcia (USA)
Length: 1:20:00
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 15:15
Documentary about the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York City ジャパンインディーズフィルムフェスティバル２０２３ー 英国レインダンス映画祭認定のインディーズ国際映画祭 １１月２７、２８日の2日間 全世界から応募の中から厳選のインディーズ (日本語字幕はありません）
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Indelible Memories
Directed by Shin Sonoda (Japan)
Length: 1:38:00
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 17:00
A street musician, Yui Kanzaki, and a stage actor, Junichi Nishi, meet one day at a street performance and are attracted to each other. Their relationship seems to be going well itself, but then Nishi gradually starts acting weird and then he disappeared. One day, after two years of searching for Nishi, Yui receives a letter from a person who claims to have Nishi's memories in custody. After visiting and watching the "Film of Memories," Yui learns about the secret that Nishi has been keeping from her.
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Walkin' on the Ritz
Directed by James Velaise, Charlotte Teillard d'Eyry (France)
Length: 1:23:00
TBA
There was a man who dreamt of painting, of being an artist, even if only for one day. For 24 hours. He had never painted before. He had always been close to the art world through artist friends and family, curators and gallerists. He was most proud of his art collection. He had a farm in the South West of France with giant barns where he thought that maybe one day he would dare follow his dream. His farm had always greatly inspired him. His RITZ carpets, from the famed Paris hotel, would be the starting point. His name was James.
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Happy Sandwich
Directed by Tsukasa Kishimoto (Japan)
Length: 01:33:00
TBA
Shogo Manna runs a restaurant in Yanbaru, the northern part of Okinawa's main island. He is told by a shamanist to make a sandwich as a offering for the god. In search of hints for a sandwich worthy of offering to the gods, Manna visits various people involved in food. Through the experience, the passion for food and the way of life of food producers and chefs in the island, Manna begins to think deeply about food and the way of life.
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NARRATIVE SHORTS & DOCUMENTARIES
Tofu
Directed by Hiroyuki Nishiyama (Japan)
Length: 14:56
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 16:40
Kaede has been quarrelling with father, a tofu maker, since she lost her mother. One morning, she heads to the sea that she often visited. She tells her father her memories of mother.
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Third Wheel
Directed by Kevin Haefelin (Switzerland)
Time: 0:04:58
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 19:30
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 16:35
Following his abrupt death, Gohei, a master carpenter, returns as a ghost to make peace with his wife, Sachi but finds out he is invisible. He must rely on Sakichi, his once-neglected apprentice gifted with psychic abilities.
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Karish (Itch)
Directed by Mohammad Anwerzada (Pakistan / Canada)
Length: 05:55
Nov. 28, 2023 @16:45
In order to avoid misinterpreting the scratching of an itch between the hips as a sexual invitation, a young Pakistani woman returns home trying to find a safe place from the male gaze in Karachi.
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Portrait of Consumption
Directed by Gillian Fortin (Canada)
Length: 08:23
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 18:00
A young woman's entire existence depends on the interactions of her social following as if she is a mere puppet desperately seeking approval through the digital form of likes, comments and emojis. When she is hit with a wave of cyber bullying following a post she made, she begins to spiral into a dark descent where the very fabric of her reality begins to fray. In one final act to regain her social status, she performs a grand gesture for her audience just as the curtain closes.
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The Overkill
Directed by Joanna Tsanis (Canada)
Length: 16:50
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 18:10
A proposal... to die for.
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Let’s Make Blueberry Jam
Directed by Yusuke Hayamizu (Japan)
Length: 19:15
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 18:30
Koichi, a 9 to 5 salaryman, just retired from his work at 65 years of age. He is lost and unsure of how to spend his remaining life time. But then a distressing call from his sister about the father's sudden death changes everything. Koichi is forced to inherit father's house and farmland in a countryside which he hated so much as a teenager and ran away. As he reluctantly takes care of the farm yard, he meets a young neighbor who loves his father's blueberry farm.
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Monique Sonique
Directed by Ingrid Heiderscheidt (Belgium)
Length: 04:38
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 18:50
In some parts of the city, women are very familiar with a phenomenon which is as widespread here as elsewhere: they attract attention, even if they do not want it, and then there are remarks, proposals, 'compliments' and finally insults.
Length: 3:27
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 19:00
"Saturday Everyday" was directed by Stephen David Brooks and feature's The Tearaways
Nov. 28, 2023 @ 19:10
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Munching Dogs
Directed by Kenzo Kaga
Length: 28:00
Nov. 27, 2023 @ 20:30
Detectives Kumegawa and Nakai, who love substances, are investigating a murder. They discover a suspect who seems to have gout. However, the suspect has an alibi, making the investigation difficult. During the stakeout, the two detectives get high. Will the two marijuana lovers be able to catch the culprit?
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Tokyo Animals
Directed by Toshiki Yashiro
Length: 07:58
TBA
In every big city, a fauna of silent characters fills the nooks and crannies and fuels the unspoken rules of the culture. Serving as background noise, they go unnoticed, although these people are crucial in shaping the city and all of its main characters. In the short film Tokyo Animals, Toshiki Yashiro captures the drifting lives of these people. Divided into five vignettes, each vignette seizes an episode of the pitfalls and the spark of Tokyo's inhabitants. In Yashiro's short film, people don't hide, instead, they exude their true nature and its fleetingness.
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Directed by Benita Vera Von Sass
Length: 38:00
TBA
A disillusioned successful businesswoman struggling to find meaning in her privileged life, finds unexpected love and is forever changed.
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SCRIPTS
Fujio Torikai (Japan) - Wild Mind
Korea Black, Gianna Rose (USA) -The Black Cross
Erik Sudberg (USA) - Red Sequin
Al Jones (USA) - Twisted Fortune Cookies
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Japan Indie Film Festival 2023 - An international independent film festival certified by the UK Raindance Film Festival. Will be held for two days on November 27th and 28th, at Daikanyama Theater Guild. 16 indie films carefully selected from submissions from all over the world will be screened. An award ceremony, and social gathering will be held at the same time. Admission is 2,000 yen for 1 day, 3,000 yen for 2 days (If you are looking for a 2-day combined ticket, please select the 3,000 yen ticket when making a reservation on the 27th)
Tickets: https://theaterguild.co/movie/detail/japanindies/
Theater Guild in Daikanyama is the best movie theater in all of Japan but few people know about it. Super high tech. No screen. LED light bank for showing movies. It's beautiful! Sofas and EZ chair recliners. There are no theater-style seats. There's no sound! Everyone gets their own headphones! It's a silent theater! A theater that looks like the lobby of a 5-star hotel! Nice bar too! This place seems like the perfect place for a first date or even a proposal of course, it is the most awesome place in Japan to watch a movie! https://theaterguild.co/
See you at the JIFF 5th year Film Festival!
ジャパンインディーズフィルムフェスティバル２０２３ー 英国レインダンス映画祭認定のインディーズ国際映画祭 １１月２７、２８日の2日間 全世界から応募の中から厳選のインディーズ１６作品を上映 授賞式,懇親会を同時開催 入場券は以下のサイトで購入可能１day 2000円・２day 3000円 (2dayの共通券をお求めの方は27日の予約で、3000円の券をお選びください）
https://theaterguild.co/movie/detail/japanindies/
2023年11月27日、28日、代官山のシアターギルドにて開催されるJIFF映画祭にぜひお越しください。 約16本の映画が上映されます。 代官山のシアター ギルドは日本で最高の映画館です。 超ハイテクで スクリーンがありません。 映画上映用のLEDライトバンクが美しく、また座席は全席 ソファとEZチェアのリクライニングチェア。 劇場型の座席ではありません。 全員 ヘッドフォンを装着してお好みの音量の大きさで楽しめます。 サイレント劇場です。 まるで5つ星ホテルのロビーのような劇場で 素敵なバーもあります。 https://theaterguild.co/
IMPORTANT NOTICE! We do our best to make sure all films are screened on time but sometimes things happen that are out of our control. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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