New Delhi, February’22: Japan Foundation New Delhi, in partnership with PVR Cinemas has announced the fifth edition of Japanese Film Festival to be held from 4th – 6th March’22 in the city of Delhi. Celebrating Japanese culture through specially curated films; the festival will screen eleven globally popular Japanese movies of varied genres and styles. The 3-day festival will open with the critically acclaimed film WIFE OF A SPY by filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, at PVR, Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi.
The festival will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Japan and India, with a lineup of acclaimed, highest-grossing, and award-winning films such as Wife of a Spy, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, AI Amok, Under the Open Sky, Not Quite Dead Yet, and many more from Japanese showbiz. The films selected will carry English subtitles for the viewer’s convenience and bookings of seats are only available online through Bookmyshow website and App for FREE starting from the evening of 25th February’22.
Mr. Koji Sato, Director General, Japan Foundation New Delhi, marking the launch of the onground edition of the festival said, “’We are extremely delighted to organize the fifth edition of the Japanese Film Festival in Delhi in the year 2022 which also marks the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between Japan and India. The success of the last four editions of the festival and the overwhelming response of Indian audience towards embracing Japanese culture have prompted us to bring it back to some of our target cities. JFF-India 2022 aims to strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two nations by offering Indian audience a sense of contemporary Japanese film culture and everyday experience. I am sure this film festival will help further consolidate the friendship between the people of our two countries.’’
He further added, ‘’The festival will run at 50% capacity. Keeping consumers safe as much as possible, together with PVR’s expertise, we are confident we will provide a safe viewing experience to our customers. So far, we have been receiving immense response from our online festival running from 14-27th February and we look forward to the same for our offline edition in Delhi.”
JFF India 2022 aims to strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two nations by offering Indian audience a glimpse of contemporary Japanese films, culture and lifestyle. The three-day long Film Festival is showcasing a diverse line-up of popular Japanese films like Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Talking the Pictures, Poupelle of Chimney Town, Liar x Liar, Step, Under the Open Sky, Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Not Quite Dead Yet, Wife of a Spy, AI Amok and The Night Beyond the Tricornered window.
Get ready to experience the best of Japanese Cinema in your city!
Date: 4 – 6 March’22
Venue: PVR Select City Walk, Saket, New
About Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation is Japan’s only institution dedicated to carrying out comprehensive international cultural exchange programs throughout the world. With the objective of deepening mutual understanding between the people of Japan and other countries / regions, our various activities and information services create opportunities for interpersonal interactions. The Japan Foundation develops programs in three different fields—arts and cultural exchange, Japanese Language education overseas, and Japanese studies and intellectual exchange.
The Japan Foundation has a global network consisting of the Tokyo headquarters, the Kyoto Office, two Japanese-language institutes, and 25 overseas offices in 24 countries (including two Asia Center liaison offices).
The Japan Foundation, New Delhi was officially established in January 1994 and since then has been carrying out the Foundation’s programs thoroughly.
