The 24th Nippon Connection film festival will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from May 28 (Tuesday) to June 2 (Sunday), 2024 local time.
The event is one of the largest Japanese film festivals in the world, and in addition to approximately 100 long and short films to be screened at eight venues, there will also be a cultural program that will allow visitors to experience Japanese music, food culture, and art. In addition, a variety of events are planned, including performances by Japanese bands, participatory workshops, talk events, and cooking classes at venues lined with Japanese food and sundry stalls.
During the festival, a large number of films will be screened, ranging from popular films such as “The Head,” the latest film by director Takeshi Kitano, and “Sho de Saitama: From Lake Biwa with Love,” the latest in the “Sho de Saitama” series and directed by Hideki Takeuchi, to animation films such as “Mr. Concierge at the Arctic Department Store” and “BLUE GIANT. Most of the films will be screened as German, European and world premieres.
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Crossing Borders, which examines the interrelationship between Japanese and international film culture under the auspices of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, a non-profit organization that supports cultural promotion in Frankfurt, presents one of the first Japanese-German co-productions, the The screening included Arnold Funk’s “New Earth” and the documentary “Evaporation,” co-directed by Andreas Hartmann / Arata Mori. The Nippon Retro section will screen seven Japanese film noir classics influenced by American crime films and German film expressionism.
In conjunction with the “Nippon Connection” film festival, which will be held for the 24th time in 2024, approximately 50 filmmakers from Japan will participate in the festival. At the closing ceremony, the Nippon Rising Star Award will be presented to actor Kotone Furukawa, who appeared in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s omnibus film “Coincidence and Imagination,” and two of Furukawa’s films, “Minna ni Kachiwa” (directed by Yuta Shimotsu) and “The Secret I Cannot Tell” (directed by Hayato Kawai) will be shown at the event.
Program and ticket details will be announced on the official website on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
Information
Main festival venue: Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Produktionshaus NAXOS
Other venues in Frankfurt am Main: Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Kino des DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Mal Seh’n Kino Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Saalbau Bornheim, NaxosAtelier
About the Festival
The Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection is organized by Nippon Connection, a non-profit organization consisting of a team of about 80 volunteers. Since its inception in 2000, the festival has developed into one of the world’s largest platforms for Japanese film. In 2023, the festival will welcome over 18,500 visitors, making it one of the largest film festivals in the state of Hesse.
