PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS From our opening nights to pre-Festival promotional events, the JFF season is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your product. Kicking off the Festival season was the Info Night, held at The Japan Foundation, Sydney; a matsuri-like event where we revealed our Main program and screened trailers, provided personalised film recommendations and played games with exciting prizes provided by our sponsors. Further pre-Festival activities in 2019 included a cosplay contest supported by Madman Entertainment and a Japanese dog parade through the streets of Sydney. At our opening nights in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth, we welcomed guests with gift bags of products, brochures and other samples. This year, we were also proud to offer two special guest screenings in Sydney. BLUE HOUR director Yuko Hakota joined us for a screening of her film and post-film Q&A with a special partner sake tasting, and SIBLINGS OF THE CAPE director Shinzo Katayama attended a screening of his film and participated in a post-film Q&A. In Melbourne, guest researcher Dr Emerald L King (La Trobe University) joined us for post-film discussion on 80s manga and forgotten classics after FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA.
Photo by Anne Lee
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