Film Festival 2018 – Programme, practical, etc
14/03/2018 – 18/03/2018
Cows lowed and dogs barked as the messenger stood panting at the gates of the winter fortress. “Fine folk, with the new year’s twilight the sun is coming again!” The gatekeepers exchanged a look of confusion, and pointed to the man’s brace. “Yet another hand-picked anthology from far beyond the dawn, gentlemen!” Meanwhile, on the … →
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Wed 14/03/2018 – 7:30 PM
Our opening film this year was not for nothing the Japanese entry for the Oscars in 2017: Her Love Boils Bathwater won one award after another with this beautifully performed story about life and death, and life. Since her husband disappeared into thin air, Futaba is a single mother who has to deal with all … →
Reception – sake and sushi combo
Wed 14/03/2018 – 9:45 PM
This year too, the Gohan Team is happy to host the opening reception in and around the Skoop Café. See you after the premiere for sake and sushi. Itadakimasu! →
Yakisoba
Thu 15/03/2018 – 6:45 PM
This year we are being spoiled by the Gohan team, because on Thursday you can also enjoy a delicious Japanese dish. You can reserve a Yakisoba (fried noodles with vegetables and meat with sweet Japanese sauce) that you can slurp up from 18h45 in Skoop Café before you enjoy Tokyo Vampire Hotel. Book quickly (combination … →
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Thu 15/03/2018 – 8:00 PM
Brace yourself for this dazzling, colorful and apocalyptic story about the war between two vampire clans. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, the girl Manami becomes aware that something is wrong with her, but she doesn’t seem to realize yet that she has become a key figure in this extremely bloody vampire battle. On … →
Onigiri
Fri 16/03/2018 – 6:30 PM
Because our culinary section is so popular, the GOHAN team will also offer a small Japanese delicacy for the film Dreaming Murakami. For a democratic price, you will have the opportunity to eat an Onigiri, to satisfy your hunger before you take a seat in the cozy red seats of room 1 in Studio Skoop. … →
Dreaming Murakami
Fri 16/03/2018 – 8:00 PM
It is almost certain that everyone knows Murakami’s work by now. But behind the success of these works lies more than just the hard work of the writer. Unless you read the works in Japanese – congratulations – you have also been able to enjoy the hand of a translator. The silent words of Murakami. … →
Dynamite Graffiti
Fri 16/03/2018 – 10:00 PM
“My mother’s dynamite suicide catapulted me out of my hometown. Maybe.” This is how @sueiakira recognizably concludes his life story in this journey based on his autobiography through the wildest years of his unbridled existence as a designer, lover, erotica freak, son, essayist and human being. After a brief detour along smoky factory buildings, we … →
Kemonomichi
Sat 17/03/2018 – 2:15 PM
This year we have selected several short films to move the minis (ages: 4-14) and yourselves for an hour. We start with 2 short films by Sukikara Makiko, and this is the first one! Makiko SUKIKARA started creating animated films during her student days. Her debut film ‘Kagero –Mayfly’ was selected for NHK Digital Stadium … →
Walkin' on snow grass
Sat 17/03/2018 – 2:18 PM
This year we have selected several short films to move the minis (ages: 4-14) and yourselves for an hour. We start with 2 short films by Sukikara Makiko, and this is the second one! Makiko SUKIKARA started creating animated films during her student days. Her debut film ‘Kagero –Mayfly’ was selected for NHK Digital Stadium … →
Motion Graphics Short Films – Tama Art Univ.
Sat 17/03/2018 – 2:25 PM
This year we have selected several short films to move the minis (age: 4-14 years) and yourselves for an hour. After the 2 short films by Sukikara Makiko, a small selection of Tama Gra Animation students from 2015 – 2017 follows. Tama Gra Animation is the abbreviation for the Graphic Design department at Tama Art … →
"Mini Matsuri" children's entertainment
Sat 17/03/2018 – 3:15 PM
After the Saturday afternoon films, everyone can join the craft tables in the Skoop Café. There we help with origami folding, Japanese crafts and make your own animation film with the stop-motion installation of JEF. We provide the materials, you only have to think of a story & your own film is made in 1-2-3! … →
Onigiri
Sat 17/03/2018 – 6:30 PM
Because our culinary section is so popular, the GOHAN team will also offer a small Japanese delicacy for the film Memoirs Of A Murderer. For a democratic price, you will have the opportunity to eat an Onigiri, to satisfy your hunger before you take a seat in the cozy red seats of room 1 in … →
Memoirs Of A Murderer
Sat 17/03/2018 – 8:00 PM
Looking for the most exciting film of Japan-Square 2018? Then plop down in one of the plush seats of Studio Skoop for Memoirs Of A Murderer. The film focuses on five unsolved murders from the 90s that have haunted detective Makimura throughout his career. Just after the case expires, the perpetrator seeks the spotlight with … →
Love & Other Cults
Sat 17/03/2018 – 10:30 PM
After Ai disrupts her mother’s ethereal connection with Sirius, she is placed in a cult and renamed Ananda, not knowing that this will only be one of her many transformations. Also passing by: shy schoolgirl, the Japanese equivalent of marina/brenda, and a few more that we would rather surprise you with. The common thread throughout … →
Bento-lunch
Sun 18/03/2018 – 12:30 PM
Welcome to the most blissful Sunday afternoon of March. The concept remains simple: for a modest additional charge, the Gohan team will serve you an authentic bentô (Japanese packed lunch) from 12:30 in the Skoop Café AND you can enjoy the Sunday movie. Menu: Fried chicken with teriyaki sauce / 鶏の照り焼き Miso marinated and fried … →
Close-Knit
Sun 18/03/2018 – 2:15 PM
When eleven-year-old Tomo comes home from school one day, she sees that her mother has left the house for the umpteenth time. Just like the previous times, Tomo moves in with her uncle Makio. He lives with Rinko, a transgender woman. Rinko works in the home where Tomo’s grandmother, who suffers from dementia, lives and … →
Film Festival 2018 – Sponsors, photos, etc
14/03/2018 – 18/03/2018
Thank you! Sponsors, photos, … We thank our sponsors, generous donors and partners. Without their support, the Japan-Square Film Festival would not be possible. →
Before We Vanish
Wed 06/06/2018 – 8:00 PM
On June 6, we will host the premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest film in Studio-Skoop Ghent with Japan-Square Film Festival. Three aliens land on Earth to prepare a massive invasion. The aliens spend most of their time trying to understand our complex earthly concepts such as property, family, work, etc. The three soon start to … →