SHADY will take part in the Nippon Cinema Award competition.

Her Res-3 cases in which you will find me in 3 minutes will be shown in Asian Cometiton section and the director will attend.

THE TOWN OF WHALES will be shown in Asian Spectrum section.

【All of GUNJYO-IRO】

"The Soup, One Morning", directed by Takahashi and Hirosue performed in, won the Grand prize at the PFF (Pia Film Festival) 2004.
Also "Sayonara Sayo-nara", directed by Hirosue , won the Runner-up award at the PFF 2004.

Afterwards, "The Soup, One Morning" received awards including the grand prize at many international film festivals and was long-run hit in domestic release.
 
They keep creating remarkable works which are all self-produced and can be seen mainly at independent screenings.
As most of the work has not been published into DVD nor released at theater, their only screening event in 2011 became a great success with more than full of the capacity.

This time, we will show their line-up below with English subtitle!
Please do not miss this chance!

~Screening Schedule~
8th Apr. 21:20～

"The Soup, One Morning" ('04) by Izumi Takahashi * Grand prize at PFF 2004

9th Apr. 21:20～

"Sayonara, Sayo-nara"('04) by Hiromasa Hirosue *Runner-up award at PFF 2004

10th Apr. 21:20～

"The Lost Hum"('05) by Hiromasa Hirosue *Netpac award at International Film Festival Rotterdam

 11th Apr. 21:20～

"Fourteen" ('06) by Hiromasa Hirosue *16th PFF Scholarship film

12th Apr. 21:20～

"Higurashi" ('07) by Hiromasa Hirosue *Shown at Forum of Berlin International Film Festival

 15th Apr. 21:20～

"What the Heart Craves" ('07) by Izumi Takahashi *Grand prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival

17th Apr. 21:20～

"I am not the world you want to change" ('12) by Izumi Takahashi *Student Jury prize at 13th Tokyo Filmex 2012

★ Izumi Takahashi and Hiromasa Hirosue will attend all the screenings!

"Renaissance PFF" - pre event for 35th PFF (Pia Film Festival) in 2013.

From April 6 - 19, Late show and guest visit everyday. *All night screening on 6th and 13th

Venue: Theatre Shinjuku

★Please downloard the leaflet : Surface / Inside

Advanced tickets have been selling at Pia since Mar. 13

Deauville Asian Film Festival in France, Mar. 6 -10 *The Director will attend

Asian Film Festival, in Italy,  Apr.6-10

Buenos Aires Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente in Argentine, Apr. 10 - 21 * The Director will attend from Apr.16 - 21

video/70min./color  with English subtitle

won Grand Prize & Gemstone Award

The Charm of Others by Ryutaro Ninomiya

video/92min./color  with English subtitle

won Runner-up Award

The Kumamoto Dormitory by Goichi Mine

video/71min./color  with English subtitle

won Special Jury Prize

Ah, Ah, Ah by Kana Inoue

video/43min./color

won Special Jury Prize

stay tuned by Tomoyuki Ito

video/65min./color

won Special Jury Prize

Shady by Ryohei Watanabe

video/94min./color  with English subtitle

won Entertainment Award & Cinema Fan Award

Please Please Me by Taro Aoishi

video/65min./color

won The Japan P.E.N Club Award* 

*specially set up in 2012                                                                         
 

Five precious Michael Powell's films
in original English version will be shown!

"The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"

"The Red Shoes" (1948/35mm/136min)
Sep.18th at 12:30～/21st at 13:30～

"The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"
(1943/35mm/163min)
Sep.18th at 15:30～/26th at 18:00～

"A Matter of Life and Death"
(1946/35mm/104min)
Sep.18th at 19:00～/26th at 15:30～

"Black Narcissus" (1947/35mm/100min)
Sep.21st at 16:30～/26th at 13:00～

"His Lordship" (1932/35mm/72min)
Sep.21st at 19:15～/22nd at 12:15～

"Lilou's Adventure" (2012/117min) by Izuru Kumasaka
Sep.21st at 18:30～

Izuru Kumasaka's debut and also 17th PFF scholarship film ASYL received The Best First Feature Award at 58th Berlinale in 2008.

And this year, as recent fantastic news, his second feature film Lilou's Adventure won the Red Chameleon Award and the Blue Chameleon Award at the 6th Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi) Film Festival in Korea.
The juries decided to award the cute Japanese film about gutsy little girls would be taken "as one viewpoint on the future of Asian cinema."

Advanced tickets are now on sale!

Our main programme is PFF Award competiton which continues from 1977. This year, we will introduce the most powerful and talented 16 works in this programme!  

MORE FUKUSHIMA by Hidenori Kato
Japan has abolished nuclear power generation by 2021, but another nightmarish accident occurs!

AH, AH, AH by Kana Inoue
A look at the various forms of "womanhood" surrounding a boyish high school girl.

OHAYO!-GOOD MORNING by Mizuki Sakugawa
What does a humiliated boy suffering from unrequited love spit out at the end of his flight?

SHADY by Ryohei Watanabe
A solitary high school girl befriends a charming classmate, but she reveals a shocking madness.

THE TOWN OF WHALES by Keiko Tsuruoka
A vibrant portrayal of the conflicting, wavering emotions of three high school friends.

THE KUMAMOTO DORMITORY by Goichi Mine
The half-assed, fruitless, but endearing days of a university student who comes to Tokyo from Kumamoto

FROM HERE TO NOWHERE by Ken Kawai
A road movie of a young man who has forgotten his dream and a dyed-blonde delinquent girl traveling north together.

UNDERWATER by Ayaka Kato
A captivating depiction of the strengths and weaknesses of a junior high school girl being bullied in a rural town.

stay tuned by Tomoyuki Ito
The dull high school boy's true identity is a star contributor of late-night radio!

LIGHT MY FIRE by Masashi Nagayama
A young man is saved by a middle-aged man on a mountain road at night, but is shaken by the older man's sense of morality.

Her Res ― 3 cases in which you will find me in 3 minutes by Yuki Yamato
An experimental series of short films about two contrasting young women.

Please Please Me by Taro Aoishi
A university student who lives modestly and happily discovers the malice that exists in this world.

A STEPMOTHER by Takashi Kudo
Kanako has dealt with her stepmother's excessive meddling until now, but...

THE CHARM OF OTHERS by Ryutaro Ninomiya
The turbulence that surfaces in the daily lives of an immature group of factory workers.

JISHIN - Earthquake and Confidence by Yasuomi Kawahara
One month after a great disaster, a man comes to Tokyo to bring his ex back to Osaka.

RIKO by Aya Yumiba
A quiet girl learns how to connect with others by living together with a middle-aged man.
    

The PFF Award ceremony will be held on 28th Sep and you can be a witness of the brand-new Japanese films!

22nd PFF Scholarship film, HOMESICK by Satoru Hirohara will be shown as world premire on 27th Sep.

And more!

Advanced tickets are now on sale!

 And it received JURY PRIZE.

video/69min./color
Director:Keiko Tsuruoka

* with English subtitle

Why did the whale that adapted to life on land return to the sea, choosing to take on an ordeal by heading to a new world? Machi is a high school student who continues to think about her older brother who disappeared 6 years ago. She is best friends with her classmates Asahiko and Hotaru, and they plan a short trip to Tokyo during their final high school summer vacation. They find out that Machi's brother is in Tokyo, and board a train with a scant clue and anticipation in their hearts.

PFF Award Competiton 2012
GRAND PRIZE & GEMSTONE AWARD

video/92min./color
Director:Ryutaro Ninomiya

* with English subtitle

A group of men works at a factory that fixes vending machines. Yoda is a quiet man, always keeping a distance from the others and spending his time by himself. Takahashi is a senior worker who doesn't like Yoda's attitude. Oshima warns Takahashi not to be that way. Sakata, a coworker, greets Yoda every day, trying to make friends with him. One day, Takahashi lets loose his dissatisfaction with Yoda. Because of that and some private problems, Yoda irritably walks through the city at night and runs into a slightly drunk Sakata who is on his way home from a party.

PFF Award Competiton 2012
RUNNER-UP AWARD

video/43min./color
Director:Kana Inoue

Various forms of sexual love exist around Hijiki, who attends a girls' school. It appears her father is having an affair. The relationship between her friend Azumi and their teacher Mr. Sawamura is also suspect. Adults seem to want her. Nothing changes even when she dresses like a man. The school nurse Tomoko Fukuhara waits for her again today in the nurse's office. Azumi ties Hijiki's undone shoelaces for her. She feels that she should be upfront with Azumi. Hijiki loathes her own femininity, but to face up to her own nature, she decides to muster her courage a little.

PFF Award Competiton 2012
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

video/71min./color
Director:Goichi Mine

* with English subtitle

Daikichi is an aspiring stuntman, who left his cute girlfriend back in his hometown of Kumamoto and came to Tokyo. But he wasted his days in Tokyo drinking with his friend Tenshi, an aspiring filmmaker also from Kumamoto, picking up girls, and working on ideas for a film that will never be completed. Before he knows it, he is about to graduate. His future is unclear and his dream might not come true. Realizing that both his love life and filmmaking have hit dead ends, Daikichi sets out to perform the greatest stunt of his lifetime.

PFF Award Competiton 2012
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

video/65min./color
Director:Tomoyuki Ito

* with English subtitle

Hiroto is a high school boy who isn't cool at all. But his true identity is "Sandaime Tenshindon," a regular contributor to a popular radio program. He forms a club of radio show contributors with Marcy, a delinquent student who looks up to "Sandaime Tenshindon" as his mentor, and Ayae, the girl Hiroto adores. Hiroto's boring days start to look up and he feels great, but Ayae quickly becomes more popular than him as a regular contributor. Then he begins to suspect that there might be something between Ayae and Marcy, and suffers an identity crisis.

PFF Award Competiton 2012
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE