The 43rd Pia Film Festival in Kyoto to be held in January 2022!
PFF in Kyoto
Dates: 8-16 January 2022
Venue: The Museum of Kyoto (Bunpaku) https://www.bunpaku.or.jp/en/
Screening Schedule: https://pff.jp/43rd/assets/pdf/kyoto/43rd%20PFF_FLYER_KYOTO_TimeTable.pdf
<Programs>
Focus on NAWAPOL THAMRONGRATTANARIT - Cool breeze from Thailand
The 43rd PFF has a tribute program to young talented Thai filmmaker, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. The following films are subtitled in English and Japanese:
36 11:00- Sat. 8 Jan
MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY 11:00- Sun. 9 Jan
FREELANCE 17:00- Sun. 9 Jan
DIE TOMORROW 14:00- Sat. 8 Jan
BNK48: GIRLS DON‘T CRY 14:30- Thu. 13 Jan
Short film Programs "HAPPY OLD FILMS1" 14:30- Wed. 12 Jan
Short film Programs "HAPPY OLD FILMS2" 18:00- Wed. 12 Jan
* "THE MASTER" will be screened with Japanese subtitles.
Special Program
MAMA AFRICA: MIRIAM MAKEBA, by Mika Kaurismäki, is the biography of Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist, the voice and the hope of Africa. A must-see music documentary.
Screening of "Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba" 11:00- Mon.10th Jan.
PFF Award Competition
About the 18 films in the competition https://pff.jp/en/uploads/pdf/PFFAWARD2021.pdf
Invited guest:
- HIGASHIMORI Aika (Director) Grand prize-winning film “BACHIRANUN”
- KATO Saki (director) and TOYOSHIMA Haruka (Scriptwriter) “Distance in Between”
- MIYANAGA Sayaka (director) “Strawberry Jam and Margarine”
- TAKAHASHI Ibuki “On the Way Home”
PFF Scholarship
2 films produced by Pia Film Festival will be screened.
- "Let Me Hear It Barefoot” by KUDO Riho (Internationally premiered at the 51st Rotterdam International Film Festival)
- “Cat and Salt, or Sugar” by KOMATSU Takashi
70th anniversary of MORITA
“Live in Chigasaki” (1978), “Something Like It” (1981), and “(Haru)” (1996) will be screened and followed by a talk session.
Invited guest:
Kazuko Misawa (producer, wife of MORITA Yoshimitsu).
<Ticket Information>
The tickets will be on sale at Ticket Pia from 10:00 am on Saturday, December 11th.
(P code: 551-866)
How to buy
①Internet purchase ( https://t.pia.jp/pia/search_all.do?kw=PFF )
②Purchase directly at Seven-Eleven or FamilyMart
* No tickets will be sold on-site.
* Tickets cannot be issued at the venue. Please be sure to issue a ticket at a convenience store before coming to the venue.
Please check the ticket information on the website: https://pff.jp/43rd/kyoto/