JFF Award-Winning Film to be Screened at the Okinawa International Culture Festival
A movie “MADO,” starring Masahiko Nishimura —winner of the JFF 2024 Best Actor Award— will be screened at the Okinawa International culture Festival as part of a special collaboration.
Held over two days on April 25th and 26th in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan, the Okinawa International Movie Festival is an event that showcases various forms of art, with film at the forefront.
The director will be on stage during the screening for a Q&A session. They are expected to discuss the inspiration behind the project and share behind-the-scenes production stories, so please be sure to attend to the screening.
JFF intends to continue actively cooperating and collaborating with various film festivals, organizations, and events in the future. If you are interested in working with us, please feel free to get in touch.
Okinawa International Culture Festival
沖縄国際文化祭でJFF受賞作品が上映
JFF2024年度の主演男優賞に輝いた西村まさ彦主演作品「窓 MADO」がコラボレーションの一環として沖縄国際文化祭にて上映されます。
4月25日、26日の2日間、沖縄県の那覇市で開催される沖縄国際文化祭は映画を筆頭に様々な芸術を発信し紹介するイベントです。（島ぜんぶでお～きな祭 沖縄国際文化祭）作品上映時には監督が登壇されQ&Aもおこなわれます。企画の着想や制作秘話なども話される予定なので、是非足をお運びください。
JFFでは今後も様々な映画祭や団体、イベントなどと積極的に協力やコラボレーションをおこなっていきたいと考えています。興味を持たれた方は是非ご連絡下さい。
窓 MADO
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Announcement: 2026 Film Festival Collaboration
A collaboration has been confirmed between Okinawa NICE Film Festival (https://nice-movie.jp/), held annually in Okinawa, Japan and JFFLA.
This partnership will feature a Special Screening Slot at each festival to showcase award-nominated works from each festivals selections.
One film from the Okinawa NICE Film Festival, which took place in January this year, will be screened at JFFLA this fall. Similarly, one work from this year’s JFFLA award selected will be given a special screening at the Okinawa NICE Film Festival in 2027.
Details about the special screening works, selection criteria, and other conditions will be announced separately at a later date.
2026年度、映画祭コラボレーション決定
沖縄県の那覇市で開催されている「沖縄NICE映画祭」(https://nice-movie.jp/) とJFFLAのコラボレーションが決まりました。お互いの映画祭で選出された作品がそれぞれの映画祭で特別枠として上映されます。
今年１月に開催された沖縄NICE映画祭から１作品を今秋開催するJFFLAで上映し、同様に今年のJFFLA選出作品の中から１作品を来年2027年度の沖縄NICE映画祭にて特別上映される運びとなりました。
特別上映作品の詳細や選定などの条件は追ってお知らせいたします。
JFFLA2023 Theme Music “Love is Like an Aurora” by Mia Ando
Mia Ando Bio
Originally from Japan, Mia is an actor, writer, producer, poet, and lyricist. She has written lyrics to more than 300 songs for various artists, her credits including, “Adabana -Sora ni Mau-“( Rekochoku MV Daily Rankings No. 1 ), “Tsumugi Bito” (No. 5 in the iTunes Store • J-Pop MV • Japan Division), and “We’ll Find a Dawn”, the opening theme for TV anime “Ame no Yamanai Mura (Village Where the Rain Never Stops)”. “Love is Like au Aurora” is a song inspired by her trip to Alaska, where she saw the great northern lights. Mia is grateful that now she can share this song with all of you at the Japan Film Festival Los Angeles. @mia.ando.la www.miaando.com
