The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, heads to Edinburgh's Cameo Picturehouse between 21 February and 27 March this year.
Under this theme the packed programme will showcase highlights including the UK Premiere of Shadow of Fire the latest work from festival favourite Tsukamoto Shinya (Tetsuo: The Iron Man), the UK Premiere of Winny (2023) a powerful retelling of the story behind the peer-to-peer file-sharing program and director Chihara Tetsuya with vibrant and visually engaging generational women’s stories in Ice Cream Fever.
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READ MOREA collection of short films exploring the theme of children and childhood under occupation. The films will be followed by a virtual Q&A with director Farah Nabulsi.
READ MOREThis is a pair of documentary films on Gaza and Gazan experiences, followed by a Q&A with Ahmed Alnaouq, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and the co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.
READ MOREElderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation.
READ MOREMuna and her teenage son leave the West Bank, dreaming of an exciting future in the promised land of small-town Illinois, USA. But starting a new life proves harder than they could have imagined.
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