Each week members of the CAMERA JAPAN team pick their favourite Japanese films to watch at home on streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, MUBI and YouTube. Nancy FORNOVILLE (Financial Director) picks Mt. Head (YAMAMURA Koji, 2002) Mt. Head is a hand drawn animated short that tells the story of a stingy man who eats […]
Cinemas are closed, social gatherings are cancelled and most of us spend the majority of our time indoors. So what better thing to do than watch some Japanese films at home! Our programmers picked their favourite films that you can stream right now and that are bound to cheer you up. Francesca BOI picks The […]
We wrapped up the fourteenth edition of the CAMERA JAPAN Festival in Amsterdam last night. Today we have the pleasure of announcing the winner of the 2019 Audience Award. After counting all the votes in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, Fly Me to the Saitama stays at the top of the rankings ahead of Sending Off, a […]
For the first time in its history, CAMERA JAPAN Festival invited seven young film lovers to form a Youth Jury. After watching six films in four days, all made by directors under the age of 35, the jury awarded their prize to Melancholic by TANAKA Seiji. Melancholic revolves around a university graduate who lands himself […]
After four full days of screenings at Rotterdam, the audience favorite is Fly Me to the Saitama from director TAKEUCHI Hideki. Packed with humour and plenty of action, the film is a satirical fable about the class war between Tokyo and Saitama (the metropolis vs. the sticks). So far, the top ten films in the […]
Do you like film, have a thing for festivals, or Japanese culture? Are you looking to gain work experience or extend your network? Then join our team as a volunteer for CAMERA JAPAN from 3-6 October at Filmtheater Kriterion in Amsterdam! Knowledge of Dutch is not required (though can be handy). We are looking for: […]
As you probably know, CAMERA JAPAN is a non-profit festival organised by a team of dedicated volunteers. Like so many other cultural organisations, we depend on subsidies to bring a bit of Japan to the Netherlands. Fortunately, we have good financial support from Rotterdam Festivals, the Nederlands Filmfonds, the Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation, and the […]
Voor de 14de editie van het CAMERA JAPAN festival, dat van 26 tot en met 29 september in LantarenVenster (Rotterdam) gehouden wordt, organiseren we voor het eerst een jongerenjury. Ben je tussen de 16 en 25 jaar? Ben je fan van (Japanse) film? Ben je thuis in de Japanse cultuur of wil je er meer […]
In an exciting new development, CAMERA JAPAN is pleased to be involved in the Erasmus+ Programme. We have joined forces with the Five Flavours Film Festival (Poland), Helsinki Cine Aasia (Finland), and the Udine Far East Film Festival (Italy) to launch a unique exchange programme, which offers volunteers from participating festivals the opportunity to join […]
The 13th edition of CAMERA JAPAN Festival wrapped up last night in Amsterdam. Today we have the pleasure to announce the winner of our Audience Award: the zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead . An ambitious debut from writer/director UEDA Shinichiro, the film revolves around the creation of a cheesy B-horror-zombie-movie. One Cut of the […]
