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| 1 February 2008 |
| Congratulations to all our Questionaire winners! |
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* Major Prize *
Dinner for two at award winning Azuma restaurant & Greater Union Gold Class double pass plus $50 bar tab
* Runner Ups *
Love and Honor DVD
- Sam Ades
- Frode Egeland
- Gemma Cuneo
- Ayami Adachi
- Anish Bhuta
- Scott McIntyre
- April Lewis
- Damien Liu-Brennan
- John Forbes
- Nadine North
A big thankyou to everyone who participated in the survey. We value all feedback and hope to see you again at this year's festival. |
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| 10 December 2007 |
| Festival success - records broken - see you next year! |
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After 10 glorious days the 11th Japanese film festival came to a finale last Saturday night. Attendance records were broken along the way including multiple sold out sessions in the final 3 days. A big thankyou goes out to everyone who attended the festival, the organisers, sponsors, partners and of course our fantastic crew of hard-working volunteers.
The winner of the survey prize has yet to be drawn so good luck to all those who completed a survey for us and left their contact details! |
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| Free films at the Japan Foundation... |
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The Japan Foundation regularly screens films in our multi-purpose room here in Chifley Plaza.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The next season of film screenings kicks off 2nd February 2008. Visit here for the current schedule. |
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| 5 December 2007 |
| Final days - Closing night on Sat 8th |
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The film festival is in full swing as we enter its second and final week. So
far we have been treated to a fantastic array of films from a multitude of
genres and styles.
The showcase continues with the final 9 films offering a variety of choice
from dramas, romances, anime and comedy. There are several award winning
films such as the samurai period Love and Honor and Crying Out Love, in
the Center of the World.
For those who missed the wild antics from our opening night movie - or those
who saw it and want to spread the word to friends - Maiko Haaaan is having an encore
screening on Saturday at 4:45pm.
Finally the animated Summer Days with Coo will close out our festival on
Saturday night.
Please note: The 10:30am screening of Linda, Linda, Linda on Friday 7th Dec is sold out. The 8:45pm screening of Tokyo Tower on Thursday 6th Dec is sold out. However, Tokyo Tower will be screening again on Sat 8th at 2pm and tickets are still available for that session. |
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You can call Greater Union to ask about session availability on 9273 7421.
Thanks to everyone who has a ticket - we hope you enjoy your movies. |
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| 29 November 2007 |
| The 11th Japanese Film Festival starts today |
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We are ready to kick off the 11th Japanese Film Festival tonight!
The opening film is the wacky Maiko Haaaan! Tickets are still available (as of this morning) so it is not too late to join in on an extraordinary Thursday night at the movies! |
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| Australia-Japan student film forum - Monday 6 Dec |
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| Come and see a fascinating range of short films and support the film industry's next bright lights. This is a free event featuring professional works by recent film school graduates from Australia and Japan. To get a free ticket - just go to the Greater Union box office and ask for it. There is a cineliteracy presentation at 6pm (earlier tickets may have incorrectly stated 6:30) and the short films commence at 7:30 pm. |
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| 27 November 2007 |
| More Prizes! Gold Class passes, GMax passes, Kinokuniya vouchers, dinner at Azuma... |
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| You could win a prize just by coming to watch a great movie! |
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| Lucky door prizes |
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Do all the movies sound interesting? Having trouble picking one film over
another? Why not just come along to a session with a prize draw!
There are a mix of prizes to be awarded ranging from premium Greater Union
double passes, Kinokuniya vouchers and DVDs.
There will be prize(s) awarded at each of these movies. Just make sure to
collect a raffle ticket from our staff just before heading in to your cinema
seat:
- The Milkwoman
- The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
- Sea Without Exit
- Fly, Daddy, Fly
- Summer Days with Coo
... And a mystery movie.
There will be another lucky door prize for some
random movie other than those above!
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| Survey prizes |
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Each year we ask our festival patrons (you) for feedback on our movies.
Bring along a pen and tell us what you think of the movie you just watched.
Survey forms will be provided at every movie session. Everyone who submits a
survey goes into a draw for a dinner at Azuma AND a posh Gold class double
pack with a $50 bar tab. There are also 10 consolation prize DVDs up for
grabs.
Thanks to Greater Union, Kinokuniya, Azuma and our festival partners and
sponsors who have kindly provided us with prizes!
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| 26 November 2007 |
| Film Festival in 3 days! |
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| The countdown is nearing its end. Get your tickets from the Greater Union, George St Box office. All movies are subtitled in English. Also make sure to book for the Australia-Japan Student Film Forum. It's a free, special event on Monday Dec 3. |
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| 1st Competition: Poster hunt - 2nd winner announced |
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Congratulations to Ms A. Holmes who spotted a poster at the Tropicana cafe, Darlinghurst. We will email you shortly regarding your prize.
Thanks to everyone who entered the competition! |
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| 19 November 2007 |
| 1st Competition: Poster hunt - 1st winner announced |
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Congratulations to Mr D. Green who spotted a poster at Glebe Library. We will email you shortly regarding your prize.
And don't forget - the competition is still active! There will be a final prize draw in one week on Monday the 26th. All existing entries will be automatically included in the final draw. Keep sending in any new sightings! |
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| Decorations are up, Festival programme booklets are available! |
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Our colourful pink and blue programme booklets are now available. You can find them at selected shops, restaurants and on our hardworking volunteers. You can also pick one up at the George St, Greater Union cinemas. They are free and located on a stand opposite the box office / popcorn counter. While you are there, have a look at the film festival decorations. We have posters and information from most of the films.
Festival T-shirts with compilmentary movie posters are still available for purchase as well. |
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| 15 November 2007 |
| Brisbane festival starting next Tuesday |
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The final interstate leg of the festival begins in Brisbane next Tuesday the 20th.
Admission is free but bookings should be made with Email Pacific Film and Television Commission at japanesefilmfest@biff.com.au or call (07) 3007 3003.
The hardworking Thursday evening staff at PFTC have confirmed that they are still taking bookings so don't miss out!
And a reminder - tickets for the Sydney festival are on sale now! |
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| 13 November 2007 |
| Competition: Poster hunt - Win prizes! |
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Our army of volunteers have been busy plastering our film festival posters around Sydney and the suburbs. Now we are giving you the chance to win prizes simply by telling us where you spotted one! If you spot one, just email your name, phone number and the location of a poster to competitions@jpf.org.au.
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To: competitions@jpf.org.au
Subject: Poster hunt
My name is Yomiko Readman.
My phone number is 02 8239 0011.
I saw some posters at the JF-Library, Chifley Plaza. |
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Each valid email will go into a prize draw. There are a total of two prize draws. Winners will be announced here. Please be reasonably specific about the poster location. You can enter once for each poster you spot unless the posters are very close together (please don't send 10 emails because you saw 10 posters at Greater Union!).
Prize 1:: Film festival T-shirt and (1) free ticket voucher. This will be drawn on 19-11-2007.
Prize 2:: Film festival T-shirt and (2) free ticket vouchers. This will be drawn on 26-11-2007.
All entries from the first draw will automatically carry over to the second draw so don't resend your emails! |
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| 9 November 2007 |
| Own a Film Festival T-Shirt! |
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Those spiffy Film Festival T-shirts will be on sale at the information desk during the festival. They will cost $20 and come with (2) free bonus movie posters! We have a range of posters from most films. Stocks of T-shirts are limited so get yours early.
This great souvenir is also available right now if you want to make a visit to the Japan Foundation Office.
We are located near Martin Place station. Call (02) 8239 0055 to ask about available shirt sizes and posters before you visit. |
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| 9 November 2007 |
| Cosplayers wanted - win prizes! |
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Calling all cosplayers. We are looking for your help! Saturday 1st Dec is the film festival J-Pop day and we are inviting you and your flamboyant get-ups along to promote, dance around, goof off and basically generate some fun atmosphere. There is a prize for the best dressed so don't hold back!
If you want to be involved just email event@jpf.org.au with your contact details and the character(s) that you plan to dress as. You can also send enquires to that address as well. |
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| What is cosplay? |
| For those of you not in the know, cosplay is short for "costume play". Around the world, there exist some ultra-dedicated fans whose hobby is to dress up as their favourite fictional character. While western versions might choose Darth Vader, you might see Japanese cosplayers as a wild array of characters like Sadako from the Ringu movies, Momoko from last year's Kamikaze Girls, Ichigo from the Bleach manga/anime, Arisa from Fruits Basket, Kasumi from the Dead or Alive video games... |
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1 November 2007 |
| The 11th Japanese Film Festival is almost here! |
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Opening the festival will be Nobuo Mizuta’s intriguing world of Maiko Haaaan!!, a hilarious comedy of dreams, jealousy and pride, starring Shinichi Tsutsumi (Always, opening film of the JFF 2006), rising star Kou Shibasaki (La Maison de HIMIKO, JFF 2006), and Sadawo Abe (Kamikaze Girls, JFF 2006) in his first leading role. Watched by more than 1.5 million people, Maiko Haaaan!! captures the Japanese pop-culture sensation in a whirlwind of hyper entertainment.
Our special guest for this year’s festival is Akira Ogata, director of The Milkwoman, winner of the Jury Awards at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival. The Milkwoman also won Best Picture and Best Actress in the 2005 Japanese Professional Awards.
From the director of the lovable Crayon Shin-chan series, comes Summer Days with Coo, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. With summer just around the corner, Summer Days with Coo is a box office treat perfect for the family to enjoy and a wonderful close to the festival.
Make sure you don’t miss our J-Pop special featuring Mamoru Oshii’s Tachigui: the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters. Fan’s of Oshii’s work will be delighted to know that this particular screening will allow Sydney audiences a special sneak preview of two new trailers set to be released in the near future- The Sky Crawlers and Eat and Run- 6 Beautiful Grifters.
And finally, J-Horror nights are back by popular demand- get the J-Horror special: two terrifying horror flicks for the bargain price of $20! |
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| 16 October 2007 |
| Welcome to the 11th Japanese Film Festival! |
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On now in Canberra, the festival will travel to Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane before finally hitting Sydney with an exciting line-up of 19 sensational new films.
Blockbuster hits, state-of-the-art anime, suspenseful horror, eccentric comedy, tear-jerking romances, heroic samurai action…it’s all here at the Japanese Film Festival, a must-see calendar event.
We are currently uploading information onto the site so please be patient and keep visiting our website for the latest updates. Stay tuned! |
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