The Japan Foundation, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan will hold a virtual Japanese Film Festival (JFF) from February 14 to 27, featuring 11 films including some of the big hits in Japan, depicting various aspects of Japanese culture through the different genres of movies ranging from documentary, fiction, animation, to thrillers.
The 11 Japanese films to be screened for Pakistani movie lovers include “Masked Ward”, “AWAKE”, “Ito”, “Patema Inverted”, “SUMODO-The Successors of Samurai”, “The God of Ramen”, “Happy Flight”, “OZLAND”, “Until the break of Dawn”, “The Chef of South Polar”, and “Bread of Happiness”.
Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Mr. WADA Mitsuhiro said that although the movement of people and other activities have been restricted to a great extent in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this virtual film festival will provide a great opportunity for the people of Pakistan to learn more about Japan and its society.
The Ambassador said that as this year marks the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Pakistan and we would like to celebrate this historic occasion as a momentum to further strengthen Japan-Pakistan relations in many fields such as politics, economy, business, culture and people-to-people exchanges.
