We are delighted to inform you of the upcoming Japanese Film Festival 2009, presented by the Embassy of Japan, access>CINEMA, and the Ireland Japan Association (IJA).
 
The programme include Departures, winner of the 2009 Best Foreign Language Oscar, the multiple-narrative drama A Stranger of Mine, and a preview of Ponyo, the latest animation from the director of Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki.
 
Screenings
·         Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
·        Advance booking 19 October – 1 November: contact 091 569 777

Ticket prices:  €8.00 / Concessions €6.00
 
Programme
·        A Stranger of Mine
·        Blood: The Last Vampire* (anime)
·        Departures*
·        Ghost in the Shell 2* (anime)
·        Instant Swamp*
·        Kamikaze Girls
·        Ponyo (anime)
·        Shall We Dance?

* These films are unclassified and are therefore subject to club conditions, i.e. open to 18 years+ only.

Full details of screening locations, dates, times and ticket prices and the festival brochure are available on the access>CINEMA website: http://www.accesscinema.ie/index.php?pageID=138