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An Affiliate of the Federation of International Film Archives since 2004 |
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EU FILM DAYS 2012 IN FUKUOKA JUNE 13~19 |
EU Film Days brings the best of European cinema to audiences in Japan. This unique festival is held as part of EU-Japan Friendship Week, during which a wide range of activities and events are held across Japan celebrating relations between Japan and Europe. |
| ■ORGANIZERS | ■JUNE SCHEDULE | ■ADMISSION | ■PROGRAM |
ORGANIZED BY : Delegation to the European Union to Japan EU Member State Cultural Organisations The Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall Cine-la Executive Committee CO-ORGANIZED BY: Fukuoka EU Association SPECIAL COOPERATION: EU Institute in Japan, Kyushu Seinan Gakuin University Library EU Information Center National Film Center, The Museum of Modern Art-Tokyo ADMISSION Adults 600 yen University/College/High School 500 yen Jr. High/Elementary School 400 yen "Wa No Kai" Members 300 yen. Proper ID required for discounts. PROGRAM LINEUP
● Karo and God himself ● The Grocer's Son ● We can do that ● Let the Right One in ● Réfractaire ● Paper Birds ● The Guard |
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Karo and God himself |
8 year old Karo with divorced parents speaks ill of God. Then God, dressed as a shabby old man, appears and tries to get Karo’s parents back together again… |
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The Grocer’s Son |
The protagonist, even at the age of 30 still doesn’t have a steady job and lives a carefree life. One day his father falls ill and the son must operate a grocery-store-on-wheels business, which helps him get started to find a purpose in life… |
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Let the Right One in |
12 year old Oscar is being bullied by his fellow school mates. He then meets a girl named Elly, who just happens to be a 200 year old vampire… |
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We can do that |
Nello, a passionate labor union leaderis assigned to a 'cooperative' formed by former mental patients. When Nello pushes the members to start to learn a trade, many things begin to happen… |
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Réfractaire |
Luxembourg has been annexed by NAZI Germany. 21 year old Francois is enrolled in a German university. However the university preaches racial hatred, which Francois cannot stand to the point where he decided to leave the university. He must now find a way to avoid being drafted in the army… |
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Paper Birds |
During the 1930s in civil war torn Spain, a comedian who loses his wife and children in an air-raid starts living with his work partner and a young war orphan.Winner of the Audience Award at the Montreal World Film Festival. |
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The Guard |
Boyle is a policeman who works in the Irish countryside. One day he meets a FBI agent who is investigating a case involving a drug operation ring… |