Festival Guests

(as of May 28, 2024)

 

Nippon Cinema

Kotone FURUKAWA (actress Secret: A Hidden Score / Best Wishes To All / Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy)
Hideki TAKEUCHI (director Fly Me To The Saitama -FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE-)
Naoko OGIGAMI (Nippon Visions Jury / director Ripples)
Makoto WATANABE (producer Ripples)
Hiromitsu SUGITA (producer Ripples/ (Ab)normal Desire)
Hiroko IDE (composer Ripples)
Yuriko OTAGAKI (production assistant Ripples/ (Ab)normal Desire)
Yoshiyuki KISHI (director (Ab)normal Desire)
Keisuke YOSHIDA (director missing / God Seeks In Return)
Akihiro TODA (director Ichiko)
Ryutaro NINOMIYA (director Dreaming In Between)
Shinji ARAKI (director Penalty Loop)
Yuta SHIMOTSU (director Best Wishes To All)
Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI (producer Best Wishes To All)
Dr. Iris HAUKAMP (lecture Die Tochter des Samurai)

Nippon Visions

Ren SUDO (director und actor ABYSS)
Ryoma KOSASA (director PushPause / Like That Old Man)
Tomoki UCHIDA (assistant director PushPause)
Ryo USHIMARU (director Qualia)
Maya KUDAMATSU (actress und producer Qualia)
Kahori HIGASHI (director Belonging)
Koji ICHIHASHI (producer Belonging)
Yuchun SU (director Inch Forward)
Nairu YAMAMOTO (actress Inch Forward / PushPause)
Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO (director LONESOME VACATION)
Ryu MORIOKA (Producer LONESOME VACATION) 
Ryusuke ISO (producer and editor LONESOME VACATION)
Mai UEYAMA (art director LONESOME VACATION)
Shun NISHIKAWA (subtitles LONESOME VACATION)
Yoshiki MATSUMOTO (director Alien's Daydream)
Yuichiro NAKADA (director Gift)
Sugano MATSUSAKI (director GMT+9)
Jonas BEILE (director GMT+9)
Ayane KONDO (actress GMT+9)
Kenji MINAMI (actor GMT+9)
Yui FUKAMI (actress GMT+9)
Yoriko YANAGISAWA (actress GMT+9)
Shinichiro KANAGAWA (director Huyuko’s Summer)
Lena SAITO (music Huyuko’s Summer)
Yohei SHIKANO (director Tsukumo-San)
Naoya WATANABE (actor Tsukumo-San)
Kristina ASCHENBRENNEROVA (Nippon Visions Jury)
Daniel KOTHENSCHULTE (Nippon Visions Jury)

Nippon Docs

Ema RYAN YAMAZAKI (director The Making Of A Japanese)
Eric NYARI (producer The Making Of A Japanese)
Kah Wai LIM (director This Magic Moment)
Hiroshi SUNAIRI (director FROM OKINAWA WITH LOVE)
Sungwoong KIM (director Arirang Rhapsody)
Kasumi SHONO (production assistant Arirang Rhapsody)    
Kazue MATSUI (public relations manager Arirang Rhapsody)
Jasper SHARP (director The J-Horror Virus)
Sarah APPLETON (director and producer The J-Horror Virus)
Mobeen AZHAR (Predator: The Secret Scandal Of J-Pop)
Tomoaki FUJINO (director What Should We Have Done?)
Andreas HARTMANN (director Johatsu – Into Thin Air)

Nippon Animation

Çağıl HARMANDAR (Tokyo University Of The Arts: Animation Shorts
Lecture: Horses, Feelings, And Shapes: On Properties Of Reality In Animation / director Vision)
Maya YONESHO (director Daumenreise 7 Poznan: Kogel-mogel, tej! / Daumenreise 39 Linz: Linzer Lust) / Daumenreise 46 Torino: TOmini)
Max BÖTTCHER (live voice over Sumikkogurashi: The Patched-Up Toy Factory In The Woods)

Nippon Retro

Günter A. BUCHWALD (piano accompaniment Dragnet Girl)

Nippon Culture

Ai HIGUCHI (Nippon Live On Stage: Ai HIGUCHI)
Takuya TANIGUCHI (Workshop: Taiko Drumming / Nippon Live On Stage: Takuya TANIGUCHI)
Tony CLARK (Nippon Live On Stage: Tony Clark & Dan Bay)
Dan BAY (Nippon Live On Stage: Tony Clark & Dan Bay)
Erina MARUYAMA (Nippon Live On Stage: jujumo)
Makoto MARUYAMA (Nippon Live On Stage: jujumo)
Momo YAMAMOTO (Nippon Open Air: moh und Gabriel)
Michiyo ARAKAWA (Exhibition: 1000 Memories / Workshop: Kirigami – The Art Of Paper Cutting)
Chiemi SHIMADA (Video Installation: mmm)
Marcus STIGLEGGER (Nippon Heimkino)
Kai NAUMANN (Nippon Heimkino)
Katharina SATO (Manga Workshop for Kids: Drawing cute animals / Manga Portraits)
Sarah WOLTER (Manga Workshop: Drawing Hands)
Christina PLAKA (Manga Portraits)
Colin SCHWANENGEL (Manga Portraits)
Daniel OTTO (Lecture: Sex And Literature: German-Japanese Films Of The 1980s)
Alexander ZAHLTEN (Lecture: War Films In Japan And Korea: Fantasies Of History And Historical Fantasy)
Emi UEYAMA (Panel Discussion: Crossing Borders)
Stephan HOLL (Panel Discussion: Crossing Borders)
Luk VAN HAUTE (Panel Discussion: Crossing Borders / Film Talk: Kotone FURUKAWA)

and many more

Festival Partners

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