Welcome To JFF 2025! Ireland's only truly national film festival
Featured Films
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Izuru Narushima, 2023
Directed by Izuru Narushima, this powerful biopic details the life of legendary poet and novelist Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved children's authors. As the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy pawnbroker, Kenji was raised with the expectati
The Zen Diary
Yuji Nakae, 2022
Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking food with vegetables he grows and mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor/love interest, occasionally visits. She loves to eat and he lov
Welcome To JFF 2025! Ireland's only truly national film festival
Following 2025's successful Japanese Film Festival in April, we're delighted to present two special screenings in the Light House Cinema in Dublin on Sunday November 16th.
These screenings have been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Japan Foundation.
Tickets are on sale now, at a very special price of €5 per screening. We look forward to seeing you there!
ICYMI: You can dowload the full PDF programme of the 2025 festival here.