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<div class="">We’re excited to share the first announcements for the tenth anniversary edition of <b class="">JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film</b>, to be held <b class="">July 14-24, 2016</b> at Japan Society in New York City: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_japancuts&d=DQMGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=TUx7vmR1SBJ_IWtJ4Xsgpl1czd3BwKv2wNlJ2CHVGJE&s=q74IWc6TxHaGvPOIuZAys6WTXmnSPxOvh2q9ulyNdmc&e=" class="">www.japansociety.org/japancuts</a></div>
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<div class="">The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Yoshifumi Tsubota’s <i class=""><b class="">The Shell Collector</b></i>. Star <b class="">Lily Franky</b> will join the screening to receive the <b class="">CUT ABOVE Award
for Outstanding Performance in Film</b>. In addition, JAPAN CUTS 2016 will present the New York Premiere of Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s <i class=""><b class="">Three Stories of Love</b></i>, the NYC Premiere of Sion Sono’s <i class=""><b class="">Love & Peace</b></i>,
as well as the North American Premiere of Daichi Sugimoto’s <i class=""><b class="">A Road</b></i>.</div>
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<div class="">We have just opened registration for the JAPAN CUTS 2016 <b class="">Film Workshop on Hand-Drawn Animation Techniques</b> with MONO NO AWARE, held June 18: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_event_japan-2Dcuts-2D2016-2Dfilm-2Dworkshop&d=DQMGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=TUx7vmR1SBJ_IWtJ4Xsgpl1czd3BwKv2wNlJ2CHVGJE&s=aR561LbsN510r1pYRBcLz4ZiA0KhEGkuRBvTM_OILiE&e=" class="">http://www.japansociety.org/event/japan-cuts-2016-film-workshop</a> Participants’
final works will screen as part of the JAPAN CUTS Experimental Spotlight program.</div>
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<div class="">The complete program of features, shorts, guests, discussions, and parties will be announced in early June, following a screening of the <b class="">JAPAN CUTS classic, </b><i class=""><b class="">Love Exposure</b> </i>held June 3: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_event_love-2Dexposure&d=DQMGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=TUx7vmR1SBJ_IWtJ4Xsgpl1czd3BwKv2wNlJ2CHVGJE&s=TxqO5oNMZo8dc4gU4hDs4XR8kcpChn_vt3L94jsgeHE&e=" class="">http://www.japansociety.org/event/love-exposure</a></div>
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<div class="">Sincerely,</div>
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The JAPAN CUTS team</div>
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