[KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS Announces Dates, First Selections & Awardee for 11th Edition

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Dear KineJapan subscribers,



We’re excited to share the first announcements for the eleventh edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, to be held July 13-23, 2017 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_japancuts&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=fV5mfW_EsH2_Qy2edvvOAWzMZSbTWTYKpvrEFcsNf1Q&s=3UqR_KQOhRbb5US9iTRLkWyB7SgPXtdwz5oTNRJAv9s&e= >



The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation is the East Coast Premiere of Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Over the Fence. Star Joe Odagiri will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2017 include the East Coast Premiere of Sion Sono’s ANTI-PORNO, the New York Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Daguerrotype, the North American Premiere of Masatoshi Kurakata's Neko Atsume House, as well as the East Coast Premiere of Konrad Aderer’s Resistance at Tule Lake.



The complete program of features, shorts, guests, and parties will be announced in early June, following a screening of last year’s winner of the inaugural JAPAN CUTS Audience Award, Flying Colors, held June 2: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_event_flying-2Dcolors-2D1&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=fV5mfW_EsH2_Qy2edvvOAWzMZSbTWTYKpvrEFcsNf1Q&s=og9LCfP2oWoYH2cN91twchAUOWPKfyZwxujV1YA2yEY&e= 



Hope to see you here this summer—please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions!





-The JAPAN CUTS Team



Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org<mailto:JAnderson at japansociety.org>

Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org<mailto:AMasubuchi at japansociety.org>

Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org<mailto:KWatanabe at japansociety.org>

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