[KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS 2018 Announces First Selections (July 19-29, 2018)

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Dear KineJapan subscribers,

We’re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, to be held July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts<http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts>

The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Shuichi Okita’s Mori, The Artist’s Habitat. Star Kirin Kiki will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include the North American Premiere of Kazuo Hara’s Sennan Asbestos Disaster with Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi in attendance, the International Premiere of Moët Hayami’s KUSHINA, what will you be, recipient of the 2018 JAPAN CUTS Award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Yocho (Foreboding), as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa’s Night is Short, Walk on Girl.

Please share the news with your networks, and stay tuned for the complete program of features, shorts, guests, and parties to be announced in early June. An encore screening of last year’s winner of the JAPAN CUTS Audience Award, Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High, will be held June 15. Receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_content.cfm_ecalendar&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=drA8NZXHCTk6RIcC7mDEuFV58kgktiWFhZKCejadofA&e=>, or following via Facebook<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_japansocietyfilm&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=BlirEn099iaI6EJp5tubzfWgb-4MTEpjLHGjqRBo7g0&e=> and Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_JS-5FFILM-5FNYC_&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=7Fm32rC7Ug_22Gd1_vkHf9JsCnusMvdQdnP665BRuAM&e=> with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_hashtag_JAPANCUTS&d=DwMGaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=HXTDoT4wAmMBYVXI54IpVCkeYW8-xsh0VidGcaj3iYE&s=sC2kbNnzI1TbkPtxQX5M05dC8LosyPkMTAHq1aAnl68&e=>.

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


-The JAPAN CUTS Team

Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org
Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org
Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org
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