Film Events in Tokyo

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2025

March is the month for anime. Along with Anime Japan, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival is another great event to celebrate international and local animated films. Some films, such as those in the …

Shinagawa International Film Festival 2024

An International Film Festival focusing on shorts, this annual event is free and offers a festival atmosphere with food trucks, live performances, and illuminations.

Tokyo International Film Festival 2024

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place across Tokyo every year.

Hibiya Cinema Festival

Hibiya Cinema Festival is an outdoor film festival that takes place in fall.

Shinjuku Park Cinema Festival 2024

Keep warm during a brisk autumn night by curling up to watch a film and grabbing a toasty snack from a local food truck.

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Love short movies? Pop by this festival to see some of the best in all of Asia. With the prestigious backing of the Academy, the quality here is unparalled to keep your inner film buff happy.

Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2024

Enjoy some of the latest creations of independant filmmakers around the world. From drama to comedy to horror, there'll be something to catch your eye.

Seaside Cinema Yokohama

Claimed to be Japan's largest outdoor cinema, Seaside Cinema Yokohama is also completely free.

Tokyo Indie Film Night

A unique film night celebrating the magic of Tokyo on the big screen.

Kabukicho Blue Festival

In preparation for the opening of the new Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Kabukicho will be putting on a party with free live performances, a mikoshi (portable shrine) procession, and outdoor movie …

Animage and Studio Ghibli Exhibition

Look back on the origins of Studio Ghibli and Animage with this exhibition in Ginza. This is a great option if you can’t make it to the Ghibli Theme Park or Museum as it is right in the …

Films for the Forest

Take this chance to watch 10 dynamic short films highlighting the power of forests and why we should fight to save them. This screening is the first of its kind to be held in Japan and will be a …

“Deep Logic” Film Screening w/ English Subtitles

The Japanese indie action film “Deep Logic” boasts a cast of 140 actors from the vibrant Tokyo theater scene in an entertaining action extravaganza that gives Hollywood a run for its money. …

Memories of Tsukiji – Tokyo Premiere

What Happens to the Memories of a Place After It Has Disappeared? The three artists behind Future Cities Tokyo have come together once again for their final 2019 show to create a mesmerizing and …

Queer Tokyo Fair Vol. 1

Tokyo’s first queer culture festival showcasing independent publications and art from Asia and around the world with a focus on sexuality, gender, and feminism. In addition to the zines …

Dreaming Korea Animation

Dreaming Korea Animation presents an afternoon of Korean and Japanese animated films with guest talkers in attendance. Director Ahn Jae-hoon presents the Japan premiere of the animated …

In the Name of Peace; John Hume in America

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the historic Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on 10 April 1998, The Embassy of Ireland in Japan is presenting a film about the Irish leader, …

“Love You To Death” Film Screening

TELL (Tokyo English Lifeline) is proud to be showing a screening of the BBC documentary Love You to Death: A Year of Domestic Violence by acclaimed director Vanessa Engle. The documentary tells …

“Big in Japan” Documentary Screening

Big in Japan is a laugh-out-loud investigation into the complex, ever-changing nature of fame in modern culture and the wacky phenomenon of foreign celebrity in Japan. This exclusive Q&A …

International Women’s Day – Free Screening of “I Am a Girl” Documentary

Tokyo Enlish Lifelike (TELL) presents a screening of the acclaimed documentary I Am a Girl, a movie that engages the viewer in the lives of six girls coming of age around the world, ready to …

Doglegs Screening

A production of former Tokyo-based New Zealand film maker Heath Cozens, Doglegs is a documentary about a renegade Tokyo pro-wrestling league in which the disabled battle the able-bodied in the …

“Bikes vs Cars” Film Premiere

See the Japan premiere of Bikes vs Cars, a documentary on how bikes can be a powerful tool for change in world where “climate change and never-ending gridlocks frustrate people more than …

Japan Wildlife Film Festival

This biennial festival will screen 48 wildlife films from around the world over 4 days. The event is touted as Asia’s largest wildlife film festival and this will be the first time in 24 …

R E S O N A N C E

An audio-visual event showing “site-specific” videos introduced by Paul Kikuchi and an ensemble of Tokyo musicians playing traditional and non-traditional instruments. There will be …