Thank you for visiting the official website of the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) 2024!
We are excited and can’t wait to show you what we have in store for the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) 2024. This year marks an important milestone for the festival as we celebrate our 20th anniversary. It has been an incredible journey from what was once a small festival event back in 2004 to becoming a premier platform for Malaysians to enjoy the best of Japanese cinema, not just in the Klang Valley but also in Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
This year also marks the 70th anniversary of one of Japan’s most iconic kaiju movie that defined an entire genre- ‘GODZILLA’. In conjunction with that, we have prepared a special screening marathon of the original 1954 classic followed by the Academy Award winner, ‘GODZILLA MINUS ONE’. This will also be the premiere of ‘GODZILLA MINUS ONE’ in Malaysian theatres! Speaking of classic films, we will also be screening the classic anime that revolutionised the medium- ‘AKIRA’, a sci-fi post-apocalyptic film set in Neo-Tokyo about the leader of a biker gang. That, and a diverse range of other films of different genres to cater to the taste of different audiences, from family to thriller, comedy to romance, we really hope that you enjoy this year’s line-up.
To our partners and sponsors this year, we are truly grateful for your help in making this year’s festival a success. We are extremely grateful to GSC International Screens, our Official Cinema Partner, along with our Media Partners, Cinema Online and Goggler, all of whom has provided great support for this year’s festival, as well as our other sponsors: Mitsubishi Cooperation, The Vida World, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Imuraya, KOKUYO, Canon Malaysia, Kao and ana tomy. We also want to thank the Embassy of Japan in Malaysia for their cooperation.
To those of you that have been attending our festival for the past 2 decades, welcome back and thank you for your continuous support. And to newcomers, we hope that this festival can serve as a gateway to immerse yourself in Japanese films and culture. We hope that with your continued passionate patronage, we can continue providing Malaysian audiences with access to Japanese films for many years to come.
Join us in celebrating two decades of cinematic excellence and cultural enrichment at JFF 2024!