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JFF Stamp Rally

Enjoy the Festival and Collect rewards along the way!

Watch any of the festival movies to earn stamps that you can use to redeem exclusive goodies! Get a minimum of three stamps (3 films) to score your first mini gift, but don't stop there as better prizes await as you collect more stamps.

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Detective Conan Marathon

Your favourite Japanese detective is back to solve cases! The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur brings you a special programme featuring 3 popular titles from Detective Conan the Movies series back-to-back on 9 Sept (Sat) at GSC NU Sental, Kuala Lumpur and 17 Sept (Sat) at GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang.

Screening titles

Detective Conan the Movie: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)
Detective Conan the Movie: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)

Admission

FREE. Prior booking is required via Eventbrite:

Booking: Detective Conan Marathon (Klang Valley) Booking: Detective Conan Marathon (Penang)

Your Lovely Smile Screening

In conjunction with the anniversary of the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, JFKL invites Mr. Lim Kah Wai, a Malaysian filmmaker who has been actively making films in Japan for over a decade, and screen his latest film Your Lovely Smile.

A love letter to all independent filmmakers and arthouse cinemas in pandemic, Your Lovely Smile is director Lim Kah Wai's tribute or way of giving back to the art that brought him much joy. Following the screening, there will also be a post Q&A session with the director as part of the festival's special programme.

Details

8 September 2023 (Fri) at 6:30PM at GSC NU Sentral
10 September 2023 (Sun) at 12:00PM at GSC Mid Valley.

Admission

FREE. Prior booking is required via Eventbrite:

Booking: Screening & Q+A Session with Director, Lim Kah Wai

Special Screening and Film Talk by MIYAKE Sho

As part of the JFF 2023, JFKL is collaborating with the Faculty of Cinematic Arts, Multimedia University to co-organise a special screening of Wild Tour by MIYAKE Sho who is also the director of JFF 2023's Opening Film Small, Slow but Steady. JFF's another special guest LIM Kah Wai will also be present.

MIYAKE Sho

Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1984. His debut feature film Playback (2012) screened in competition at Locarno while And Your Bird Can Sing (2018) was presented in the Berlinale Forum. His other major works as a director include the music documentary The Cockpit (2015) which was selected for the Cinéma du Réel film festival in Paris and the Netflix series JU-ON: Origins (2020). His latest film Small, Slow but Steady is the Opening Film of this year's Japanese Film Festival.