Festivals aren’t easy to create and keep alive, but the Okinawa International Movie Festival is still going strong for it’s fifth year. Yoshimoto Kogyo has announced the programs of the 5th Okinawa International Movie Festival (OIMF). The festival will be held from Saturday March 23 to Saturday 30 at Okinawa Convention Center.
Joel Schumacher, director of “Batman Forever (1995)” and “The Phantom of the Opera (2004),” will perform as the president of jury for the movie festival. Other juries for the Laugh/Peace Category are actress Kaori Momoi, artist Demon Kakka and Canadian director Claude Gagnon.
Osaki started off the hour long conference, “Our employees are taking this as a miracle that we have come to announce the 5th event. New categories have become productive. All in all, we are delighted that people in Okinawa care about this event. We hope to send out variety of information from Okinawa to all over Asia”.
The theme is “Laugh and Peace.” Here is the lineup:
Special Invitation
Jury／Korea／2012
The Complex／Japan／2013
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER／USA／2013
Laugh Category
Geinin！THE MOVIE／Japan／2013
GENGE Japan／2013
Saranair Osekai／Thailand／2012
Bitch／Japan／2013
FLICKER／Sweden／2012
Cha Cha for Twins／Taiwan／2013
Mental／Australia ／2012
Peace Category
ARCHITECTURE101 / Korea／2012
Jellyfish / Japan／2013
Jyokyo Monogatari / Japan／2012
THE DEATH MATCH : FIGHTING FIST OF SAMURAI JOE／Japan／2013
The Happy Life Of Debbie／Taiwan／2012
Naitara Akande TSUTENKAKU／Japan／2013
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD／USA／2012
Barfi!／India／2012
I AM THE KING!／Korea／2013
7 days Report ／Japan／2013
For more information, please check the official website of the 5th OIMF.
