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The Blood of Wolves
Blue Film Woman
The City of Betrayal
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Flower and Sword
Foreboding
Hanagatami
Ikebana Workshop
Inland Sea
Kirigami Workshop
Koinobori Workshop
Benshi Performance
Love and Wolbachia
Lu Over the Wall
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Moon and Thunder
Mori, the Artist's Habitat
Mutafukaz
The Night I Swam
Nihon Buyo Performance
Noise
Oh Lucy!
Oishii Ramen Lounge
One Cut of the Dead
Outrage Coda
Party ’Round the Globe
Passage of Life
Ramen Heads
River’s Edge
Samurai Rebellion
Taiko Workshop
The Name
The Third Murder
Top Knot Detective
Tremble All You Want
Special Screening: Vibrator
Violence Voyager
We Are
Zen and Bones

News

Save the date for the 19th Nippon Connection Film Festival: From May 28 to June 2, 2019, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Theater Willy Praml in der Naxoshall will again become the centers of Japanese film culture.

The award winners of the 18th Nippon Connection Festival:

Award Winners

Best of Nippon Connection - watch selected films of the last years online!

The Program for the 18th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival ist complete!

The Program ist complete

The Nippon Honor Award 2018 will be given out as part of the closing event of the 18th Nippon Connection Film Festivals to renowned japenes actress Shinobu TERAJIMA.

Nippon Honor Award winner 2018

Find out about this year's first film and culture highlights!

First program highlights

Our hotel partners offer special rates for your stay during the festival!

Hotels

Successful Crowdfunding for the 18th Nippon Connection Film Festival

Successful Crowdfunding

18th Nippon Connection Film Festival

The 18th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection will take place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 29 to June 3, 2018!

Throughout six festival days the biggest festival for Japanese film worldwide will once again present more than 100 short and long feature films, including many German, European, and world premieres. The program consists of independent films as well as blockbusters, anime, and documentaries. Numerous filmmakers and artists from Japan will visit the festival to present their works in person.

The accompanying cultural program is just as diverse as the film program: workshops, lectures, panel discussions, performances, exhibitions, and a Japanese market with delicious food...

Festival centers are at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and at Theater Willy Praml in der Naxoshalle. Further locations include the Mal Seh’n Kino, the cinema of the German Film Museum, the Naxos Atelier, and the ausstellungsraum Eulengasse.

 

You can find the website of the 17th Nippon Connection Festival in the archive.

18th Nippon Connection Film Festival

The 18th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection will take place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 29 to June 3, 2018!

Throughout six festival days the biggest festival for Japanese film worldwide will once again present more than 100 short and long feature films, including many German, European, and world premieres. The program consists of independent films as well as blockbusters, anime, and documentaries. Numerous filmmakers and artists from Japan will visit the festival to present their works in person.

The accompanying cultural program is just as diverse as the film program: workshops, lectures, panel discussions, performances, exhibitions, and a Japanese market with delicious food...

Festival centers are at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and at Theater Willy Praml in der Naxoshalle. Further locations include the Mal Seh’n Kino, the cinema of the German Film Museum, the Naxos Atelier, and the ausstellungsraum Eulengasse.

 

You can find the website of the 17th Nippon Connection Festival in the archive.

News

Save the date for the 19th Nippon Connection Film Festival: From May 28 to June 2, 2019, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Theater Willy Praml in der Naxoshall will again become the centers of Japanese film culture.

The award winners of the 18th Nippon Connection Festival:

Award Winners

Best of Nippon Connection - watch selected films of the last years online!

The Program for the 18th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival ist complete!

The Program ist complete

The Nippon Honor Award 2018 will be given out as part of the closing event of the 18th Nippon Connection Film Festivals to renowned japenes actress Shinobu TERAJIMA.

Nippon Honor Award winner 2018

Find out about this year's first film and culture highlights!

First program highlights

Our hotel partners offer special rates for your stay during the festival!

Hotels

Successful Crowdfunding for the 18th Nippon Connection Film Festival

Successful Crowdfunding