Zipangu Fest 2011
The premiere festival devoted to cutting edge Japanese cinema, Zipangu Fest aims to demonstrate the many identities of Japan as depicted by some of the country’s most exciting and revered talents, introducing a selection of features, documentaries, shorts, animations and experimental films - new and old - previously unseen by mainstream UK film audiences.
-
KanZeOn Party
18 November 2011
Following the release of KanZeOn ReIndications, a special launch party after the film’s London premiere at Zipangu Fest at the ICA will celebrate the two projects.
-
Shirome
18 November 2011
Blair Witch Project meets The X-Factor in this cruel but funny J-horror mockumentary.
-
KanZeOn
18 November 2011
A mystical journey from the timeless to the modern looking at the role of sound in Japanese religion.
-
Beyond Anime: The Outer Limits
19 November 2011 - 23 November 2011
Presents a sample of some of the most interesting Japanese Indie Animations from recent years.
-
Enter the Cosmos: Takashi Makino Special
19 November 2011
Closing your eyes will never feel the same after you Enter the Cosmos with Takashi Makino's immersive visual odysseys into the abstract.
-
Hiroshima Nagasaki Download + The Student Wrestler
19 November 2011
Documentary road-trip as two college friends travel across America interviewing Japanese A-bomb survivors.
-
Lucky Dragon No. 5
19 November 2011 - 20 November 2011
Kaneto Shindo's vintage docudrama retelling of the nuclear catastrophe that inspired Godzilla.
-
Abraxas (Aburakusasu no Matsuri)
19 November 2011
A punk musician turned Buddhist monk attempts to find Nirvana by giving his one last performance.
-
We Dont Care About the Music Anyway
20 November 2011
Ear-splitting noise-jams from the foremost talents of Tokyo's radical music scene in this fascinating documentary
-
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
20 November 2011 - 24 November 2011
Back from the dead, a rare prewar horror especially subtitled for Zipangu Fest.
-
Ashes to Honey
20 November 2011 - 24 November 2011
A timely critique of Japan's nuclear power industry and an investigation into alternatives.
-
Rokkasho Rhapsody
23 November 2011
Myths exposed in this documentary about the construction of a nuclear waste reprocessing plant.