Pia Film Festival

28/05/2026

"Yet to be Named" by Ebayashi Mizuki (PFFAward2026) has been selected for the Korea Q***r Film Festival (KQFF)!!

09/05/2026

【Upcoming screenings】We’re excited to announce that three films from PFF 2026 have been selected for the 26th Nippon Connection, with English subtitles created by JVTA students at Ghent University and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

CRIMSON SKY by Segawa Sho
TAKE OFF YOUR MASK, MS. MIYAZAWA! by Kanazawa Makoto
and THE WANNABEETLE by Kubochi Hono

Sun.June 7, 2026, 13:15 at naxos.Kino
in the presence of the director Kubochi Hono and actress Takami Ryoko

JVTA Meets PIA Film Festival: Shorts

05/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that "Michiyuki-Voices of Time" by NAKAO Hiromichi received the Special Mention at the 37th Jeonju IFF!
eng.jeonjufest.kr/Community/noti…

03/04/2026

We are delighted to announce that "Yellow Stain" by Nomura Kazuaki, PFF 2025 Audience Award winner, has been selected for the international competition of the Brive Film Festival in France!
https://festivalcinemabrive.fr/competition-internationale-2026/

02/04/2026

🎉"Michiyuki – Voices of Time" by Nakao Hiromichi has been selected for the international competition at the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival!
🎥Following "OBAKE", his debut feature, Nakao has been invited to Jeonju for the second time. In 2021, due to COVID-19, the film was screened without an audience or the director present. This year, Nakao will attend the official screening in Jeonju for the first time！👏
https://eng.jeonjufest.kr/db/movieView.asp?idx=A44FCE8F12054A779&listGubun=MOVIELIST&sType&sText&sEP_NUM=27&reUrl=%2Fdb%2FsectionList.asp%3FFS_IDX%3DC4CDF092B2D84A9AB%26SS_IDX%3D%26sectionList%3D%2523%2523&fbclid=IwY2xjawQ4u6xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe52A2ne2guba603iisxCi4lhjpCLDd2j7Kx_i5SepW4qpn7-elfLZc0plG-k_aem_xB4-oIPEqBy4SZhjFdMWLw

06/02/2026

Hayakawa Chie, the winner of the Oshima Prize 2026.
Congratulations!!

PFFが、2019年に創設した映画賞「大島渚賞」の第7回受賞者が、早川千絵監督に決定しました。早川監督はNYで写真を専攻し、独学で映像制作を開始。一時は制作から...

05/01/2026

22/12/2025

"TULIP-CHAN" by Watanabe Saki will be screened at the University of North Florida along with
Wander to Wonder (UK/EU),
Go Fishboy (France),
Scavengers (USA).

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026, 7:30 P.M.
at the ROBINSON THEATER, BUILDING 14A / ROOM 1314

MOVIES ON THE HOUSE
https://www.unf.edu/moviesonthehouse/index.html

14/11/2025

We are thrilled to announce that
"Kisspeptine Chronicle" by Okada Shiika (29th PFF Produce Film)🎥
has been shortlisted for the 🏆Shindo Kaneto Prize 2025.
The prize will be announced 25th Nov.
Film review by Mark Schilling (The Japan Times)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/02/08/film/kisspeptin-chronicles/

22/10/2025

"Parking Area" by Masuyama Toru (PFF 2023)
won the Jury Citation for Innovative Vision of the Future
at the
Congratulations!