A movie experience where you can "watch while doing other things" in your own style under the autumn sky in the city center. In addition to the relaxing Yogibo style that was very popular last year, the viewing seats have also been renovated!
Tokyo Midtown Hibiya will be holding the "HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024" event from October 11th (Friday) to 27th (Sunday), proposing various new ways to enjoy movies with the concept of "an experiential film festival starting from Hibiya."
"HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL" is an annual event that enlivens "Hibiya, the city of movies and entertainment," and has been visited by a total of approximately 3.8 million people over the past six years .
The theme for the 7th event in 2024 will be "Nagara Cinema," just like last year. Instead of watching movies in a movie theater or other quiet indoor space, you can enjoy movies for free in your own style under the autumn sky in the city center, whether that be while "talking" with family or friends, "relaxing," or even "immersing yourself" in the world of the movie.
This year, the seating will be renovated to be even more photogenic, providing an open, sensory-stimulating movie experience that you can't get at a movie theater.
After this event, the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival will continue with outdoor screenings at the same venue, including a special feature on the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures.
Highlights of "HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024"
✓This year's "Nagara Cinema" will feature new zones and redesigned seating to be even more photogenic!
~Five zones for a variety of "multitasking" experiences! ~
～New! "Gathering Zone"～
Let's all get together and watch a movie!
~Renewal! "Conversation Zone"~
It's been renovated to be even more photogenic than last year!
✓ "Day Screen" – A luxurious lineup of classic movies screened daily!
Winner of seven awards at the 95th Academy Awards! "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (left)
The timeless animated classic "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro" (right)
✓ Don't miss the behind-the-scenes talk from the director before the screening! "Night Screen"
"Senkotsu" won the 2019 Japan Directors Association Newcomer Award and numerous other film awards!
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The "Nagara Zone" allows you to experience movies in your own style in the open air!
A new "Gathering" zone has been added! An even more photogenic space == …
Continuing from last year, the theme of the 2024 HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL is "Cinema While Doing Something Else." You can enjoy movies in any style you like under the autumn sky in the city center, whether it's chatting about the movie with everyone, eating takeout food in the theater, or relaxing and unwinding. This year, a new "Gathering Together" zone will be added. The "Conversation" zone will also be renewed, providing a moviegoing experience where you can casually enjoy movies in five photogenic "while doing something else" zones.
"Nagara Zone" Area Map
<Renewal!> Stairs Zone ~Let's talk~
A photogenic space with rugs and cushions for enjoying movies
*Image is for illustrative purposes only.
＜NEW!＞Palette Zone ~Gathering Together~
A zone where you can gather with family and friends to enjoy movies together
*Image is for illustrative purposes only.
Cafe Table Zone ~While Eating~
A zone where you can enjoy movies with takeaway food in the theater
Yogibo Hammock Zone ~Relaxing~
A zone where you can lie down and relax while enjoying a movie. Sponsored by: Yogibo
Infinity Chair Zone ~Immerse yourself~
An immersive zone where you can fully enjoy a movie in a single seat
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Day Screening Film Lineup (Partial List)
Daily screenings of classics and popular films that you'll want to watch while doing different things == …
During the period from October 12th (Sat) to October 14th (Mon, National Holiday) and from October 19th (Sat) to October 27th (Sun), the Day Screen will be showing a rotating selection of globally popular films, hot topics, and timeless classics . Enjoy the movies freely in the various viewing zones.
Details of each film, such as screening dates and times, will be released on the special website from late September.
* Free entry and exit. * Use of some areas may be restricted in the event of rain.
[Dayscreen featured works (partial list)]
●Won 7 awards at the 95th Academy Awards!
" Everything Everywhere All at Once" is a thrilling movie to watch
© 2022 A24 Distribution, LLC. All Rights Reserved
Won 7 awards at the 95th Academy Awards Won 2 awards at the 80th Golden Globe Awards Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Kuan, Stephanie Su, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Andy Lu This hotly anticipated film received 11 nominations in 10 categories at the 95th Academy Awards, the most of any film that year, and won 7 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Editing, and is now available on dayscreen!
●Hayao Miyazaki's first theatrical directorial work!
"I want to immerse myself in the world of Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro"
Original work: Monkey Punch ©TMS
Voice cast: Yamada Yasuo / Masuyama Eiko / Kobayashi Kiyoshi / Inoue Makio / Naya Goro / Shimamoto SumiThis year marks the 45th anniversary of the film's first release. It has been broadcast on television many times and is highly regarded as one of the greatest works in the Lupin series.
●A masterpiece adventure movie based on a Spielberg original idea!
" The Goonies" – a thrilling movie
© 1985 The Goonies © 1985. Package Design & Supplementary Material Compilation © 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Starring: Sean Astin / Corey Feldman / Josh Broley / Jeff Cohen / Ke Huy Quan This masterpiece, called the "golden milestone of the 80s," has become even more popular since actor Ke Huy Quan won the 95th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his comeback film "Everything, Everywhere All at Once." Enjoy this film, which is still being rebroadcast on TV, on an open-air, big screen.
●Performance scheduled at the Imperial Theater this winter!
" Les Miserables" – a film you'll want to watch while immersing yourself in the famous music
Film (C) 2012 Universal Studios.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Artwork (C) 2013 Universal Studios.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Winner of the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 85th Academy Awards Winner of the "Best Picture", "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actress" awards at the 70th Golden Globe Awards Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried The world-famous masterpiece "Les Miserables" is coming back to the daytime screen! Enjoy the epic story and the powerful singing voices of the gorgeous cast.
●A masterpiece that will excite both adults and children!
"I want to watch it while singing along" "Sing Next Stage"
(C) 2020 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Voice cast (dubbing): Teruyoshi Uchimura / MISIA / Masami Nagasawa / Takuya Ohashi / Tsukasa Saito / Koshi Inaba (B'z)
Featuring hit songs that everyone knows, an overwhelming scale and a star-studded cast of voice actors, this is music entertainment that will energize both adults and children!
●You can't watch it without crying! The smash hit Korean love story "You'll want to watch it while crying" "The Eraser in My Head"
(C) 2004 CJ Entertainment Inc.& Sidus Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.
Starring: Jung Woo-sung, Son Ye-jin, Baek Chung-hak, Lee Seung-jinA pure love story starring popular actress Son Ye-jin from "Love Story" and "April Snow" and Jung Woo-sung from "Musa." This is the directorial debut of Lee Jae-hwan.
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Night Screen Film Lineup (Partial)
Enjoy the film while learning through pre-screening talks by the director and screenings with English subtitles!
This year, director Toshiyuki Teruya (Gori of Garage Sale), whose new film Kanasandou is scheduled to be released next spring, is scheduled to appear!
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This year's Night Screen will have a different concept for the first and second halves, and will bring you many popular works. In the first half, from Friday, October 11th to Sunday, October 13th, we will be screening carefully selected works from the "Women's Journalists Film Awards" award-winning works established in 2020 by film commentator Satori Ito and film writer Shiho Atsumi. In the second half, from Saturday, October 19th to Saturday, October 26th, we will be presenting some of the works screened at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival, which is held in Canada every June, as the "Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya", with English subtitles . Before both screenings, film writers and directors will take to the stage for a 30-minute talk show , where they will talk about behind-the-scenes stories and their thoughts on the film. Don't miss this valuable talk that you can only hear here. (Live streaming/archived streaming available)
The screening dates and director appearance dates for each film will be announced on the special website from late September.
[Night Screen Featured Works (Partial List)]
<Women's Journalists Film Award Collaborative Screening>
● "Ripples" Directed by Naoko Ogigami
(C)2022 "Ripples" Film Partners
Cast: Mariko Tsutsui / Ken Mitsuishi / Hayato Isomura / Akira Emoto / Hana Kino / Midoriko Kimura
<Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya> *English subtitles available
●“Bonewashing” Director Toshiyuki Teruya
(C) “Bonewashing” Production Committee
Cast: Eiji Okuda / Michitaka Tsutsui / Ayame Mizusaki / Yoko Oshima / Akira Sakamoto
● "Matching" directed by Eiji Uchida
(C) 2024 "Matching" Production Committee
Cast: Tao Tsuchiya / Daisuke Sakuma (Snow Man) / Nobuaki Kaneko
● "The Girl Who Paints Stupidly" Directed by Keiko Tsuruoka
(C)2023 "Baka Nuri no Musume" Production Committee
Cast: Mayu Hotta / Ryuta Bando / Toshiya Miyata / Hana Kino / Nagatoshi Sakamoto / Kaoru Kobayashi
What is the Women's Reporters Film Award (formerly the Women's Reporters & Writers Film Award)? The Women's Reporters Film Award is a new award established by Eican!, a group that works to "liven up the film industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic," and "eliminate the gender gap in the film industry." In order to make a difference in the current situation, where the gender gap has not yet been resolved not only in film production but also in the world of film writers and film awards, the "Film Awards Selected by Female Reporters & Writers," with an all-female jury, was established by film writer and columnist Shiho Atsumi and film personality Satori Ito. The award criteria are "films that empower women," and the awards are selected for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Newcomer, and Best Foreign Language Film from films released between April of the previous year and March of the current year.
Movie campaign! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/eigacamp/
Eikan! YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KlmDk9Zkl2Ne03mFcR7lA
About the Toronto Japanese Film Festival <br /> The Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF) is a film festival organized by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) in Canada, and this year marked its 13th anniversary. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival aims to introduce knowledge about Japanese culture to the general public by screening popular Japanese films, including those that have been highly praised by audiences and film critics in Japan, as well as those that have won awards at overseas film festivals and the Japan Academy Prize. Most of the films have premiered in North America, Canada or Toronto, and directors and actors from Japan take to the stage to promote their films. In 2024, 24 films were screened in June.
https://jccc.on.ca/ja/films/tjff
Overview of "HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024"
[Date and time] October 11th (Friday) to October 27th (Sunday), 2024
<Day Screen>
October 12th (Sat) to 14th (Mon, holiday), October 19th (Sat) to 27th (Sun) (planned)
12:00-17:00
* Screening times vary depending on the film. (Night Screen)
October 11th (Fri) to 13th (Sun), October 19th (Sat) to 26th (Sat) (planned)
Talk session: 18:30-19:00
Screening time: 19:00-21:00
* The event will proceed in case of rain, but will be canceled if the weather is severe (some content will be canceled if the weather is severe).
[Admission] Free. Free entry and exit. *Some areas of the night screen require prior reservations. Details will be released around the end of September.
[Location] Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, Hibiya Step Square, etc. [Organizer] Tokyo Midtown Hibiya/Hibiya Area Management General Incorporated Association [Supporter] Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan [Supporter] Yogibo
[Supported by] Women Journalists Film Award Supported by Eican!, Toronto Japanese Cultural Centre (JCCC), MomoFilms (planned)
【 URL 】
https://www.hibiya.tokyo-midtown.com/hibiya-cinema-festival/
*Details about the event, such as the screening schedule, will be released on the special website around the end of September.
[Tokyo Midtown Hibiya] Press release
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