J-movie fans, it’s time to plan those watch parties because the Japanese Film Festival is back online starting June 5 until July 3. The month-long online film festival is free —and if you missed the first leg of the festival four months ago, fret not, you can catch the same festival films and more this time around. This is the third edition of the Japanese Film Festival Online, and it’s their biggest one yet.
For the first two weeks of the festival, 20 films will be screened online, while the final two weeks will feature two TV drama series. To access all these films for free, you simply have to register on their website . If you missed the festival last February , you can catch the featured films “We Made a Beautiful Bouquet,” “Anime Supremacy!,” and “Father of the Milky Way Railroad” online.
Looking for something specific? We got you. Here’s a guide to this year’s featured films for streaming. Retro vibes, check.
Group of friends, check. Meta story about making a film? Check. “Single8” follows a group of “Star Wars”-obsessed high school friends in the 1970s who, after picking up an 8mm camera, attempt to make a sci-fi film of their own.
If you can relate to that desire to create after seeing something so inspiring, this might just be your film. Art becomes an avenue for healing in this film, which revolves around a young man who, in his period of grief and mourning, discovers the world of Japanese traditional ink painting called sumi-e. We love.