Ahead of the Japanese Film Festival Ireland, Gemma Creagh talks to Adam Torel, Head of Third Window Films. Two of his releases, Shadow of Fire and Typhoon Club are screening at this year’s festival.
The Japanese Film Festival, now in its 9th edition, returns to bring the best of new Japanese cinema to Irish audiences with a mix of everything from action to anime and gentle comedies to wonderful oddities. Ireland’s only truly national film festival begins this year in Dundalk on April 1, before visiting Cork, Galway, Maynooth, Sligo, Limerick, Dublin and Waterford. Proceedings will kick off on Sunday March 26 with a special screening of the hit…
This year the festival will host 45 screenings at venues in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Galway, Dundalk and Waterford.