Okinawa International Movie Festival Programme Announced

The beautiful and picturesque islands of Okinawa in south Japan is the home of the Okinawa International Movie Festival, now in its 6th year and taking place from 20-24 March on Naha, Okinawa's primary island. The competition section of the festival is divided into two categories: 'Laugh' and 'Peace', covering films with the theme of 'making people laugh' and 'making people feel happy after viewing' respectively. ANTBOY - the Danish superhero comedy - will have its Asian premiere at the festival while the Korean baseball gorilla curio MR. GO will also receive its Japanese debut. In terms of the local entries, FUKU-CHAN OF FUKUFUKU FLATS is a remarkable co-production between a series of Japanese and European distribution companies and features comedian Oshima Miyuki perform as a middle-aged man in her celluloid debut. The festival also boasts two crowd-pleasing International Special Screenings: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY and GRUDGE MATCH, both of which are receiving their Japanese premieres while the festival will also play a one-off screening of GRAVITY - albeit on the beach at night, on the world's largest mobile screen! An once-off event not to be missed. The festival's website is here while below is a run-down of the exciting programme on offer: Special Invitation Oh! Father - Japan - Michihito Fujii Grudge Match - USA - Peter Segal The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - USA Ben Stiller Competition Jurors: Sadao Nakajima, Gary Tang, Yoko Narahashi, Etsuko Higa, LiLiCo Laugh Category Antboy - Denmark - Ask Hasselbalch One Third - Japan - Hiroshi Shinagawa Jackass Presents: Bad Grampa - USA - Jeff Tremaine Ultrafast! Sankinkotai - Japan - Katsuhide Motoki Fukrey - India - Mrigdeep Singh Lamba Peace Category Miss Granny - Korea -Dong-hyuk Hwang The Round Table - Japan - Isao Yukisada Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats - Fujita Yosuke Bay Blues, 25 years and 364 days - Japan - Tomohiro Takayama Mr. GO - Korea - Yong-hwa Kim F*ck you, Goethe- Germany - Bora Dagtekin TV Director's Movie (This is a new section featuring collaborations between Yoshimoto Kogyo and and local Japanese TV stations) Furiko - Norihiko Takenaga The Love Session - Itaya Eiji Slight Fever of 100°C ~Island Breeze of Love~ - Okamoto Koichi NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Returns - Uchida Hidemi Pirameki's Children Story - Ota Yu