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Festival coverage

Japan Foundation Touring Festival

2011

Linda Linda Linda
Linda Linda Linda

The festival runs from February 4 to 14 at ICA cinema in London, before going on tour. It will be visiting Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast (Feb 21 to 24), Filmhouse, Edinburgh (March 4 to 10), Broadway, Nottingham (March 11 to 16), Arnolfini, Bristol (March 18 to 20), Showroom Workstation, Sheffield (March 22 to 28).

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Latest reviews

  • Go
    Review preview for Go

    An exhilirating opening - all freeze frames, slo-mo, jump cuts, cut-to-bangin' techno - gets your attention.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4.5 out of 5
    Korean youth in Japan fights against prejudice.
  • One Million Yen Girl
    Review preview for One Million Yen Girl

    What appears on the surface to be a quirky indie comedy is actually more restrained and down-to-earth than one might expect.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A girl uses a target of earning a million yen to dictate when she moves from place to place.
  • Linda Linda Linda
    Review preview for Linda Linda Linda

    The humour is the key – it’s not subtle but it’s definitely original.

    Emma Slawinski · 4 out of 5
    In the days before the school's culture festival, a girl's music group is facing a dilemma.
  • Sawako Decides
    Review preview for Sawako Decides

    Its occasional flashes of quirkiness are never enough to justify its overstretched duration.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A young woman struggles to save her family's ailing clam-packing business.
  • Cure
    A detective investigates a series of murders, trying to work out why, despite each having the same methodology, the perpatrators appear to be different.

Features

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