We are pleased to announce the Hiroshima International Film Festival 2015 will take place from 21 November 2015 to 23 November 2015.
We will be adding invited films for the special screenings.
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Date　
November 20, 2015 (Fri.)
Festval: November 21(Sat.), 22(Sun.), 23(Mon. National Holiday)

Venue　
NTT CRED Hall
Hiroshima City Cinematographic And Audio-Visual Library


Programs
Eve of the festival
Cinema Concert
Piano which survives Atomic Bomb explosion 70 years ago will be played along with silent films.
And festival eve party.


Festival
*Special feature of Henri Langlois, with the participation of the Cinémathèque française.

*Short Film Competition
The nominations for the official short film competition. The final list of nominations will be available in September 2015.
Title, Directed by, Running time, Year of production
・Archipels, granites dénudés (English Title: Archipelagos, Naked Granites), Daphné Hérétakis, 25 mins, 2014 (Japan Premiere)
・Cambodge 2099 (English Title: Cambodia 2099), Davy Chou, 21 mins, 2014
・Pueblo (English Title: Pueblo), Elena López Riera, 30 mins, 2015 (Japan Premiere)
・Redemption (English Title: Redemption), Miguel Gomes, 27 mins, 2013 (Japan Premiere)
・L'Aquarium et la Nation (English title: The Aquarium and the Nation), Jean-Marie Straub, 32 mins, 2015 (Japan Premiere)

*Special Screenings
"Arabian Nights", directed by Mr. Miguel Gomes, which was nominated to the Directors' Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes this year, and won Grand Prix at the 2015 Sydney International Film Fstival. (Japan Premiere.
"A Young Poet", directed by Mr. Damien Manivel, which was awarded by the Special Mention in Locarno Film Festival 2014.

*Hiroshima EYE
"Orizuru" directed by Ms. Miyuki Sohara. World premiere.
Featuring short films of Ms. Mako Kamitsuna.
"Manda-la" (provisional title) by Mr. Kazuma Kuramasu.

*Workshop
A talk show by an animated film director Mr. Sunao Katabuchi.
A workshop for screenwriting by Mr. Masato Kato, the chairperson of Japan Writers Guild.