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OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF JSFF2026
Venue: Jugoslovenska kinoteka Uzun Mirkova 1, Beograd

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

14:00 | Short Film Programme I — Japan & Serbia | Main Hall

  • Round and Round — Hayato Otogi — Japan

  • Sisters (Sestre) — Sara Ećimović — Serbia

  • 10 Years of Isobatake — Hiroshi Gokan — Japan

  • Over the Threshold (Preko praga) — Tara Gajović — Serbia

  • Free Stock Images — Shinji Sasaki — Japan

  • The Annual School Day (Dan škole) — Jelisaveta Nikolić — Serbia

  • A Triangular Universe at Home — Itsuki Kadota — Japan 

A conversation with the filmmakers follows the screenings.

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16:00 | Short Film Programme II — Japan & Serbia | Main Hall

  • Shapes in Between: Norman Takeuchi’s Journey — Aki Takabatake — Japan

  • Nobody Said Anything (Niko ništa nije rekao) — Tamara Todorović — Serbia

  • Sine Wave — Zhang Lv — Japan/China

  • Want to Come to My Place? (Hoćeš kod mene?) — Nikola Živković — Serbia

  • SHUGO — Kazutoshi Inudo — Japan

  • Pit-Pool (Bazen-rupa) — Ana Vučićević — Serbia

  • -Kyokou- — Kazuya Isobe and Kodai Nakano — Japan

A conversation with the filmmakers follows the screenings.

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18:00 | Reception celebrating the opening of the 13th Japanese-Serbian Film Festival and Days of Japan

18:45 | Opening Ceremony | Main Hall

19:00 | Opening Film — In My Father’s Room (Maha Harada — Japan — 109 min), Main Hall

Cast: Yu Aoi, Issey Ogata, Eita Nagayama

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29

15:00 | Days of Japan — Kamishibai | Main Hall

Introductory lecture on kamishibai and three performances. Vera Pfaff and Sonja Dusek, Kozlići – Association for the Promotion of Culture, Zagreb. Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

17:00 | Japanese Feature Film — Trophy (Myung-ah Son — Japan — 103 min), Main Hall

Cast: Hana, Chisun Sho Kasamatsu.

17:00 | JSFF — Masterclass | Multimedia Hall

Daiki Kinoshita: Independent Cinema in Contemporary Japan.

19:00 | Japanese Feature Film — Shadow Work (Ryûhei Yoshino — Japan — 130 min), Main Hall

Cast: Riho Yoshioka, Nao, Jun Fubuki

21:00 | Serbian Feature Film — Our Father (Oče Naš, Goran Stanković — Serbia — 90 min), Main Hall

Cast: Vučić Perović, Boris Isaković, Goran Marković

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30

14:00 | Days of Japan — Performance | Main Hall

The Restaurant of Many Orders — Kenji Miyazawa. Performed by the Japanese Studies Drama Group. Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

15:00 | Days of Japan — Lecture | Main Hall

Prof. Dalibor Kličković — “Conceptualising Emptiness: Zen Buddhist Poetics of Space.” Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

16:00 | Days of Japan — Lecture | Main Hall

Prof. Divna Tričković — “What Is There in Emptiness? A Japanese-Language Perspective.” Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

17:00 | Japanese Feature Film — Why Wait, Just Die  (Junichi Kanai — Japan — 95 min), Main Hall

Cast: Nao, Aoi Ito, Ko Maehara

19:00 | Serbian Feature Film — Until the Day Ends  (Do kraja dana, Jelena Maksimović — Serbia — 90 min) Main Hall

Cast: Lena Trifunović, Andrija Krivokapić, Irina Hotomski

21:00 | Japanese Feature Film — AnyMart  (Yusuke Iwasaki — Japan — 88 min), Main Hall

Cast: Shota Sometani, Erika Karata, Masahiko Nishimura

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1

14:00 | Days of Japan — Tea Ceremony | Main Hall

Milijana Vujaklija. Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

15:00 | Days of Japan — Lecture | Main Hall

Dunja Hil Feran — “The Japanese Language: What Remains Unspoken.” Organised by the Embassy of Japan in Belgrade.

17:00 | Serbian Feature Film — To hold a Mountain (Planina; Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić — Serbia — 103 min | Main Hall

Featuring: Mileva Gara Jovanović, Nada Stanišić

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19:00 | Animated Short Film Programme | Multimedia Hall 

  • Slaying Holofernes — Kurumi Hakamata — Japan — 39 min

  • So He Grabbed the Knife — Sam Kuwa — Japan/China — 12 min

  • Shelter Bell — Akari Sōma — Japan — 9 min

  • The Voice of the Violin — Takeshi Sone — Japan — 2 min

  • Builder — Ryoji Yamada — Japan — 5 min

  • Wondermiss — Ružica Nikolić — Serbia — 1 min

  • Shi inu — Kosei Tanaka — Japan — 2 min

  • Dessert Night — Rui Sakai — Japan — 24 min

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19:00 | Japanese Feature Film — No One Knows (Daiki Kinoshita — Japan — 78 min) Main Hall

Cast: Mirai Kuno, Kei Tsubakihara, Rino Kikuchi

20:30 | JSFF Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation | Main Hall

21:00 | Closing Film — 3 Weeks After (3 nedelje posle, Miroslav Terzić — Serbia — 94 min), Main Hall

Cast: Jovan Ginić, Anđela Alavirević, Tihana Lazović

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