3rd Japanese Film Festival

Grüezi mitenand, konnichiwa!

I hope you and your loved ones are happy and healthy.

So much happened to all of us during the pandemic and unfortunately we had to cancel the last 3 editions of GINMAKU because of it. Now it is finally time to restart the festival and I am happy to share the dates with you.

GINMAKU 2023 Thursday, May 25 - Monday, May 29 (5 days).

Thanks to many requests from our audiences, we wanted to hold our 6th edition of GINMAKU in the larger cinema Kosmos in Zurich. But as you might have noticed, the Kosmos went bankrupt on 05 December 2022 and all the preparation was gone.

After some back and forth, we were welcomed back by cinema Riffraff and Houdini and are therefore very honoured and grateful.

We would like to thank all of you for supporting our festival. The festival has been successfully held thanks to your support. Arigatou gozaimasu…!

It is indeed a bit scary to restart, but we are ready to build a cultural bridge between Switzerland and Japan again with our festival.

We hope to see you at the GINMAKU 2023! Thank you for reading.

With my warmest regards,

Festival Director Mizuki Mazbara

Grüezi mitenand, konnichiwa!

Due to the large impact of COVID-19, we had to take the decision to cancel the 2020 edition of the GINMAKU Japanese Film Festival. We are truly sad to announce the news.

Japan has declared a state of emergency and the situation is rapidly changing in my home town of Tokyo, too. Just like many of you, I am not sure when I can meet my family in Japan again in person - not digitally. It is a very difficult time for all of us but the GINMAKU team is trying to keep our heads up. We will continue to work for GINMAKU 2021 every day until this crisis is over so that we can all meet at the cinema next year.

The crisis has affected almost all of our festival partners. They are not giving up, either, and are carrying on with their passion during these severe times. These Japan related restaurants, shops and companies in Switzerland are looking forward to your orders and support:

Food and drinks Yoojis (Delivery and take out) Sato (Online sake shop) KABUKI Dressing - akari taste (Online shop, Coop, Globus, etc.) Sala of Tokyo (Voucher: info(at)sala-of-tokyo.ch) IZ Exclusive Japanese Tableware (Online shop)

Media Partner Asienspiegel (Please support our friend, film maker and journalist Jan Knüsel who writes about Japan everyday since 2009 )

All of our partners Festival website 2019

We wish that you and your families are safe and are staying healthy. We take a polite bow to send you regards from our hearts. Thank you for reading - arigatou gozaimasu.

With my warmest regards, Mizuki Mazbara Festival Director

Grüezi mitenand, konnichiwa!

I hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy under these very challenging circumstances. The situation around COVID-19 is unpredictable, to say the least. And the GINMAKU team is having a difficult time organising the next edition of our film festival, planned for June 2020.

We are closely monitoring the situation around COVID-19 in order to come to a decision about GINMAKU. At the moment, we cannot tell whether the festival will take place as planned, or whether it will have to be canceled. We will keep you updated about the decision on our website and on social media, as well as in our newsletter.

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced a travel ban from Japan to Switzerland. I have personally never felt both countries being physically and emotionally so far from each other. Every year GINMAKU’s wish is to bring Japan closer to you through wonderful Japanese films to create a cultural bridge at our festival. It would be really sad if we have to cancel our festival this year but we respect the current restrictions on events and put everyone’s health as our top priority.

We wish that you and your families are safe and stay healthy. The GINMAKU team and I love the Swiss style greeting. But these days, we choose our Japanese way: we take a polite bow to send you regards from our hearts.

Thank you for reading - arigatou gozaimasu!

With my warmest regards, Mizuki Mazbara Festival Director

We are thrilled to announce the next festival dates: June 18 - 24, 2020 at Kosmos Zurich. Looking forward to welcoming you all!

今年のGINMAKU日本映画祭開催日程をお知らせします。2020年6月18日(木)〜24日(水) チューリッヒの映画館Kosmosにて、皆様のお越しをお待ちしています！

Dear GINMAKU Supporters,

Das Datum für GINMAKU 2019 ist festgelegt: Von Mi. 22. Mai bis So. 26. Mai. 来年のGINMAKU日本映画祭開催日程が決定しました！ 2019年5月22日(水) 〜 26日(日)

Unsere Crowdfunding-Action läuft noch 6 Tage. 今年もクラウドファンディングを行なっています。

Zum fünften mal wird GINMAKU Japanese Film Festival durchgeführt – Bitte teilen, weitersagen, unterstützen und mithelfen. 今年でGINMAKUは5回目の開催となります。皆様のご協力をお願い致します。

Der Link zur Kampagne: キャンペーンのリンクはこちらです： https://wemakeit.com/projects/ginmaku-film-festival-2019

Vielen herzlichen Dank! ありがとうございます!

Viele liebe Grüsse, Team GINMAKU GINMAKU日本映画祭実行委員会

Nun geht es los und wir starten unser Crowdfunding! 2018年「銀幕日本映画祭」のクラウドファンディングが始まりました！

Zum vierten mal wird GINMAKU Japanese Film Festival durchgeführt – Bitte teilen, weitersagen, unterstützen und mithelfen, dass es wirklich dazu kommt. 皆様のご協力をお願い致します。

Der Link zur Kampagne: キャンペーンのリンクはこちらです： https://wemakeit.com/projects/ginmaku-film-festival-2018

ありがとうございます, vielen Dank!

Viele liebe Grüsse, Team GINMAKU

Dear GINMAKU supporters,

Das Datum für GINMAKU 2018 ist jetzt festgelegt: Von Mi. 23. Mai bis So. 27. Mai

来年のGINMAKU日本映画祭開催日程が決定しました！ 2018年5月23日(水) 〜 27日(日)

We are working hard to make the 4th edition happen. See you next year at Kino Houdini & Riffraff…!

This year, unfortunately, our festival will take place without any support of public funds and we were extremely nervous when we started our crowdfunding project a month ago.

Now we are so thankful to receive the news that our project reached the 120% funding goal and we would like to thank you again for your incredible support! Thank you so much for believing in our project.

We watched about 200 Japanese films and we have 12 wonderful films to screen this year.

Advance ticket sales start on this Thursday, April 6 and we are really looking forward to welcoming you to our festival!

http://ginmaku-festival.com/films/

今年は公的機関や財団からの助成金が全くいただけず、大きな不安の中でスタートさせたクラウドファンディングのプロジェクトでしたが、先月末に120%の目標額達成を持って幕を閉じました。日本各地やスイスにお住いの方々から多くのご支援を頂戴し、関係者一同身の引き締まる思いです。本当にありがとうございます！

1年間かけて選考をした200本近くの作品の中から、今年は12作品を上映します。チケットの前売りは今週木曜日にいよいよスタート。今からとても緊張しています！今年も多くの方々に楽しいひと時を過ごしていただける映画祭となるよう、最善を尽くします。

Vielen herzlichen Dank für Euere unglaubliche Unterstützung!

Wir sind überglücklich, eine so treue und mitwirkende Helferschaft im Rücken zu haben. Danke viel mal, danke tausend mal für all Eure Beiträge, fürs weitersagen, anfeuern, Mut machen!

Thank you so much for your incredible support!

We reached our funding goal today and we are so thankful to have such a wonderful supporters like you. Thank you so much for your contributions, for sharing and believing in our project.

本日、GINMAKU日本映画祭のクラウドファンディングプロジェクトは目標額を達成致しました！日本各地やスイスにお住いの方々から多くのご支援を頂戴し、関係者一同身の引き締まる思いです。本当にありがとうございます！

2014年、日本・スイス国交150年の記念すべき年に当映画祭はここチューリッヒにて産声をあげました。開催場所の映画館で発生した火災の影響で2年目は中止を余儀なくされましたが、映画祭を応援してくださる方々や映画館のスタッフの暖かいご支援に励まされ今年で第3回目を数えるに至りました。

今年は公的機関や財団からの助成金が全くいただけず、途方に暮れ大きな不安の中でスタートさせたクラウドファンディングのプロジェクトでしたが、皆様のおかげで、今年も映画祭を開催することが出来ます。

皆様の応援を胸に、訪れてくださる方々に喜んでいただける映画祭となるよう最善を尽くします。

この度は本当にありがとうございました！

GINMAKU日本映画祭代表 松原美津紀

Ein kleiner Vorgeschmack für alle GINMAKU Unterstützer!

Es gibts nicht schöneres als Festival-Organisatorin, als die Bestätigung von Filmen zu bekommen und es auch direkt mit Euch zu teilen.

Genießt die ersten Fotos von unserem Programm exklusiv nur für Euch:-) Weitere Programminfos folgen in Kürze!

映画祭を運営していると、嬉しい瞬間が沢山あります。

1年間をかけて選考した数百本の作品の中からようやく上映作品が決定し、映画祭を応援してくださっている皆さまにプログラムをお知らせするのもその一つ。

どこよりも早く、皆さまへ一足お先に上映作品のスチールをお届けします。GINMAKU日本映画祭への応援、本当にありがとうございます！

Wir bedanken uns bei Dir, für Deine Unterstützung! Vielen herzlichen Dank!

Thank you so much for supporting our project! We are so thankful.

GINMAKU日本映画祭クラウドファンディングプロジェクトにご協力いただき本当にありがとうございます！