The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) returns to Canberra, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for what will be its 25th year.

The 2021 festival program will screen 15 films, including newly-released feature titles spanning a diverse selection of genres from action to anime, drama, documentaries, and much more.

JFF will also screen an online program of five films over seven days for audiences across Australia in November (15-21).

The screening dates for the festival are:

CANBERRA: October 28 –  November 2
Palace Electric Cinema & National Film and Sound Archives
PERTH:  November 4 – 7
Palace Raine Square
BRISBANE:  November 11 – 21
Palace Barracks & Palace James Street
MELBOURNE:  November 18 – December 5
The Kino Cinema & Australian Center for Moving Images
SYDNEY:  November 25 –  December 5
Palace Cinemas Norton Street, Chauvel, Central, Verona