Saturday, 7/27 – Sunday, 8/4
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NEW PEOPLE Cinema
The 2013 J-POP Summit Festival has announced the launch of the Japan Film Festival of San Francisco, the first fully-dedicated annual Japanese film event for Northern California and the S.F. Bay Area. The week-long Japan Film Festival of San Francisco will take place at the NEW PEOPLE Cinema beginning Saturday, July 27th through Sunday August 4th. The film festival will also be a prominent feature of the 2013 J-POP Summit Festival, taking place across Japantown on Saturday and Sunday, July 27th and 28th.
Official Site: jffsf.org
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J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL Announces Launch Of First Annual 2013 JAPAN FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, 7/27 – Sunday, 7/28 and more!
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Japantown, San Francisco
Mark your calendars for July 27th & 28th, 2013 for the 5th annual J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL!
A key attraction for J-POP Summit 2013 will be the inauguration of the 2013 San Francisco Japan Film Festival. The first full-fledged Japanese film festival to be held in Northern California and the Bay Area will launch at the NEW PEOPLE Cinema in conjunction with the 2013 J-POP Summit on Saturday, July 27th and run for one week, concluding on Friday, August 2nd.
A variety of other pop-inspired attractions including fashion shows, live art performances, celebrity appearances, and concerts by some of Japan’s hottest bands are now being planned for the 2013 J-POP Summit both inside the NEW PEOPLE complex, and outdoors at the adjacent Peace Plaza located in San Francisco’s Japantown. Innovative artists, vendors and food trucks from the Bay Area and Japan will offer an array of pop-inspired products and delicacies for sale in open air displays on both sides of Post Street, the main Japantown thoroughfare.
Stay tuned as more details are released in the upcoming months!
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Sunday, 8/26 5:15pm & 7:30pm
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SFFS | NP Cinema
Haven’t had a chance to see Evangelion 1.11 and 2.22 on the big screen yet? Well, here’s your chance before Evangelion 3.0 comes out. Don’t miss this one night only opportunity!
Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone.
@5:15pm 8/26 (SUN)
Tickets: $10
Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance.
@7:30pm 8/26 (SUN)
Tickets: $10
About the films:
Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone.
There was no foreseeable warning before it happened – a catastrophe of unparalleled scale and magnitude overwhelmed the entire globe. This event, recorded in history as “The Second Impact,” caused half the population of the Earth to perish and devastated the world. All that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that is now being attacked by giant creatures that seek to destroy mankind. These creatures are called Angels. Fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn’t seen in more than eight years. He is asked to come to the NERV headquarters to meet his father. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight the Angels and then orders Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One. With the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, how will the 14 year old boy Shinji fight? What is the truth behind “The Human Instrumentality Project,” an operation somehow related to the “Second Impact”? And who is the true enemy? The Angels, NERV, the mysterious SEELE, or the demons held within the hearts of the people involved? Gendō Ikari, a man who holds many answers to these questions, watches silently and attentively as his son fights a desperate battle…
(Directed by Hideaki Anno, Japan, 2009, 98min, Digital, Japanese with English subtitles)
Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance.
The landmark anime Evangelion evolves, reaching new heights of intensity in the new feature film, EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE. In an explosive new story full of brutal action and primal emotion, a group of young pilots maneuver their towering, cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy. In the battle to prevent the apocalyptic Third Impact, Shinji and Rei were forced to carry humanity’s hopes on their shoulders. Now, as the onslaught of the bizarre, monstrous Angels escalates, they find their burden shared by two new Eva pilots: the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari. In this thrilling new experience for fans of giant robot action, the young pilots fight desperately to save mankind – and struggle to save themselves.
(Directed by Hideaki Anno, Japan, 2011, 109 min, Digital, Japanese with English subtitles)
