PREMIERE JAPAN 2011 - New Japanese Cinema at the Barbican

25 - 27 November 2011, London

PREMIERE JAPAN, now in its seventh successive year, brings to you six of the latest films - including drama, documentary and fantasy anime - from Japan at the Barbican Centre in London from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 November.

This year, each screening is preceded by a short film chosen from submissions made by students, both Japanese and non-Japanese, and the University of the Arts London.

PREMIERE JAPAN 2011 is presented by the Embassy of Japan, in cooporation with the Barbican Centre and with kind support from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the University of the Arts London. Films selected by Tony Rayns, Alexander Jacoby and Rayna Denison.

Ticket Information:

Standard: £10.50 / £9.50 online
Members: £8.50 / £7.50 online
Concessions: £8.50
Under 15: £6.00

Please contact the Barbican Centre to purchase tickets.
barbican.org.uk/film
Box Office: 0845 120 7527

	25 Nov 2011/ 19:30 TOKYO PARK (TOKYO KOEN) \| 2011 \| Aoyama Shinji \| 119 mins (Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize, Locarno 2011) 12A
© 2011 TOKYO KOEN film partners
	26 Nov 2011/ 16:00 SKETCH OF MUJO \| Japan \| 2011 \|Omiya Koichi \| 75 mins (documentary) \| (U)
© Omiya Visual Image Production
	26 Nov 11/ 18:00 SWEET LITTLE LIES \| 2010 \| Yazaki Hitoshi \| 117 mins \| (12A)
© 2009 Kaori Ekuni / "Sweet Little Lies" Film Partners
	26 Nov 11/ 20:30 MY BACK PAGE \| 2011 \| Japan \| Yamashita Nobuhiro \| 141 mins \| (U)
© 2011 ’My Back Page’ Film Partners
	27 Nov 2011/16:00 LEGEND OF THE MILLENNIUM DRAGON (ONIGAMIDEN) \| Japan \| 2011 \| Kawasaki Hirotsugu \| animation \| (12A)
© 2011 The Legend of The Millennium Dragon Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.
	27 Nov 11/ 18:15 A MAN WITH STYLE \| 2011 \| Ishii Yuya \| 110 mins \| (U)
© 2011 ‘A Man with Style’ partners © 2011 「あぜ道のダンディ」製作委員会

	25 - 27 November 2011
	Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
	Tel: 0845 120 7527 http://www.barbican.org.uk/film
	http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=1044
	Embassy of Japan & Barbican centre