Films
HISTORICA SPECIAL
ONE PIECE Wanokuni-hen
Commemorating the completion of the “Wanokuni” season of the anime series ONE PIECE. A screening of the staff-selected best two episodes comes with a talk show!
director: Tatsuya Nagamine
HISTORICA WORLD
SCARLET
A grand dream and a grand invention. Will a young girl’s wish bring about a miracle?
director: Pietro Marcello
HISTORICA WORLD
Filip
During WWII, a young Jewish man Filip is robbed of his loved ones. Pretending to be French, he starts seducing upper-class Nazi women.
director: Michal Kwiecinski
HISTORICA WORLD
Party of Fools
A story of female solidarity, dreaming of life free of predestined shackles.
director: Arnaud Des Palli_res
HISTORICA WORLD
Caravaggio’s Shadow
Caravaggio: Baroque maestro and murderer? Witness the life of the genius who mastered light and shadow.
director: Michele Placido
HITORICA FOCUS
The Northman
Witness a man’s poignant journey of revenge on the majestic Nordic landscape.
director: Robert Eggers
HITORICA FOCUS
13 Assassins
Burn your life – Takashi Miike reimagines the mass vendetta period masterpiece by Eiichi Kudo.
director: Takashi Miike
HITORICA FOCUS
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton - the superduo presents a fantasy adventure masterpiece!
director: Tim Burton
HITORICA FOCUS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A story of a reverse-aging manBrad Pitt,Cate Blanchett,Taraji P. Henson,Julia Ormond,Jason Flemyng
director: David Fincher
HITORICA FOCUS
Bodyguard
A motion picture renaissance. Akira Kurosawa presents a new style of entertainment jidaigeki.
director: Akira Kurosawa
HITORICA FOCUS
Sherlock Holmes
An unbeatable brain. An unbeatable duo. An unbeatable mystery.
director: Guy Ritchie
HITORICA FOCUS
Zigeunerweisen
Before we know it, this reality merges with another. Welcome to the most mysterious world of Seijun Suzuki
director: Seijun Suzuki
HITORICA FOCUS
Dead Man
A down-to-earth Western by Jim Jarmusch and Robby Müller. Wide-eyed Johnny Depp’s monochrome journey of life and death start to resemble ink-and-wash paintings.
director: Jim Jarmusch
La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale College Cinema
Come le tartarughe
After her beloved husband left her, the heartbroken wife retreats into an empty wardrobe. A film inspired by a true story.
director: Monica Dugo
La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale College Cinema
MONO
Experience the frustration of not being able to touch or intervene in the protagonist. A VR film based on the filmmaker’s real-life experiences.
director: Chiara Troisi
Cineteca di Bologna – Il Cinema Ritrovato
Il gattopardo
The greatest treasure of Italian history films, polished to perfection by aristocrat-born Visconti.
director: Luchino Visconti
Shochiku Shimogamo Studio 100th Anniversary Commemorative Screening
A Page of Madness
The first art film of Japan created by cutting-edge artists who gathered in Shimokamo.
director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab Screening
A Mother’s Touch
Still, this world is filled with “light”.
director: Junpei Matsumoto
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab Screening
The Light That Never Goes Out
A pilot jidaigeki film born from the 2022 Kyoto Film Pitching project
director: Yohei Shikano