Japanese Film Festival  The Japanese Film Festival is a film festival held in Singapore and dedicated to Japanese cinema. It was held annually from 1999 to 2016, and curated with Singapore audiences in mind, led by local programmers with a wide ranging programme of film classics, Japanese independents and commercial releases. There was no festival in 2017. Under new direction from 2018 from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, it has shifted its focus to screening mainly commercial releases from Japan. The Japanese Film Festival was held from 26 June to 12 July at the National Museum of Singapore. Currents  Retrospective (Ichikawa Kon)  The Japanese Film Festival was held from 26 June to 8 July at the Alliance Francaise and the National Museum of Singapore. There will be a focus on films from the 80s as well as a retrospective on Shindo Kaneto and Yoshimura Kozaburo, in addition to a showcase of the best in Japanese current films. Around the 80s  Retrospective (Shindo Kaneto and Yoshimura Kozaburo)  Currents  Undercurrents  The Japanese Film Festival was held from 2 to 8 July at the National Museum of Singapore. Besides showcasing the best of current Japanese films, one segment of the festival focused on documentaries examining the undercurrents and post-trauma effects of the tsunami in Japan in March 2011, while another segment focused on the celebration of the Nikkatsu Centennial. Tsunami Documentaries  Nikkatsu Centennial - Celebrating 100 Years of Nikkatsu Studio  Japanese Currents  The Japanese Film Festival was held from 2 to 10 July at the National Museum of Singapore. The festival theme was Journey. Opening Film: Closing Film: Director in attendance:  Tribute to Takamine Hideko / 高峰 秀子  Focus on Gosho Heinosuke / 五所　平之助  Focus on Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切 和嘉  Japanese Currents  Others  In 2010, the Japanese Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 August at the National Museum of Singapore. The festival theme was Youth. Opening Film: Closing Film: Director in focus: Ōshima Nagisa / 大島 渚 Director in attendance:  Focus on Japanese New Wave and Oshima Nagisa  Focus on PIA Film Festival  Directions – Focus on NDJC 2007  Directions – Focus on NDJC 2008  Japanese Currents  The Japanese Film Festival 2009 was a showcase of some of the finest in Japanese horror, mystery and supernatural cinema that year.