UPEI is hosting a free Japanese Film Festival, presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal and the Japan Foundation, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242, on Friday, September 29, from 5:30 to 10:30 pm.

The two films that will be shown will be in the Japanese language with English subtitles. The first film, titled Bento Harassment, is a comedy/drama starring Ryoko Shinohara as a single mother of a teenage daughter in the midst of a rebellious phase. In the hopes of improving their relationship, and maybe a little of getting revenge, she uses a most peculiar means of communication: the daily bento lunches she prepares for her daughter. The second film is a drama titled Finding Calico. A former high school principal, who lives alone after his wife’s passing, barely tolerates the comings and goings of Mii, a stray cat that his wife used to feed. When Mii suddenly stops visiting the house one day, the old man finds himself searching high and low for the cat. His efforts bring him to connect with other townsfolk and realize that he is, in fact, not alone. 

Prior to the showing of the films, Jessica Gagnon, JET Programme Coordinator/Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Japan in Montreal, and UPEI alumni Diana Tutty and Rachel Lewis will be on campus to promote the Japanese Exchange and Teaching program (JET). They will be at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm and then in Don and Marion McDougall Hall from 4:00 to 5:30 pm to provide information to those who may be interested in the JET program.