WOMEN DIRECTORS DOMINATE TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FESTIVAL LINEUPS
Artist A.S.M. Kobayashi brings life to government documents in 'Electric Neon Clock'
Lifting the layers behind the mask: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on 'Omote (面)'
Author Jeff Chiba Stearns brings yokai and folklore to Japanese Canadian history
South Side Samurai Munetaka Murakami rides into Toronto
Vancouver Japanese Film Festival launches in September
Miho Suzuki explores accent bias and identity in "The Improper Identity" at Toronto Fringe Festival
Kate Kamo McHugh retraces ancestors' journeys across Canadian landscapes
Author Keiko Honda on the stories we inherit and the ones we pass on
Kimiko's Pearl album, featuring the ballet's original score, contends for two Juno Awards
22 Oct 2026
Posted by James Heron 
While women directors may not dominate in terms of number, two new films by women represent the best of the Japanese lineups at the Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals. Japanese cinema has long produced compelling portraits of women’s lives, but the filmmakers shaping those portraits...
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19 Oct 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Artist A.S.M. Kobayashi brings visitors along to uncover family history at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Photo credit Toni Hafkenscheid. Instead, Kobayashi has documents, transcripts, letters, and meticulous inventories of her ancestors’ home, property, and everything within that was taken,...
Read more → 16 Oct 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Artists Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter bring performance Omote (面) to Alberta. Photo credit: Luciana D’Anunciação. Omote (面) makes its Alberta debut this October, where co-creators Turnbull and Carter will perform Omote (面) and host Origami + Movement workshops in Calgary, Lethbridge,...
Read more → 15 Oct 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Author Jeff Chiba Stearns' launches his third graphic novel, Ojiichan's Dragon. Left: The cover of Ojiichan's Dragon. Right: Author, illustrator, and filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns. A story about family, resilience, and how the bonds between generations can preserve culture, memory, and hope, Ojiichan’s...
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04 Aug 2026
Posted by nikkeivoice 
The Vancouver Japanese Film Festival presents a diverse range of films that explore the depths of Japanese filmmaking, from heartfelt dramas and captivating comedies to gripping thrillers and thought-provoking documentaries! The festival builds than 15 years of programming excellence established...
Read more → 03 Jul 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Improper Identity makes its Toronto Fringe Festival debut July 2 to 12 at Native Earth’s Minogitoon Workspace Giizis Studio, presented by Japanese Canadian performing arts company Mihyonvision. Japanese Canadian actor and playwright Miho Suzuki explores this overlooked reality in her new play, The...
Read more → 11 May 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
A photograph from RETRACED. Artist Kate Kamo McHugh performs in Coalsdale, B.C. RETRACED runs at Shintani Gallery from May 9 to 24 Since their arrival in Canada, her ancestors, the Takedas and Kamos, moved and were moved multiple times across Canada. Last summer, the Waterloo-based artist retraced...
Read more → 21 Apr 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: The cover of Hidden Flowers. Photo courtesy: Heritage House. Right: The Broken Map Home. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. Keiko Honda will speak about her newest books, Hidden Flowers and The Broken Map Home, during two Asian Heritage Month book events in Toronto: Ben McNally Books on May 4 and the Toronto...
Read more → 21 Nov 2025
Posted by James Heron 
Shannon Gorman and Brendan Fraser in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures. © 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved. This is down to Hikari, the Japanese director and screenwriter behind the project. Her films include 37 Seconds and episodes of Tokyo Vice and Beef, and she clearly...
Read more → 23 Sep 2025
Posted by James Heron 
A strong selection of Japanese films at TIFF and VIFF this fall. Clockwise: Saikai Paradise, ©KEIKO TSURUOKA. Renoir, ©Renoir Loaded Films. Kohuko, ©Shuichi Yoshida/ASP ©2025 "KOHUKO" Film Partners. KOKUHO (TIFF and VIFF) Kokuho has become an unexpected phenomenon at the Japanese box office,...
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