Perfect Days (JFT People’s Choice Award screening)
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September 1 @ 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm EDT
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Perfect Days
Tuesday, September 1, 6:30PM (ET)
Doors open 6:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall
Directed by Wim Wenders • 2023 • Drama • 124 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer
In a world of fleeting moments, find the beauty that lasts.
A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders.
In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, YAKUSHO Kōji plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol OZU Yasujiro, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.
Part 1 of our JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. Pre-screening introduction from current & former JFT Film Program Officers!
Free admission. Registration required.
Please note: Due to the high demand for these screenings, we kindly ask that each person register for and attend only one of the JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. This will help ensure that as many members of our community as possible have the opportunity to attend these final screenings. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Both screenings are currently fully booked. If tickets become available due to cancellations or returns, they will be released through Eventbrite. We encourage you to check the registration pages regularly for any newly available tickets.
We will also have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding.
Director Profile: 
Wim Wenders (born 1945) came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of German Cinema during the 1970’s and is now considered one of the most important figures in contemporary film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films, his work as a scriptwriter, director, producer, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films. His career as a filmmaker began in 1967 when Wenders enrolled at the newly founded University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich). Parallel to his studies, he also worked as a film critic for a number of years. Upon graduating from the academy in 1971, he founded, together with fifteen other directors and authors, the Filmverlag der Autoren, a film distribution company for German auteur films, which organized the production, rights administration and distribution of their own independent films.
