PAL CINEMA SHINKOEN, a movie theater in Shinkaichi, Kobe (1 Shinkaichi, Hyogo-ku, Kobe; Tel: 078-575-7879 ), will hold the “PAL CINEMA Film Festival” from November 3.
Exterior view of PAL CINEMA SHINKOEN
Yuya Miyamoto, who was a staff member at the cinema until March of this year, and his colleagues are the planners and planners of the festival. He co-financed the project with his colleagues from his cinema days, and has been working with the staff of PAL CINEMA to make it a reality.
Pal Cinema celebrated its 50th anniversary last January 1, but was unable to hold any commemorative events due to the new Corona disaster. Mr. Miyamoto said, “I hear some people say that movie theaters are doing fine after the success of major films, but this is true only for some theaters, and most theaters are still struggling. We planned the “PALU CINEMA Film Festival” to celebrate the 50th anniversary in order to preserve PALU CINEMA one year and ten years from now, and to have people enjoy PALU CINEMA and the city even more than before.
On the first day of the festival, from 10:00 to 11:30, silent film accompaniment pianist Haruka Amamiya will perform “Welcome! Piano Theatre” (¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,000 for students) and a piano accompaniment screening of the 1926 comedy “Harold Lloyd, God of Good Fortune (Private Version)” will be held from 12:00 to 13:15. (throw-in money).
Other films to be screened are “Red Pig,” directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, “Radio Time,” “Amelie,” and “Floating Clouds” from March 3 to 9, and “Light in the City,” directed by Aki Kaurismäki of Finland, “The Man Without a Past” and “Bagdad Cafe” from March 10 to 16. Screening times and prices can be found on the website.
To commemorate the event, “Pal Cinema Film Festival Original Hoodies (red, white, black)” (5,800 yen) with illustrations by illustrator Peko Asano will be on sale, and a tie-up program will be offered during the festival period, whereby customers can receive services by showing their ticket stubs. At “Cafe Dairiki”, the “Dairiki Set Meal” will be discounted by 50 yen; at “Hara Doughnut”, a variety set (5 pieces) will be discounted by 50 yen; and at “COZY COFFEE”, a 50th Anniversary Blend drip bag will be given away with a purchase of 500 yen or more.
Through November 16.