【作品募集】第7回 ジャパン インディーズ フィルム フェスティバル（JIFF2027）開催決定！
7月4, 2026
インディペンデント映画を愛するすべてのクリエイターの皆さまへ。
第7回 ジャパン インディーズ フィルム フェスティバル（JIFF2027） の開催が決定し、作品を募集しています。
JIFFは、英国レインダンス映画祭認定姉妹映画祭として、世界各国から優れたインディペンデント作品を募集・上映する国際映画祭です。
また、英国レインダンス映画祭より**「アジア映画祭ベスト10」**に選出され、第3位にランクインしました。
開催時期が4月へ変更になります
これまでJIFFは毎年11月に開催してまいりましたが、第7回より開催スケジュールを見直し、
2027年4月20日（火）・21日（水）
の開催となります。
新しい開催サイクルにより、より多くの作品との出会い、そしてより充実した映画祭を目指してまいります。
開催概要
開催日
2027年4月20日（火）・21日（水）
会場
シアターギルド代官山（東京）
上映作品の監督（＋1名様）は映画祭へ無料ご招待いたします。
上映・授賞式・監督トーク・交流会を予定しています。
JIFFについて
ジャパン インディーズ フィルム フェスティバル（JIFF）は、英国レインダンス映画祭の正式認定姉妹映画祭です。
審査には、
- レインダンス映画祭創設者 エリオット・グローブ
- レインダンス映画祭プログラムディレクター スザンヌ・バランタイン
- 国内外で活躍する映画監督・プロデューサー
など、国際的な審査員が参加します。
▼Best Film Festivals in Asia
https://www.raindance.org/the-best-film-festivals-in-asia/
▼7 Reasons To Submit to the Japan Indies Film Festival
https://www.raindance.org/7-reasons-to-submit-to-japan-indies-film-festival/
募集カテゴリー
2027年度は以下のカテゴリーで作品を募集します。
- Narrative Feature（長編ストーリー）
- Documentary Feature（長編ドキュメンタリー）
- Feature Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Narrative Short
- Documentary Short
- Short Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First-Time Feature Director
- First-Time Short Director
- Comedy Short
- Action Short
- Music Video
- Script
- Micro Mini Films（5分以下）
※同一作品を複数カテゴリーへ応募することも可能です。
エントリー受付
応募締切
2027年3月31日（水）
エントリーはこちらから
▶ 映画エクスプレス
https://eigaexpress.com/festival/RaindanceFilmFestival
映画エクスプレスへサインアップ後、オンラインで簡単に応募できます。
JIFF2025 主な受賞作品
- グランプリ（長編ドラマ）
No Time For Goodbye - 最優秀長編ドキュメンタリー
God As My Witness - 最優秀短編ドラマ
The Apple Tree - 最優秀短編ドキュメンタリー
Searching for Kurosawa - 最優秀脚本賞
四志 - 最優秀ミュージックビデオ
NAND – SOS
ほか、多数の作品が受賞しました。
スケジュール
- 2027年3月31日 応募締切
- 2027年4月5日 ノミネート作品発表
- 2027年4月8日 上映データ提出締切
- 2027年4月20日・21日 上映・授賞式開催
お問い合わせ
Japan Indies Film Festival
E-mail
japanindiesfilm@gmail.com映画祭公式サイト
https://japan-indies-film-festival.blogspot.com/Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jiffjapanindiesfilmfestival/
あなたの映画を世界へ。
JIFFは、世界中のインディペンデント映画クリエイターとの出会いを大切にしています。
皆さまの情熱あふれる作品との出会いを、スタッフ一同楽しみにしております。
日曜18時、新しいロックの時間が始まる。
3月19, 2026
ラジオ番組「Mike Rogers Show」放送時間変更のお知らせ（2026年4月〜）
放送時間が変更になります
いつも「The World Famous Mike Rogers Show（マイク・ロジャース・ショー）」をお聴きいただき、ありがとうございます。
LOVE FMで放送中のインディーズロック番組「Mike Rogers Show」は、
2026年4月より放送時間が変更となります。
より多くのリスナーの皆さまに番組をお届けするための時間帯変更となります。
どうぞお聴き逃しのないよう、新しい放送時間をご確認ください。
■ 新しい放送時間（2026年4月〜）
放送局：LOVE FM
放送時間：毎週日曜日 18:00〜18:55
■ 全国どこからでも聴けます
「Mike Rogers Show」は、
スマートフォンアプリ radiko（ラジコ） を使って、日本全国どこからでもお聴きいただけます。
■ 番組について
「Mike Rogers Show」は、
日本・海外のインディーズロックを紹介する音楽番組として、2020年のスタート以来、
世界中のインディーズアーティストと日本のリスナーをつなぐ番組として放送を続けてきました。
これからも音楽と楽しいトークを、変わらずお届けしてまいります。
■ 番組情報・各種リンク
LOVE FM 公式番組ページ
https://lovefm.co.jp/mike_rogers/programs/more
YouTube チャンネル
https://www.youtube.com/@MikeRogersShow
Facebook 公式ページ
https://www.facebook.com/MikeRogersShow/?locale=ja_JP
■ 番組最新情報・リクエスト
番組X（旧Twitter）
放送中のオンエア曲情報をリアルタイムで更新中
ハッシュタグ：#mrskor
番組リクエストメール
mrskor696@gmail.com
Instagram（選曲リスト掲載）
https://www.instagram.com/yukarogers/
放送で紹介した楽曲のプレイリストをInstagramに掲載しています。
世界と日本のインディーズロックをあなたへ。
カミナリジャパンフィルムフェスティバル2026 開催決定・作品募集スタート！
12月27, 2025
ユニバーサルビジョンが運営する国際映画祭のひとつ、
カミナリジャパンフィルムフェスティバル（Kaminari Japan Film Festival / Kaminari JFF） の
2026年開催が決定しました！
本映画祭は、ジャパンインディーズフィルムフェスティバル（JIFF）の姉妹映画祭として、
「低予算でも、アイデアと情熱で勝負する」
個性あふれる作品を国内外から広く募集する国際映画祭です。
開催概要
開催日
2026年11月25日（水）・26日（木）
エントリー受付
FilmFreeway エントリーページ
https://filmfreeway.com/kaminarijapanfilmfes
| 締切種別 | 日程 |
|---|---|
| レギュラー締切 | 2026年4月10日 |
| 遅い締切 | 2026年9月10日 |
| 最終締切 | 2026年10月17日 |
| 通知日 | 2026年10月31日 |
募集カテゴリー
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Feature Films
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Documentary Features
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Short Films
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Best Documentary Short
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Best Music Video
-
Eraserhead Award（Best Horror）
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Anything Goes Award（Surprise us!）
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Mobile Moments
-
Debut Feature Award
Kaminari JFF 公式情報
Webhttps://kaminari-japan-film-fes.blogspot.com/
Xhttps://x.com/KaminariJFF
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kaminarijapanfilmfes/
2025年 受賞作品
Congratulations!
Here is the list of winners for the 2025 Kaminari Japan Film Festival:
⭐️ Best Feature Documentary 最優秀ドキュメンタリー長編
‘Sharing Aloha’ – Blair Treu シェアリング・アロハ
⭐️ Best Music Video 最優秀音楽ビデオ
‘Pieces of Central Park’ – Peter Sluszka ピースオブ セントラルパーク
⭐️ Best Anything Goes 最優秀エニシングゴーズ
‘Josefine’ – Antonia Bain ジョセフィーン
⭐️ Best Narrative Short 最優秀短編ストーリー
‘Alien Guy Tim’ – Scott Simerly Jr. エイリアンガイ ティム
⭐️ Cinematic Impact Award シネマティックインパクト賞
‘Oxplant’ – chavo オクスプラント
⭐️ Jury Special Award 審査委員賞
‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation’ – Kenneth R. Frank ハウアイスペンド マイサマーバケーション
Grand Prize – Best Narrative Feature グランプリ
【MADO】 – MAO 窓
低予算 × 情熱が光る映画祭
Kaminari JFFは、ロンドン・レインダンス映画祭のバックアップのもとに運営され、
「資金より情熱」「完成度より個性」を大切にする映画祭です。
スマートフォン映画、DIYスピリットあふれる作品、
ジャンルも国境も越えた“尖った作品”との出会いを、今年も心から楽しみにしています。
「お金がなくても、映画は撮れる。」
そう信じるすべての映像作家の皆さまのエントリーをお待ちしています。
FilmFreeway エントリーページ
https://filmfreeway.com/kaminarijapanfilmfes
ラジオ番組「Mike Rogers Show」の放送時間が変更になりました！
2月16, 2025
お知らせ！ラジオ番組の放送時間が変わりました！
いつも**「The World Famous Mike Rogers Show」** をお聴きいただきありがとうございます！
このたび、放送時間が変更 になりましたので、お知らせいたします。
新しい放送時間
放送局：LOVE FM
⏰ 新時間帯：土曜日 19時〜20時
（旧時間帯：水曜日 23時〜24時）
この時間変更により、より多くのリスナーの皆さんに番組をお届けできるようになります！
引き続き、最新のインディーズサウンドと楽しいトークをお楽しみください！
お聴き逃しのないよう、ぜひスケジュールに追加してくださいね！ ✅
番組の詳細はこちら
LOVE FM 番組ページ
Mike Rogers Show YouTubeチャンネル
最新情報は随時更新！引き続きよろしくお願いします！
ジョージ ドラマ出演決定 テレビ東京「二つの祖国」でFBI捜査官に
3月13, 2019
If you want to understand what a Japanese wants to say, listen to their hearts and not their words.
4月8, 2014
There’s a very old Japanese saying that goes like this; “If you want to understand what a Japanese wants to say, listen to their hearts and not their words.”
When I first came to live in Japan, I was told this by many of my close Japanese friends. I couldn’t understand it at all. I mean, as a westerner, and a male, it made no sense to me… It didn’t make any sense to me for the first 15 or 20 years of my living in Japan.
My reasoning went like this: How was I to understand what someone is thinking when their words tell me a different story? I am not Houdini or some sort of clairvoyant mind reader!
In fact, I remember many years ago, a very close friend of mine in Japan having much troubles because he always took what Japanese people said at face-value and considered them “liars” because they would often say one thing, but mean another. They would rarely “speak their hearts.” We had long discussions about this and he would often be angry and demand to me,
“If they think that, why don’t they just say so?!”
It is often said that Japanese people never say, “No!” Also they never say what they really mean. It’s true: Their true meaning is not in words spoken from their mouths, but not from their hearts.
My very close friend left Japan many years ago and never returned.
Now, after working in big companies as an executive or advisor to presidents and high ranking executives; after seeing grown Japanese men crying at meetings; after dismissing several dozen Japanese staff from their duties when I was a general manager; after two divorces, and finally one happy marriage (today nearly 20 years); this saying makes perfect sense to me:
“If you want to understand what a Japanese wants to say, listen to their hearts and not their words.”
Recently, I’ve had two dear friends visiting from overseas for work. I witnessed this saying in action yesterday twice within the span of a few hours.
The first example was when one of my friends (who doesn’t speak Japanese) asked a nice Japanese gentleman to make a short speech in English for a promotional video. The Japanese man said something like,
“Oh, yes. I can do that.”
But as soon as my foreign friend was out of earshot, the Japanese gentlemen leaned to me and said, “Mike! What should I do?”
Now, most people would think that the, “What should I do?” means, “Help me with my English.” Or, “How shall I say this?” But that’s not what he means. Those are his words, but by listening to his heart, I could tell what he was really saying was, “I do not have confidence in my English to make a speech. Isn’t there anything you can do for me?”
I looked him right in the eye and said, “I understand. How about we do just a little comment in English and the rest in Japanese?”
His eyes grew bright and he smiled and shook my hand with a sigh or great relief, “Oh yes. That would be best. Thank you.”
We held almost all the speech in Japanese. It went well. A success.
The second case was when we went to a different company to organize a project that had been ordered by the big boss. We met two sections chiefs and one of their marketing staff. We did the Japanese business card exchange ritual and sat down. The first thing out of the section chief’s mouth was,
“Thank you for coming. We were ordered by our boss to make a video and told we don’t have any time except today…”
Once again, any rationally thinking westerner would hear that and shake their heads in agreement.
But that isn’t what the guy’s heart was saying was, I knew exactly what his heart was saying, and it was this,
“Thank you for coming. We were ordered by our boss to make a video and told we don’t have any time except today. This is worrisome as we just found out about it. We have absolutely no plan on what we want and how to do it. Do we have to do it today?”
They had no idea what was going on but couldn’t defy the bosses orders… They were hinting to us that they wanted time to make a plan. It was plainly obvious to me. I said,
“Oh? Well, dear sirs, we are merely here to help you and it isn’t necessary at all to make this video today. We are here to show you what we can do and when you folks are ready, we’re here to help you. We can even attend your planning meetings, if you like.”
It was like a huge balloon filled with the hot air of tension deflated right their on the spot. Our there Japanese hosts suddenly allowed their backs to relax and they slightly sank back into their seats knowing the deadline Sword of Damocles wasn’t hanging over their head at that very moment.
I felt good that I could understand what these two cases really wanted to say when they spoke. It was very satisfying.
From understanding their hearts, I immediately build a bond of great trust and a sort of acceptance and intimate understanding that the Japanese have with each other.
It was wonderful that my two foreign friends could witness this first hand when they were here.
If all of us foreigners living and working in Japan remember this, it makes working and living with the Japanese all that much easier.
“If you want to understand what a Japanese wants to say, listen to their hearts and not their words.”
Global Warming and Increasing Co2 Dump Nearly 9 inches (22 cm) of Snow on Tokyo in Less Than 24 Hours!
2月15, 2014
Global Warming and Climate Change have become the critical issue of our times. The changes are coming quicker and quicker. The last 24 hours makes two weeks in a row that Tokyo has set records for snowfall in February. The government must increase our taxes so that they can fix the climate like they’ve fixed our economy.
From Tokyo Today: 3 dead, 494 injured as heavy snow hits most of Japan:
TOKYO — The heaviest snow in two decades struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan on Saturday, leaving three dead and nearly 500 others injured in 29 prefectures, reports said. More than 740 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm warning for the capital, while more than 40,000 households lost power. As much as 22 centimeters of snow was recorded Saturday afternoon in Tokyo, topping 20 centimeters for the first time since 1994, the meteorological agency and news reports said.
Catch that first line. Let me repeat it for you:
The heaviest snow in two decades struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan…
Let me repeat if for you in bold type letters:
The heaviest snow in two decades struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan…
Well, I’m not sure about all of Tokyo and most of Japan, but I am sure that this is the most snow I have ever witnessed in the Tokyo Yokohama area in 30 years and….
My back patio… I guess there’s no BBQ nor lounging around there today!
It’s the first time in 15 years of living here that there has been so much snow that I cannot open my front gate. This makes massive snow storms now two weeks running…
Well, OK, I did force the front gate open and took these photos for you. This is my front patio area.
THis is up the street. Don’t worry lady, they aren’t coming to pick up the trash today! Not in this heavy snow, they aren’t… This makes two Saturdays in a row for that too!
Don’t worry lady, no trash pick up today!
Maybe I should get my car out from under the snow…
… So that I can drive around and take photos for dear reader of the winter wonderland…
But, then again, maybe I won’t be taking the car out. Nobody else will either, even if they have snow tires… No one is going anywhere in this snow.
As everyone knows, and it goes without argument, consideration or debate that, Global Warming (now conveniently called “Climate Change”) causes the world to get warmer and colder.
Some will claim that 95% of the World’s Scientists All Agree that the world is getting warmer and it is the fault of man.
As a simpleton drunk, with extensive experience with snow and cold, I do have a problem with this. But who am I to argue with consensus? (I lived in Minnesota as a child and never remember it snowing heavily when it was warm. Funny that!)
Read here about 31,000 scientists as well as 9,029 with PhDs, who think the earth is flat here.
Eat Healthy For Your Child’s Own Good
2月9, 2014
Breakfast at the Rogers’ house. Raw lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, avocado, grapes, tangerines, lemon slice, tomatoes, walnuts, strawberries, grapefruit and (slightly boiled) broccoli along with homemade juice (not pictured) consisting of: cabbage, tomatoes, ginger root, bananas, broccoli, oranges, lemons. My son eats this everyday, every meal. Keep your and your child’s health in balance by eating like this always. No processed or fast foods! They’ll be happier, healthier and their brains won’t be fried by chemicals.
Read more: People Are Poisoning Themselves and Their Own Children at Breakfast. Are You One of Them?
Japan Becomes World’s #1 Music Market by Wide Margin
1月30, 2014
Japan has now definitively surpassed the USA as the world’s #1 music market.
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I’ve written repeatedly about the music market in Japan. One of my favorites is here: Why Good UK and USA (Western) Independent and Alternative Artists Cannot Get Record or Publishing Deals in Japan.
I’ve also been doing my new morning show on InterFM called, “WTF?” (What the Friday?) Where we always try to play lots of new music. Many of the foreign artists we play tell me that their Japan sales have surpassed their US sales. I always tell them, “Because, in Japan, people still pay for music and CDs still sell here.” (Musicians! Come “Like” our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WhattheFriday)
Now, I’ve found a wonderful article that backs me up.
Here’s a nice tidbit:
“Food, taxi rides, cinema tickets and even iTunes downloads are all way more expensive in Japan than in the USA. So a big part of the reason is that every download sold in Japan earns over twice the amount of money that it does in the USA. I will repeat this. To sell music is over twice as profitable in Japan as in most other countries specially the USA. That factor alone would almost completely explain the sameness in revenues of a country half the size.”
Read the full article here… https://indigoboom.com/4-reasons-why-big-in-japan-is-no-joke/
Happy New Year 2014! The Year of the “Hose”!
12月30, 2013
Happy New Year 2014! The Year of the “Hose”!
This joke might be hard to understand for foreigners who don’t speak Japanese or vice versa…. Next year is the year of the Horse… But “Horse” and “Hose” are written the same way in Katakana (the Japanese alphabet for foreign words – there’s 3 alphabets in Japan, but the way, but that’s another story….)
Horse in Japanese is “uma.” When a Japanese studies English, they learn that “uma,” in English, is pronounced: “ho-su.” Which, you can probably guess, is the same pronunciation – and the same word – as the garden watering device… Also, hence, the pose that looks like I might be “riding” the hose.
The joke really gets to be an “inside joke” when you realize that in the red circle at the top right, there is a mix of the Japanese alphabet “Hiragana” (the language for Japanese things) for the “ho” and in Katakana for the “su.” It’s a curve ball!
It’s a 13-year-old level joke, but I think it wouldn’t occur to most Japanese so some of them think it’s hilarious!
WelI, as we all know, a joke that must be explained isn’t that funny… I guess, you’d have to be here to appreciate it!
Anyway, have a safe and Happy New Year!
May all your dreams come true in 2014!