Camera Japan Festival 2027 dates, venues and tickets

What is Camera Japan?

Camera Japan is a Japanese film and culture festival that has been held in Rotterdam each year since 2006. Film is at its heart, with art, music, dance, fashion, architecture and food around it. After the Rotterdam days, part of the film programme moves to Amsterdam for four days.

It is run by Stichting Tamago, in Rotterdam.

When is Camera Japan 2027?

The 2027 edition is on 22 to 26 September in Rotterdam and on 30 September to 3 October in Amsterdam. The 2026 edition ran from 23 to 27 September in Rotterdam and from 1 to 4 October in Amsterdam, so the festival keeps to the end of September and the start of October.

Where is it?

The festival has not named its 2027 venues yet. In 2026 the Rotterdam films were at LantarenVenster (Otto Reuchlinweg 996) and the weekend market and events at Plein Fenix (entrance Dolf Henkesplein 1), and the Amsterdam films were at LAB111 (Arie Biemondstraat 111).

LantarenVenster and Plein Fenix are accessible to people with disabilities. LAB111 is in an old building without a lift, so wheelchair users should call the cinema first to ask about a ramp or other help.

What is on?

Films: the 2026 programme ran from new feature films to animation, documentaries and short films, with director Q&As. The 2026 Audience Award went to the courtroom drama Blue Boy Trial.

In 2026 the Camera Japan Market was at LantarenVenster from Thursday to Sunday, with an extended weekend market of more than 30 stands at Plein Fenix. It sold Japanese food, drinks and crafts, such as onigiri, mochi, tea, sake, takoyaki, kimono, ceramics and origami paper, and had workshops and tastings. Amsterdam had a mini-market at LAB111.

Extras: in 2026 there were workshops such as Edo stencil carving, and a Sunday programme for children at Fenix with games, crafts and a short film.

Tickets and free entry

In 2026 the market, the exhibitions and the interventions at LantarenVenster were free, and so were the market at Plein Fenix and the LAB111 venue. For a film or ticketed event you booked a ticket via the Buy Tickets link on the festival's site.

In 2026 a Cineville pass was valid for regular film screenings in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and the LantarenVenster strippenkaart in Rotterdam. A Cineville pass holds at most 15 reservations at a time, and the festival asks you to cancel a reservation you cannot use.

In 2026 film tickets cost what the cinemas charge (see their ticket pages), while workshops and the film brunch had their own price on the festival's event page. Prices for 2027 are not out yet.