Arts and stage · Tohoku
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2027 (YIDFF)
山形国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭2027
Asia's leading documentary film festival returns to Yamagata City from 7 to 14 October 2027.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Thu 07 to Thu 14 Oct 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Cinemas and venues across Yamagata City
- City
- Yamagata
- Prefecture
- Yamagata
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Arts and stage
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The 20th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, held every two years in odd-numbered years since 1989, runs from 7 to 14 October 2027, as stated in the festival's own published entry regulations. It is Japan's first international documentary film festival, built around an International Competition and the New Asian Currents programme for emerging Asian filmmakers. Screenings take place at venues across Yamagata City.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://www.yidff.jp/2027/entry/27entry1-e.html. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.