NEWS and EVENTS

July 4 (Sat) TUFS Cinema Iranian Film Screening: The Poet of the Wastes (Shāʻer-e zobāle-ha)

2026.05.04 update

TUFS Cinema Iranian Film Screening "The Poet of the Wastes (Shāʻer-e zobāle-ha)" will be organized on July 4, 2026.

Event Information

Date and time: Saturday, July 4, 2026, screening starts at 14:00 (Doors open at 13:40; event scheduled to end at 16:30)

Venue: Prometheus Hall, Agora Global, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Fuchu Campus (3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8534)*5-minute walk from Tama Station on the Seibu Tamagawa Line

Language: Japanese

Admission: Free

Registration: This event is open to public. Pre-registration is required: https://sanda.tufs.ac.jp/event/tc260704form/

*You will receive an acceptance email to your registered email address after registering in the form. Please be prepared to present your registration email at the entrance on the day of the event. (No problem on smartphone screen)

*You can come to the event without pre-registering, but you will be asked to register at the entrance to the venue, so pre-registering will make it easier for you to enter. If the number of participants exceeds capacity, those who have pre-registered will be given priority.

Contact tufscinema[at]tufs.ac.jp(Change [at] to @)

Co-hosted by: TUFS Cinema, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo)

Sponsored by: Hakubi Project Research Grant 2026, "A Systematic Study of Literature by the Iranian Diaspora" (PI: Miki Kinoshita)

In cooperation with: Center for Intercultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

DetailTUFS Cinemaイラン映画上映会『捨てられたものたちの詩人』 | 2026年度 | EVENTS | 東京外国語大学 (Japanese Only)

Program

14:00

Screening of The Poet of the Wastes (77 min.)

15:30

Post-screening commentary / talk

Miki Kinoshita, Assistant Professor, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University

Emi Goto, Associate Professor, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Konomi Murayama, Junior Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies