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Parallax picks up Tokyo titles ‘Pavane For An Infant’, ‘Underground’ (exclusive) 4a2a
Both are set to world premiere at the festival.
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Tokyo film festival reveals 2024 line-up with strong Asian presence in competition 4c1f55
The festival will include 19 world premieres across its two competition strands.
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Dong Zijian’s ‘My Friend An Delie’ picked up by Rediance ahead of Tokyo competition (exclusive) 2t1d3e
Chinese actor Dong makes his directorial feature debut with the drama, which will premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Sho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024 3v5r2m
Actor and director Takumi Saitoh also announced as jury head for TIFF’s Ethical Film Award.
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Cannes award-winning producers to present projects at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2024 (exclusive) 3j2l5i
Projects from the producers of ‘Plan 75’ and ‘Tiger Stripes’ among the selection as well as Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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Tokyo film festival to open with period thriller ’11 Rebels’, close with ‘Marcello Mio’ 535x2q
The festival is set to close with Christophe Honoré’s ‘Marcello Mio’.
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Tokyo film festival launching ‘Women’s Empowerment’ section to champion female filmmakers 4e4428
The festival has also named Irie Yu as this year’s director in focus.
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Johnnie To, Chiara Mastroianni Tokyo film festival 2024 jury 504n53
Ildiko Enyedi and Ai Hashimoto also previously announced jury head Tony Leung.
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Tony Leung to head Tokyo film festival jury 6j355g
The Hong Kong star will serve as president of the international competition jury.
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‘Snow Leopard’ by late Pema Tseden wins top award at Tokyo film festival 6x1p6m
Films and talent from China and Iran dominated the winners.
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Japan’s Yoji Yamada reflects on Akira Kurosawa in talk with China’s Gu Xiaogang 6o2b4b
The two directors were in discussion at Tokyo International Film Festival.
- Reviews
‘Dwelling By The West Lake’: Tokyo Review 2w1f59
A young man must save his mother from the perils of a pyramid scheme in Gu Xiaogang’s rural China-set drama
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TIFFCOM reveals Pitching Contest 2023 winners 1f1o4x
The winners of the MPA Grand Prize and special recognition prize were revealed.
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Zhang Yimou talks Chinese box office hit ‘Full River Red’ and keeping investors happy 5b42n
The Chinese filmmaker said his continued to work after four decades in the business “because I truly love cinema”.
- Features
Tokyo’s director in focus Hideo Jojo on moving from erotica to remaking an Ozu classic 6m432v
The Japanese filmmaker has more than 100 credits to his name.
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How Japan’s Tetsuya Tomina attracted top talent to Tokyo premiere ‘Who Were We?’ 11374m
The drama about two lost souls stars Nana Komatsu and Ryuhei Matsuda.
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TIFFCOM: what to expect from the return of Japan’s biggest content market 57f1
Tiffcom is back in-person after four years, at a new location and featuring the inaugural Tokyo Story Market
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Tokyo film festival outlines three priorities for bumper 2023 edition 4a3j2t
Tokyo International Film Festival is establishing closer ties to Asia and increasing the size of its programme — all in anticipation of its biggest event since 2019.
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Diversion boards Tokyo competition title ‘The Gospel Of The Beast’ (exclusive) 414gp
The drama is the latest feature of Sheron Dayoc, known for ‘Ways Of the Sea’ and ‘Women Of The Weeping River’.
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Zhang Yimou to receive lifetime achievement award at Tokyo film festival 49217
The director of ‘House Of Flying Daggers’ and ‘Full River Red’ will attend the festival in October.