Competition Chairman ANDO Hiroyasu delivered opening remarks on the convention, outlining a variety of enhancements which might be being made to this 12 months’s version, together with an growth of the variety of movies within the lineup, a five-fold enhance in worldwide visitors, particular screenings and occasions devoted to Ozu, strengthened collaboration with different international locations/areas in Asia, and the launch of a program aimed toward reaching each Japanese and overseas college students learning movie in Japan. (See full press launch for extra within the hyperlink under.)
TIFFCOM Managing Director KURIHASHI Mikiya then mentioned TIFFCOM 2023, the TIFF’s affiliated market, which will likely be marking its twentieth version and the primary to be held bodily since 2019, as a consequence of Covid. Operating from October 25 to 27 on the new Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Commerce Heart Hamamatsucho Constructing, TIFFCOM will now be situated nearer to TIFF’s venues, and have expanded house for abroad exhibitors, the brand new TOKYO Story Market, an expansive lineup of talks and occasions, and the 4th annual Tokyo Hole-Financing Market program.
Internationally acclaimed German filmmaker, author and photographer Wim Wenders, who will function the President of the Worldwide Competitors Jury on the thirty sixth TIFF, despatched a message that was shared with the viewers (See full press launch for his message). His fellow jurors will likely be Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra, Chinese language actress and producer Zhao Tao, Vietnamese producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, and Japanese producer KUNIZANE Mizue.
The thirty sixth TIFF Competition Navigator ANDO Momoko then took to the stage, carrying the identical outfit that she posed in (together with her father, actor OKUDA Eiji) for the TIFF poster, and shared her ideas on serving within the place, which was beforehand known as the Competition Ambassador. (See full press launch for extra within the hyperlink under).
Following an introduction to TIFF Opening Movie Excellent Days (by Wim Wenders) and Closing Movie Godzilla Minus One (by YAMAZAKI Takashi), TIFF Programming Director ICHIYAMA Shozo greeted the viewers and shared highlights of the pageant’s 9 sections, together with the Competitors, Gala Choice, Nippon Cinema Now and others. The Competitors consists of 15 movies*, ten of them world premieres, chosen from amongst 1,942 titles from 114 international locations and areas.
(*See the total launch for the total checklist of Competitors titles.)
Two Japanese administrators whose work will likely be world premiered within the TIFF Competitors part then joined Ichiyama on stage to make remarks about their choice: KOTSUJI Yohei (A Foggy Paradise) and TOMINA Tetsuya (Who Had been We?). (See full launch for feedback.)
Senior Programmer ISHIZAKA Kenji launched the Asian Future part lineup and supplied highlights of the ten movies from rising filmmakers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Israel, Thailand, Turkey and Japan, all of whom are receiving their world premieres and will likely be eligible for awards. He famous that three of the movies have been directed by ladies, and almost all of the titles concentrate on households grappling with trendy life, reflecting deep insights into the areas by which they stay.
Animation Programming Advisor FUJITSU Ryota supplied an summary of the revitalized Animation part, which can now embody internationally acclaimed animated works in addition to Japanese titles. It is going to characteristic seven latest Japanese masterworks, in addition to 5 movies from abroad, together with two from China. There will even be seminars on the Portrayal of Youth and the Potentialities of Animated Expression.
*Please confer with TIFF’s official web site for the total lineup of the Animation part.
For the fourth 12 months, TIFF and The Japan Basis will likely be co-presenting the favored TIFF Lounge discuss periods, that includes main auteurs from Asia and past. This 12 months’s members embody Zhang Yimou, Tran Anh Hung, Yamada Yoji, Yang Yonghi, and the 2 recipients of the Kurosawa Akira Award, Mouly Surya and Gu Xiaogang. Among the many many different occasion highlights will likely be a masterclass with Hong Kong celebrity Tony Leung; a Kering’s Ladies In Movement occasion; an Ozu Yasujiro “Shoulders of Giants” symposium with Jia Zhangke, KUROSAWA Kiyoshi and Kelly Reichardt; a dialogue between TAKASAKI Takuma, the screenwriter of TIFF Opening Movie Excellent Days and filmmaker Kawamura Genki, who produced Kore-eda’s newest movie, Monster; and a TIFF Roundtable highlighting the Feminine Gaze on Movie Journalism, with worldwide practitioners.
The thirty sixth TIFF will likely be held from October 23 to November 1, 2023 within the Hibiya-Yurakucho-Marunouchi-
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