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Features
Why the Tokyo International Film Festival is shifting its focus from Hollywood to Asia
The Japanese film industry is becoming more outward looking.
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News
‘Uncle’, ‘Summer Knight’ take top prizes at Tokyo film festival
Winners in the International Competition also included Atlantis, Just 6.5, Only The Animals and Chaogtu With Sarula.
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Tokyo International Film Festival opens with strong focus on Japan
Jury president Zhang Ziyi said the festival would be a “very special prenatal education” for her unborn baby.
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Features
Tokyo: Crosscut Asia programme shines a light on Southeast Asian genre films
Lav Diaz, Mattie Do, and Randy Korompis are among the filmmakers presented this year.
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Japan's anime renaissance in the spotlight at Tokyo Film Festival
A ‘Japanese Animation’ sidebar launches at this year’s festival.
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Jon Kuyper on producing ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, Ridley Scott series ‘Raised By Wolves’
US producer explained differences between producing at different budget levels in MPA-DHU workshop in TIFFCOM.
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Tokyo Film Festival director: “It’s time for people to take a fresh look at Japan”
Takeo Hisamatsu explains how this year’s TIFF will bring Japan’s biggest cultural achievements back into focus.
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'Still Life' remake among China-Japan projects discussed at TIFFCOM
TIFFCOM’s China Day comprised a series of seminars and a networking event and follows the signing of a China-Japan co-production agreement last year.
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Features
TIFFCOM: how Japan’s biggest content market is building international bridges
US producer Jon Kuper is among those speaking at the three-day event.
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Tokyo Special Edition 2019
The Tokyo International Film Festival runs Oct 28-Nov 5, whilst three-day industry strand TIFFCOM kicks earlier on Oct 22.
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Tokyo film festival unveils full line-up, jury members
Competition to screen 14 titles including the world premieres of Japanese films Tezuka’s Barbara and A Beloved Wife.
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ to close Tokyo International Film Festival
Masayuki Suo’s ’Talking The Pictures’ will receive a Gala Screening on October 31.
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Yoji Yamada’s 'Welcome Back, Tora-san' to open 2019 Tokyo Film Festival
The title marks the 50th anniversary of the popular Tora-san series.
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TIFF’s Crosscut Asia to focus on Southeast Asian genre films
Confirmed titles include Lav Diaz’s The Halt, Prachya Pinkaew’s Sisters and Folklore episode Tatami.
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'Amanda', 'A First Farewell' take top prizes at Tokyo film festival
Festival’s 31st edition built bridges to China and Southeast Asia.
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Features
Tokyo interview: Liu Hao on Chinese reform era drama 'The Poet'
The Chinese director talks about recreating 1980s China in his Tokyo International Film Festival competition title.
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Filmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'
Imaizumi’s drama about millennials navigating love is one of only two Japanese features in TIFF Competition.
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Junji Sakamoto discusses tackling PTSD for his Tokyo competition title 'Another World'
The veteran filmmaker shines a light on a taboo topic in Japan.
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Reviews
'Another World': Tokyo Review
Three childhood friends find reunion to be a rocky road in Junji Sakamoto’s intimate drama.
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News
China's film industry facing its "year of reckoning", says producer Andre Morgan
Morgan worked with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong in the 1970s, helping to bring stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan to the world.