Japan's largest celebration of cinema, which will open with Wim Wenders' acclaimed Tokyo-set drama 'Perfect Days,' will welcome an estimated 600 film world guests, up from 100 in 2022.
The Tokyo International Film Festival undertook a series of bold changes in 2020 to enhance its international reach, including a location change and major…
Tokyo, Oct 26 (EFE).- The Tokyo International Film Festival is aiming to “return to normality” in this year’s edition with an international presence after the pandemic reduced foreign representation for two years. “The fundamental pillars of a film festival are: showing good films and promoting the exchange of people,” TIFF director Hiroyasu Ando tells Efe …
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Japan s flagship cinema event is changing locations and programming directors, deepening its relationship with Palme d Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda and belatedly signing a gender parity pledge.
The Tokyo International Film Festival unveiled a range of operational changes Monday, including the appointment of a new programming director and a move of locations within the Japanese capital.
The shakeup reflects the continued influence of former Japanese diplomat Hiroyasu Ando, who was appointed festival chairman in 2019 and has vowed to boost the festival s global relevancy. We produced Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizuguchi and so many others, and we still produce many great films, Ando said in an interview with
Jan 10, 2021
This time last year, the world started to become aware of a new virus spreading in one region of China, which was already taking steps to contain it. One of the first widely publicized iterations of measures to guard against the virus in the entertainment world was probably the late January cancellation of Cantopop star Andy Lau’s 12-show run of concerts in Hong Kong in February.
“Sorry about this,” Lau wrote on his website. “I wish that everyone will remain healthy, and that we get through this difficulty together.”
Other concerts in the region were promptly canceled as the burgeoning epidemic interfered with logistics: Freight and travel restrictions enacted in China made it impossible for tours to fulfill their production requirements. Two of Hong Kong’s biggest tourist attractions, Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park, closed, even though the number of infections in the territory was still modest. The virus was already having a significant effe