Tokyo film festival to host US Academy programme including Oscars talk
Academy CEO Bill Kramer will make his first visit to Asia and receive an honorary award.
Tokyo film festival reveals 2026 lineup including 15-strong Competition selection
Revealing its full lineup also included titles in the Asian Future and Nippon Cinema Now competitive strands.
Mohammad Rasoulof, Mipo O to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2026
Isomura Hayato also named head of the festival’s Ethical Film Award jury.
Rolf de Heer named 2026 Tokyo film festival jury president
The Australian auteur’s ‘The Survival of Kindness’ will screen as part of a spotlight showcase.
Cate Blanchett set for Tokyo film festival with Displacement Film Fund premieres
The actor and producer is also set to receive Japan’s Praemium Imperiale Award.
Tokyo film festival adds new awards and Southeast Asia focus
The awards include a fresh honour for women in cinema.
‘Sukiyaki’, ‘Colony’ to bookend Tokyo with ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ as Centerpiece
The 39th edition of the festival is set to run October 26 to November 4.
“Cinema not just for the elite”: New Tokyo film festival director reveals plans for next edition
EXCLUSIVE: Takeo Hisamatsu wants to add more commercial titles and increase the number of films from Japanese filmmakers.
Hiroyasu Ando to exit as Tokyo film festival chairman, replaced by Takeo Hisamatsu
Chairman Ando led a transformation of the festival, including the relocation of the main festival venue.
17 film festivals receive official ‘A’-list classification as part of major FIAPF revamp
EXCLUSIVE: Annecy, Busan and Clermont-Ferrand are among those now with an ‘A’ classification.
Tokyo film festival, TIFFCOM sets 2026 dates
The 10-day festival and affiliated market will return in October.
Our left-field tips for Bafta voters, plus Doha, Tallinn and Tokyo festival dispatches – The Screen Podcast
The team recommends documentaries and non-English-language titles that Bafta and Ampas voters might have missed.
Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ leads winners at Tokyo film festival
Other winners included Rithy Panh’s Cambodian documentary ’We Are The Fruits Of The Forest’.
Berlin news
BFI London Film Festival title ‘Isabel’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
Wim Wenders stands by Berlin politics comments: “Filmmakers are the opposite of politicians”
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs nine projects
‘The Education Of Jane Cumming’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland, France
German thriller ‘Prosecution’ sets key sales, releases first trailer
