“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’.
Akio Fujimoto among second cohort of Japanese filmmaker support scheme
The Venice award-winner and Yurina Kaneko are among the selection set to receive support.
Locarno winner Sho Miyake and Rithy Panh tease upcoming projects
The two filmmakers were in conversation at Tokyo International Film Festival.
Moebius boards Tokyo premiere ‘Double Happiness’ for Asia-Pacific sales
The comedy-drama stars Kuan-Ting Liu, Jennifer Yu and Kuei-mei Yang.
How Tokyo Film Commission is tackling challenges while supporting an influx of films and series
Films recently supported by TFC include A24’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ and Searchlight’s ‘Rental Family’.
How Japan-Finland co-production ‘Blood And Sweat’ overcame workplace differences
Filmmakers Tomomi Takashima and Daniel Toivonen highlighted extended script development time and different working hours as the main challenges.
‘Parasite’ producer Barunson E&A to co-produce film with Japan
Japanese producer Shinya Kawai also has a co-production with Italy in the pipeline.
“This is a national issue”: Yoji Yamada calls on Japan government to support film
The veteran filmmaker issued the call during a conversation with ’Kokuho’ director Lee Sang-il at Tokyo International Film Festival.
Berlin news
Berlin Panorama selection ‘Olmo’ from Plan B, Teorema lands North American deal
Berlin’s European Film Market names South Africa as 2027 Country in Focus
Films not in English that win top awards at select fests to be eligible for international feature Oscar
Tessa Thompson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Owen Cooper to lead Aoife McArdle’s ‘Foxfinder’
Berlinale award-winner ‘Four Minus Three’ seals key deals including France
