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Tokyo Film Festival Chief Ando Hiroyasu Emphasizes International Dialog, Women’s Empowerment
The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival is doubling down on global networking and gender equality initiatives, says festival chair Ando Hirayasu.
The festival is also expanding its focus on nurturing emerging talent through various initiatives, including the TIFF Teens Meet Cinema workshop, an international symposium on film education, and a masterclass for Asian students mentored by filmmaker Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Japanese films have tasted international success recently with films like “Shoplifters,” “ Drive My Car,” “How Do You Live?,” “Godzilla Minus One,” and “Desert of Namibia” and the country gained enormous visibility with the global success of series “ Shogun.” To capitalize on growing global interest in Japanese content, TIFFCOM, the festival’s market component, launched the Tokyo Story Market in 2023, connecting Japanese publishers with film producers for adaptation opportunities. The festival chief expressed hope that both industry professionals and audiences will “rediscover the charm of Japanese cinema and develop a deeper interest in fostering exchanges between films and people from around the globe.”
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