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Tokyo Film Festival Chiefs Talk Samurai, Japanese Buyers & Building Bridges Between Japan And The World
Chairman Ando Hiroyasu & programming head Shozo Ichiyama are improving ties between a reinvigorated Japanese film industry and international markets.
But taking place towards the end of Asia’s crowded autumn festival season, then struggling through the brutal years of the pandemic, it hasn’t been easy for the event to create a global footprint. All ten films in the selection, including Malaysian director Chong Keat Aun’s Pavane For An Infant and Sima’s Song, from Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat, are world premieres. “Actually, some buyers would say October is not the best time to release arthouse films in Japan, as specialist cinemas are packed, so they prefer to wait until early the following year, which also coincides with the Oscars window.
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