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Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Competition Line-up; ‘My Favourite Cake’ To Screen In Women’s Empowerment Section


The new Women's section will screen My Favourite Cake, from travel-banned Iranian directors Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, among other titles.

Other titles in the Women’s Empowerment Section include Turkish director Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik’s In Ten Seconds; Hong Kong filmmaker Oliver Chan’s Montages Of A Motherhood; Memories Of A Burning Body, from Costa Rica’s Antonella Sudasassi Furniss; and the world premiere of Japanese director Naoki Tamura’s Doctor-X The Movie, among other titles. Co-hosted with Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Women’s Empowerment Section is programmed by Andrijana Cvetkovikj and focuses on films directed by female filmmakers and/or with female-focused narratives. Gala screenings include Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle; Guan Hu’s Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Black Dog; Marc Foster’s White Bird; and the world premiere of Indonesian filmmaker Mike Wiluan’s Orang Ikan, among other titles.

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