The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival has announced a slate of cultural programs running alongside its main competition, ...

The festival's high-profile sidebar will also showcase new films from Cristian Mungiu, Wayne Wang, Jane Schoenbrun and Yukiko ...

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event. Moving to the Hibiya-Ginza district and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a gently emotive start Monday night with the local premiere of filmmaker ...

Rolf de Heer will preside over the international competition jury at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, running Oct.

In mid-June, as spring transitions into the stickiness of early summer, a parade of portable shrines, accompanied by musicians and hundreds of people in period costumes, works its way through the ...

In the five years since Hiroyasu Ando took sole charge at the top of Tokyo International Film Festival, the progress made under the energetic octogenarian former diplomat is palpable. Despite the ...

This year’s Tokyo International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of 11 Rebels, directed by Japan’s Kazuya Shiraishi, and close with French-Italian comedy Marcello Mio, directed by ...

Japan is having a cultural moment, but demand and deals are centered on regions where the series were hits. By Gavin J Blair Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power ...

Ando has raised the festival’s profile since taking the job in 2019, but admits there's much work to do with increasing the Japanese public's awareness of the event. By Gavin J Blair In the five years ...