The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its full lineup for its 38th edition, which will take place from October 28 to November 5. The festival will feature 183 films, including 15 films in the competition section, with eight world premieres.<\/p>\n
The competition section includes world premieres by renowned directors such as Chong Keat Aun, Rithy Panh, Amos Gitai, and Zhang Lu. Chong Keat Aun’s film, Mother Bhumi<\/em>, tells the story of a widow who uses magic to save her village. Rithy Panh’s documentary, We are the fruits of the forest<\/em>, explores the lives of ethnic minorities in Cambodia’s northern mountain regions. Amos Gitai’s Golem in Pompey<\/em> is a French production that documents his piece Golem<\/em> in the old theater in Pompeii. Zhang Lu’s Mother tongue<\/em> follows a fighting actress who returns to her hometown in Sichuan and struggles to speak her local dialect.<\/p>\n Other notable films in the competition section include Blond<\/em> by Yuichiro Sakashita, Echos from Motherland<\/em> by Ryutaro Nakagawa, and Maria Vitoria<\/em> by Mario Sponsoring. The gala section of the festival will feature I can’t cry with your face<\/em> by Yuichiro Sakashita, as well as other notable films such as Eddington<\/em> by Ari Aster and Rental family<\/em> by Hikari.<\/p>\n The Asian Future competition section features 10 films, all of which are world premieres. This section is dedicated to aspiring Asian filmmakers who have made up to three films. The section includes The chatter boxes<\/em> by Ken Kawai, Article<\/em> by Mika Imai, and Travel to Sato Tadao<\/em> by Mituho Terasaki. The Asian Future jury includes Ellen Yd Kim, Daishi Matsunaga, and Akihiro Nishizawa.<\/p>\n The World Focus section features a selection of films from around the world, including The mastermind<\/em> by Kelly Reichardt, Tunnel: sun in the dark<\/em> by Bui Thac Chuyen, and Hamnet<\/em> by Chloe Zhao. The section also includes sub-sections focused on Taiwan, Brazil, and French-speaking Belgium, as well as the annual Latin beat section.<\/p>\n The festival will open with Junji Sakamoto’s Climb for life<\/em> and close with Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet<\/em>. The Tiff Lounge will feature a discussion between Yoji Yamada and Lee Sang-il, and the Tiffcom industry market will run alongside the festival from October 29 to 31. The third edition of the Tokyo Story Market, now renamed the Tokyo IP Market: adaptation & remake, will also take place during the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction to the Tokyo International Film Festival The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its full lineup for its 38th edition, which will take place from October 28 to November 5. The festival will feature 183 films, including 15 films in the competition section, with eight world premieres. Competition Section The competition section includes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12163,12170,5349,137,12165,4535,12161,12166,4573,9218,892,7694,10062,12168,12167,9309,12162,12169,1226,9308,12172,1484,12171,12164],"class_list":{"0":"post-24097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-amos-gitai","9":"tag-ari-aster","10":"tag-asian-americans","11":"tag-brazil","12":"tag-campaign-for-an-independent-and-neutral-switzerland","13":"tag-chloe-zhao","14":"tag-chong-keat-aun","15":"tag-golem","16":"tag-hamnet-novel","17":"tag-hamnet-shakespeare","18":"tag-kelly-reichardt","19":"tag-latin","20":"tag-lee-sang-il-film-director","21":"tag-pompeii","22":"tag-pompey","23":"tag-rental-family-service","24":"tag-rithy-panh","25":"tag-sichuan","26":"tag-taiwan","27":"tag-tokyo-international-film-festival","28":"tag-tokyo-story","29":"tag-toronto-international-film-festival","30":"tag-yoji-yamada","31":"tag-zhang-lu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24099,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions\/24099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Other Notable Films<\/h2>\n
Asian Future Competition<\/h2>\n
World Focus Section<\/h2>\n
Festival Events<\/h2>\n