Co-presented by The Japan Foundation & Tokyo International Film Festival

TIFF Lounge Lineup

Bùi Thạc Chuyên and FUJIMOTO Akio

Guest Speakers:

Bùi Thạc Chuyên - Director

Director of Glorious Ashes selected for the 35th Competition

Fujimoto Akio - Director

Director of Along the Sea selected for the 33rd World Focus

Moderator:

ISHIZAKA Kenji Senior Programmer, TIFF / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image

Master Class by Milcho Manchevski

Guest Speakers:

Milcho Manchevski - Director

Director of Kaymak selected for the 35th Competition

Moderator:

ICHIYAMA Shozo Programming Director, TIFF

Tsai Ming-liang and FUKADA Koji

Guest Speakers:

Tsai Ming-liang - Director

Director in Focus 35th TIFF World Focus

Fukada Koji - Director

Director in Focus 33rd TIFF Japan Now

Moderator:

Ishizaka Kenji Senior Programmer, TIFF / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image

Kore-eda Hirokazu：©藤井保

HASHIMOTO Ai and KORE-EDA Hirokazu

Guest Speakers:

Hashimoto Ai - Actress

35th Festival Ambassador

Kore-eda Hirokazu - Filmmaker

TIFF Lounge Committee member

Julie Taymor：©ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Julie Taymor and YUKISADA Isao

Guest Speakers:

Julie Taymor – Director of theater, opera and film

Jury President of the 35th TIFF

Yukisada Isao – Filmmaker and Theater Director

Jury President, Amazon Prime Video Take One Award

Moderator:

Ichiyama Shozo Programming Director, TIFF

Committee members

(in alphabetical order)

Araki Keiko (Festival Director, Pia Film Festival)
Fukuma Miyuki (Producer, BUNBUKU Inc.)
Ichiyama Shozo (Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival)
Ishizaka Kenji (Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image)
Kore-eda Hirokazu (Filmmaker)
Tsuchida Tamaki (Program Coordinator, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival /
Assistant Professor, Waseda University)

Related Event

Special Session by YAMAMOTO Teruhisa

What Does a Film Producer Do?

We welcome Yamamoto Teruhisa, producer of Drive My Car and a producer at the Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd., to talk about his work to date and what is expected of film producers in the future.

Guest Speaker:

Yamamoto Teruhisa

- Producer, Walt Disney Company (Japan)

Moderator:

Ichiyama Shozo Programming Director, TIFF

Special Session - Present situation of Japanese Cinema

Guest Speaker:

Hanno Yoshihiro (Director, Lightning Over the Beyond),
Ito Chihiro (Director, In Her Room),
Hokimoto Sora (Director, Visit Me in My Dreams),
Adachi Shin (Director, Brats, Be Ambitious!),
Matsumura Shingo (Director, The Lump in My Heart),
Kudo Masaaki (Director, A Far Shore *Official selection of FILMeX)
Ota Taysunari（There Is A Stone "Officieal Selection of Tokyo Filmex)

Moderator:

Ichiyama Shozo Programming Director, TIFF