The Japan Foundation and the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) are pleased to announce that we will continue to co-present the TIFF Lounge (formerly Asia Lounge) during the 35th TIFF. In the third year of the event, we have an exciting lineup of guests, selected by a committee that was once again advised by Palme d’Or winner KORE-EDA Hirokazu.
 
This year, the original goal of TIFF Lounge can finally be reached, by making it a place where filmmakers can meet, interact, network and present talk sessions. After limitations imposed due to COVID-19 restrictions for the past two years, we are now able to invite acclaimed filmmakers from a variety of countries and regions in Asia and beyond to Tokyo in person, where they will share their stories.
 

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Title: TIFF Lounge Co-presented by The Japan Foundation & Tokyo International Film Festival
Organizers: The Japan Foundation, Tokyo International Film Festival
Notes: Programs will be available via streaming (recorded).

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TIFF Lounge Lineup
 
Bùi Thạc Chuyên and FUJIMOTO Akio

Bùi Thạc Chuyên – [Director] Director of Glorious Ashes selected for the 35th TIFF Competition
Fujimoto Akio – [Director] Director of Along the Sea selected for the 33rd TIFF World Focus
Moderator: ISHIZAKA Kenji Senior Programmer, TIFF / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image
 

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Master Class by Milcho Manchevski

Milcho Manchevski – [Director] Director of Kaymak selected for the 35th TIFF Competition
Moderator: ICHIYAMA Shozo Programming Director, TIFF
 

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Tsai Ming-liang and FUKADA Koji

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
 

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HASHIMOTO Ai and KORE-EDA Hirokazu

Hashimoto Ai – [Cast] 35th TIFF Festival Ambassador
Kore-eda Hirokazu – [Filmmaker] TIFF Lounge Committee member
 

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Julie Taymor and YUKISADA Isao

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)
 

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[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.
 
Yamamoto Teruhisa– [Producer, Walt Disney Company (Japan)]
Moderator: Ichiyama Shozo Programming Director, TIFF
 
Streaming (Archived)
The programs will be archived and made available on our official YouTube channel : → TIFF YouTube Channel