'Ando Hiroyasu: Tokyo Film Festival Is Ready For In-Person
Film Festival Is Ready For In-Person
The Olympic
Games, the Coronation of the Emperor and the COVID pandemic have each thrown up challenges
But the
festival’s chairman Ando Hiroyasu was bullish about this year’s 35th edition, when he
TIFF has
overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and is returning to full-scale operation for the first time in
Among the
things that I put my efforts into this year are: Expansion of the venues, the
Three large
cinemas, Toho Cinemas Hibiya, Marunouchi Toei and Marunouchi Piccadilly will join last year’s list
The festival
is also adding the Marunouchi area for the related events
The Kurosawa
Akira Award has returned to TIFF this year after 14 years
(As announced
earlier, the award will go to Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Japanese director Fukada
We resume
inviting guests from abroad in earnest this year, something which we were not much able
This should
stimulate interactions between filmmakers from Japan and around the world, at the festival
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