The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival has announced its full line-up, which will run from October 28 to November 6. There are 110 films in the line-up, with a focus on ten world premieres by emerging talents presented in the Asian Future section. The selection was made from 2,023 entries, up from 1,942 last year.
Not only does the festival showcase Asian film production, but it also presents the most high-profile international titles, including highlights in the World Focus section and a review of five films about Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni. The festival will start with director Kazuya Shiraishi’s film, 11 Rebels. and will conclude with Marcello Mio, which is directed by Christophe Honoré and stars jury member Chiara Mastroianni. The same section also contains Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, a late addition.
In addition to a section dedicated to animation, which is considered very strong, this year TIFF will also include the Women’s Empowerment section to explore female perspectives as directors and/or as protagonists of narratives, in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, a section featuring a symposium that will invite female directors to discuss the past and future of cinema.
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TIFF 2024 Competition
World premiere
Adios Amigo (Col)
Dir. Iván David Gaona
Big World (China)*
Dir. Yang Lina
Bury Your Dead (Bra)
Dir. Marco Dutra
Cadet (Kaz)*
Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Daughter’s Daughter (Tai)
Dir. Huang Xi
The Englishman’s Papers (Port)*
Dir. Sergio Graciano
In His Own Image (Fr)
Dir. Thierry de Peretti
Lust in the Rain (Japan-Tai)*
Dir. Shinzo Katayama
My Friend An Delie (China)*
Dir. Dong Zijian
Papa (HK)*
Dir. Philip Yung
Promise, I’ll Be Fine (Slovakia-Czech)*
Dir. Katarína Gramatová
She Taught Me Serendipity (Japan)*
Dir. Ohku Akiko
Teki Cometh (Japan)*
Dir. Yoshida Daihachi
Traffic (Rom-Bel-Neth)
Dir. Teodora Ana Mihai
The Unseen Sister (China)
Dir. Midi Z
Asian Future
Apollon By Day Athena By Night (Turkey)
Dir. Emine Yildirim
Black Ox (Japan-Tai-US)
Dir. Tsuta Tetsuichiro
The Bora (Iran)
Dir. Mohammad Esmaeilie
Missing Child Videotape (Japan)
Dir. Kondo Ryota
Pavane For An Infant (Malay)
Dir. Chong Keat Aun
Sima’s Song (Sp-Neth-Fr-Tai-Greece-Afg)
Dir. Roya Sadat
Three Castrated Goats (US)
Dir. Ye Xingyu
Valley Of The Shadow Of Death (HK)
Dirs Jeffery Lam Sen, Antonio Tam
The Vessel’s Isle (US)
Dir. Wang Di
Wait Until Spring (Iran)
Dir. Ashkan Ashkani