22/09/2009

The 22nd edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), Asia's oldest such film event, will run from October 20-25. Approximately 270 films make up the programme, as announced by TIFF Chairman Tom Yoda and Hideyuki Takai, president of UNIJAPAN, at the festival's press conference.

Seven of the 15 competition films are European (co)productions: Wojciech Smarzowski’s Dark House, Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kamen Kalev
film profile] (European Parliament LUX Prize 2009 competition), Cristián Jiménez's Optical Illusions, Xabi Molia's Eight Times Up, James DeMonaco's French-US Staten Island, Mario Iglesias' Stories, and Valerio Mieli’s Italian/Russian title Ten Winters [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michele Riondino - actor
interview: Valerio Mieli
film profile].

The festival will also host TIFFCOM 2009, which covers three different events: TIFFCOM, the content business market; Seminar@TIFFCOM, a business symposium focused on industrial trends; and Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) , the international co-production market for features and animated films, held from October 19-22.