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The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival and its industry market TIFFCOM unfolded under clearer skies than last year’s typhoon-soaked edition, and the mood matched the weather. From Oct.…
“Palestine 36,” Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s historical drama about a 1936 Palestinian uprising against British rule and Jewish settlers, won the Tokyo Grand Prix for best film…
The Blue Book of China TV Series 2025, launched at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market by Peking University’s Chen Xuguang and Zhejiang University’s Fan Zhizhong,…
At the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market, the launch of the Blue Book of China Film 2025 – jointly edited by Peking University’s Chen Xuguang and Zhejiang University’s Fan…
Filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun returned to the Tokyo International Film Festival nearly three decades after his UFO (United Filmmakers Organization) films packed the city’s theaters,…
Three Japanese female producers who have achieved international critical and commercial success —Miyagawa Eriko, Eiko Mizuno Gray and Murata Chieko – participated in a Tokyo International…
When the “Shogun” team gathered in a Washington, D.C. hotel room last February, champagne in hand, counting down to the show’s global release, producer Miyagawa Eriko wrestled with the TV…
Hong Kong sales company Moebius Entertainment has boarded Taiwanese film “Double Happiness” for international sales across Asia-Pacific territories, following the film’s world premiere at…
Schuyler Weiss opened his masterclass at an MPA event during the Tokyo International Film Festival‘s TIFFCOM market by tackling the most frequently asked question in his career: What does…
Barunson E&A, the production and distribution studio behind “Parasite,” reaffirmed that sharply rising production costs and slowing film revenue in Korea are driving local producers to…
Added time for script delays, differing ideas of days off and additional cost of crew. Producers of “Blood & Sweat”, an upcoming eight-episode crime series produced by Japan’s AX-ON and…
“The Captive” offers the intriguing concept of “Don Quixote’s” author viewed through a lens more redolent of “Arabian Nights,” spinning tales to keep himself alive while a hostage of Moors…
For its painstaking physicality alone, stop-motion is inherently impressive as an animation technique, no matter the scale or budgetary specifics of the project. But when artists, like…
The Tokyo International Film Festival‘s TIFF Lounge series of talks and masterclasses featured a conversation between Yamada Yoji, director of the festival Centerpiece “Tokyo Taxi”, and…
Acclaimed Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang is back at the Tokyo International Film Festival presenting his latest film “Morte Cucina.” But it was his storied collaboration with Japanese…
Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese…
Tetsu Fujimura’s keynote talk The Future of Japanese Intellectual Property in Global Adaptations offered TIFFCOM attendees a convincing argument that Japanese IP is quickly becoming one of…
Thailand has transformed from a scenic backdrop into one of Asia’s most competitive production hubs, backed by enhanced film incentives and robust infrastructure, according to Apinat Obb…
New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired “Nightfall: A Paranormal Investigation,” an Australian horror film directed by Myles McEwen and Ripley Stevens, with the…
Film co-production in Asia is still a complex game with substantial challenges, especially in cash flow financing, according to the creative team behind Tokyo International Film Festival…
Future seasons of the Emmy-winning “Shogun” could finally film in Japan if the country addresses critical infrastructure and incentive gaps, Emmy-winning producer Miyagawa Eriko indicated…
Producer Patrick Mao Huang (Cannes winner “Tiger Stripes”) of Taiwan’s Flash Forward Entertainment is presenting psychological thriller “The Sleepless Girl” at the Tokyo Gap-Financing…
A Spanish director is bringing a distinctly Japanese story to the screen with “Konbini,” a humanistic drama about an elderly man who deliberately shoplifts to get arrested and the…
The sequel to hit Hong Kong period action film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” will start shooting in March next year, revealed its director Soi Cheang at the Tokyo International…
