A Spanish director is bringing a distinctly Japanese story to the screen with “Konbini,” a humanistic drama about an elderly man who deliber...

The sequel to hit Hong Kong period action film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” will start shooting in March next year, revealed its di...

Ikeda Kaori, managing director of TIFFCOM, is steering the Tokyo-based content market toward a more integrated role in Asia’s rapidly evolvi...

TIFFCOM, Tokyo International Film Festival’s market arm, is riding a wave of international momentum, with CEO Shiina Yasushi pointing to str...

For 40 years, Tetsu Fujimura has quietly steered a shift in global entertainment, from importing Hollywood titles to exporting Japanese anim...

President Donald Trump treated his time in Japan on Tuesday as a victory lap — befriending the new Japanese prime minister, taking her with...

In a sobering assessment of the current state of independent cinema, Tokyo International Film Festival jury president Carlo Chatrian express...

Carlo Chatrian, the former Locarno and Berlin artistic director who is heading the main competition jury at this year’s Tokyo International...

From Juliette Binoche’s directorial debut to Paul Schrader’s Mishima biopic, this year’s festival celebrates cross-cultural creativity.

The president is meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative nationalist, in Tokyo

A new feature film examining the buried trauma of America’s “Secret War” in Laos is seeking co-producers and sales agents at the Tokyo Gap-F...

A new Japanese-Taiwanese co-production is seeking financing at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, bringing together voices from across borders...

Indonesian producer Shanty Harmayn is bringing animated feature “Garuda: Dare to Dream” to the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, marking the compa...

Rafael Manuel’s debut feature “Filipinana” is making its pitch at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market as the international co-production enters a...

Tokyo International Film Festival’s programming director Ichiyama Shozo has been curating films since the 1990s, navigating the seismic shif...