The Japan Foundation and the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) are pleased to announce that we will continue to co-present the TIFF Lounge (formerly Asia Lounge) during the 35th TIFF. In the third year of the event, we have an exciting lineup of guests, selected by a committee that was once again advised by Palme d’Or winner KORE-EDA Hirokazu.*

This year, the original goal of TIFF Lounge can finally be reached, by making it a place where filmmakers can meet, interact, network and present talk sessions. After limitations imposed due to COVID-19 restrictions for the past two years, we are now able to invite acclaimed filmmakers from a variety of countries and regions in Asia and beyond to Tokyo in person, where they will share their stories.

For press members, there will be Q&A sessions during events. The full lineup and program schedule are available on TIFF’s official website.
*See the full release for list of committee members.

Title:            TIFF Lounge
                     Co-presented by The Japan Foundation & Tokyo International Film Festival
Organizers: The Japan Foundation, Tokyo International Film Festival
Venue:         Yurakucho micro Food and Idea Market
Dates:          October 25 (Tue) – November 1 (Tue)
Notes:
Programs will be available via streaming (recorded). Please check TIFF Official Website for details on how to watch them.

TIFF Lounge Lineup
Bùi Thạc Chuyên and FUJIMOTO Akio [Tuesday, October 25]

Language: Vietnamese – Japanese (consecutive interpretation)
Moderator: ISHIZAKA Kenji Senior Programmer, TIFF / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image

Bùi Thạc Chuyên - Director

Director of Glorious Ashes

selected for the 35th TIFF Competition

Fujimoto Akio - Director
Director of Along the Sea
selected for the 33rd TIFF World Focus

Master Class by Milcho Manchevski [Thursday, October 27]

Language: English - Japanese (consecutive interpretation)
Moderator: ICHIYAMA Shozo Programming Director, TIFF

Milcho Manchevski - Director

Director of Kaymak

selected for the 35th TIFF Competition

Tsai Ming-liang and FUKADA Koji [Saturday, October 29]

Language: Chinese – Japanese (consecutive interpretation)
Moderator: Ishizaka Kenji Senior Programmer, TIFF / Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image

Tsai Ming-liang - Director

Director in Focus

35th TIFF World Focus

Fukada Koji - Director

Director in Focus

33rd TIFF Japan Now

HASHIMOTO Ai and Kore-eda Hirokazu [Monday, October 31]

Language: Japanese only

Hashimoto Ai - Actress

35th TIFF Festival Ambassador

Kore-eda Hirokazu - Filmmaker

TIFF Lounge Committee member

Julie Taymor and YUKISADA Isao [November 1, Tuesday]

Language: English - Japanese (consecutive interpretation)
Moderator: Ichiyama Shozo Programming Director, TIFF

Julie Taymor

– Director of theater, opera and film

Jury President of the 35th TIFF

Yukisada Isao
– Filmmaker and Theater Director
Jury President,
Amazon Prime Video Take One Award

Full release and press materials are available from here

35th Tokyo International Film Festival www.tiff-jp.net
Date: October 24 (Mon) – November 2 (Wed), 2022
Venues: Hibiya-Yurakucho-Marunouchi-Ginza area
Market: TIFFCOM ONLINE 2022 October 25 (Tue) – 27 (Thu) www.tiffcom.jp

*All members of the press need to obtain a Press Pass to cover the events during the 35th TIFF.
Please apply for the press pass at https://2022.tiff-jp.net/en/press/

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