Tokyo Festival Is More Diverse and Collaborative, Says Ichiyama Shozo

Ichiyama Shozo returned this year to the Tokyo International Film Festival as its head selector, having for the last twenty years headed the rival Tokyo Filmex event. COVID last year forced the two festivals to put aside their rivalry and to cooperate in the key autumn slot. Though virus and vaccination conditions in Japan have since improved, allowing the return of in-person festival screenings, the collaboration has been continued. Ichiyama, however, laughs off suggestions that his shift has made TIFF more like Filmex. “When TIFF chairman Ando approached me at the beginning of this year with the invitation to become… Read Full Article