Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event.

Moving to the Hibiya-Ginza district and bringing in a new programming team, the festival embarked on a much more progressive and outward-looking trajectory, coinciding with a growing international focus in the local Japanese film biz.

One of Ando’s innovations, the TIFF Lounge series of talks, devised with leading Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda , is attracting major talent; while the festival’s Competition line-up and other sections are drawing more world premieres and international guests.

In the spirit of creative exchange, TIFF Lounge features in-depth conversations between Japanese filmmakers and their international c

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