TIFF is pleased to inform you that Film Festival Program Director, Mr. Yoshi Yatabe's interviews are appearing on various websites.

Here are two interviews for starters.
Check it out as a reference for choosing your film title!!

Cinema Café Interview (presented in Japanese only)
Eiga Geijutsu Interview (presented in Japanese only)

For jumping to the Programming Director,
Yoshi Yatabe's Blog Click here(presented in Japanese only)

It is with regret that TIFF must inform you that Mr. Abbas Kiarostami, director of Shirin scheduled for Winds of Asia-Middle East film screening has cancelled his visit to Japan.

His stage appearance scheduled for Teach-in prior to the screening on Oct. 19 (Mon), 20th (Tue) and 23rd (Fri) has thus been cancelled. Please note that the screening of Shirin on Oct. 19 (Mon), 20th (Tue) and 23rd (Fri) will be held as on schedule.

For info on Shirin

Inquiries regarding to the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival can be made through our official web site by filling out the form or by making a phone call using the 'Hello Dial'.

Please use both services accordingly at your convenience

Hello Dial: 03.5405.8686 / 050.5548.8600 (IP Phone)
(Services are available until Oct. 25th, 9:00 thru 18:00)

The Advance Tickets will be on sale today, on October 3rd (SAT).

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“Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”, scheduled for screening on Oct. 19th and the 20th in the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival, as one of the WORLD CINEMA section's screening title, has been cancelled due to the filmmakers unavoidable circumstances.

We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences that this may cause you.

We appreciate your interests in this film and thank you for your kind understanding regarding to this matter.

Ticket sales for the following titles have been postponed:
- “Hassan and Morkos” + “Bitter Right”– Winds of Asia-Middle East
- “Justified Betrayal” – Winds of Asia-Middle East

Please check this official site for further announcements.
Thank you for your cooperation.

Announcement on the screening schedule for The Cove (Additional Screening Film)

Screening date and hour
Oct. 21st (Wed)
Opening curtain 10:50 / Door opens 10:30

Screening theatre:
Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills Screen 1

Ticket price:
Advance ticket 1,300 Yen
Walk-up ticket 1,500 Yen



TICKETS

General ticket sales release begins Oct. 3rd (Sat)
Advance ticket price: 1,300 Yen

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Disney/Pixar's 3D animation film "Up" will be the closing film for the 22nd edition of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).

Disney/Pixar's commemorative10th feature film "Up" is a comedy adventure about a 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen's story of emotions and courage described in an adventure of love and miracle.

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Since the world-first feature CG animated film Toy Story, Pixar has always created surprises and emotional stories for the audience with films such as Monsters, Inc., academy winning Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Wall-E. The commemorative10th feature film "Up" is about a 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen's story of emotions and courage described in an adventure of love and miracle. "Up" opened the 62nd Cannes Film Festival for the first time as an animated film in 3D.

The 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival to open with World Premiere of Jacques Perrin’s “Oceans”!

We are pleased to announce that the 22nd edition of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will open with the maestro of nature documentary, Jacques Perrin’s brand new film “Oceans”.

Surpassing EARTH and DEEP BLUE, Jacques Perrin (LE PEUPLE MIGRATEUR) presents a tale of the mysterious ocean and the living with the latest cinematographic equipment, capable of taking miraculous images. The film penetrates the mysterious and fascinating marine world like never before.


Oceans


Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Beyond EARTH and DEEP BLUE, a tale of the mysterious ocean and the living.
Devoting over 70 trips to 50 places and 4 years it captures more than 100 species. Various equipments invented for this unprecedented film, made shooting of rare footage possible.
“Oceans” is a great journey with the maestro of nature documentary, Jacques Perrin.

We are pleased to announce that award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu will be the Jury President for the International Competition at the 22nd TIFF. Winner of the Best Director prize at the 59th Cannes International Film Festival for Babel, Iñárritu is now one of the most highly acclaimed international filmmakers. He returns to TIFF for the first time since he was awarded the Grand Prix for his debut film, Amores perros, at the 13th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2000. The 22nd edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival will take place from October 17 to 25, 2009.


International Competition President - Alejandro González Iñárritu / Director


Native citizen of what he calls “the biggest and most intense anthropological experiment of the world (Mexico)”, Iñárritu, intrigued by the “first primitive society of the future”, a concept he learned from Baudrillard, emigrates from his homeland, after filming Amores perros, to the United States. Later, he immerses himself in Morocco, Japan and now Spain, where he has been rolling as a person and rolling film about one same subject: am I father or son? He admits still not being able to decipher when and how fiction takes over reality, but he is working on that.
Works:
Feature Films
Amores perros (2000)
21 grams (2003)
Babel (2006)
Biutiful (2009)

Short Films
Powder Keg (2001)
Darkness (2002)
Anna (2007)

His films have received 10 Oscar nominations.

Message from Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
" New and exciting voices are emerging from different parts of the planet within the world of cinema. Those who will change the rules and those who have already enriched our vision with their films need spaces of resistance to the flawless distractions that sometimes today’s culture offers. The TIFF has been, for years, an important and generous festival for filmmakers around the world to meet. Japan’s culture and film traditions have had a personal impact on me and inspire in me respect and admiration. I am honored to preside at the 22nd TIFF and I am looking forward to finding new voices that will generate in us catharsis and reflection."