The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is delighted to unveil two highlighted special programs and screenings for its upcoming 37th edition, running from October 28 through November 6, 2024.
 
TIFF Lounge
The Japan Foundation and the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) are pleased to announce that we will continue to co-present the TIFF Lounge at the 37th TIFF. In the fifth year of the event, we have an exciting lineup of five talk sessions with a rich variety of guests, selected by a committee that includes director Kore-eda Hirokazu.
 
This year, the TIFF Lounge will be held in the new venue Lexus Meets․․․ , located in the same building as many of the festival’s main venues. We will invite acclaimed and emerging filmmakers from a variety of countries and regions in Asia and beyond to Tokyo, and provide a place for filmmakers gathering at TIFF to interact and present talk sessions where they can share their stories.
 
There will be five main talk sessions, with this year’s Cannes Grand Prix winner Payal Kapadia, who made history by becoming the first person from India to win the prize, appearing at the invitation of Kore-eda Hirokazu. A variety of other talks will also be held, including one on co-productions between Japan and ASEAN, a conversation between a legendary Hong Kong action maestro and one of Japan’s leading directors of today, the forefront of Japanese independent cinema, and Japan, Indonesia and the world from the 1990s to today, as seen by two filmmakers of the same generation.
 
The full lineup and program schedule are available on the following page.
→ TIFF Lounge Lineup
 

 
 
TIFF Outdoor Screenings 2024

 
The Annual Outdoor Screenings will be held again this year, cerebrating a double anniversary: Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary and Space Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary. For the Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary, a total of 20 films encompassing various genres will be shown everyday on the large screen at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, Hibiya Step Square. The programs include new films released less than a year ago, and two films from each of the blockbuster series.
→ TIFF Outdoor Screenings 2024 Lineup