Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentThe Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled a smaller, more compact selection for its 33rd edition (Oct.
31-Nov. 9). Exceptionally, this year’s Tokyo festival is held in partnership with Tokyo Filmex.Three of the Tokyo festival’s traditional main sections – competition, Asian Future and Japanese Cinema Splash – are combined in into one, Tokyo Premiere 2020.
And in place of the usual awards, only one, the Audience Award, will be bestowed.The Tokyo Premiere section includes 32 films by both veteran and rising directors.
Fully 25 are world premieres, and the remaining seven Asian premieres.Ten Japanese films will be screened in Tokyo Premiere, including: festival opener “Underdog” by Masaharu Take.
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