The Tokyo International Film Festival unveiled a range of operational changes Monday, including the appointment of a new programming director and a move of locations within the Japanese capital.
The shakeup reflects the continued influence of former Japanese diplomat Hiroyasu Ando, who was appointed festival chairman in 2019 and has vowed to boost the festival's global relevancy. "We produced Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizuguchi and so many others, and we still produce many great films," Ando said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last year. "But we don't have a film festival that matches the level of our history, like our colleagues at the European festivals do." The Tokyo festival's recent changes suggest that Ando may have both the vision.
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