The Tokyo International Film Festival has named Australian director Rolf de Heer president of the international competition jury for the festival’s 39th edition. De Heer has spent more than 40 years in Tasmania, Australia, directing, writing and producing films across a broad range of genres and subjects. His 1993 feature “Bad Boy Bubby” won the
TIFFCOM, the content market held in coordination with the Tokyo International Film Festival, will host a keynote presentation by Chris Brearton and Dominic Hughes, partner and chief scientific Officer, respectively, of AGBO, the studio founded by Anthony and Joe Russo. The session, titled “Technology and Storytelling,” takes place Oct. 29 and will be moderated by
The second re-imagining of “Bad Lieutenant” — Abel Ferrara’s 1992 neo-noir starring Harvey Keitel — Takashi Miike’s baffling “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” borrows the broad strokes of the original, but tells its own Yakuza-centric story that never fully gets going. Its stop-start approach sees numerous characters and subplots introduced before existing ones can be resolved, or
Cate Blanchett will travel to Tokyo for the 39th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, where five short films backed by the Displacement Film Fund will receive their Japan premieres. Blanchett co-founded the Displacement Film Fund, which supports displaced filmmakers and those with a demonstrated history of telling authentic stories rooted in the experiences
“Naruto” fans will have access to the popular anime franchise’s first-ever official digital cards app with Thursday’s worldwide launch of “Naruto Ninja Cards.” Described as “a gamified card-collecting experience,” “Naruto Ninja Cards” lets app users collect the series’ most iconic characters in card form, uncover exclusive artworks, and enjoy real-time strategic activities with friends. While
Jensen Huang arrived in Tokyo with gifts: a series of artificial intelligence and robotics partnerships for Japan’s tech industry, and red bean buns for the crowd. On Wednesday, the Nvidia CEO visited a red-lanterned izakaya, a traditional Japanese bar, in Tokyo’s Kanda district, where a crowd gathered outside hoping to catch a glimpse of “kawa-jan”
