Along with the Opening Film, the World Premiere of Disney's Big Hero 6, and the epic Anno Hideaki retrospective, featuring all night screenings of his classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, showings include the latest work from cult favorite Ghost in the Shell director Oshii Mamoru, GARM WARS The Last Druid, and a showing of jury member Eric Khoo's excellent animated biopic Tatsumi, which, surprisngly,was never released in Japan.
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn will be acting as Jury President alongside Khoo, John H. Lee, Robert Luketic, Shinagawa Hiroshi and Debbie McWilliams. Also announced was the presentation of the new Samurai Award which will go to filmmakers who are considered to be continuously producing "groundbreaking films that carve out a path to a new era". Tim Burton and Kitano Takeshi, who will make an appearance Oct. 25th, will be the first recipients of the award.
Tokyo International Film Festival takes place Oct. 23rd - 31st. Check out the full lineup below.
Competition
1001 Grams - Bent Hamer Asian Premiere 2014 Norway=Germany=France
The Connection Cédric Jimenez Asian Premiere 2014 France=Belgium
The Days Come Romain Goupil World Premiere 2014 France
Heaven Knows What Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Asian Premiere 2014 USA=France
Ice Forest - Claudio Noce International Premiere 2014 Italy
The Lesson - Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Asian Premiere 2014 Bulgaria=Greece
Los Hongos - Oscar Ruiz Navia Asian Premiere 2014 Colombia=France=Germany=Argentina
Melbourne - Nima Javidi Asian Premiere 2014 Iran
The Mighty Angel - Wojtek Smarzowski Asian Premiere 2014 Poland
NABAT - Elchin Musaoglu Asian Premiere 2014 Azerbaijian
Pale Moon - Daihachi Yoshida World Premiere 2014 Japan
River of Exploding Durians - Edmund Yeo World Premiere 2014 Malaysia
RIVER ROAD - Li Ruijun World Premiere 2014China
Ruined Heart - Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore - Khavn De La Cruz World Premiere 2014 The Philippines=Germany
Test - Alexander Kott Asian Premiere 2014 Russia
Asian Future
Above the Clouds - Pepe Diokno World Premiere 2014 The Philippines=France
As the Swallows Got Thirsty - Muhammet Cakiral World Premiere 2014 Turkey
As You Were - Liao Jiekai World Premiere Malay 2014 Singapore
Borderless - Amirhossein Asgari World Premiere 2014 Iran
In the Absence of the Sun - Lucky Kuswandi International Premiere 2014 Indonesia
Kyoto Elegy - Kiki Sugino World Premiere 2014 Japan
The Last Reel - Sotho Kulikar World Premiere 2014 Cambodia
Made in China - Kim Dong-hoo World Premiere 2014 Korea
North by Northeast - Zhang Bingjian World Premiere 2014 China
Nova - Nik Amir Mustapha World Premiere 2013 Malaysia
CROSSCUT ASIA Presented by the Japan Foundation Asia Center
Concrete Clouds - Lee Chatametikool Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand=Hong Kong=China
The Songs of Rice - Uruphong Raksasad Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
The Teacher's Diary - Nithiwat Tharatorn Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
Timeline - Nonzee Nimibutr Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
Last Summer - Kittithat Tangsirikit, Sittisiri Mongkolsiri, Saranyoo Jiralak Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand
SUN & SUNRISE - Kittikorn Liawsirikul International Premiere 2013 Thailand
Tang Wong - Kongdej Jaturanrasmee Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand
36 - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Japan Premiere 2012 Thailand
Japanese Cinema Splash
August in Tokyo - Ryutaro Nakagawa World Premiere 2014 Japan
Fragile - Shingo Ota World Premiere 2014 Japan
Unknown Town - Shingo Ohuchi World Premiere 2013 Japan
Starting Over - Takashi Nishihara World Premiere 2014 Japan
Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday - Shuichi Okita World Premiere 2014 Japan
Chokolietta - Kazama Shiori World Premiere 2014 Japan
100 YEN LOVE - Masaharu Take World Premiere 2014 Japan
Walking with My Mother - Katsumi Sakaguchi World Premiere 2014 Japan
Special Screenings
APPLESEED ALPHA - Shinji Aramaki Asian Premiere 2014 Japan=USA
The Expendables 3 - Patrick Hughes 2014 USA
GARM WARS The Last Druid - Mamoru Oshii World Premiere 2014 Japan=Canada
The Nutcracker - Sebastian Masuda - World Premiere 2014 Japan
Attack on Titan -the first part- - Tetsuro Araki World Premiere 2014 Japan
THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR- episode10 - Kiyotaka Taguchi World Premiere 2014 Japan
The Raid 2: Berandal - Gareth Evans 2013 Indonesia
SAMBA - Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Asian Premiere 2014 France
CHEF - Jon Favreau Japan Premiere 2014 USA
UNTIL THE DAY COMES - Seijiro Koyama World Premiere 2014 Japan
Dhoom: 3 - Vijay Krishna Acharya Japan Premiere 2013 India
DEVIL'S KNOT - Atom Egoyan Japan Premiere 2013 USA
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet - Jean-Pierre Jeunet Asian Premiere 2013 France=Canada
The 50 Year Argument - Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi Japan Premiere 2014 USA=UK=Japan
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin - Keisuke Toyoshima Asian Premiere 2014 Japan
MIRACLE: Devil Claus' Love and Magic - Isshin Inudo World Premiere 2014 Japan
Cathedrals of Culture - Wim Wenders / Michael Glawogger / Michael Madsen / Robert Redford / Margreth Olin / Karim Ainouz Asian Premiere 2014 Germany=Denmark=Norway=Austria=France=USA=Japan
(Big Eyes)*Footage Screening - Tim Burton 2014 USA
"Miss Hokusai" Special Presentation - Keiichi Hara 2014 Japan
PARASYTE - Takashi Yamazaki World Premiere 2014 Japan
Big Hero 6 - Don Hall, Chris Williams World Premiere 2014 USA
World Focus
The Face of the Ash -Shakhwan Idrees Japan Premiere 2014 Kurdistan=Iraq
From What is Before - Lav Diaz Japan Premiere 2014 The Philippines
The Golden Era - Ann Hui Japan Premiere 2014 China=Hong Kong
Late Spring - Cho Keun-hyun Japan Premiere 2014 Korea
The Midnight After - Fruit Chan Japan Premiere 2014 Hong Kong
Partners in Crime - Chang Jung-chi Japan Premiere 2013 Taiwan
Self Made - Shira Geffen Japan Premiere 2014 Israel
Sivas - Kaan Müjdeci Asian Premiere 2014 Turkish=German
Song of Apu - Kaushik Ganguly Japan Premiere 2013 India
Tender are the Feet - Maung Wunna Japan Premiere 1972 Myanmar
Corn Island - George Ovashvili Japan Premiere 2014 Georgia=Czech=France=Germany=Kazakhstan=Hungary
Flowers - Jon Garaño, Jose María Goenaga Asian Premiere 2014 Spain
Force Majeure - Ruben Östlund Asian Premiere 2014 Sweden=Denmark=France=Norway
Free Fall - György Pálfi Japan Premiere 2014 Hungary=France=Korea
Hungry Hearts - Saverio Costanzo Japan Premiere 2014 Italy
Misunderstood - Asia Argento Japan Premiere 2014 Italy=France
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - Roy Andersson Asian Premiere 2014 Sweden=Norway=France=Germany
The Postman's White Nights - Andrei Konchalovsky Asian Premiere 2014 Russia
Reality - Quentin Dupieux Asian Premiere 2014 France=Belgium
She's Funny That Way - Peter Bogdanovich Asian Premiere 2014 USA
Stations of the Cross - Dietrich Brüggemann Japan Premiere 2014 Germany
Voice Over - Cristián Jiménez Asian Premiere 2014 Chile=France=Canada
Wild Life - Cédric Kahn Asian Premiere 2014
Special Program
PIKMIN Short Movies - Masaru Matsuse World Premiere
City Lights - Charles Chaplin 1931
Chariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson 1981 UK
Honjitsu Tadaima Tanjo - Yasuo Furuhata 1979 Japan
TATSUMI - Eric Khoo 2011 Singapore
THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR- episode 0-7 (Chapter1-4) - Mamoru Oshii and others 2014 Japan
Rebel without a Cause [4K Digitally Restored Version] - Nicholas Ray 1955 USA
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn will be acting as Jury President alongside Khoo, John H. Lee, Robert Luketic, Shinagawa Hiroshi and Debbie McWilliams. Also announced was the presentation of the new Samurai Award which will go to filmmakers who are considered to be continuously producing "groundbreaking films that carve out a path to a new era". Tim Burton and Kitano Takeshi, who will make an appearance Oct. 25th, will be the first recipients of the award.
Tokyo International Film Festival takes place Oct. 23rd - 31st. Check out the full lineup below.
Competition
1001 Grams - Bent Hamer Asian Premiere 2014 Norway=Germany=France
The Connection Cédric Jimenez Asian Premiere 2014 France=Belgium
The Days Come Romain Goupil World Premiere 2014 France
Heaven Knows What Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Asian Premiere 2014 USA=France
Ice Forest - Claudio Noce International Premiere 2014 Italy
The Lesson - Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Asian Premiere 2014 Bulgaria=Greece
Los Hongos - Oscar Ruiz Navia Asian Premiere 2014 Colombia=France=Germany=Argentina
Melbourne - Nima Javidi Asian Premiere 2014 Iran
The Mighty Angel - Wojtek Smarzowski Asian Premiere 2014 Poland
NABAT - Elchin Musaoglu Asian Premiere 2014 Azerbaijian
Pale Moon - Daihachi Yoshida World Premiere 2014 Japan
River of Exploding Durians - Edmund Yeo World Premiere 2014 Malaysia
RIVER ROAD - Li Ruijun World Premiere 2014China
Ruined Heart - Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore - Khavn De La Cruz World Premiere 2014 The Philippines=Germany
Test - Alexander Kott Asian Premiere 2014 Russia
Asian Future
Above the Clouds - Pepe Diokno World Premiere 2014 The Philippines=France
As the Swallows Got Thirsty - Muhammet Cakiral World Premiere 2014 Turkey
As You Were - Liao Jiekai World Premiere Malay 2014 Singapore
Borderless - Amirhossein Asgari World Premiere 2014 Iran
In the Absence of the Sun - Lucky Kuswandi International Premiere 2014 Indonesia
Kyoto Elegy - Kiki Sugino World Premiere 2014 Japan
The Last Reel - Sotho Kulikar World Premiere 2014 Cambodia
Made in China - Kim Dong-hoo World Premiere 2014 Korea
North by Northeast - Zhang Bingjian World Premiere 2014 China
Nova - Nik Amir Mustapha World Premiere 2013 Malaysia
CROSSCUT ASIA Presented by the Japan Foundation Asia Center
Concrete Clouds - Lee Chatametikool Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand=Hong Kong=China
The Songs of Rice - Uruphong Raksasad Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
The Teacher's Diary - Nithiwat Tharatorn Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
Timeline - Nonzee Nimibutr Japan Premiere 2014 Thailand
Last Summer - Kittithat Tangsirikit, Sittisiri Mongkolsiri, Saranyoo Jiralak Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand
SUN & SUNRISE - Kittikorn Liawsirikul International Premiere 2013 Thailand
Tang Wong - Kongdej Jaturanrasmee Japan Premiere 2013 Thailand
36 - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Japan Premiere 2012 Thailand
Japanese Cinema Splash
August in Tokyo - Ryutaro Nakagawa World Premiere 2014 Japan
Fragile - Shingo Ota World Premiere 2014 Japan
Unknown Town - Shingo Ohuchi World Premiere 2013 Japan
Starting Over - Takashi Nishihara World Premiere 2014 Japan
Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday - Shuichi Okita World Premiere 2014 Japan
Chokolietta - Kazama Shiori World Premiere 2014 Japan
100 YEN LOVE - Masaharu Take World Premiere 2014 Japan
Walking with My Mother - Katsumi Sakaguchi World Premiere 2014 Japan
Special Screenings
APPLESEED ALPHA - Shinji Aramaki Asian Premiere 2014 Japan=USA
The Expendables 3 - Patrick Hughes 2014 USA
GARM WARS The Last Druid - Mamoru Oshii World Premiere 2014 Japan=Canada
The Nutcracker - Sebastian Masuda - World Premiere 2014 Japan
Attack on Titan -the first part- - Tetsuro Araki World Premiere 2014 Japan
THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR- episode10 - Kiyotaka Taguchi World Premiere 2014 Japan
The Raid 2: Berandal - Gareth Evans 2013 Indonesia
SAMBA - Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Asian Premiere 2014 France
CHEF - Jon Favreau Japan Premiere 2014 USA
UNTIL THE DAY COMES - Seijiro Koyama World Premiere 2014 Japan
Dhoom: 3 - Vijay Krishna Acharya Japan Premiere 2013 India
DEVIL'S KNOT - Atom Egoyan Japan Premiere 2013 USA
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet - Jean-Pierre Jeunet Asian Premiere 2013 France=Canada
The 50 Year Argument - Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi Japan Premiere 2014 USA=UK=Japan
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin - Keisuke Toyoshima Asian Premiere 2014 Japan
MIRACLE: Devil Claus' Love and Magic - Isshin Inudo World Premiere 2014 Japan
Cathedrals of Culture - Wim Wenders / Michael Glawogger / Michael Madsen / Robert Redford / Margreth Olin / Karim Ainouz Asian Premiere 2014 Germany=Denmark=Norway=Austria=France=USA=Japan
(Big Eyes)*Footage Screening - Tim Burton 2014 USA
"Miss Hokusai" Special Presentation - Keiichi Hara 2014 Japan
PARASYTE - Takashi Yamazaki World Premiere 2014 Japan
Big Hero 6 - Don Hall, Chris Williams World Premiere 2014 USA
World Focus
The Face of the Ash -Shakhwan Idrees Japan Premiere 2014 Kurdistan=Iraq
From What is Before - Lav Diaz Japan Premiere 2014 The Philippines
The Golden Era - Ann Hui Japan Premiere 2014 China=Hong Kong
Late Spring - Cho Keun-hyun Japan Premiere 2014 Korea
The Midnight After - Fruit Chan Japan Premiere 2014 Hong Kong
Partners in Crime - Chang Jung-chi Japan Premiere 2013 Taiwan
Self Made - Shira Geffen Japan Premiere 2014 Israel
Sivas - Kaan Müjdeci Asian Premiere 2014 Turkish=German
Song of Apu - Kaushik Ganguly Japan Premiere 2013 India
Tender are the Feet - Maung Wunna Japan Premiere 1972 Myanmar
Corn Island - George Ovashvili Japan Premiere 2014 Georgia=Czech=France=Germany=Kazakhstan=Hungary
Flowers - Jon Garaño, Jose María Goenaga Asian Premiere 2014 Spain
Force Majeure - Ruben Östlund Asian Premiere 2014 Sweden=Denmark=France=Norway
Free Fall - György Pálfi Japan Premiere 2014 Hungary=France=Korea
Hungry Hearts - Saverio Costanzo Japan Premiere 2014 Italy
Misunderstood - Asia Argento Japan Premiere 2014 Italy=France
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - Roy Andersson Asian Premiere 2014 Sweden=Norway=France=Germany
The Postman's White Nights - Andrei Konchalovsky Asian Premiere 2014 Russia
Reality - Quentin Dupieux Asian Premiere 2014 France=Belgium
She's Funny That Way - Peter Bogdanovich Asian Premiere 2014 USA
Stations of the Cross - Dietrich Brüggemann Japan Premiere 2014 Germany
Voice Over - Cristián Jiménez Asian Premiere 2014 Chile=France=Canada
Wild Life - Cédric Kahn Asian Premiere 2014
Special Program
PIKMIN Short Movies - Masaru Matsuse World Premiere
City Lights - Charles Chaplin 1931
Chariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson 1981 UK
Honjitsu Tadaima Tanjo - Yasuo Furuhata 1979 Japan
TATSUMI - Eric Khoo 2011 Singapore
THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR- episode 0-7 (Chapter1-4) - Mamoru Oshii and others 2014 Japan
Rebel without a Cause [4K Digitally Restored Version] - Nicholas Ray 1955 USA