TIFFCOM
Japan’s Nippon TV & TBS Holdings Reveal Global Expansion Strategies
Two of Japan’s major broadcasters – Nippon TV and TBS Holdings – provided updates on their global expansion plans in separate sessions at TIFFCOM. Reflecting the Japanese media and...
Sony’s Shebnem Askin Shares Int’l Production Insights; Says Seeking Action Comedies & Live-Action Remakes Of Japanese Anime
Shebnem Askin, Head of Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) and Executive Vice President, Creative Production, shared insights into the studio’s international commissioning and acquisition process during a keynote at...
‘One Piece’ Executive Producer Tetsu Fujimura On Japanese IP: “Most Major Properties Are Already Secured But The Next Tier Has Huge Potential”
One Piece executive producer Tetsu Fujimura mapped out the massive growth of Japanese IP in a TIFFCOM keynote today, advising that while many of the big properties may already...
Tokyo Film Festival To Present Lifetime Achievement Award To Yoji Yamada
The Tokyo Film Festival will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Yamada’s latest work Tokyo Taxi, based on the 2023 French film Driving Madeleine,...
Tokyo Gap Financing Market Launches Project Awards & Seminars
TIFFCOM’s Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) is launching project awards for the first time, along with a series of talks aimed at producers seeking international co-production. Awards will include...
How Tokyo International Film Festival Is Seeding International Exchange & Next Generation Of Asian Filmmakers
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event. Moving to the...
TIFFCOM Chiefs Talk Co-production, Japan’s Booming Content Biz & Accessing Japanese IP
Taking place at the same time as Tokyo International Film Festival, the TIFFCOM contents market complements the festival’s mission to encourage international exchange but through its more business-oriented focus...
