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PRESS RELEASE September 26, 2016 c 29th Tokyo International Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) held a press conference to announce lineups in the all sections, jury members, and this year’s topics and highlights at Toranomon Hills Forum in Tokyo today.

Yasushi SHIINA, Director General of TIFF & TIFFCOM, made opening remarks and announced that the festival muse for this year is Haru KUROKI, one of the most accomplished actresses in Japan. TIFF’s programing directors then took the stage to introduce the lineup for each section of the 29th edition, as well as to reiterate the prior announcements of the Opening film, Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins and the Closing film, Yoshitaka From left: Daigo MATSUI, Yu AOI, Munetaka AOKI, MORI’s Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow. and Mamoru HOSODA ©2016TIFF

In the Competition section, 16 films were selected* from among 1,502 titles from 98 countries and regions. Representing the two Japanese titles in this main competitive section, director Daigo MATSUI and actress Yu AOI from Japanese Girls Never Die, and actor Munetaka AOKI from Snow Woman were welcomed on the stage and made remarks (see following page).

*The full Competition section lineup is attached to this press release.

Acclaimed director Mamoru HOSODA, who is being honored this year with “The World of Mamoru Hosoda” in the Animation Focus section, greeted the audience after the retrospective lineup was announced. He will appear for stage talks during TIFF with such special guests as director Hirokazu KORE-EDA and filmmaker Daisuke “Dice” TSUTSUMI.

*The special guests for “The World of Mamoru Hosoda” are attached to this press release. Please refer to TIFF’s official website for the retrospective lineup.

This year’s International Competition Jury members were also announced. French director/writer/producer Jean-Jacques BEINEIX will serve as President, working with director Hideyuki HIRAYAMA, actor Valerio MASTANDREA, producer Nicole ROCKLIN, and director Mabel CHEUNG.

*More information on the Competition Jury is attached to this press release. Please refer to TIFF’s official website for jury members of other sections.

During the 10-day celebration, more than 200 films will be screened and there will be unique film-related events every day at the festival venues, including stage appearances, Q&A sessions and symposia featuring celebrated guests from around the world.

The 29th TIFF will take place October 25 to November 3, 2016 at Roppongi Hills, EX Theater Roppongi (Minato City) and other theaters, halls and facilities in Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

Notes and Quotes from the Press Conference Daigo Matsui – director, Japanese Girls Never Die – Competition Section It is such a great honor to participate in the TIFF Competition section. Three years ago, I participated in the Japanese Splash section, and ever since then, I was really eager to come back. I especially hoped to be selected this year because my film is a rather disturbing story about suburban Japan, which I want to show in this urban center of Tokyo. The heroine of the film is actually missing, but she is gradually becoming more and more famous because her image is being spread everywhere. I think it has resonance for Japan today.

For further information or inquiries, please contact: TIFF Promotion Group Tel: +81-3-6226-3012; Fax: +81-3-6226-3023; email: [email protected] Publicity materials are available at www.image.net/ Official Website: www.tiff-jp.net/en/

Yu AOI – star, Japanese Girls Never Die – Competition Section This is the first time that I’ll be participating at TIFF, and I have to say that the director, Daigo Matsui, was so nervous about whether or not his film would be selected, and that made me nervous, too. He was so eager to be part of TIFF that he declined offers from other festivals. So I’m really relieved that this film was selected for the Competition. I really liked the original novel, which was written by a woman, since it depicts both the strengths and weaknesses of women. I think that many females in the audience will identify with the characters and have a memorable experience. I hope you all enjoy the film. Munetaka AOKI – star, Snow Woman – Competition Section This film is based on the well-known fable “Snow Woman” by Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi), and I’m very pleased to be here today to represent it at TIFF. It has a classical feeling, as well as a more modern touch, which was very challenging to make. The director and star, Kiki Sugino, said that she wanted to create a reinterpretation of this story, and I think her power really shines through.

Mamoru HOSODA – director – “The World of Mamoru Hosoda” in Animation Focus I’m a little bit embarrassed, because this is the first time that all my works have been shown in a retrospective. However, I am excited to watch these films together with an audience, and I hope that this experience will be good for my next work. In addition, I’m delighted that the films I created at Toei Animation will be screened in the theater in remastered versions. Animation tends to be thought of as a medium for children, but I have been trying to create something different. Pushing the limits of the form, I want to direct a new style of animated film.

Speakers’ Notes and Quotes from the Press Conference Yasushi SHIINA, Director General, 29th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF & TIFFCOM) We must remember that the most important about a film festival is the films themselves. I hope that all those who love and admire cinema can gather in Tokyo to celebrate the creativity of all these filmmakers and their new work.

Yoshi YATABE, Competition Programming Director We selected 16 titles for the Competition, and we were guided in our selection by three main goals: we wanted to present the most important titles of the fall season, we wanted to showcase the most unique directors, and we wanted to present a wide range of visions from around the world. We discovered that one of the themes in many of this year’s works is the immigrant experience, and I think we can all learn a lot through what happens to the characters in these films.

Competition Lineup for the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival

Listed by Title / Director / Premiere / Production country and region. *WP=World Premiere/ IP=International Premiere/ AP=Asian Premiere

7 Minutes Dir: Michele Placido IP/ Italy=France=Switzerland After You're Gone Dir: Anna Matison IP/ Russia Being Born Dir: Mohsen Abdolvahab IP/ Iran Big Big World Dir: Reha Erdem AP/ Turkey The Bloom of Yesterday Dir: Chris Kraus WP/ Germany=Austria Die Beautiful Dir: Jun Robles Lana WP/ The Philippines The Fixer Dir: Adrian Sitaru AP/ Romania=France Japanese Girls Never Die Dir: Daigo Matsui Japan Mr. No Problem Dir: Mei Feng WP/ China Dir: Mohamed Bourokba (Hamé) and Paris Prestige IP/ France Ekoué Labitey (Ekoué) Quit Staring at My Plate Dir: Hana Jušić AP/ Croatia=Denmark

Sami Blood Dir: Amanda Kernell AP/ Sweden=Denmark=Norway Shed Skin Papa Dir: Roy Szeto WP/ China=Hong Kong The Silence of the Sky Dir: Marco Dutra IP/ Brazil Snow Woman Dir: Kiki Sugino WP/ Japan Tramps Dir: Adam Leon AP/ USA Please visit http://www.image.net/tiff2016_competition_en to find all materials for Competition films. Full lineup for the 29th TIFF URL: http//2016.tiff-jp.net/en/

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29th Tokyo International Film Festival Date: October 25 (Tue) – November 3 (Thu), 2016 Venues: Roppongi Hills, EX Theater Roppongi and other theaters in Tokyo Market: TIFFCOM 2016 (Japan Content Showcase 2016) October 25 (Tue) – 27 (Thu)

President of Jury Jean-Jacques Beineix Director/Writer/Producer Born 1946 in Paris. Beineix studied medicine before entering the film industry. After working as assistant director for 12 years, he made his feature debut with DIVA, which was a worldwide success. Since then, he has directed many internationally successful films, such as Betty Blue (1986), Roselynne and the Lions (1989) and IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992, starring Yves Montand). He has directed a number of documentaries dealing with social issues. In 2013, a large exhibition featuring his creative cinema world, Studio Beineix, was held in Boulogne. As a multifaceted artist - film director, producer, writer, photographer, painter and musician, he takes risks, as he did for Roselyne and the Lions, entering a cage of wild beasts. His films and work are his image. He plays on synesthesia, music meeting colors and sensations, incorporating elements of real life and the memories of dream life.

Jury Hideyuki Hirayama Director Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art. Worked on Hasegawa Kazuhiko’s 1976 film The Youth Killer as a crew member, and on a number of films as an assistant director, Hirayama made his directorial debut Maria's Stomach in 1990. Won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award with his The Games Teachers Play in 1992. His 1995 film Haunted School was a big hit, and became a popular series. Begging for Love (1998) won numerous international and domestic film awards, including FIPRESCI Award at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Best Director of the Japan Academy Prize, the Best Director of the Mainichi Film Awards. Hirayama has prolifically released a wide variety of films from modern horror to youth drama, period epic, sensual drama, social issues mystery, heart-warming drama, war films, and a mountain-climbing drama. His major filmography includes: Turn (2001); A Laughing Frog (2002); Out (2002); Lady Joker (2004); Talk, Talk, Talk (2007); Three for the Road (2007); Sword of Desperation (2010); Oba: The Last Samurai (2011); Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016), and others. His first book was published in October 2016.

Valerio Mastandrea Actor Born in Rome in 1972, Mastandrea debuted with the 1994 Piero Natoli film The Film Thief and has appeared in films such as We All Fall Down by Davide Ferrario, The Scent of the Night by Claudio Caligari, and Viola Kisses Everybody by Giovanni Veronesi. His d performance in the play “Rugantino” was a huge hit, performed 253 times, always sold out. He has acted for the most important auteurs in Italian film: Ettore Scola, Guido Chiesa, Nanni Moretti, Gianni Zanasi, Paolo Virzì, Ferzan Ozpetek, Giuseppe Piccioni and others. In 2013 he received two David di Donatello for the first time in history: Best Leading Actor for Balancing Act by Ivano De Matteo and Best Supporting Actor for Roberto Andò’s Long Live Freedom. In 2015 he co-produced Claudio Caligari’s acclaimed Don't Be Bad. Recently he was part of 2016 top-grossing movie Perfect Strangers and stars in Marco Bellocchio’s latest film Sweet Dreams. He is preparing his feature-length directorial debut film SHE LAUGHS.

Nicole Rocklin Producer Partner & Co-Founder of Rocklin/Faust. Nicole is an Oscar-winning producer of Spotlight (directed by Tom McCarthy starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci) and has been named as one of Variety’s Top 10 Producers to Watch. Nicole is a member of the Producers Guild of America and her other producing credits include The Perfect Guy (directed by David M. Rosenthal starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut) and Middle of Nowhere (directed by John Stockwell starring Anton Yelchin, Eva Amurri Martino, Justin Chatwin, Willa Holland and Susan Sarandon). Prior to forming Rocklin/Faust, Nicole had an overall deal at Alcon Entertainment with her company, Rocklin Entertainment. She started her entertainment career as an assistant at Jerry Bruckheimer Films and at an entertainment law firm and graduated with honors with a B.A. in History and African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The MAINICHI Newspapers

Mabel Cheung Director Mabel Cheung graduated from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in English Literature and Psychology. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Drama and Visual Arts from the University of Bristol, UK, and an M.F.A. Degree in Film Production from the New York University Graduate Film School. Cheung has been an award-winning director since her debut feature, The Illegal Immigrant (1985), which won her Best Director Prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards and a Special Jury Award at the 30th Asia Pacific Film Festival. An Autumn’s Tale (1987) signaled another high point of her career, winning four Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and the Best Screenplay. The Soong Sisters (1997) won three Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and six Hong Kong Film Awards. Other films she has made – City of Glass (1998), Beijing Rocks (2001), and Traces of a Dragon (2003) – have been selected by film festivals worldwide. Cheung has also produced many popular films, including Painted Faces (1988), Now You See Love, Now You Don’t (1992), and The Moon Warriors (1993). In 2005 she directed “Song of Light and Shadows”, a stage musical in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Chinese cinema, which was awarded the Gold Prize for Best Performance in China. In 2010 she produced the motion picture Echoes of the Rainbow, winner of the Crystal Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, Generation Section, as well as four Hong Kong film awards. Her latest directorial effort is A Tale of Three Cities, starring Jean Lau and Tang Wei. It was nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards in 2016. Members of the Jury

Asian Future Best Asian Future Film Award Choi Yong-bae Giovanna Fulvi Festival Director, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival International Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival The festival director of BIFAN, a professor at Korea Fulvi has been programming for the Toronto National University of Arts, and a vice president of the International Film Festival since 2002. She is Korean Film Producers Association. Produced responsible for discovering and introducing numerous films such as The Host, 26 Years, The audiences to the newest films and filmmakers of President’s Barber, and Apology (Sa-kwa). Asian cinema. Based in Italy, she is a member of the selection committee for the Rome Film Festival. Ryosuke Hashiguchi Writer/Director His debut, A Touch of Fever (1992) broke sales records. His second, Like Grains of Sand (1995) took Grand Prix at Rotterdam, and other honors. Hush! (2001), invited to Cannes Directors' Fortnight, was released in 69 countries. In 2008 All Around Us won multiple awards. Three Stories of Love (2015) was highly praised both at home and abroad and won numerous awards. The Spirit of Asia Award by the Japan Foundation Asia Center Philip Cheah Masamichi Matsumoto Film Critic Director, Cinémathèque Editor of BigO, Singapore's only independent pop He has been the program director of Athénée Français Cultural Center since 1979, culture publication, he is program consultant for the where he screens over 200 films from across the world every year. Since 1998, he Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Eurasia has started serving concurrently as the co-director of The Film School of Tokyo. International Film Festival, Shanghai International Since 2009, as a member of the board directors of the Japan Community Cinema Film Festival and is an Advisor to the Hanoi Center, he has promoted the establishment of a system to secure screening locations International Film Festival. with joint cooperation of the government and private.

Japanese Cinema Splash Best Picture Award Mark Adams Koji Fukada Artistic Director, Edinburgh International Film Festival Director Mark Adams was Chief Film Critic for Screen Born in 1980. Hospitalité won the Japanese Eyes Best International and as a film journalist and reviewer for Picture Award at Tokyo and the Best Asian Genre Film more than 25 years, he has written for Variety, The Award at Bucheon in 2010. Au revoir l'été won the Grand Hollywood Reporter and Moving Pictures Prix at Nantes Three Continents Festival in 2013, Sayonara International, as well as many national newspapers won the Days of Cinema Award at Fimadrid. Harmonium in the UK. won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes in 2016. Karel Och Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival He was appointed as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s artistic director in 2010, after nine years working as a programmer and member of the event's selection committee at the event. He is also a member of the LUX Prize selection panel.

2016 Competition Entries

High-profile films competing for the Grand Prix TIFF's principal Number of Regions Countries and Regions Entries section and the highlight of the film festival, the Competition North, Central and South America 15 277 section showcases feature films that were completed after January 2016. Sixteen films from around the world will be selected for Europe including NIS countries 40 552 screening at the festival. The International Competition Jury of five Middle East 10 141 international cineastes will award the Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, Africa 10 15 Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Artistic Contribution. Asia 21 497 The winners will be announced at the Closing Ceremony. Oceania 2 20 Total (2015) 98 (86) 1502 (1409) 映画監督細田守の世界 / THE WORLD OF MAMORU HOSODA ゲスト情報 / Guest Information

多彩なゲストとの対談でひもとく、「新しい映画」の可能性 Conversations with special guests about “Innovating the Cinema”

是枝裕和映画監督

Hirokazu Kore-eda Director

登壇予定日 Date: 10/26

氷川竜介特集プログラミング・アドバイザー

Ryusuke Hikawa Programming Advisor

登壇予定日 Date: 10/27, 10/31

堤大介アニメーション映画監督

Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi Filmmaker

登壇予定日 Date: 10/29

松嶋雅人東京国立博物館平常展調整室長

Masato Matsushima Curator and Senior Manager, Regular Exhibitions Coordination Tokyo National Museum

登壇予定日 Date: 10/30

※登壇順 In order of appearance Festival Muse

The 29th Tokyo International Film Festival welcomes actress Haru Kuroki for the Festival Muse. Ms. Kuroki will appear at the opening ceremony and other official events as the face of the 29th TIFF.

Haru Kuroki, Actress

Kuroki was born in Osaka on March 14, 1990 and made her debut in 2010 as a heroine in Noda Map's extra performance "Omote ni Deroi!". Her film debut was in Tokyo Oasis (2011, Kana Matsumoto and Kayo Nakamura). In 2014 she won the Silver Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Yoji Yamada's The Little House. She won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress again in the following year for My Mother (2015, Yoji Yamada). Her filmography includes The Great Passage (2013, Yuya Ishii), Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion and Part 2: Judgment (2015, Izuru Narushima), A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016, Shunji Iwai), "Hanako to Anne" (2014, NHK), "The Emperor's Cook" (2015, TBS), "Sanada Maru" (2016, NHK), and "Juhan Shuttai" (2016, TBS). The Long Excuses (Miwa Nishikawa), Chotto Ima kara Shigoto Yametekuru (Izuru Narushima) are due to be released soon.