27th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL NPO Corporation Rainbow Reel Tokyo What’s RRT(TILGFF)? What is Rainbow Reel Tokyo (Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival)?① ●The oldest event in Japan’s LGBT community RRT is the one of the oldest LGBT community events in Japan and will mark its 27th anniversary in 2018. Over the years, we have selected and screened the best LGBT films of all genres from around the world, including documentaries, narrative films and musicals with strong entertainment value. ●The one and only large-scale LGBT entertainment event in Japan Many gay and lesbian films are now being produced around the world, and in recent years there has also been an increase in the number of films opening in mainstream theaters in Japan. Unfortunately, what is screened only represents a tiny fraction of what is available. However, this film festival not only screens films selected for their excellence from around the world, but also documentaries and short films difficult to screen in general theaters. This film festival also attracts tremendous attention because of its growing tradition of inviting directors and actors for talks or special performances during the special premiere screenings of selected films. In 2015, the nonprofit organization Rainbow Reel Tokyo was established as the event’s governing body. Accordingly, “Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival” changed its name to “Rainbow Reel Tokyo”, as we continue to endeavour to become a bridge between sexuality and cultural activities. 2 What’s RRT(TILGFF)? What is Rainbow Reel Tokyo (Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival)?② ●RRT is an inclusive festival with “laughter, tears and having a think” Although this film festival is one of the biggest film festivals for sexual minorities, it has received unprecedented support from heterosexual attendees. More than one-third of attendees are heterosexual according to a survey from the film festival. This makes it an enjoyable event where everyone can laugh, cry, feel and think together regardless of their sexual identity. There is no additionally no age limit as we are aim to be a film festival that everybody, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy. ●Creating a visual representation, and spreading the fun of LGBT culture by film Today, more and more people are accepting their sexual identity and coming out in Japan. The people around us and society are rapidly learning and coming to understand LGBT individuals. At such a time, we believe it is meaningful to use films to explore and learn about diverse representations of lesbians and gays, and their lifestyles, families, friends and relationship with society. 3 Outline The 27th Rainbow Reel Tokyo ●Title: The 27th Rainbow Reel Tokyo (Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival) ●Organizer: Rainbow Reel Tokyo Committee, NPO Rainbow Reel Tokyo ● Dates: 13th - 16th July, 2018 @ Spiral Hall (350 seats, Omotesando） 7th - 8th July, 2018 @ Tokyo Women’s Plaza (246 seats, Omotesando) ●Number of attendees: 5,000 (expected) ●Details (TBC) : ☆ Screenings of films/plays/documentaries/short movies, and a competition of films from public with them on sexuality ☆ Talk show and symposium on related themes ☆ Invitation of directors and curators etc. Spiral Hall Foyer Rainbow flag at venue during the event 4 Sponsor’s plan 1. Brochure/flyer advertisement 2. Web banner advertisement 3. On screen advertisement before/after main film 4. Booth rental (consignment sales available) 5. Advertisement on the wall of venue etc. Additional plans not listed above are also available. We are currently planning more events in addition to the ones on the next page. Please inquire for more information. Booth ↑The 26th pamphlet (Left: Back cover, Right: Front cover） ↓The 26th Official website 5 Pre-show/Post-show Events Pre-show/Post-show Events (26th RRT) Opening event Closing event Before the opening film Center of My World, MC Esmeralda MC Bourbonne, who actively performs as a drag queen and (drag queen/writer/scenario writer) and guest Gengoro writer, and Masamichi YOSHIHIRO (film writer) joins the talk TAGAME (comic writer/gay erotic artist) holds a talk event. show held before the Rainbow Reel Competition and closing film Being 17. Greetings from the stage On days 3 and 4 of the festival, greetings from the stage, talk shows and Q&A sessions were held. Guests included director Tomoko TAKAHASHI, actresses Tsukino YAMAMOTO & Miyu WAGAWA and film writer Masamichi YOSHIHIRO from the film You Are The Sea (right); Director Samantha LEE from Maybe Tomorrow (bottom left); and planning/casting/producer Chizuru AZUMA and director Genki MASUDA from I am what I am. – Over the Rainbow (bottom right). 6 Pre-show/Post-show Events Pre-show/Post-show Events (25th) Opening Event Before the opening film “Summertime”, a talk event was held between Asako Makimura, a TV personality/writer, and Hideki Miyazawa, the committee director of Rainbow Reel Tokyo. Ms. Makimura spoke about her relationship with the film festival and about how she “came out”. “I want us to learn about LGBT history. I don’t want us to relive its sad parts or to throw stones at each other.” Her touching words and heartfilled dream made the opening of our 25th festival so special. Greetings from the Stage On the second day at Spiral Hall, Takuro Nakamura and Kaihei Shiota, the director and the producer of “West North West” greeted the audience. Mr. Nakamura spoke about how he came to direct the film. “High Heels Revolution!” was shown on the third day at Spiral Hall, and the film’s leads Natsuki Majikina, Tatsuomi Hamada (who performed Natsuki in the school days wonderfully) and director Yo Kohatsu greeted us from the stage. Their speech told of the sincerity that was put into the film. Closing Event At the event before the closing film “Paris 05:59”, Esmeralda, a horror drag queen, greeted us as MC. Together with the RRT director Mr. Miyazawa, she spoke to guests Madame Bonjour Janji, the head of the community center akta, and the DELIVERY BOYS. They talked about their activity at akta and the latest information on HIV. In addition, the DELIVERY BOYS surprised the whole audience with a free condoms giveaway provided by TENGA. This all made for a perfect and meaningful event for the closing of 7 the film festival. Reference data of 26th festival: outline Name of Event: The 26th Rainbow Reel Tokyo – Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Festival Dates: 8 July (Sat) to 14 July (Fri), 2017 (@Cinemart shinjuku) 14 July (Fri) to 17 July (Mon), 2017 (@Spiral Hall) 10 days Venues: Cinemart Shinjuku (Shinjuku culture building, 6F, 3-13-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-0022) Spiral Hall (5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062) Organizer: NPO Rainbow Reel Tokyo, Rainbow Reel Tokyo Committee Sponsors: Aflac / AIG Japan / Alfa Romeo / CASSAROS / GENTOSHA COMICS INC. / Harima Mental Clinic / NPO Japan HIV Center / Johnson & Johnson K.K. / L&G Timpani / LGBT Finance (Barclays / Bank of America Merrill Lynch / BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. / Bloomberg L.P. / Citi / J.P. Morgan / Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. / Morgan Stanley / Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. / UBS Group / Wells Fargo Securities (Japan) Co., Ltd) / LUPICIA CO., LTD / Marriage Equality Project Team / Nakamura Keith Haring Collection / News Café / NOLASAPS inc. / OfficeKotou Co., Ltd. / REACH Online 2015- 2017 / SoftBank Corp. / TOOT LTD. / 9monsters / MUSICAL『RENT』 With the assistance of: Asia Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance / Cinemart shinjuku / Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy: English Clock / Osaka Asian Film Festival / STANCE COMPANY / SYNCA Creations Inc. / Wacoal Art Center Co., Ltd. Endorsed by: Embassy of Canada / Goethe-Institut Tokyo / Embassy of Ireland / Commemorative event of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan / Embassy of France / Institut français du Japon / Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Tokyo / Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Taiwan Culture Center / Embassy of Sweden / Nominally supported by the United States Embassy ■Sponsor Booths 8 Reference data of the 25th festival: internet usage The festival provides information through its official website and other net media. SNS is also convenient for relaying detailed information Official Website Instagram and/or flash notices over a wide range. It was found that the number of the first-time visitors to our website had increased from previous years, showing that more people had a new interest in the festival. ■Official Website http://rainbowreeltokyo.com/2016/ ・Website access for the period from June 21 to July 20, 2016 Number of visitors：40,206 Number of users：23,873 Number of page views：132,795 Number of page views per visitor：3.3 Average of visiting time per view：00:02:43 ・Main access routes Twitter, Facebook, Spiral, GENXY, g-ladxx, nihon-eiga cinemaga, Mainichi Simbun, FourSprings, BL site chil-chil, Toho Stage, others ■Twitter Twitter Facebook Account：@RRT_TILGFF Number of followers: 7,901 (as of February 20, 2018) ■Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RainbowReelTokyo/ Number of ‘LIKE’s：3,230 (as of February 20, 2018)） ■Instagram Account：@rainbowreeltokyo Number of followers: 210 (as of February 20, 2018) 9 Reference data of the 26th festival: Questionnaire (event visitors) Number of Answers：554 Area of Residence Unknown 19.9% Number of visits Age Unknown 0.7% Unknown 10.1% Tokyo 48.6% 7th time or more 60’s & over 5.1% Teenagers 1.6% Kanagawa 20.4% 1st time40.3% Overseas 12.6% 50’s 12.3% 4th-6th time 17.3% 1.8% 40’s 20.8% 20’s 28.3% 2nd-3rd time21.3% … 30’s 21.8% Outside Kanto Chiba 5.1% 5.4% Other prefecture in Kanto1.4% Unknown 8.7% Biological sex and gender FtM 1.4% Others 7.6% Gay (male) Sexuality MtF 1.4% identity: female 27.8% Heterosexual (female) 44.0% Others 6.9% 20.8% Bisexual (male) 6.1% Lesbian Biological sex and gender Unknown 7.4% 14.3% identity: male 38.8% Heterosexual Bisexual (female) (male) 9.0% 10 5.8% Reference) The 26th implement data: publicize on media This year we have been mentioned in many articles, centering on the web media.