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Nov 1, 2021 · Fest veteran and producer Shozo Ichiyama is the man tasked with overhauling Tokyo Film Festival's offerings and raising its profile.
Oct 26, 2022 · In his second year as programming director, industry veteran Shozo Ichiyama believes he has taken another step closer to realizing his vision for the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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──How does the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) stack up against other global or Japanese film festivals? Ichiyama: TIFF screens a good balance of Japanese and other Asian films as well as works from around the world. Japan has film festivals dedicated to a variety of genres—Asian films, documentaries, women-led films, and so on, but TIFF a...
──The Busan International Film Festival started in 1996 and has since become a major presence in the industry. Ichiyama: The Busan International Film Festival was highly regarded in Europe from the start, because in addition to screening films, it intentionally sought to bring lots of people together. The major Korean distributors take turns throwi...
──What are your policies when it comes to selecting films for TIFF? Ichiyama: We’re more interested in selecting films based on their own standalone merit than getting overly wrapped up in some kind of strategy. We changed the name of the Special Screenings section, where we were primarily showing films that had made an impact at international film...
Oct 23, 2023 · Shozo Ichiyama’s first two years as programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival were overshadowed by travel restrictions sparked by a stubborn and deadly...
Oct 25, 2023 · Ichiyama Shozo, Tokyo International Film Festival. The Tokyo Festival's head programmer has navigated a series of current affairs obstacles, but says China's film revival is timely.
Mar 14, 2021 · In another sign of the closer relationship between Tokyo’s two biggest festivals, Tokyo Filmex chief Shozo Ichiyama has been appointed TIFF programming director. Ichiyama, who is leaving his...
Oct 23, 2022 · Ichiyama Shozo (Japan 1963), the Programming Director of the Tokyo International Film Festival since last year, was also in charge of selecting their films from 1992 to 1999. Then in 2000 he launched the Film Festival Tokyo FILMeX and served as its director.
