Tokyo International Film Festival chairman Hiroyasu Ando is finally free to make some of the big changes he believes will revitalize Japan’s oldest cinema event
In March, Ando replaced the festival’s longstanding artistic director Yoshi Yatabe with industry veteran Shozo Ichiyama, who is known for a lengthy career as a producer on works by Takeshi Kitano, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien and celebrated Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke. At the same time, Ando announced that the festival would be relocating from its former home in the Roppongi Hills development to Tokyo’s historic, high-end culture district of Hibiya-Ginza.
First of all, we moved locations to Hibiya-Ginza district in order to make the festival atmosphere more energetic and active. This area is rich with facilities — hotels, restaurants, great shopping, bars and, of course, movie theaters. Historically, this area was a cinema town. When I was a small boy, I used to come to the district to see films with my family, and afterwards we went to dinner and walked around in the evening. Many residents of Tokyo have these kinds of memories of this area.
So, we signed this document in March on International Women’s Day. And we have done all of the gender-relating reporting that the commitment requires. And then we have tried to increase our figures for female participation and leadership. Of course, when we select the films, we cannot intentionally select women’s films on those criteria alone. It has to be done in terms of the quality of the films, but still we have in our minds that we should select more films from women directors.
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