Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) announces 2023 Lineup

VERDICT: The festival will feature 15 titles in its main Competition section led by Japan and China, which each have three films in the selection. The line up includes 20 world premieres across its two competitions.

September 29th, 2023

(Ab)normal Desire (Japan)
Dir Kishi Yoshiyuki (World Premiere)

Air (Russia)
Dir Alexey German Jr. (World Premiere)

Blind At Heart (Ger-Switz-Lux)
Dir Barbara Albert

Dwelling By The West Lake (China)
Dir Gu Xiaogang (World Premiere)

A Foggy Paradise (Japan)
Dir Kotsuji Yohei (World Premiere)

Gondola (Ger-Georgia)
Dir Veit Helmer (World Premiere)

The Gospel Of The Beast (Phil)
Dir Sheron Dayoc (World Premiere)

A Long Shot (China)
Dir Gao Peng (World Premiere)

The Persian Version (US)
Dir Maryam Keshavarz

Roxana (Iran)
Dir Parviz Shahbazi (World Premiere)

Sermon To The Birds (Azerbaijan)
Dir Hilal Baydarov (World Premiere)

The Settlers (Chile-Arg-Neth)
Dir Felipe Gálvez

Snow Leopard (China)
Dir Pema Tseden

Tatami (Georgia-US)
Dirs Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv

Who Were We? (Japan)
Dir Tomina Tetsuya (World Premiere)

Asian Future:

Fly Me To The Moon (HK)
Dir Sasha Chuk

La Luna (Sing-Malay)
Dir M. Raihan Halim

Madina (Kazak-Pakistan-India)
Dir Aizhan Kassymbek

Maria (Iran)
Dir Mahdi Asghari Azghadi

Real Estate (Israel)
Dir Anat Malz

Redlife (Thai)
Dir Ekalak Klunson

Rosinante (Turkey)
Dir Baran Gunduzalp

Sumo Didi (India)
Dir Jayant Rohatgi

Take Me to Another Planet (Japan)
Dir Kimura Satoshi

Tatsumi (Japan)
Dir Shoji Hiroshi

TIFF runs from October 23 to November 1,