This year, the appearances of Hollywood filmmakers such as John Lasseter and Tim Burton and Japanese filmmakers such as Takeshi Kitano and Hideaki Anno are confirmed as well as other guests from around the world. The organisers are planning many event opportunities to meet them such as the opening carpet ceremony, events at Roppongi Hills Arena, stage appearances and Q&A to bring the film festival more excitement.
To lead off 2020 Tokyo Olympic, TIFF will transmit “TOKYO” to all over the world. Details of the special guests are listed below. The 27th TIFF will be held from 23-31 October, at Roppongi Hills, TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi and other venues in Tokyo.
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival Guest List
International Competition Jury:
James Gunn, John H. Lee, Robert Luketic, Eric Khoo, Debbie Mcwilliams, Hiroshi Shinagawa
SAMURAI Award recipients:
Takeshi Kitano, Tim Burton
Opening Film Big Hero 6:
John Lasseter (Executive Producer), Don Hall (Director), Chris Williams (Director), Roy Conli (Producer), Miho Kanno, Kotaro Koizumi
Closing Film PARASYTE:
TBA
The World of Hideaki Anno:
Hideaki Anno (Director)
PIKMIN Short Movies:
Shigeru Miyamoto (Executive Producer)
Pale Moon:
Daihachi Yoshida (Director), Rie Miyazawa, Sosuke Ikematsu
THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR- episode10:
Mamoru Oshii(General Director)
The Expendables 3：
Patrick Hughes (Director), Kellan Lut
MIRACLE: Devil Claus’ Love and Magic:
Isshin Inudo (Director), Masaki Aiba, Nana Eikura, Han Hyo joo, Toma Ikuta
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Director), Kyle Catlett
SAMBA:
Olivier Nakache (Director), Omar Sy
STAND BY ME DORAEMON:
Doraemon
Ultra Seven:
Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Ultraman A, Ultraman Taro, Zoffy and more
Festival Muse:
Miki Nakatani
Festival Navigator:
Azusa Okamoto, Harry Sugiyama
and more. .
