TOKYO – Four Filipino films will be shown in the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), one of which will compete in the Asian Future section.

TOKYO – Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza will chair the international competition jury of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), becoming the first Filipino to do so, it was announced at a press conference held at Toranomon Hills Forum on Sept. 25.

KYOTO – Kyoto International Film and Art Festival (KIFF) announced on Sept. 4 their event outline for this year’s festival at a press conference held at Yoshimoto Gion Kagetsu Hall.

FUKUOKA – Acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke is the recipient of the Fukuoka Grand Prize this year. Japanese scholar and economist Akira Suehiro won the Academic Prize and Indian performing artist Teejan Bai bagged the Arts and Culture Prize.