Producers behind Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” and Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” are set to headline Tokyo Market TIFFCOM’s seminar program, anchoring a lineup of 14 classes that highlight Japanese anime’s world ambitions, worldwide co-productions and Asia’s surging drama commerce.
Schuyler Weiss, producer of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” which earned eight Oscar nominations together with finest image, will seem in a masterclass offered with the Movement Image Affiliation and Digital Hollywood College. He can even function visitor speaker for TIFFCOM’s pitching contest, the place the winner secures a visit to Los Angeles for the International Movie & Tv Immersion Program.
On the co-production entrance, Choi Yoonhee, CEO of Barunson E&A and producer of “Parasite,” joins forces with Shinya Kawai, recognized for “Swallowtail Butterfly” and “Yi Yi: A One and a Two,” to map out sensible roadmaps for worldwide collaboration. Further initiatives embody a Japan-Korea producers alternate organized by VIPO and KOFIC, introducing 10 producers chosen from each nations.
Japanese broadcasters will showcase their world methods with BEAJ’s “Japanese Broadcast Content material Goes International,” that includes Wowow, Ax-On, ABC TV, NHK Enterprises and TV Miyazaki. Nippon TV will define its “Gear up, go world” marketing campaign, whereas TBS highlights its strategic alliance with Vietnam’s VTV and the actions of its studio The Seven, behind “Alice in Borderland” Season 3 and Busan competitors entry “Baka’s Id.”
Animation additionally takes heart stage with the Affiliation of Japanese Animations presenting new information from its 2024 business survey, alongside case research of abroad growth. A Hong Kong–Japan collaboration panel will function director Raman Hui, producer Polly Yeung and Bliss Ideas’ Samuel Choy.
Different highlights embody Thai BL and GL dramas’ world breakout, China’s Huace Movie & TV presenting a showcase of premium content material, a Shanghai showcase of display productions, a JETRO seminar on Turkish remakes, and KOCCA’s premiere of Okay-dramas “Love Phobia” and “Sometime of Me.”
TIFFCOM is organized by Japan’s Ministry of Economic system, Commerce and Business, the Ministry of Inner Affairs and Communications, and Unijapan. The Tokyo market runs Oct. 29–31 on the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Commerce Heart Hamamatsucho-Kan, alongside the thirty eighth Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct. 27–Nov. 5).
