The dates for the 2026 Tokyo International Film Festival and its related content market TIFFCOM have been revealed.
The 39th edition of Asia‘s biggest film festival will open on Oct. 26, and run for 10 days until Nov.4. TIFFCOM will open its doors to attendees on Oct. 28 and run through Oct. 30. The festival will once again take place in the Hibiya-Yurakucho-MarunouchiGinza area of Japan‘s capital. TIFFCOM will again be located in the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-Kan.
UNIJAPAN, the organizers of the festival, will begin a call for submissions on April 7, with further details to be released on the official website.
The Tokyo Film Festival holds a main competition features a main competition and awards a series of prizes, including the prestigious Tokyo Grand Prix/Governor of Tokyo Award, the special jury prize, and awards for best director, best actress, best actor and best artistic contribution. There is also an audience award presented to the most popular film in the Competition section as determined by viewers’ vote; an up-and-coming director-led Asian Future section with an award for best film; and the Asian Students’ Film Conference section which awards a grand prix and a special jury prize.
Last year’s prize winners included Annemarie Jacir’s epic historical drama Palestine 36, which took the Grand Prix/The Governor of Tokyo Award, and Rithy Panh’s documentary We Are the Fruits of the Forest, which won the special jury prize.
