Tokyo Filmex note

[Mark Nornes]

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to inform you that we announced the festival lineup  
late last
month. Attached, please find the line-up of TOKYO FILMeX 2007. You  
can also
check the programs at our website at http://www.filmex.net/index- 
e2007.htm.

This year we proudly announce that "To Each His Own Cinema" is to  
open the
festival on November 17th at the Tokyo International Forum. This  
short film
omnibus was premiered at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in May this  
year, and
attracted worldwide attention. The closing film is ?Secret Sunshine" by
Korean master filmmaker LEE Chang-dong. LEE Chang-dong will also  
serve as
chairperson of the jury for TOKYO FILMeX 2007 competition.


> From November 18th through until 25th, we will present 10 films in  
> TOKYO
>
FILMeX Competition and 11 films in Special Screenings at the  
Yurakucho Asahi
Hall and the film theater Cine Quanon 1-Chome.

As Special Program which shed new light on the history of Japanese  
cinema,
we will feature 12 works from YAMAMOTO Satsuo, who is well known for
directing the first film adaptation of ?The Ivory Tower (Shiroi  
Kyotou).?
Another special program will feature the great Indian filmmaker Ritwik
GHATAK.

We will also coninue to have the screenings of brand new Japanese  
films for
foreign film professionals during the period of TOKYO FILMeX 2007.  
Those who
have an ID card can attend this program, in which you can access to  
the new
Japanese films subtitled in English at a video/DVD library or at the
screenings.

We thank you for your continuous support, and hope that you will  
enjoy the
fascinating films at TOKYO FILMeX 2007.

If you need any further information please contact us at the following
address.

Best regards,
TOKYO FILMeX

TOKYO FILMeX Office
3rd Floor, 5-5-11 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
Tel: +81-3-3560-6393 / Fax: +81-3-3586-0201 / Email: press at filmex.net
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