TIFFCOM, the content material market affiliated with the Tokyo Worldwide Movie Pageant, closed its doorways on Friday, however not earlier than it unveiled the winners of the 2024 pitching contest winners.
Now in its seventh 12 months, the MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest is co-hosted by the Movement Image Affiliation, the Digital Hollywood College and TIFFCOM to assist younger filmmakers trying to take their first steps into the worldwide movie trade.
After Friday’s first session, the grasp class seminar, the pitching contest noticed 5 younger filmmakers chosen from a public name for entries in addition to two entrants from the 2024 KAFA-TUA Collaboration Movie Improvement Workshop — a joint undertaking improvement workshop for artwork universities in Japan and Korea, organized by Japan’s Company for Cultural Affairs.
The MPA grand prize went to Shion Koreeda for AI Inside, with the Japanese filmmaker receiving a examine journey to the International Movie & Tv Immersion Program to be held in November 2025 in Los Angeles. Kazuya Murayama’s The Proper Place took the Particular Recognition Prize, and the younger filmmaker obtained an invite to attend the Asia Pacific Display Awards in Australia. The ultimate award, the Particular Jury Prize, went to Shun Tsujii for 2 Years and a couple of Months. Tsujii obtained the chance to pitch on the Far East Movie Pageant in Udine, Italy.
Sitting on the competition jury had been Tokyo Vice producer Alex Boden, The Roosevelt Recreation screenwriter Nobuko Nishii, Ichiko director Akihiro Toda, And But, You Are So Candy director Takehiko Shinjo and Venice Manufacturing Bridge chief Pascal Diot.