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27th Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future / Japanese Cinema Splash Jury

Asian Future / Best Asian Future Film Award Jury
 
Cameron Bailey
Toronto International Film Festival, Artistic Director
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Profile
Cameron Bailey is the Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. He is responsible for the overall vision and execution of Festival programming, as well as maintaining relationships with the Canadian and international film industries.

 

Jacob Wong
Curator, Hong Kong International Film Festival
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Jacob Wong is Curator of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and is Director of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum which had supported the projects of Brillante Mendoza, Bong Jungho, Tsai Ming Liang and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. He is also Delegate for Asia for the Berlin International Film Festival.
 

Yang Ikjune 
Film Director/Actor
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Yang Ikjune has appeared in many Korean films as an actor, and directed and starred in his first feature {Breathless} in 2009. The film won the Tiger Award at Rotterdam, followed by more than 40 awards around the world. It was also highly acclaimed in Japan, securing many awards at film festivals, and marked an extraordinary achievement for an independent film.
 
 
Asian Future / The Spirit of Asia Award by the Japan Foundation Asia Center Jury

 
Tadao Sato
vPresident of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image / Film Critic
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Born in Niigata prefecture in 1930. He is a leading film critic in Japan and pioneer in the research of Asian films. He has published over 100 books since his first, “Nihon no Eiga” (Japanese cinema / 1956). He has won the Purple Ribbon Medal and many other awards.

 

Hiroyasu Ando
President of The Japan Foundation
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Hiroyasu Ando entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1970.
He served Prime Minister Hashimoto as the Private Secretary. He also served three Prime Ministers as the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary.
He was appointed as the Ambassador to Italy in 2008.
Since 2011, he has been the President of the Japan Foundation.

 
 

Japanese Cinema Splash / Best Picture Award Jury
 
Christian Jeune
Festival de Cannes / Deputy General Delegate
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Christian Jeune has been with the Cannes Film Festival for more than 20 years and is in charge of the Official Selection. He has served on many juries: Cinemanila, Pusan, Dubai, Bangkok, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
 

Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
nicolo.inc/Director
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His debut work, {Kichiku dai enkai} (1997), was invited to the Panorama Section at Berlin, and won the Grand Prix at Taormina. His works have successively been selected for many film festivals. He is one of the directors in the spotlight both in Japan and abroad. His recent works include {Sketches of Kaitan City”} and {The End of Summer}. His latest work, {My Man} (2014) won the Grand Prix at Moscow.
 

Tony Rayns
Filmmaker/Critic/Curator
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Tony Rayns is a London-based filmmaker, critic and curator with a special interest in the cinemas of East Asia. He has programmed for the Vancouver and London Film Festival, and has worked with Busan and Rotterdam. He has written books on Chinese, Japanese and Korean cinema. His own films include {New Chinese Cinema} and {The Jang Sunwoo Variations}. He was awarded the Kawakita Prize in 2004.

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