As one of the biggest film festivals in Asia – the 24th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held from October 22 (Sat) to October 30 (Sun), 2011 at the central of Tokyo, together with the rapidly growing entertainment multi-content business market TIFFCOM, held during the festival at the same venue.

As in the past editions, the Competition Section will highlight selected films created by up-and-coming directors as well as premieres of works by world prestigious filmmakers.
Last year, the Competition attracted 832 films from 76 countries and regions, the record in the history of TIFF, aspiring to win the prestigious Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix.

We will start accepting entries to the Competition from this week, April 20 (Wed) to July 15 (Fri).
A summary of the Regulations for the Competition 2011 is here.

TIFF looks forward to even a larger number of submissions for this year from around the world.