We sincerely appreciate the support being provided for the 24th edition of TIFF by our partners: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION as our Special Partner; and KINOSHITA CORPORATION, LTD., Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. as our Official Partners. Their respective contributions are outlined below.
SPECIAL PARTNER
As the Special Partner, TOYOTA will once again be providing extensive support to the Tokyo International Film Festival this year.Since 2008, we have been supporting "natural TIFF" to screen films that are based on the concept of symbiosis with nature. We will also award the "TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix" to the film selected from among the many films screened during the Festival that is regarded as being the finest celebration of Earth's beauty.Moreover, we will be providing our environment-conscious cars, such as the PRIUS Plug-in Hybrid, which incorporates the advantages of both electric car and hybrid car technologies, as the TIFF official cars to be used at the Green Carpet Ceremony.
OFFICIAL PARTNERS
As a group of total life coordination companies and a corporate enterprise that cares about people, Kinoshita Group endeavors to provide goods and services that will bring happiness to its customers. At the same time, we aspire to realize a world in which people can experience both psychological and material affluence. To this end, we provide support for cultural activities. We have decided to provide full support to the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival as we totally conform to TIFF's aim-to contribute to the reconstruction of the disaster-affected areas by delivering films that will present hopes and dreams.
The Coca-Cola System will again be teaming up with Teijin Limited to provide the "Coca-Cola Green Carpet" made from recycled PET bottles, which has now become a symbol of TIFF. In addition, this year Coca-Cola Zero, which delivers the great Coca-Cola taste with no sugar, preservatives or artificial flavor, has tied up with "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol", the latest in the world popular movie series, under the theme and tag-line of "Make it Possible".