TIFF Teens Cine Club, Film Education Symposium and Live Katsuben Performance
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will launch TIFF Teens Cine Club as part of Teens Meet Cinema, welcoming Japanese actor Ikematsu Sosuke as a club member. Along with junior high school students participating in TIFF 2025: Teens Meet Cinema, he will watch a film from the festival’s Youth section and engage in free-flowing conversation. This is a new endeavor designed to encourage youth to experience cinema more deeply through both making and watching film.
[TIFF Teens Cine Club 2025]
Dates:
Nov 2 (Sun.) Film viewing workshop (closed event)
Nov 3 (Mon.) TIFF 2025: Teens Meet Cinema Screening and Cine Club Talk
Guests: Ikematsu Sosuke (club member), junior high school students participating in TIFF 2025: Teens Meet Cinema
Co-hosted by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, National Film Archive of Japan
Produced and operated by Children Meet Cinema®
*Details of the event are subject to change.
Comment from Ikematsu Sosuke
I am truly honored and thrilled to be given this wonderful opportunity at TIFF 2025: Teens Meet Cinema. I look forward to spending time with the children — to meet them, encounter film together, listen to the inner voice of cinema, respect one another, scratch our heads and exchange opinions. I look forward to an unforgettable film experience as part of Cine Club, and hope that seriously engaging with film alongside the friends they make here will become a happy experience that stays with the children into their future. I look forward to glimpsing the future of cinema at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Ikematsu Sosuke Profile
Born in Fukuoka, Ikematsu Sosuke made his film debut in the Hollywood film The Last Samurai (2003). He has appeared in numerous films and won numerous film awards. His main appearances include The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017), Killing (2018), Miyamoto (2019), Just Remembering (2022), Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023), My Sunshine (2024) and The Real You (2024). He stars this fall in Gosh!! and is slated to play Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the 16th-century samurai famed as the second Great Unifier of Japan, in the 2026 NHK Taiga Drama series Toyotomi Kyodai!
TIFF International Symposium on Film Education
We will hold the third edition of the TIFF International Symposium on Film Education: Challenges for Film Education Networks and Practitioners, focusing on building networks and cultivating practitioners among those involved in film education. The symposium will hear international examples, including Netherland’s practice of nationwide film education networking and Spain’s nurturing curriculum for practitioners, and provide deep discussions into the challenges of film education.
[Event Outline]
Date: November 1 (Sat.) 1:00pm – 7:10 pm, *Door opens: 12:30pm (tentative)
Venue: National Film Archive of Japan B1 Theatre
Admission: Free *Pre-registration is mandatory, first-come, first-seated
Language: Japanese, English (consecutive interpretation)
Co-hosted by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, National Film Archive of Japan
Produced and operated by Children Meet Cinema®
How to apply: Please apply from the event page below. Applications open at 4pm, October 8 (Wed.)
nfaj.go.jp
*Events and guests are subject to change.
Live Katsuben Voice-over Performance by Yamazaki Vanilla
The one and only katsudo-benshi in Japan who narrates with instruments, Yamazaki Vanilla will provide a live voice-over for silent films while playing the Taisho harp and piano. This beloved program by cinema fans marks its 8th anniversary in the TIFF Youth section. The screening event on November 2 can be enjoyed across generations, from preschoolers to adults. The lineup, including a Charlie Chaplin comedy, is filled with entertaining short films. Children’s shouts are welcome. Join us with your whole family!
*Details will be announced on TIFF’s website at a later date.
The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival will take place from October 27 (Mon) to November 5 (Wed).
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