Press Release2015/9/30
Talents Tokyo Organizing Committee (TOKYO FILMeX)
Announcement: TALENTS TOKYO 2015 participants (Talents) and8 selected projects for the “NEXT MASTERS SUPPORT PROGRAM,”a initiative to support the alumni.
During the 6 days of the 16th TOKYO FILMeX held from November 23-28, 2015, the talentdevelopment and networking platform “Talents Tokyo 2015” will be conducted under thesupervision of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Arts Council Tokyo, the JapanFoundation Asia Center and the Talents Tokyo Organizing Committee (TOKYO FILMeX), andin cooperation with Berlinale Talents.
TT2015 brings together 15 upcoming promising filmmakers and producers. Each participant
will have opportunity to present his/her own project.
The Talents Tokyo aims to inspire promising filmmakers to develop their voices and become
the “Next Masters”.
For the last 4 years, the organizers of Talents Tokyo have run the filmmaker development
project “Talent Campus Tokyo”, which was previously called “Next Masters Tokyo” in 2010.
Last year, TT organizers decided to start a new initiative to support alumni from these events byproviding grants from (a) Project Development Fund and (b) International Promotion Fund.
Today we announce this year’s selected projects. Talents Tokyo will award a Project
Development Fund grants of up to 1 million JPY (approx. 8,280 USD) or an International
Promotion Fund grant of up to 500,000 JPY (approx. 4,140 USD) to the selected projects.
Outline:Title:

Talents Tokyo 2015 (TT 2015)

Dates:

From Monday, November 23 to Saturday, November 28, 2015
(6 days during the TOKYO FILMeX 2015)

Venue:

Yurakucho Asahi Hall etc

Organizers:

Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
The Japan Foundation Asia CenterTalents Tokyo Organizing Committee (TOKYO FILMeX)In Cooperation with:In Collaboration with:
Official home page:

Berlinale Talents
Goethe Institut Tokyo(contact E-mail)( talents@talents-tokyo.jp )http://talents-tokyo.jp/

The List of Selected 'Talents' for the Talents Tokyo 2015:
Directors:

Somchanrith CHAP (CAMBODIA)
Mauricio OSAKI (BRAZIL/CHINA)
LIN Jianjie (CHINA)Dwi Sujanti NUGRAHENI (INDONESIA)ODA Kaori (JAPAN)
LEE Joo Hyun (KOREA)
Josh KIM (KOREA/UNITED STATES)
Kek Huat LAU (MALAYSIA)
Alyx Ayn ARUMPAC (PHILIPPINES)
Francis Raphael SOLAJES (PHILIPPINES)YEO Siew Hua (SINGAPORE)
HSIEH Chun-yi (TAIWAN)
TSOU Rina (TAIWAN)
Sorayos PRAPAPAN (THAILAND)
Thanh HOANG (VIETNAM)
The Selection Committee is formed by IKEDA Takaaki (Film buyer/ NHK Enterprises, Inc.), HAYASHI
Kanako (Talents Tokyo, Chairperson/ TOKYO FILMeX, Festival director), ICHIYAMA Shozo (TalentsTokyo, Vice-Chairperson/ TOKYO FILMeX, Program director).

KAMIYA Naoki (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYO FILMeX), OKAZAKI Tadashi (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYOFILMeX) and KANAYA Shigeo (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYO FILMeX) participated in the preliminary
selection process.

As of September 29, 2015, this information may be subject to change.

Next Masters Support Program:
Selected Projects:a）Development FundSarah Jinhee CHOI (2013, KOREA), <Arabica In Us>
Wichanon SOMUMJARN (2010, Thailand), <Beer Girl>
MOON Kwon (2014, KOREA) <A Family>
Mouly SURYA (2010, Indonesia) <Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts>
CHANG Chih-Wei (2013, TAIWAN) <Lost In China Town>
Armi Rae CACANINDIN (2014, Philippines) <Somewhere South of Reality>
Francis Xavier E. PASION (2010, Philippines) <REACTIVE>b）International Promotion Fund:LI Shanshan (2012, CHINA), <The Road>

The Selection Committee is formed by IKEDA Takaaki (Film buyer/ NHK Enterprises, Inc.), HAYASHI
Kanako (Talents Tokyo, Chairperson/ TOKYO FILMeX, Festival director), ICHIYAMA Shozo (TalentsTokyo, Vice-Chairperson/ TOKYO FILMeX, Program director).

KAMIYA Naoki (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYO FILMeX), OKAZAKI Tadashi (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYOFILMeX) and KANAYA Shigeo (Talents Tokyo/ TOKYO FILMeX) participated in the preliminary
selection process.

As of September 29, 2015, this information may be subject to change.

Contact: OKAZAKI Tadashi, SAITO Yo (Playtime)
Talents Tokyo/TOKYO FILMeX
Tel: +81-3-3560-6393 E-mail: press@filmex.net