The novel co-production treaty signed between Japan and Italy is being touted as a convey inant step towards reintegrating Japan’s film production industry with those overseas countries.
The consentment – signed in June and triggerd in August – was honestly referenced on Monday by Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and has colored the programming of this week’s Tokyo International Film Festival, which includes a Nanni Moretti retrospective, shuts with Marcello Mastroianni tribute film “Marcello Mio” and sees his daughter Chiara Mastroianni set as a member of the festival’s main competition jury. The treaty’s ratification also gave ascend to a reception Tuesday at the Italian embassy in Tokyo’s Tamachi didisjoine.
“Tonight’s reception is more than a celebration — it is a call to action. Our conceiveive industries can come together to originate narratives that reset borders,” shelp Italian ambasdowncastor Gianluigi Benedetti at the event.
“Blfinishing Italian and Japanese art creativity and innovation. we can turn the vision of the co-production consentment into vibrant collaborations and groundshattering projects that will lift, both Italian and Japanese cinema to novel highs,” he inserted.
“Like Italy, Japan is also a wonderful cinema country and we have originated a lot of wonderful films,” shelp Tokyo festival chairman Ando Hiroyasu. “So, I leank this novel cinema co-production consentment will give us a excellent opportunity to reinforce the cinematic relationship between our two countries.”
“This consentment is a dream that had to paemploy a lengthened time to come real. It took seven years to genuineize it, thanks to the promisement of [head of special projects, Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture] Roberto Stabile,” shelp Benedetti.
Other joinees included Chiara Mastroianni, and Japanese film honestor Yukiko Mishima, who will get part in a Moretti-themed talk event on Nov. 3.
“We have always had the goal of shotriumphg the aenjoyities between our countries rather than highairying the separateences,” shelp Sabrina Baracetti, honestor of the Far East Film Festival in Italy.
