Excellent Italian presence, seven titles including coproductions, have been chosen for the upcoming Festivals of Pusan and Tokyo, the two events which together with Shanghai represent the most important film festivals in the Orient.
The Pusan International Film Festival, October 6th-14th, will be presenting in the section World Cinema Once You’re Born by Marco Tullio Giordana, and the coproductions Cache by Michael Haneke (World Cinema), Persona non grata by Krzysztof Zanussi and Hotel Rwanda by Terry Gorge, while Tickets by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach will be featured as "Special Program".
Following this event, the Nippon capital will host the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival, Octover 22nd-30th, presenting in competition Three Days of Anarchy by Vito Zagarrio and Thirteen at a Table by Enrico Oldoini, already screened in the last Shanghai International Film Festival.