They must know each other, become friends and find the right story to shoot together.
Thats very important, but the co-production agreement is only a tool.
We need producers to use this tool, added Stabile.
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Chiara Mastroianni, daughter of the Italian actor, also served as a jury member for the festivals awards.
Hiroyasu is now the chairman of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Financial contributions from each side of the co-production must range between 20 to 80 percent.
Japan has signed co-productions with two countries: China and Canada.
With the co-production agreement, Japan can also enter the Eurimages European Cinema Support Fund via collaborations with Italy.
He ended up pickingChildren Of The River, written and directed by Japanese film director Lisa Takeba.
Shozo Ichiyama (Spirit World,Ash Is The Purest White) has also signed on to co-produce.
The film will shoot in summer 2025 in Shikoku, located in Japans southern region.
It was not a coincidence, Reparato told Deadline.
We went around listening to a lot of pitches and checked out a lot of projects.
We are receiving many requests from Italian producers that want to be introduced to Japanese producers.
Our Focus Asia market could become a key platform during the year to meet each other.
Its already like this, but this agreement makes Focus Asia an unmissable event.
We want them to turn their heads and see that this region is very important.
