This year marked the 35th anniversary of Japan's largest film festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, which was held in its regular in-venue format in late October. On this episode, we focus on some of the festival's lineup, including Imaizumi Rikiya's "by the window," screened in competition and winner of the Audience Award, along with "Small, Slow But Steady" directed by Miyake Sho and featured in the Nippon Cinema Now section, as well as Hiroki Ryuichi's "2 Women" which was presented in the Gala Selection. The festival's programming director, Ichiyama Shozo, talks about the current trends in major film festivals around the world. Later on, we look at a film shown at the Busan International Film Festival, "December" by Indian-born cineaste Anshul Chauhan. [Navigator] Sarah Macdonald [Guests] Ichiyama Shozo (Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival) Alexander Zahlten (Professor, Harvard University)