Tokyo International Film Festival Finished
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Last updated: Wed, October 21, 2026
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- Dates
- Mon, Oct 26 – Wed, Nov 4, 2026 (The 2026 edition has concluded — 2027 dates are not yet announced)
- Venue
- Cinemas in the Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi and Ginza area (日比谷・有楽町・丸の内・銀座地区)
- Tickets
- ¥2,200 for most screenings (students ¥1,100); Gala Selection ¥2,700; Opening, Centerpiece and Closing ¥3,500. Buy online or at the Yurakucho Station ticket center.
- Official site
- 2026.tiff-jp.net
Tickets — best booked ahead
Tickets are sold per screening. Premieres with guest appearances sell out first.
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is Japan's biggest film festival, screening competition titles, Japanese and Asian premieres and anime across cinemas in central Tokyo for ten days each autumn. The 39th edition runs October 26 – November 4, 2026 in the Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi and Ginza area. It opens with "Sukiyaki", closes with "Colony" and has "Godzilla Minus Zero" as its centerpiece.
Background
TIFF began in 1985 and has been based in the Hibiya–Yurakucho–Ginza cinema district in recent years. The 2026 festival adds a Mizoguchi Kenji retrospective and an animation symposium, with Rolf de Heer as jury president.
Getting there
The screening venues are within walking distance of Hibiya and Yurakucho stations (Tokyo Metro Hibiya/Chiyoda/Yurakucho lines, Toei Mita Line and JR Yamanote Line) and Ginza Station.
Tips
- General ticket sales opened online on October 17, 2026 (sales are per screening, with a limit of 2 tickets per order). Pay by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Diners, Amex) or PayPay; tickets can be bought until 20 minutes after a screening starts.
- Tickets are not sold at the cinema box offices. Besides the online site, the only place to buy is the TIFF Ticket Center in front of Yurakucho Station (Central Exit), open October 26 – November 4 from 9:30 AM until 20 minutes after the day's last screening starts; it also takes cash.
- Entry is by QR code: it becomes available from 24 hours before the screening on the confirmation page, using your confirmation number and the phone number you gave when buying. Have it ready on your phone.
- 2026 prices: Opening, Centerpiece and Closing films ¥3,500 (students ¥2,700); Gala Selection ¥2,700 (students ¥2,000); Competition and most other sections ¥2,200 (students ¥1,100). Premier Box Seats at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya screens 12 and 13 cost ¥1,000 extra.
- Students can buy same-day tickets for ¥700 (Gala Selection, Competition and most other sections) from midnight on the day of the screening, if seats remain. Bring your student ID.
- Sold-out screenings have no same-day sales, though tickets whose purchase deadline lapsed may be resold online. Tickets can't be refunded or exchanged, and tickets bought anywhere other than the official site or the Yurakucho ticket center are refused at the door.
- There are no trailers before screenings, so be seated before the start time. Pre-school children can't enter except at designated screenings, and under-18s can't be in the cinema between 11:00 PM and 4:00 AM.
- Many screenings of Japanese and Asian films have English subtitles — the programme notes which ones.
- Premieres with guest appearances sell out first; weekday daytime screenings are the easiest to get into.
Maintained by Tetsu Yamamoto · Last verified against the official source: Wed, October 21, 2026