Overview

• '11 Rebels' is based on a decades-old screenplay by the late Kasahara Kazuo and is set during the Boshin War, featuring a samurai squad on a suicide mission.
• The film stars Takayuki Yamada and Taiga Nakano and has secured distribution in North America and Germany.
• 'Marcello Mio' features Chiara Mastroianni transforming into her real-life father, Marcello Mastroianni, and includes her real-life mother, Catherine Deneuve.
• Chiara Mastroianni will also serve on the main competition jury, alongside jury president Tony Leung Chiu-wai and other notable filmmakers.
• The festival runs from October 28 to November 6, with the full lineup to be unveiled on September 25, and will include a new Women’s Empowerment section and a spotlight on filmmaker Yu Irie.