{
  "id": 6069450,
  "title": "Tokyo Film Festival Adds Nippon Cinema Now Competition, Crosscut Asia+ Section, New Award Honoring Women in Film",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/tokyo-film-festival-adds-nippon-cinema-now-competition-crosscut-asia",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/tokyo-film-festival-new-competition-award-honoring-women-1236852405/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tokyo International Film Festival will introduce two new competitive awards, a Southeast Asia-focused section and a prize honoring women in cinema. The Nippon Cinema Now section will award a Best Film prize and a Special Jury Prize this year, with a jury combining Japanese and international industry figures. TIFF said the awards are meant […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Tokyo Film Festival Launches Nippon Cinema Now & Kashiko Kawakita Awards; Relaunches Crosscut Asia Section",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/tokyo-film-festival-launches-nippon-cinema-now-kashiko-kawakita",
        "published": "2026-09-07T00:02:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}