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Shrek The Third director Raman Hui, Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss and top execs from leading Japanese broadcasters Nippon TV and TBS are among the speakers set for the seminar program at this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo.

Taking place during Tokyo International Film Festival, the market will cover a wide range of topics including the global expansion of Japanese animation, international co-productions, global strategies of Japanese studios and broadcasters, as well as developments in the content industries across China, Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong.

Hui will speak on a panel entitled ‘Animating Asia: Creative Strategies for IP, Storytelling and Global Reach’, alongside fellow Hong Kong animation professionals – Polly Yeung, who produced Annecy selection Another World, and Samuel Choy, producer of Hong Kong’s McDull animation franchise and The Excreman.

A separate panel will provide a deep dive into the global expansion of Japanese animation, presenting the latest edition of the Association of Japanese Animations’ annual Anime Industry Report.

Nippon TV and TBS will both present sessions on their global expansion strategies with insights from top executives including NTV’s Senior Executive Operating Officer, Keiichi Sawa, and TBS Television President, Masamine Ryuho, as well as division heads based in Japan and overseas.

Three TIFFCOM sessions will focus on international co-productions: Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan (BEAJ) will be looking at the latest trends in international co-production for Japanese broadcasters, including Wowow, Asahi Television and NHK; Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) and the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) will explore co-production between Japan and Korea; and Tokyo Contents Incubation Center (TCIC) will lead a session with speakers including Choi Yoon-hee, CEO of Parasite producer Barunsun E&A, and Japanese producer Kawai Shinya (Swallowtail Butterfly).

The Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest 2025, jointly organised by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Digital Hollywood University (DHU) and TIFFCOM, will feature a masterclass with Schuyler Weiss, who produced Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated feature Elvis. The event also includes a pitching competition for projects from five Japanese filmmakers.

Other highlights of the seminar program include ‘Thai BL & GL’s Magic : A Global Chemistry’, featuring leading producers in the Boys Love and Girls Love genres; ‘China’s High-Quality Film and Television Content Promotion Conference’, organised by Huace Film & TV; and ‘Current Trends in Turkish Remake Market and the Potential of Japanese Series’, with speakers from Turkey’s HECE Medya and Japan’s TBS and Yomiuri TV.

TIFFCOM is running October 29-31 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-Kan. Tokyo International Film Festival is taking place October 27-November 5 across multiple venues in the Ginza and Hibiya districts of Tokyo.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui stands tall as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, renowned for his extraordinary versatility and the profound depth he brings to every role. With his unparalleled craft, he has earned a distinctive place in the industry, often evoking comparisons to the legendary late Irrfan Khan. One amongst many was Ramanna from Raman Raghav 2.0 a serial killer.

While he shooked everyone with his incredible performance, the actor was recently seen opening about different nuances of the character. Read on to know what he shared.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui On His Raman Raghav 2.0 Character

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was recently asked about his role in Raman Raghav 2.0, how does he feel about his character and how there are very less people who can do it with such finesse. Answering this, the actor said, “When I got that role, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. It wasn’t the kind of role you could just show up and perform casually. It demanded serious mental and emotional preparation.”

He continued, “To get into that mindset, I isolated myself. I stayed in a resort in Lonavala for 5–6 days. Just to believe one line from the script: ‘I eat, drink, sleep, and kill. It doesn’t matter to me. I don’t even feel pain. You kill with the justification of humanity or religion—I kill just because.’ That was extremely hard for me to believe in. Because I’m not that person.”

Nawazuddin further added, “I’ve never even raised my hand on someone, never scolded anyone. And here I had to become a man who kills without remorse. I knew I couldn’t fake it—I had to believe it, even if just for those scenes. Only after that internal shift happened, I return to Mumbai to shoot. I stepped on set fully convinced, at least for those moments, that I could do it. It was one of the most difficult roles I’ve ever taken on.”

Nawazuddin: That Experience Never Really Left Me

Further talking about how and why actors get too much into the character he said, “When an actor is truly serious about their craft—when they’re vulnerable and committed—that intensity reflects on screen. People sometimes ask, ‘Why do actors go so deep?’ But that depth, that seriousness, is what breathes life into a performance. This role was so psychologically complex that it affected me physically too.”

He continued, “At one point, I fell seriously ill during filming. I was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital, completely unconscious. Later, I was told that even in that state, I kept repeating Raman Raghav’s dialogues. I don’t remember any of it—but that’s how deep it had gone. After 8–10 days, I recovered and returned to finish the film. But that experience… it never really left me.”

On the work front, Nawazuddin will be seen in Raat Akeli Hai 2 and Thama.

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Raman Hui & Schuyler Weiss Among TIFFCOM Seminar Speakers

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui On His Raman Raghav 2.0 Character

Nawazuddin: That Experience Never Really Left Me

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