25th Tokyo International Film Festival

Cult director Roger Corman is set to head the jury at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, which returns to Roppongi Hills for its 25th edition in late October. Coming just a week after the high-profile Busan International Film Festival in Korea, TIFF can sometimes feel – how should we say this? – a little underwhelming in comparison. Yet even if the competition section doesn't get your juices flowing, there are always plenty of strong films lurking elsewhere in the lineup, some of which are unlikely ever to see a proper Japan release. And for Tokyo-based film buffs who don't have advanced-level literacy in Japanese, it's unmissable for another simple reason: it offers the rare opportunity to watch foreign-language films with English subtitles.

See TIFF: what to watch