Tokyo Film Festival announces 2008 lineup

Fifteen films will compete for the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prize at the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival, which announced its 2008 lineup on Thursday. 

The festival kicks off Oct. 10 and features several world and international premieres. Among the competing films are Ivy Ho's "Claustrophobia," Jennifer Phang's "Half-Life," Johan Kramer's "Sing for Darfur" and Tetsu Maeda's "School Days with a Pig."

The Special Screenings section of the festival features several American films, including Justin Chadwick's "The Other Boleyn Girl," Eric Brevig's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and Andrew Stanton's "WALL-E."

John Woo's "Red Cliff" is scheduled to open the festival, which runs through Oct. 26.

Click here to see all the films competing for the Sakura.

Click here for more information about TIFF 2008.