A press conference was held at the Tokyo office of Yoshimoto Kogyo on Tuesday February 22, 2011, to announce the program for the 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival.
First of all, the assistant hosts for the day, Slim Club, made their appearance. Slim Club is the head promoters of the Okinawa International Movie Festival, and they provided a colorful opening to the press conference, appearing in traditional Okinawa Acer dance outfit.
Starting in 2009, the [Okinawa International Movie Festival] brought in approximately 380,000 visitors during its 9 day second festival in 2010. We are pleased to announce the outline for this coming 3rd festival, scheduled to be held from March 18 to March 27.
For the [3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival] press conference held on Wednesday, December 8, the following members from the Okinawa International Movie Festival executive committee were present: Chairman Hiroshi Osaki, Itsuji Itao, Yuichi Kimura, Hiroshi Shinagawa, and Kazuko Kurosawa.