Aiko Masubuchi is a producer, film programmer and translator based in Tokyo and New York. She produced HAPPYEND (dir. Neo Sora, Venice International Film Festival 2024), RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS (dir. Neo Sora, Venice International Film Festival 2023), and ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND HOPE (dir. Takashi Nishihara, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023) as well as short films including THE CHICKEN (dir. Neo Sora, Locarno Film Festival 2020), WHAT IS IT THAT YOU SAID? (dir. Shun Ikezoe, New York Film Festival 2021) and SUGAR GLASS BOTTLE (dir. Neo Sora, winner of Best Narrative Short at IndieMemphis 2022). She was a jury member for the Documentary Shorts Program at Blackstar Film Festival in 2023 and a grants reviewer for IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund the same year. She has programmed film series at places such as Anthology Film Archives, Film Forum, and MoMA and co-founded the short film series GINZAZA in Tokyo.



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