暗闇の中、一人スクリーンを見つめながら同じ光を分かち合う。 Kurayami no naka, hitori sukurīn o mitsumenagara onaji hikari o wakachiau. In the dark, each of us watches the screen and shares the same light.
Mipo O · 呉美保 film director and poster supervisor for the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival
In her signed director comment for the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival poster, Mipo O explains the theme CONNECT. She describes separate viewers in a dark cinema sharing the same projected light.
Why this date: The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opens on October 26, 2026, so the poster supervisor's own line explains that day's collective cinema experience.
Language note: 暗闇 (くらやみ / kurayami) is darkness; 見つめる (みつめる / mitsumeru) is to gaze at; 分かち合う (わかちあう / wakachiau) is to share.
A cinema audience is made of separate viewers sharing one field of light.
DJW practice example: 映画館で、同じ物語を分かち合う。 Eigakan de, onaji monogatari o wakachiau. Share the same story in a cinema.
Sources: 39th Tokyo International Film Festival — Mipo O poster comment: https://2026.tiff-jp.net/news/ja/?p=69208