It was announced on Tuesday that the David Fincher film �The Social Network� has been selected as the opening film for the�23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. �The Social Network� is a film that follows Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the world�s biggest social networking website �Facebook�. This film will star Jessy Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake.

For the closing film, TIFF chose �The Town� directed by Ben Affleck. It is a suspense-action film which stars Ben Affleck himself, Jeremy Renner and Blake Lively.



The 23rd TIFF will begin on October 23rd and end on October 31st at Roppongi Hills and other venues within Tokyo.

For the full list of the films to be screened, check out the official website for the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Source: TIFF official website