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The Official Film of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, directed by Breno Silveira and entitled “Days of Truce”, had its world premiere on 3 November as part of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The documentary focuses on the Brazilian experience of hosting the Games and includes interviews with people from all walks of life who contributed to the Games’ success, from taxi drivers to Popole Misenga, a member of the first Refugee Olympic Team. The film is available to watch on the Olympic Channel. The screening helped to generate enthusiasm and promote the Olympic spirit among Japanese audiences, as Tokyo prepares to write a new chapter in Olympic history, 56 years after hosting the Olympic Games in 1964. OFFICIAL RIO 2016 FILM PREMIERES IN TOKYO Below Events in Tokyo on 28 October included a demonstration of 3x3 basketball Above Eric Garcetti and Anne Hidalgo at Together4Climate The countdown to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 reached a significant milestone on 28 October, which marked 1,000 days to go until the start of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) celebrated the milestone with a series of events that ran through to 29 November. The programme kicked off with the “Tokyo 2020 Olympic Countdown – 1,000 Days to Go” event in the Japanese capital on 28 October. This featured a parade, a special stage event attended by Olympic athletes and dignitaries including Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike, and interactive demonstrations of three sports – 3x3 basketball, skateboarding and BMX freestyle – which will all be debuting at Tokyo 2020. “The more people have the opportunity to participate and feel involved during the lead-up to the Games, the stronger Tokyo 2020’s legacy will be,” said Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya. “We want the 2020 Games to inspire new generations to practise sport more and to live by the Olympic values. Our various programmes have allowed us to engage with five million people already and we will intensify our efforts over the next 1,000 days.” Attending the inaugural Together4Climate event in Paris, the mayors of the two host cities for the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028, Anne Hidalgo (Paris) and Eric Garcetti (Los Angeles), signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Olympic cooperation. Paris and Los Angeles will build on their relationship to work closely with each other and share best practices in sustainability, inclusiveness and innovation. “Mayor Hidalgo and I are united in our belief that the Olympic Games are defined by inspiration and transformation,” said Garcetti. “Our Games are an opportunity to work together and to demonstrate that by addressing our global challenges at the local level, we can find sustainable solutions that create jobs, improve public health and grow our economies.” Hidalgo, Garcetti and the 10 other mayors who sit on the C40 steering committee signed the C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration, pledging to make their cities largely zero emission by 2030, a goal that Tokyo, the host city of the Olympic Games 2020, is also working towards. TOKYO 2020 MARKS 1,000 DAYS TO GO PARIS AND LOS ANGELES STRENGTHEN COOPERATION OLYMPIC REVIEW 19