Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 26, 2009 under Tokyo International Film Festival | 
''Eastern Plays''
The Bulgarian film ”Eastern Plays,” won the 3 of the top prizes at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was awarded the biggest prize of the festival, the Sakura Grand Prix for Best Film, director Kamen Kalev won the award for Best Director and the Best Actor award went to Christo Christov. Kalev received the Best Actor award on behalf of Christov, who reportedly died from of a drug addiction problem toward the end of the film’s shooting. The 89-minute movie depicts events that occur after two brothers who had lost contact were suddenly reunited.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 17, 2009 under Tokyo International Film Festival |
The Tokyo International Film Festival announced that the “The Cove,” documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan, which was previously rejected by the festival, has now been included in the lineup.
TIFF chairman Tatsumi “Tom” Yoda denied that the decision was down to external pressure, saying it was because of “great interest in the film from around the world.”
There will be 22 films in the Special Screening section, 10 in World Cinema, 30 in the Winds of Asia-Middle East, 10 in Japanese Eyes and nine in the Natural TIFF selection.
The 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival is scheduled for October 17-25.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 9, 2009 under Tokyo International Film Festival |
The 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival will open with the World Premiere of Jacques Perrin’s “Oceans”!
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 27, 2008 under Tokyo International Film Festival |
The winners for the prestigious Awards of 21st Tokyo International Film Festival held at Shibuya Bunkamura Orchard Hall has been announced!
Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix
「TULPAN」（Sergey Dvortsevoy）
Special Jury Prize
「4 Nights with Anna」（Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski）
Award for Best Director
Sergey Dvortsevoy「TULPAN」
Award for Best Acress
Felicite Wouassi「With a Little Help from Myself」
Award for Best Acror
Vincent Cassel「Public Enemy No.1(Part1&2)」
Best Artistic Contribution
「With a Little Help from Myself」（Dir. Francois Dupeyron）
Audience Award
「School Days with a Pig」（Dir. Tetsu Maeda）
TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix
「Ashes from the Sky」（Dir.Jose Antonio Quiros）
TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix Jury Award
「School Days with a Pig」（Dir. Tetsu Maeda）
TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix Special Award
「THE MEERKATS」（Dir. James Honeyborne）
Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award
「My Marlon and Brando」（Dir. Huseyin Karabey）
Special Mention
「The Sun Also Rises」（Dir. Jiang Wen）
「The Convert」（Yasmin Ahmad）
「The Way We Are」（Ann Hui）
Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award
「buy a suit」（Dir. Jun Ichikawa）
Japanese Eyes Special Award
Ittoku Kishibe「Osaka Hamlet」
Akira Kurosawa Award
Nikita Mikhalkov
Chen Kaige
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 18, 2008 under Tokyo International Film Festival |
Tokyo International Film Festival unveiled its full lineup for the festival scheduled to run next month October 18 - 26. Organizers promised what will be an environmentally themed 21st edition Thursday, and revealed Disney/Pixar’s “WALL-E” as their closing-night film.
A list of Tokyo film festival titles follows:
Competition
“4 Nights with Anna,” Jerzy Skolimowski
“Claustrophobia,” Ivy Ho (world premiere)
“Echo of Silence,” Atsuro Watabe (world premiere)
“Half-Life,” Jennifer Phang (international premiere)
“Hamoon and Darya,” Ebrahim Forouzesh (international premiere)
“Mid-August Lunch,” Gianni Di Gregorio
“Ocean,” Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov (international premiere)
“Planet Carlos,” Andreas Kannengiefer (international premiere)
“Public Enemy Number One,” Jean-Francois Richet
“School Days with a Pig,” Tetsu Maeda (world premiere)
“Sing for Darfur,” Johan Kramer (international premiere)
“Super Typhoon,” Feng Xiaoning (world premiere)
“Tulpan,” Sergey Dvortsevoy
“Under the Tree,” Garin Nugroho
“With a Little Help From Myself,” Francois Dupeyron
Special screenings
“Red Cliff,” John Woo
“The Shonen Merikensack,” Kankuro Kudo
“The Other Boleyn Girl,” Justin Chadwick
“Blindness,” Fernando Meirelles
“Penguins in the Sky-Asahiyama Zoo,” Masahiko Makino (world premiere)
“D-War,” Shim Hyung-rae
“Journey to the Center of the Earth,” Eric Brevig
“The Cherry Orchard — Blossoming,” Shun Nakahara (world premiere)
“1408,” Mikael Hafstrom
“Love Fight,” Izuru Narushima
“Stranded,” Gonzalo Arijon
“The Homeless Student,” Tomoyuki Furumaya
“Elegy,” Isabel Coixet
“Assembly,” Feng Xiaogang
“Mr. Tadano’s Secret Mission — From Japan with Love,” Hisashi Ueda (world premiere)
“In the Shadow of the Moon,” David Sington
“Filth and Wisdom,” Madonna
“Diary of the Dead,” George A. Romero
“WALL-E,” Andrew Stanton
Click here for a complete lineup.
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