{"id":131639,"date":"2017-11-16T01:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=131639"},"modified":"2017-11-16T01:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:43:45","slug":"grain-bags-tokyo-grand-prix-at-30th-tokyo-intl-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/16\/grain-bags-tokyo-grand-prix-at-30th-tokyo-intl-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grain\u2019 bags Tokyo Grand Prix at 30th Tokyo Int’l Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOKYO\/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet\/\u00a0\u2014 <\/strong>The Tokyo Grand Prix at the recently concluded 30th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) went to \u201cGrain,\u201d directed by Semih Kaplanoglu.\u00a0The film bested 231 films screened during the festival attended by 63,679 film fans from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3, 2017.<\/p>\n

The winners were announced at the closing ceremony on the festival\u2019s final day.<\/p>\n

– Competition section<\/p>\n

Tokyo Grand Prix: “Grain” (directed by Semih Kaplanoglu)<\/p>\n

Special Jury Prize: “Crater” (directed by Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino)<\/p>\n

Award for Best Director: Edmund Yeo (“AQERAT (We the Dead)”)<\/p>\n

Award for Best Actress: Adeline D’Hermy (“Maryline”)<\/p>\n

Award for Best Actor: Duan Yihong (“The Looming Storm”)<\/p>\n

Award for Best Artistic Contribution: “The Looming Storm” (directed by Dong Yue)<\/p>\n

Award for Best Screenplay by WOWOW: “Euthanizer” (written and directed by Teemu Nikki)<\/p>\n

Audience Award: “Tremble All You Want” (directed by Akiko Ooku)<\/p>\n

– Asian Future section<\/p>\n

Best Asian Future Film Award: “Passage of Life” (directed by Akio Fujimoto)<\/p>\n

The Spirit of Asia Award by the Japan Foundation Asia Center: Director Akio\u00a0Fujimoto (“Passage of Life”)<\/p>\n

– Japanese Cinema Splash section<\/p>\n

Best Picture Award: “Of Love & Law” (directed by Hikaru Toda)<\/p>\n

– SAMURAI Award: Composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto<\/p>\n

– Gemstone Award: Mayu Matsuoka (“Tremble All You Want” actress), Shizuka\u00a0Ishibashi (“THE TOKYO NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THE DENSEST SHADE OF BLUE” actress),\u00a0Adeline D’Hermy (“Maryline” actress), Daphne Low (“AQERAT (We the Dead)” actress)<\/p>\n

In awarding the prize to Kaplanoglu, jury president Tommy Lee Jones said, “We\u00a0were impressed by this movie’s appreciation of the common understanding among\u00a0all people through a shared mythic experience.”<\/p>\n

He then shared his own thoughts\u00a0on the 30th TIFF, praising his fellow jury members, calling them “very bright\u00a0filmmakers and thoughtful people.” He also noted they had a very international\u00a0mix, saying, “We speak five different languages and needed five different\u00a0interpreters…it felt like the United Nations! But we’re more humorous than\u00a0the United Nations.”<\/p>\n

Jones also laid out his final feelings about TIFF and the\u00a0jury’s final selections: “Festivals, at their best, are meant to relieve\u00a0filmmakers and audiences from strict commercial demands,” and added, “As\u00a0filmmakers, we have not been born and raised to waste your time, we have been\u00a0born to improve it–and I know that I can speak for this jury when I say we\u00a0remain your humble and hopeful servants.”<\/p>\n

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