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23rd TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL List of Winners

Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix goes to "Intimate Grammar" !

23rd Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix goes to "Intimate Grammar" !
Winner of The Audience Award determined by public viewers' votes is
Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key."

Tokyo SAKURA Grandprix

Intimate Grammar

[ Hadikduk Hapnimi ]

Director:Nir Bergman

Special Jury Prize

POST CARD一枚のハガキ

Director:Kaneto Shindo

Award for Best Director

Gilles Paquet-Brenner

("Sarah's Key")

Award for Best Actress

Fan Bingbing

("Buddha Mountain")

Award for Best Actor

Wang Qian-yuan

("The Piano in a Factory")

Award for Best Artistic Contribution

Buddha Mountain[ 觀音山 ]

Director:Li Yu

The Audience Award

Sarah's Key [ ELLE S'APPELAIT SARAH ]

Director:Gilles Paquet-Brenner

TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix

The award presented to the films issuing global environmental protection
or films depicting the symbiosis between nature and human beings
regardless of its genre. TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix goes to "Waterlife" !

TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix

Waterlife

[ Waterlife ]

Director:Kevin McMahon

TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix Special Jury Prize

Nanga Parbat[ Nanga Parbat ]

Director:Joseph Vilsmaier

Winds of Asia - Middle East

Selected from film made in Asia and shown under "Winds of Asia - Middle East" program. Winner of the Best Asian Film Award is "Passerby #3"!

Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award

Passerby #3

[ 레인보우(Rainbow) ]

Director:Shin Su-won

Winds of Asia-Middle East,
Special Mention

The Tiger Factory[ 虎廠 ] Director:Woo Ming Jin

Japanese Eyes

Selected from 8 films shown under "Japanese Eyes" program. Winner of the Best Picture Award is "hospitalité"!

Japanese Eyes, Best Picture Award

hospitalité

[ 歓待 ]

Director:Koji Fukada

Friendship Award

The Friendship Award was especially established this year. The Award will be presented to Mr. Kim Dong-ho, the benefactor who made a huge contribution to Tokyo International Film Festival and to the progress of the Asian Film through Pusan International Film Festival.

Kim Dong-ho (Pusan International Film Festival Director).

KEIRIN.JPThe 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival will be held with funds provided by Japan Keirin Association.TIFF History
22nd Tokyo International Film Festival(2009)