2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Tokyo International Film Festival
• Edition: 23rd
• Period: October 23 - 31, 2010
• Location: Tokyo, Japan

Awards

• Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix: "Intimate Grammar" - Nir Bergman (Israel)
• Special Jury Prize: "Post Card" - Kaneto Shindo (Japan
• Award for Best Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner ("Sarah's Key")
• Award for Best Actress: Bingbing Fan ("Buddha Mountain")
• Award for Best Actor: Wang Qian-Yuan ("The Piano in a Factory")
• Award for Best Artistic Contribution: "Buddha Mountain" - Yu Li
• The Audience Award: "Sarah's Key" - Gilles Paquet-Brenner (France)
• Toyota Earth Grand Prix: "Waterlife" - Kevin McMahon
• Toyota Earth Grand Prix Special Jury Prize: "Nanga Parbat" - Joseph Vilsmaier (Germany)
• Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award: "Passerby #3" - Shin Su-Won (South Korea)
  • Special Mention: "The Tiger Factory" - Ming Jin Woo (Japan/Malaysia)
• Japanese Eyes: Best Picture Award: "Hospitalite" - Koji Fukada (Japan)
• Friendship Award: Kim Dong-Ho (Pusan International Film Festival Director)

East Asian Films @ 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival

Competition

• "Buddha Mountain" - Yu Li (China) *World Premiere
• "The Piano in a Factory" - Zhang Meng (China) *Asian Premiere
• "Post Card" - Kaneto Shindo (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Sketches of Kaitan City" - Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan) *World Premiere

Special Screenings

• "Abacus and Sword" - Yoshimitsu Morita (Japan) *Asian Premiere
• "A Better Tomorrow" - Song Hae-Sung (South Korea)
• "Garo: Red Requiem" - Keita Amemiya (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Into the White Night" (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Leonie" - Hisako Matsui (Japan)
• "The Singing Hitman!" - Takashi Takahata (Japan) *World Premiere
• "SP: The Motion Picture" - Katsuyuki Motohiro (Japan)
• "Strangers in the City" - Junji Sakamoto (Japan)
• "Swing me Again" - Toshi Shioya (Japan) *International Premiere

Film Panorama of Middle Asia-East

• "All About Love" - Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
• "Camellia" - Isao Yukisada, Wisit Sasanatieng, Joon-hwan Jang (South Korea)
• "Chongqing Blues" - Xiaoshuai Wang (China)
• "Hi-So" - Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
• "Hot Summer Day" - Tony Chan, Wing Shya (Hong Kong/USA)
• "Love in a Puff" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong)
• "Magic" - Ku Hye-Seon (South Korea)
• "Moss" - Kang Woo-Suk (South Korea) *International Premiere
• "Passerby #3" - Shin Su-Won (South Korea)
• "Red Dragonflies" - Jiekai Liao (Singapore)
• "The Tiger Factory" - Ming Jin Woo (Japan/Malaysia)
• "Ways of the Sea" - Sheron Dayoc (Philippines)

Taiwanese Cinema Renaissance

• "The Fourth Portrait" - Mong-Hong Chung (Taiwan)
• "Juliets" - various (Taiwan) *World Premiere
• "Monga" - Doze Niu (Taiwan)
• "Taipei Exchanges" - Ya-chuan Hsiao (Taiwan)
• "Zoom Hunting" - Li Cho (Taiwan)

Bruce Lee to the Future

• "Gallants" - Chi-kin Kwok, Clement Sze-Kit Cheng (Hong Kong)
• "Ip Man" - Wilson Yip (Hong Kong)
• "Ip Man 2" - Wilson Yip (Hong Kong)
• "The Legend Is Alive" - Luu Huynh (Vietnam)

Japanese Eyes

• "442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity" - Junichi Suzuki (Japan) *Asian Premiere
• "Birthright" - Naoki Hashimoto (Japan) *World Premiere
• "FIT" - Hiromasa Hirosue (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Hospitalite" - Koji Fukada (Japan) *World Premiere
• "A Liar and a Broken Girl" - Natsuki Seta (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Successional Tradition of Noh" - Chiseko Tanaka (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Wandering Home" - Yoichi Higashi (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Your Home" - Kohei Yamakawa (Japan)

Special Program

• "8000 Miles" - Yu Irie (Japan)
• "TADAIMA - I'm home a place for everyone - Koichi Omiya (Japan)
• "Under The Moonlight～memory of a night high school" -Naoko Ota (Japan)

Minato Screening

• "Mai Mai Miracle" - Sunao Katabuchi (Japan)