Household drama Snow Leopard, directed by the late Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, has received the Tokyo Grand Prix, the highest prize at this 12 months’s Tokyo Worldwide Movie Pageant. Scroll down for the total listing of winners.
The movie, which can be nominated for 3 Asia Pacific Display Awards, follows a rural household who debate whether or not they need to kill a snow leopard that broke into their house and killed 9 sheep. The complete synopsis reads: In a mountain village the place white leopards reside, the movie explores the symbiosis of people and animals by means of the fantastical interplay of a younger Tibetan monk and a leopard.
Snow Leopard is considered one of two movies Tseden, who had Chinese language citizenship, had been engaged on when he died in Might, aged 53. His loss of life was reported by Chinese language media. No reason behind loss of life was given, however unverified Chinese language media experiences mentioned he had a coronary heart assault.
Extensively considered China’s main filmmaker working within the Tibetan language, Tseden’s credit included Jinpa, produced by Wong Kar Wai, which received finest screenplay when it premiered within the Horizons part of Venice in 2018.
The Tokyo Grand Prix prize comes with a 3 million yen money prize. Elsewhere, Tatami by Zar Amir and Man Nattiv received the Particular Jury Prize, which comes with a 500,000 yen money prize. The movie additionally received the award for Greatest Actress for Zar Amir. The movie, which debuted at Venice, follows a judo athlete and her coach who’re compelled by the Iranian authorities to withdraw from a match towards an Israeli athlete.
The award for Greatest Director went to Japanese filmmaker Kishi Yoshiyuki for (Ab)regular Want, considered one of three Japanese movies in competitors at Tokyo this 12 months. Iranian actor took the award for Greatest Actor for his function in Roxana.
Throughout ten days and largely throughout the luxurious cultural district of Hibiya-Ginza, the Tokyo Movie Pageant screened 219 movies and recorded 74,841 admissions. The variety of admissions is up from 59,541 final 12 months, the place 174 movies screened. 38 out of 219 movies, so 22.4%, have been directed by ladies at this 12 months’s fest.
Tokyo closes this night with the World Premiere of Toho’s Godzilla Minus One, directed by Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.
Full Winners Listing:
Tokyo Grand Prix / The Governor of Tokyo Award — Snow Leopard －3 million yen
Particular Jury Prize — Tatami －500,000 yen
Award for Greatest Director — Kishi Yoshiyuki — (Ab)regular Want — 300,000 yen
Award for Greatest Actress — Zar Amir — Tatami —300,000 yen
Award for Greatest Actor — Yasna Mirtahmasb — Roxana — 300,000 yen
Award for Greatest Inventive Contribution — A Lengthy Shot － 300,000 yen
Viewers Award — (Ab)regular Want
Asian Future Greatest Movie Award — Maria － 1 million yen
Amazon Prime Video Take One Award — Yang Liping — Gone with the Wind — 1 million yen
Amazon Prime Video Take One Award Particular Jury Prize — Yasumura Emi — Be Ready — 500,000 yen
