The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market.

Tokyo Grand Prix winners

Best Director Award

*1985 -

Péter Gothár Péter Gothár (born 28 August 1947) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film ''The Outpost (1995 film), The Outpost'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Fest ...

, '' Time Stands Still'' *1987 -

Lana Gogoberidze Lana Gogoberidze ( ka, ლანა ღოღობერიძე) (born October 13, 1928, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director and politician. Educated at Tbilisi State University and Moscow State University of Cinematography, Gogoberidze heade ...

, ''Oromtriali'' *1989 -

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That Summer of White Roses ''That Summer of White Roses'' ( hr, Đavolji raj — ono ljeto bijelih ruža) is a 1989 Yugoslav-British film directed by Rajko Grlić. References External links *''That Summer of White Roses''
at Filmski-Programi.hr 1989 films E ...

'' *1991 - Alan Parker, '' The Commitments'' *1992 - Ji-yeong Jeong, ''

White Badge ''White Badge'' is a 1992 South Korean war film directed by Chung Ji-young based on the book ''White Badge: A Novel of Korea'' by Ahn Jung-hyo. It depicts the experience of South Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War The Vietnam W ...

'' *1993 - Taylor Hackford, '' Blood In, Blood Out'' *1994 -

Ho Yim Yim Ho (Chinese:嚴浩) is a Hong Kong director most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the Hong Kong New Wave. He began his career making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed w ...

, '' The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' *1995 -

Joseph Novoa Joseph Novoa (José Ramón Novoa or José R. Novoa) is a Venezuelan-Uruguayan film director and executive producer. He is married to the director and scriptwriter Elia K. Schneider and fathered the film director Joel Novoa. Biography Joseph No ...

, '' Sicario'' *1996 - Tian-Ming Wu, ''

The King of Masks ''The King of Masks'' () is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Wu Tianming. Synopsis In 1930s China, Wang is The King of Masks, an aged street performer who practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. He laments that he has no male heirs t ...

'' *1997 - Ademir Kenović, ''

The Perfect Circle ''The Perfect Circle'' ( Bosnian: ''Savršeni krug'') is a 1997 Bosnian film by Ademir Kenović set in Sarajevo during the siege of 1992-1996. It was written by Kenović with Pjer Žalica and Abdulah Sidran. The title derives from the ability o ...

'' *1998 - Guy Ritchie, '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' *1999 -

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, '' Onegin'' *2000 - Alejandro González Iñárritu, '' Amores Perros'' *2001 - (tied) Reza Mirkarimi, ''Under the Moonlight'' and Gjergj Xhuvani, '' Slogans'' *2002 - Carlo Rola, ''Sass'' *2003 - Chris Valentien, ''Santa Smokes'' *2004 - Chan-sang Lim, ''The President's Barber'' *2005 -

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, ''

What the Snow Brings is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi. Synopsis Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, ...

'' *2006 -

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors who received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006). Later the ...

, ''

Little Miss Sunshine ''Little Miss Sunshine'' is a 2006 American tragicomedy road film and the feature film directorial debut of the husband–wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film sta ...

'' *2007 -

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, '' Dangerous Parking'' *2008 -

Sergey Dvortsevoy Sergey Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy (born 1962) is a Kazakh filmmaker of Russian origin. His 2008 feature film '' Tulpan'', was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category. Dvortsevoy worked as an aviatio ...

, ''

Tulpan ''Tulpan'' ( kk, Тюльпан, ''Tıýlpan'') is a 2008 Kazakh drama film. It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films. ''Tulpan'' was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film ...

'' *2009 -

Kamen Kalev Kamen Kalev ( bg, Камен Калев) (born 8 June 1975) is a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. Kalev came to prominence in 2009 with the film '' Eastern Plays'', earning him numerous international film awards as director and screenwri ...

, ''

Eastern Plays ''Eastern Plays'' ( bg, Източни пиеси, ''Iztochni piesi'') is a 2009 Bulgarian drama film. The feature-length debut of Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev, ''Eastern Plays'' features Hristo Hristov, Ovanes Torosyan, Saadet Aksoy and Nikol ...

'' *2010 - Nir Bergman, ''Intimate Grammar'' *2011 - Ruben Östlund, '' Play'' *2012 -

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, ''The Other Son'' *2013 -

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, ''

Of Horses and Men ''Of Horses and Men'' ( is, Hross í oss) is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson and produced by fellow director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign ...

'' *2014 - Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie, ''

Heaven Knows What ''Heaven Knows What'' is a 2014 psychological drama film directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie and written by Ronald Bronstein and Joshua Safdie. The film stars Arielle Holmes, Buddy Duress, Ron Braunstein, Eleonore Hendricks, Caleb Landry Jone ...

'' *2015 - Mustafa Kara, ''

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'' *2016 -

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Quit Staring at My Plate ''Quit Staring at My Plate'' ( hr, Ne gledaj mi u pijat) is a 2016 Croatian-Danish drama film written and directed by Hana Jušić. The film premiered in the Venice Days section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, in which it was a ...

'' *2017 -

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, ''Aqérat (We, The Dead)'' *2018 -

Edoardo De Angelis Edoardo De Angelis (born 31 August 1978) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2006 he graduated in directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 2011, he made his debut feature film ''Mozzarella Stories''. Ser ...

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'' *2019 - Saeed Roustaee, '' Just 6.5'' *2021 - Darezhan Omirbaev, ''Poet'' *2022 -

Rodrigo Sorogoyen Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for '' The Realm''. He was previously nominated for the Goya ...

, ''

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Best Actor Award

*2014 -

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, ''Pod mocnym aniolem'' *2015 -

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and

Louis Hofmann Louis Hofmann (born 3 June 1997) is a German actor. He first gained attention as the lead in the 2011 German film ' and won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a teenage German prisoner of war in the 2015 Danish film '' La ...

, ''

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'' *2016 -

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, ''

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'' *2017 - Duan Yihong, ''The Looming Storm'' *2018 - Jesper Christensen, ''

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'' *2019 -

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, '' Just 6.5'' *2021 -

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, Bariş Yildiz, Onur Buldu, ''The Four Walls'' *2022 - Denis Menochet, ''

Best Actress Award

*1987 - Rachel Ward, '' The Good Wife'' *1991 -

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, ''The Spring Festival'' *1994 - Debra Winger, '' A Dangerous Woman'' *1995 -

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, '' The Christ of Nanjing'' *1997 - Rene Liu and Jing Tseng, ''

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'' *2004 - Mirella Pascual, '' Whisky'' *2005 - Helena Bonham Carter, ''

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'' *2006 - Abigail Breslin, ''

'' *2007 -

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, '' Gandhi, My Father'' *2008 - Félicité Wouassi, ''

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'' *2009 -

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, ''Eight Times Up'' *2010 - Fan Bing Bing, '' Buddha Mountain'' *2011 -

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, '' Albert Nobbs'' *2012 -

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, ''Araf - Somewhere in Between'' *2013 -

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, ''Barber's Tales'' *2014 - Rie Miyazawa, ''

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'' *2015 -

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, '' Nise - The Heart of Madness'' *2016 -

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, '' Sami Blood'' *2017 - Adeline D'Hermy, ''Maryline'' *2018 - Pina Turco, ''

'' *2019 -

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, '' Only the Animals'' *2021 - Julia Chávez, ''The Other Tom'' *2022 -

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, ''1976''

Special Jury Prize

*2013 - ''Bending the Rules'',

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*2014 - ''

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and

Petar Valchanov Petar Valchanov ( bg, Петър Вълчанов; born May 15, 1982) is a Bulgarian filmmaker. He is best known for his cinematography on feature films such as ''The Lesson'' (2014), '' Glory'' (2016) and '' The Father'' (2019). Biography Valcha ...

*2015 - ''

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'', Kheiron *2016 - '' Sami Blood'' *2017 - ''Crater'', Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino *2018 - ''

'', Michael Noer *2019 - '' Atlantis'', Valentyn Vasyanovych *2021 - '' La Civil'', Teodora Ana Mihai *2022 - ''

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Houman Seyyedi Houman Seyyedi ( fa, هومن سيدی , born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor. He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Spec ...

Best Screenplay Award

*2017 - ''

Euthanizer ''Euthanizer'' ( fi, Armomurhaaja) is a 2017 Finnish thriller film directed by Teemu Nikki. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Finnish entry for the B ...

'', Teemu Nikki *2018 - ''Amanda'', Mikhael Hers and Maud Ameline *2019 - ''A Beloved Wife'', Shin Adachi

Best Artistic Contribution Award

*2012 - Pankaj Kumar, Ship of Theseus *2014 - Ispytanie, '' Aleksandr Kott'' *2015 - Family Film, ''Olmo Omerzu'' *2017 - ''The Looming Storm'' *2018 - ''

The White Crow ''The White Crow'' is a 2018 biographical drama film written by David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes. It chronicles the life and dance career of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, played by Oleg Ivenko. It is inspired by the book ''Rudolf Nureye ...

'' *2019 - ''Chaogtu with Sarula'' *2021 - ''Crane Lantern'' *2022 - ''Peacock Lament'',

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Sanjeewa Pushpakumara (born 5 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer. Career Pushpakumara completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2005. He pursued a diploma in filmmaking at ...

Audience Award

*2013 - ''

Red Family ''Red Family'' () is a 2013 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Ju-hyoung. It was written, produced and co-edited by the renowned art house moviemaker Kim Ki-duk. Plot summary Undercover North Korean agents are planted in South Korean society ...

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Lee Ju-hyoung Lee Ju-hyoung (born 1977) is a South Korean film director. Career Lee made his first feature ''Red Family'' in 2013. It made its debut and won the Audience Awards at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival. His second feature ''Fork Lane ...

*2014 - ''

'',

Daihachi Yoshida is a Japanese film director. He won the award for best new director at the 29th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!''. Filmography * ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Kuhio Taisa'' (2009) * ''Permanent ...

*2015 - '' God Willing'', Edoardo Falcone *2016 - ''

'', Jun Lana *2017 - '' Tremble All You Want'',

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*2018 - ''Another World'', Junji Sakamoto *2019 - '' Only the Animals'',

Dominik Moll Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a Germany, German-born France, French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl (Baden), Bühl, West Germany. In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''Harry, He's Here to Help''. Both ...

*2020 - ''Hold Me Back'', Akiko Ooku (sole award given) *2021 - ''Just Remembering'', Daigo Matsui *2022 - ''By the Window'',

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Asian Future Best Film Award

*2014 - Bedone marz بدون مرز, Amirhossein Asgari امیرحسین عسگری *2015 - Pimpaka Towira, ''The Island Funeral'' *2016 - '' Birdshot'' *2017 - ''Passage of Life'' *2018 - ''A First Farewell'' *2019 - ''Summer Knight'' *2021 - ''World, Northern Hemisphere'' *2022 - ''Butterflies Live Only One Day'', Mohammadreza Vatandoust

Japanese Cinema Splash Best Picture Award

*2014 - '' 100 Yen Love'', Masaharu Take *2015 - ''Ken and Kazu'', Hiroshi Shoji *2017 - ''Of Love & Law'', Hikaru Toda *2016 - ''Poolsideman'',

Hirobumi Watanabe is a Japanese film director and actor. He writes the scripts for and performs as an actor in his films, while also sometimes acting in the films of other directors. Career Watanabe was born in Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture, and attended the Japa ...

*2018 - ''Lying to Mom'', Katsumi Nojiri *2019 - ''i -Documentary of the Journalist-'', Tatsuya Mori

Tokyo Gemstone Award

*2017 -

Mayu Matsuoka is a Japanese actress. She has been awarded the Tama best Emerging Actress Award and Fumiko Yamaji Freshman Actress Award in 2016. She gained international attention as an ambassador of the Tokyo International Film Festival for 2017 and her rol ...

Shizuka Ishibashi is a Japanese actress. She is represented by the talent agency Plage. Biography Ishibashi was born as the second of three daughters of actors Ryo Ishibashi and Mieko Harada. She began classical ballet at the age of four and in 2009 went abroad t ...

, Adeline D'Hermy, Daphne Low *2018 - Lien Binh Phat, Karelle Tremblay, Mai Kiryu, Nijiro Murakami *2019 -

Josefine Frida Pettersen Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 18 May 1996) is a Norwegian actress. She is best known for the role of Noora in the TV series '' Skam''. Pettersen is from Sigdal. She made her television debut in the TVNorge TVNorge (literally "TVNorway"; or ...

Sairi Ito is a Japanese actress. Biography Her skill is dancing, having won the Tokyo preliminaries of the All Japan Dance Contest as well as the kids division of Sanrio Dance Contest in 2003. Ito has an older brother and an older sister. She graduated fr ...

, Riru Yoshina,

Yui Sakuma is a Japanese actress and model. Her acting roles have included Tokiko Sukegawa in the 96th NHK asadora ''Hiyokko'' and Yui Shida in the ''Fuji TV'' series '' Transit Girls''. Early life Sakuma was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 10, 1995 ...

References

External links

Official site of the Tokyo International Film FestivalEnglish site of the Tokyo International Film FestivalTokyo International Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database
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