Other winners include Iran’s Bending the Rules while Iceland’s Benedikt Erlingsson wins best director for Of Horses and Men.Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has closed with the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix going to Lukas Moodysson’s Swedish film We Are The Best!.
The film, which debuted at Venice and received its Asian premiere in Tokyo, is about a young punk band in the 1980s. TrustNordisk has so far sold the film to more than 50 territories including the Us, UK, Australia, France, Benelux and Italy.
The award includes a prize of $50,000 for director Moodysson and producer Lars Jønsson.
Behnam Behzadi’s Bending the Rules, a drama about a young Iranian theatre troupe trying to make it out of the country to perform overseas, won the $20,000 Special Jury Prize.
Tiff’s $10,000 Audience Award went to Lee Ju-hyoung’s Korean film Red Family, written and produced...
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has closed with the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix going to Lukas Moodysson’s Swedish film We Are The Best!.
The film, which debuted at Venice and received its Asian premiere in Tokyo, is about a young punk band in the 1980s. TrustNordisk has so far sold the film to more than 50 territories including the Us, UK, Australia, France, Benelux and Italy.
The award includes a prize of $50,000 for director Moodysson and producer Lars Jønsson.
Behnam Behzadi’s Bending the Rules, a drama about a young Iranian theatre troupe trying to make it out of the country to perform overseas, won the $20,000 Special Jury Prize.
Tiff’s $10,000 Audience Award went to Lee Ju-hyoung’s Korean film Red Family, written and produced...
- 10/25/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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