Tokyo International Film Festival

The Tokyo International Film Festival (東京国際映画祭, Tōkyōkokusaieigasai, TIFF) is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to FIAPF statistics, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, is considered to be the second largest film festival in Asia behind the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF.[1][2][3]

Tokyo International Film Festival
LocationTokyo, Japan
Founded1985
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.tiff-jp.net

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.[4]

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.[3]

Tokyo Grand Prix winners
YearFilmDirectorNationality of Director
(at time of film's release)
1985 Typhoon Club Shinji Sōmai Japan
1987 Old Well Wu Tianming China
1989 That Summer of White Roses Rajko Grlić Yugoslavia
1991 City of Hope John Sayles United States
1992 White Badge Chung Ji-young South Korea
1993 The Blue Kite Tian Zhuangzhuang China
1994 The Day the Sun Turned Cold Yim Ho Hong Kong
1995 Not awarded
1996 Kolya Jan Svěrák Czech Republic
1997 The Perfect Circle
Jenseits der Stille		 Ademir Kenović
Caroline Link		 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Germany
1998 Abre los ojos Alejandro Amenábar Spain
1999 Darkness and Light Chang Tso-chi Taiwan
2000 Amores Perros Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico
2001 Slogans Gjergj Xhuvani Albania
2002 Broken Wings Nir Bergman Israel
2003 Nuan Huo Jianqi China
2004 Whisky Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll Uruguay
2005 What the Snow Brings Kichitaro Negishi Japan
2006 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Michel Hazanavicius France
2007 The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin Israel
2008 Tulpan Sergey Dvortsevoy Kazakhstan
2009 Eastern Plays Kamen Kalev Bulgaria
2010 Intimate Grammar Nir Bergman Israel
2011 Intouchables Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano France
2012 The Other Son Lorraine Lévy France
2013 We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson Sweden
2014 Heaven Knows What Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie United States
2015 Nise: The Heart of Madness Roberto Berliner Brazil
2016[5] The Bloom of Yesterday Chris Kraus Germany
Austria
2017[6] Grain Semih Kaplanoğlu Turkey
Germany
France
Sweden
2018[7] Amanda Mikhael Hers France
2019 Uncle Frelle Petersen Denmark
2020 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Vera Dreams of the Sea Kaltrina Krasniqi Kosovo
North Macedonia
Albania
2022 The Beasts Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain
France

Best Director Award

Best Actor Award

Best Actress Award

Special Jury Prize

Best Screenplay Award
  • 2017 - Euthanizer, Teemu Nikki
  • 2018 - Amanda, Mikhael Hers and Maud Ameline
  • 2019 - A Beloved Wife, Shin Adachi

Best Artistic Contribution Award

Audience Award

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
Meryl Streep at opening ceremony in 2016
  • 2014 - 100 Yen Love, Masaharu Take
  • 2015 - Ken and Kazu, Hiroshi Shoji
  • 2017 - Of Love & Law, Hikaru Toda
  • 2016 - Poolsideman, Hirobumi Watanabe
  • 2018 - Lying to Mom, Katsumi Nojiri
  • 2019 - i -Documentary of the Journalist-, Tatsuya Mori

Tokyo Gemstone Award

References
  1. "FIAPF Accredited Festivals Directory - 2019 edition". Fiapf | International Federation of Film Producers Associations. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  2. International Federation of Film Producers Associations.
  3. "Tokyo International Film Festival - Outline". www.tiff-jp.net.
  4. "Grand Prix Winners at the Tokyo International Film Festival". nippon.com. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. Festival, Asian Film (2016-11-03). "Winners of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016". Asian Film Festivals. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  6. "List of Winners | 30th Tokyo International Film Festival". 2017.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  7. Festival (TIFF), Tokyo International Film. ""Amanda" Wins Tokyo Grand Prix at 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  8. Ship of Theseus, retrieved 2018-05-26
  9. Conran, Pierce (28 October 2013). "RED FAMILY Triumphs in Tokyo Int. Film Fest". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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