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TIFF this year was marked by first-time entries from such countries as Burundi, Latvia, Armenia, Croatia, and Luxembourg in both "International Competition" and "Young Cinema" categories.
" 'OZU' Retrospective - 90th Anniversary of his birth" was a featured program for this festival. Screenings of carefully restored, pre- WWII silent films and lesser-known works of Ozu were presented. At the same time, the program commemorated the work of Chishu Ryu, a regular actor for many of Ozu's films, who died earlier in March
This year witnessed the death of Federico Fellini, who was the featured director at the 2nd TIFF.
Tokyo Grand Prix - The Governor of Tokyo Award
The Blue Kite (Tian Zhuang -zhuang)
Special Jury Prize
Searching for Bobby Fischer (Steven Zaillian)
The Best Director Award
Taylor Hackford (Blood in Blood Out)
The Best Actress Award
Lu Li-ping (The Blue Kite)
Lolita Davidovich (Younger and Younger)
The Best Actor Award
Masahiro Motoki (Last Song)
The Best Artistic Contribution Award
The Vale Abraham (Manoel de Oliveira)
Map of the Human Heart (Vincent Ward))
The Best Screenplay Award
Petr Todorovsky (Encore,Once More Encore)
Special Mention for the Talent of the Future
Annie Galipau , Robert Joamie (Map of the Human Heart)
Max Pomeranc (Searching for Bobby Fischer)
Wang Qizen (Moonlight Boy) Chen Xiaoman (The Blue Kite)
Zhang Wenyao (The Blue Kite)
Yi Tian (The Blue Kite)
Tokyo Gold - The Governor of Tokyo Award
Director: Ning Ying (For Fun)
Tokyo Silver Prize
Not Awarded
Tokyo Bronze Prize
Director: Gordian Maugg (The Olympic Summer)
Director: Arto Paragamian (Because Why)
Director: Tsai Ming-liang (Rebels of the Neon God)
