31st Yokohama Film Festival awards

The awards for the 31st Yokohama Film Festival have been announced. The biggest winner was Miwa Nishikawa’s “Dear Doctor,” which earned a total of five awards, including Best Picture.

Best Picture: “Dear Doctor”
Best Director: Akira Ogata (“Nonchan Noriben”)
Best New Director: Sumio Omori (“Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru”), Takuji Suzuki (“Watashi wa Neko Stalker”)
Best Screenplay: Miwa Nishikawa (“Dear Doctor”)
Best Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima (“Dear Doctor”)
Best Actor: Masato Sakai (“Kuhio Taisa,” “Nankyoku Ryourinin”)
Best Actress: Manami Konishi (“Nonchan Noriben”)
Best Supporting Actor: Yoshinori Okada, Yutaka Matsushige
Best Supporting Actress: Sakura Ando
Best Newcomer: Hikari Mitsushima, Masaki Okada, Marie Machida
Judges’ Prize: Staff and cast of “Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru”
Special Prize: Kaoru Yachigusa
The festival also revealed its “best ten” list:
“Dear Doctor” (Miwa Nishikawa)
“Viyon no Tsuma” (Kichitaro Negishi)
“Ai no Mukidashi” (Sion Sono)
“Nonchan Noriben” (Akira Ogata)
“Kuuki Ningyou” (Hirokazu Koreeda)
“Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru” (Sumio Omori)
“Shizumanu Taiyo” (Setsuro Wakamatsu)
“Summer Wars” (Mamoru Hosoda)
“Tsurugidake: Ten no Ki” (Daisaku Kimura)
“Osaka Hamlet” (Fujiro Mitsuishi)
Junichi Mori’s “Juryoku Pierrot” was named as the runner-up for the list.

The awards ceremony will be held on February 7.

Source:
Yokohama Film Festival