“Sky Crawlers” takes 3 at Sitges

The Sitges Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, and the full list of award winners has been revealed. Overall, Japanese films picked up fewer prizes compared to last year, but Mamoru Oshii’s animated movie “The Sky Crawlers” won three awards on its own.

“Sky Crawlers” was the only animated film in the competition section of this year’s festival. One other Japanese film, Takashi Miike’s “Crows ZERO,” also competed.

“Sky Crawlers” was one of the competition winners, earning Best Original Soundtrack for Kenji Kawai’s score. It also earned the Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award and shared the Best Motion Picture award from the Carnet Jove Jury (a youth jury).

Meanwhile, Miike’s “Kamisama no Puzzle” (“God’s Puzzle”) received Special Mention in the Noves Visions awards. Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness,” which had Yoshino Kimura and Yusuke Iseya in its supporting cast, received the Grand Audience Award.

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Sitges Film Festival