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Tulpan wins top prize at Tokyo film festival
TOKYO, Oct. 26 Kyodo -
The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival came to a close Sunday with an international competition jury awarding the top prize to ''Tulpan,'' about a nomadic family living on the Kazakh steppe.
The film, directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy, was among 15 selected from 690 films
from 72 countries and territories entered in the main competition section for
the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, which comes with prize money of $100,000.
''The jury was unanimous,'' said Academy Award-winning U.S. actor Jon Voight,
who headed the six-member jury, in announcing the grand prix recipient at
Bunkamura in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. ''We all considered this film of surpassing
artistic achievement.''
Documentary filmmaker Dvortsevoy, who was also presented with the award for
best director for his first fiction film, described the dusty and windy
conditions in which ''Tulpan'' was shot, around 500 kilometers away from the
nearest town, and recalled that he started off by telling his cast, ''We can
make the impossible possible.''
The 102-minute joint German, Swiss, Kazakh, Russian and Polish production stars
Askhat Kuchinchirekov, who plays a young man who comes to live with his
sister's family with the hope of getting married and becoming a shepherd.
The Special Jury Prize went to French-Polish film ''4 Nights with Anna,''
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, and the award for best actress was given to
Felicite Wouassi for her role in ''With a Little Help from Myself.''
Frenchman Vincent Cassel of ''Public Enemy No. 1 (Part 1 and 2)'' won the award
for best actor, while the award for best artistic contribution went to French
film ''With a Little Help from Myself,'' directed by Francois Dupeyron.
The film of choice among members of the audience was Japan's ''School Days with
a Pig,'' based on a true story about students in a sixth-grade class and their
teacher -- played by Satoshi Tsumabuki -- who are torn over whether to go
through with the promise to eat a piglet they have raised.
The new Toyota Earth Grand Prix, which recognizes excellence in taking up the
themes of nature, the environment and ecology, was presented to Spanish film
''Ashes from the Sky,'' with the special award going to ''The Meerkats'' and
the jury award to ''School Days with a Pig.''
More than 300 films from around the world were screened in Tokyo during the
nine-day film festival that featured programs promoting environmental
preservation and which used a green carpet instead of the traditional red one
for guests to walk on.
==Kyodo
The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival came to a close Sunday with an international competition jury awarding the top prize to ''Tulpan,'' about a nomadic family living on the Kazakh steppe.
The film, directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy, was among 15 selected from 690 films
from 72 countries and territories entered in the main competition section for
the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, which comes with prize money of $100,000.
''The jury was unanimous,'' said Academy Award-winning U.S. actor Jon Voight,
who headed the six-member jury, in announcing the grand prix recipient at
Bunkamura in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. ''We all considered this film of surpassing
artistic achievement.''
Documentary filmmaker Dvortsevoy, who was also presented with the award for
best director for his first fiction film, described the dusty and windy
conditions in which ''Tulpan'' was shot, around 500 kilometers away from the
nearest town, and recalled that he started off by telling his cast, ''We can
make the impossible possible.''
The 102-minute joint German, Swiss, Kazakh, Russian and Polish production stars
Askhat Kuchinchirekov, who plays a young man who comes to live with his
sister's family with the hope of getting married and becoming a shepherd.
The Special Jury Prize went to French-Polish film ''4 Nights with Anna,''
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, and the award for best actress was given to
Felicite Wouassi for her role in ''With a Little Help from Myself.''
Frenchman Vincent Cassel of ''Public Enemy No. 1 (Part 1 and 2)'' won the award
for best actor, while the award for best artistic contribution went to French
film ''With a Little Help from Myself,'' directed by Francois Dupeyron.
The film of choice among members of the audience was Japan's ''School Days with
a Pig,'' based on a true story about students in a sixth-grade class and their
teacher -- played by Satoshi Tsumabuki -- who are torn over whether to go
through with the promise to eat a piglet they have raised.
The new Toyota Earth Grand Prix, which recognizes excellence in taking up the
themes of nature, the environment and ecology, was presented to Spanish film
''Ashes from the Sky,'' with the special award going to ''The Meerkats'' and
the jury award to ''School Days with a Pig.''
More than 300 films from around the world were screened in Tokyo during the
nine-day film festival that featured programs promoting environmental
preservation and which used a green carpet instead of the traditional red one
for guests to walk on.
==Kyodo
