1st Okinawa International Movie Festival

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1st Okinawa International Movie Festival
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Local performers on the main stage of the 1st Okinawa International Movie Festival
Opening film Goemon
Closing film Burn After Reading
Location Okinawa Island, Japan
Founded2009
AwardsCompetition Grand Prix ( Battle League Horumo )
Festival dateMarch 19 – 22, 2009
Website http://www.oimf.jp

The 1st Okinawa International Movie Festival was held from March 19 to March 22, 2009, and took place at American Village in Mihama, Chatan, Okinawa. The inaugural events saw 38 films being shown and was supported by the Ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Foreign Affairs, along with the Cabinet Office in Okinawa. [1]

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Most of the films for the first Okinawa International Movie Festival were shown free of charge, with a few priced at ¥800/ ¥400 for adults/ children. Sunset Beach in Chatan Town also hosted performances by Okinawan artists Rimi Natsukawa and the Rinken Band. [1]

The Competition Grand Prix was awarded to Japanese director Katsuhide Motoki for his film Battle League Horumo .

Official selection

The official selection of films shown in competition included three domestic films out of eight in competition, all of which were given their world premiers. The five competing foreign films were given their Japan premier at the festival.

Competition

The following films were selected as In Competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country/countries
Battle League Horumo 鴨川ホルモー Katsuhide Motoki Japan
Guardian Angel守護天使Yuichi SatoJapan
Baby, Baby, Baby!ベイビィ ベイビィ ベイビィ！ Kazuyuki Morosawa Japan
Sunshine Cleaning — Christine Jeffs United States
A Fiancé For Yasmina Un novio para Yasmina Irene CardonaSpain, Morocco
My StarsMes stars et moi Laetitia Colombani France
Simply Actors戏王之王 (Hei wong ji wong)Hing-Ka Chan & Patrick LeungHong Kong
Unstoppable Marriage 못말리는 결혼Seong-wook KimSouth Korea

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

Special Invitation
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Goemon (film) *GOEMON Kazuaki Kiriya Japan
Oppai Volleyball*おっぱいバレーYuichi SatoJapan
Yes Man (film) — Peyton Reed United States
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones to Serenity劔岳　点の記 Daisaku Kimura Japan
Burn After Reading — Joel & Ethan Coen United States
Crows Zero 2 クローズZERO II Takashi Miike Japan
Beverly Hills Chihuahua *— Raja Gosnell United States
GlossГлянец Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
If You Are the One 非诚勿扰 (Fei Cheng Wu Rao) Xiaogang Feng China
Painted Skin *画皮 (Hua Pi) Gordon Chan China
Special Screening
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Ah Singleあゝ独身Yoshiyuki KurodaJapan
Otosan wa Ohitoyoshiお父さんはお人好し Torajiro Saito Japan
Tokyo Kid 東京キッド Torajiro Saito Japan
No Problem無問題 Alfred Cheung Hong Kong, Japan
The Circus (1928 film) — Charlie Chaplin United States
The Gold Rush — Charlie Chaplin United States
Drunken Master 醉拳 Woo-Ping Yuen Hong Kong
French Cancan French Cancan Jean Renoir France, Italy
Feature on Osamu Tezuka手塚治虫特集 Osamu Tezuka Japan
Feature on Fujio Akatsuka赤塚不二夫特集 Fujio Akatsuka Japan
Feature on Mikio Igarashiいがらしみきお特集 Mikio Igarashi Japan
Feature on Tatsuo Yoshida吉田竜夫（タツノコプロ）特集 Tatsuo Yoshida Japan
Feature on Walt Disneyウォルト･ディズニー特集 Walt Disney United States
Airplane! — Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker United States
Tough Guys!Tough Guys!Shintaro KishimotoJapan
Mutenkadesuyo! The Movie無添加ですよ！ザ・ムービーJiro NishidaJapan
Yoshimoto Special Presentation (all world premieres)
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
King of the Escape板尾創路の脱獄王 Itsuji Itao Japan
DropドロップHiroshi ShinagawaJapan
Nisesatsuニセ札Yuichi KimuraJapan
Furimun in Okinawa南の島のフリムン Gori (comedian) Hong Kong, Japan

Jury

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Main stage of OIMF 2009
Competition

Awards

Official selection

In Competition

The Okinawa International Movie Festival "Laugh & Peace" Competition Grand Prix was won by the Japanese-language film Battle League Horumo directed by Katsuhide Motoki.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1st International Movie Festival opens today". Japan Update. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-17.


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